SEFCA’s 2006 Winners

Posted on by Ken Hanke

These are the pictures and performances the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) found noteworthy in 2006. The films voted on were theatrical releases of this past year.

SEFCA’s 49 members work for print and radio outlets in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

The Wyatt award is named in memory of former member Gene Wyatt and honors a film that captures the spirit of the South.

BEST PICTURE: The Departed

TOP TEN (in order):
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
The Queen
United 93
Little Miss Sunshine
Babel
Pan’s Labyrinth
Little Children
Thank You For Smoking
Notes on a Scandal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Pan’s Labyrinth

BEST DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese – The Departed

BEST ACTOR: Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS: Helen Mirren – The Queen

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifor Hudson – Dreamgirls

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Little Miss Sunshine

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Departed

BEST DOCUMENTARY: An Inconvenient Truth

BEST ANIMATED FILM: Cars

WYATT AWARD: Shut Up & Sing

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About Ken Hanke
Head film critic for Mountain Xpress from December 2000 until his death in June 2016. Author of books "Ken Russell's Films," "Charlie Chan at the Movies," "A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series," "Tim Burton: An Unauthorized Biography of the Filmmaker."
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