BAFTA 2006

2006 BAFTA Awards
2006 Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations: January 19, 2006
2006 BAFTA award winners: Odeon Leicester Square in London on February 19, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
 

FILM
* BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Diana Ossana / James Schamus
CAPOTE – Caroline Baron / William Vince / Michael Ohoven
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Simon Channing Williams
CRASH – Credits TBC
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Grant Heslov
THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
A COCK & BULL STORY – Andrew Eaton / Michael Winterbottom / Martin Hardy
THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Simon Channing Williams / Fernando Meirelles / Jeffrey Caine
FESTIVAL – Christopher Young / Annie Griffin
PRIDE & PREJUDICE – Tim Bevan / Eric [...]

London Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
2006 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Dorchester Hotel on February 8, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain
 

Best Film:
* Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Crash
A History of Violence
King Kong
The Attenborough Award for British Film:
* The Constant Gardener
The Descent
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Foreign-Language Film:
Hidden
The Chorus
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Sea Inside
* Downfall
Best Director:
David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Peter Jackson (King Kong)
* Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)
Best British Director:
Stephen Frears (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Terry George (Hotel Rwanda)
Neil Marshall (The Descent) [...]

CRASH – Awards and Nominations

Jennifer Esposito, Don Cheadle in Crash

Unless otherwise noted, all Crash awards and nominations are for the year 2005.
Photos: Lorey Sebastian / © Lions Gate Films Inc.

Academy Awards: 3 wins (best film; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco; best editing, Hughes Winborne);

3 additional nominations (best director, Paul Haggis; best supporting actor, Matt Dillon; best song, "In the Deep," music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker, lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York)

American Cinema Editors: 1 win (best edited feature – dramatic, Hughes Winborne)
Art Directors Guild: 1 nomination (best production design – contemporary film, Laurence Bennett)
British Academy Awards: 2 wins (best supporting actress, Thandie Newton; best original screenplay, Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco);

7 additional nominations (best film; best director, [...]

CRASH – Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Ryan Phillippe

Crash (2005)
Director: Paul Haggis
Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate, Michael Peña, Shaun Toub
 
Ryan Phillippe in Crash
 

Screenwriter Paul Haggis‘ multiple award-winning directorial début is set in a Los Angeles that is part Quentin Tarantino, part Paul Thomas Anderson, part Spike Lee, and part Bret Easton Ellis; it is also a surreal place that has precious little in common with the actual Southern California metropolis.
Crash is all about how the Angeleno boiling — definitely not melting — pot is about to explode at any minute. According to Haggis and co-screenwriter Bobby Moresco, Los Angeles denizens spend all [...]