BAFTA Scotland Awards 2007

2007 BAFTA Scotland Awards
2007 BAFTA Scotland (aka Scottish Bafta) award winners: City Halls in Glasgow on November 18, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

The Last King of Scotland, an early 2007 release in the United Kingdom, was the big winner at the 2007 BAFTA Scotland awards. Directed by Kevin Macdonald and written by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, the fictional drama revolves around the complex relationship between a Scottish doctor (BAFTA winner James McAvoy) and Uganda dictator Idi Amin Dada (Forest Whitaker). The American Whitaker — despite having received raves and assorted awards elsewhere earlier in the year (as a 2006 release in the U.S.) — was deemed ineligible for the Scottish BAFTAs, as the awards are geared to [...]

BAFTA 2007 Award Winners

Helen Mirren in The Queen (top); Forest Whitaker in The Last King of England (bottom)

Perhaps there’s something I’m missing here, but the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts has decided that Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland is the outstanding British film of 2006, coming out ahead of United 93, Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale, and Stephen Frears‘ The Queen. Yet, that very same Orange Academy has picked The Queen as the best film of the year, defeating Little Miss Sunshine, Babel, The Departed, and … The Last King of Scotland. Go figure.
There were few surprises at the 2007 Bafta ceremony held at London’s Royal Opera House this evening, unless one considers a Helen Mirren victory [...]

LONDON EVENING STANDARD Awards 2007

2007 EVENING STANDARD Awards
2007 EVENING STANDARD Winners: Savoy Hotel, February 4, 2007
 

United 93 by Paul Greengrass
 

Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Best Actor: Daniel Craig, Casino Royale
Best Actress: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, The Queen and The Last King of Scotland
The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Technical Achievement: Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, The Last King of Scotland and Brothers of the Head
Most Promising Newcomer: Director Paul Andrew Williams, London to Brighton
The Alexander Walker Special Award: Director Stephen Frears, "for making British film reverberate around the world"
 
EVENING STANDARD Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 [...]

St. Louis Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award nominations: December 22, 2006
2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award winners: January 7, 2007
† Films, performances, etc. nominated during the voting process
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
 

Best Picture
Blood Diamond
* The Departed by Martin Scorsese
Flags of Our Fathers
The Good Shepherd
The Queen
United 93
† Dreamgirls
† The Last King of Scotland
† Notes on a Scandal
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
The Lives of Others
* Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Volver
Fateless
Three Times
Best Documentary
* An Inconvenient Truth by Davis Guggenheim
Why We Fight
Iraq for Sale
The Heart of the Game
† Deliver Us from Evil
Best Director
Clint Eastwood (Flags of Our Fathers)
Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond)
* Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
Paul [...]

National Society of Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards
2007 National Society of Film Critics award winners: New York City on January 6, 2007
There was no "Best Foreign-Language Film" award this year because the NSFC’s top choice was a non-English-language film — and so were the two runners-up in that category.
 

Ivana Baquero in Pan’s Labyrinth
 

BEST FILM
Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro (34)
Runners-up: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu directed by Cristi Puiu (31); Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood (29); also, The Queen and Army of Shadows
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Greengrass, United 93 (21)
Runners-up (tie): Martin Scorsese, The Departed (15) and Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth (15)
BEST NONFICTION FILM
An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim (26)
Runners-up: Deliver Us from [...]

Chicago Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award nominations: December 19, 2006
2006 Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners: December 28, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Matt Damon in The Departed
 

Best Picture
Babel
* The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
United 93
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
* Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
Tsotsi
Volver
Best Director
Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Paul Greengrass for United 93
Alejandro González Iñárritu for Babel
* Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole for Venus
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
* Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
Penélope Cruz for Volver
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Sherrybaby
* Helen Mirren for The Queen
Meryl Streep for The [...]

Satellite Awards 2006

2006 Satellite Awards
2006 International Press Academy’s Satellite Award nominations: November 30, 2006
2006 Satellite Award winners: Imperial Ballroom of le Méridian in Beverly Hills on December 17, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Vera Farmiga in The Departed
 

MOTION PICTURES
Motion Picture, Drama
Half Nelson
* The Departed
Flags of Our Fathers
The Queen
The Last King of Scotland
Babel
Little Children
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking
The Devil Wears Prada
Stranger Than Fiction
Venus
* Dreamgirls
Motion Picture, Foreign Language
The Lives of Others, Germany
* Volver, Spain
Changing Times, France
Water, Canada
The Syrian Bride, Israel
Apocalypto, U.S.
Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Cars
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Happy Feet
Flushed Away
* Pan’s Labyrinth
Motion Picture, Documentary
* Deliver Us from Evil
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
An [...]

2006 New York Film Critics Online Award Winners

The New York Film Critics Online went all out for The Queen, chosen as the best film of 2006, in addition to citations for best director Stephen Frears, best actress Helen Mirren, best screenplay for Peter Morgan, and best supporting actor Michael Sheen (who actually has a leading role in the film, but that’s how those things go).
Curiously, neither one of Clint Eastwood’s war epics — Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima — managed to make it to the NYOFC’s top-ten list. Also absent was Martin Scorsese’s The Departed.
On the other hand, David Lynch’s Inland Empire found its way into the list, and so did three non-English-language films, Water (top photo, Canada / India), directed [...]

New York Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 10, 2006
 

 

Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Queen directed by Stephen Frears; The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign-Language Film: L’Armée des ombres / Army of Shadows directed by Jean-Pierre Melville†
Runners-up: Volver directed by Pedro Almodóvar; Moartea domnului Lazarescu / The Death of Mr. Lazarescu directed by Cristi Puiu
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Runners-up: Stephen Frears, The Queen; Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Runners-up: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runners-up: Judi Dench, Notes [...]

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award winners: Dec. 10, 2006.
 

 

Best Film: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
Runners-up: The Queen directed by Stephen Frears; United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass; L’Armée des ombres / Army of Shadows directed by Jean-Pierre Melville†
Best Foreign-Language Film: Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Runner-up: Volver directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Best Director: Paul Greengrass, United 93
Runners-up: Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima; Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Actor (tie): Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Runners-up: Peter [...]