AWARDS SEASON 2006: THE 59TH CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, CANNES, FRANCE
Ken Loach accepts the Palme D'Or for "The Wind That Shakes the Barley".
Bruno Dumont winning the Grand Prize for his film "Flandres". Alejandro
Gonzalez Inarritu winning Best Director for "Babel". Photos courtesy of: Agence
France Presse.
The five male cast member ensemble
winning Best Actor for "Days of Glory" ("Indigenes"). The five female cast
members winning Best Actress for "Volver". Andrea Arnold winning the Jury
Prize for "Red Road". Photos courtesy of: Agence France Presse.
AWARDS SEASON 2006: THE 78th ACADEMY AWARDS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
George Clooney won Best Supporting Actor for "Syriana". Rachel Weisz won Best Supporting Actress for "The Constant Gardener". Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor for "Capote". Photos courtesy of: AMPAS.
Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress for "Walk The Line", Ang Lee won Best Director for "Brokeback Mountain", and Cathy Schulman and Paul Haggis won Best Picture for "Crash". Photos courtesy of: AMPAS.
Right, director Gavin Hood, Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Feature, "Tsotsi", from South Africa, before his Oscar win. Pictured in the center is the film's star, Terry Pheto, with co-star Presley Chewenyagae. Photo: AMPAS.
AWARDS SEASON 2006: THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM
AND TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS
Best Film -- Brokeback Mountain
Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year -- Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit
Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Producer or Writer of their first Feature Film -- Joe Wright, director, "Pride & Prejudice"
The David Lean Award for Achievement in Directing -- Ang Lee, for "Brokeback Mountain"
Best Original Screenplay -- "Crash", Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Best Adapted Screenplay -- "Brokeback Mountain", Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Best Film Not in the English Language -- The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De Battre Mon Coeur S'Est Arrete), Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard
Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Best Actress in a Leading Role -- Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"
Best Actor in a Supporting Role -- Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"
Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Thandie Newton, "Crash"