The San Diego Film Critics Society (of which I'm a member) added their voice to the chorus of critics' groups claiming Letters from Iwo Jima to be the best film of 2006. While that pick falls in line with other groups, the San Diego Film Critics Society looked beyond the usual suspects in other categories.
San Diego Film Critics Society - 2006 Winners
Best Film - Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Director - Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Actress - Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Actor - Ken Takakura, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Best Supporting Actress - Lili Taylor, Factotum
Best Supporting Actor - Ray Winstone, The Proposition
Best Original Screenplay - Karen Moncrieff, The Dead Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay - Jason Reitman, Thank You for Smoking
Best Foreign Language Film - Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Best Animated Film - Cars
Best Documentary - Shut Up And Sing
Best Cinematography - Dick Pope, The Illusionist
Best Production Design - Owen Paterson, V for Vendetta
Best Editing - Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson and Clare Douglas, United 93
Best Score - Gustavo Santaolalla, Babel
Best Ensemble - Babel
Body of Work - Edward Norton for The Illusionist, Down in the Valley and The Painted Veil
