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