Alliance of Women Film Journalists - 2006 EDA Awards
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ)
Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards (1st)
Nominations: December 10, 2006
Awards: December 17, 2006
Below are the nominations & winners for the 1st Annual EDA Awards.
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Best Picture
"Dreamgirls"
(DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures) Paramount, DreamWorks SKG
WINNER
"Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)"
(Picturehouse) Tequila Gang, Esperanto Filmoj, Estudios Picasso
"The Departed"
(Warner Bros.) Warner Bros., Vertigo, Initial Entertainment Group, Plan B Entertainment
"The Queen"
(Miramax) Pathe Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
"Volver"
(Sony Pictures Classics) El Deseo S.A.
Best Ensemble
"Babel"
(Paramount Vantage) Anonymous Content, Una Produccion De Zeta Film, Central Films
"Little Children"
(New Line Cinema) New Line Cinema, Bona Fide Productions, Standard Film Company Inc.
WINNER
"Little Miss Sunshine"
(Fox Searchlight) Big Beach, Bona Fide Productions
"A Prairie Home Companion"
(Picturehouse) Prairie Home Productions
"Volver"
(Sony Pictures Classics) El Deseo S.A.
Best Drama by or About Women
WINNER
"Little Children"
(New Line Cinema) New Line Cinema, Bona Fide Productions, Standard Film Company Inc.
"SherryBaby"
(Big Beach Films) IFC Films
"The Queen"
(Miramax) Pathe Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
"Volver"
(Sony Pictures Classics) El Deseo S.A.
"Water"
(Fox Searchlight) Telefilm Canada, Deepa Mehta Films
Best Comedy by or About Women
"The Devil Wears Prada"
(20th Century Fox) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Fox 2000 Pictures
"Friends With Money"
WINNER
"Little Miss Sunshine"
(Fox Searchlight) Big Beach, Bona Fide Productions
"A Prairie Home Companion"
(Picturehouse) Prairie Home Productions
"Stranger Than Fiction"
(Sony Pictures) Columbia, Mandate Pictures
Best Documentary by or About Women
"Deliver Us From Evil"
(Lionsgate Films) Disarming Films
"Highway Courtesans"
WINNER
"Jesus Camp"
"My Country, My Country"
(Zeitgeist) P.O.V. Theatricals
"Shut Up and Sing"
(The Weinstein Company) Cabin Creek
Best Actress - Drama
Penelope Cruz in "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal" (Fox Searchlight)
Maggie Gyllenhaal in "SherryBaby" (Big Beach Films)
WINNER
Helen Mirren in "The Queen" (Miramax)
Kate Winslet in "Little Children" (New Line Cinema)
Best Actress - Comedy
Toni Colette in "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
Penelope Cruz in "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine O'Hara in "For Your Consideration"
WINNER
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada" (20th Century Fox)
Emma Thompson in "Stranger Than Fiction" (Sony Pictures)
Best Performance by an Actress or Actor in Support of a Female Protagonist or Female Perspective
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
Adriana Barraza in "Babel" (Paramount Vantage)
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson" (ThinkFilm)
WINNER
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls" (DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures)
Carmen Maura in "Volver" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Woman Screenwriter
"Catch a Fire"
(Focus Features) Shawn Slovo
"The Devil Wears Prada"
(20th Century Fox) Aline Brosh McKenna
WINNER
"Half Nelson"
(ThinkFilm) Anna Boden
"House of Sand"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Elena Soarez
"World Trade Center"
(Paramount Pictures) Andrea Berloff
Best Breakthrough Performance
Ivana Baquero in "Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)" (Picturehouse)
WINNER
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
Abbie Cornish in "Candy"
Abbie Cornish in "Somersault"
Shareeka Epps in "Half Nelson" (ThinkFilm)
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel" (Paramount Vantage)
Perseverance Award
"Shadow of Afghanistan"
Suzanne Bauman
"Highway Courtesans"
Mystelle Brabbee
"Little Miss Sunshine"
(Fox Searchlight) Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
"Shut Up and Sing"
(The Weinstein Company) Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck
WINNER
"Water"
(Fox Searchlight) Deepa Mehta
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
WINNER
Dame Helen Mirren in ""
Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
WINNER
"Babel"
(Paramount Vantage) Cate Blanchett
WINNER
"The Good German"
(Warner Bros.) Cate Blanchett
WINNER
"Notes on a Scandal"
(Fox Searchlight) Cate Blanchett
Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER
Dame Judi Dench
Award for Humanitarian Activism
WINNER
Angelina Jolie
Hall of Shame Award
"A Good Year"
(20th Century Fox)
"Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction"
"Beerfest"
(Warner Bros.) Broken Lizard Productions, Gerber Pictures
"The Black Dahlia"
(Universal Pictures) Signature Pictures
"Little Man"
(Sony Pictures Entertainment) Revolution Studios, Wayans Bros. Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment
"My Super Ex-Girlfriend"
"You, Me and Dupree"
Mel Gibson
Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
Bryce Dallas Howard
Nicole Kidman
Sarah Jessica Parker
Meg Ryan
WINNER
Uma Thurman
Movie You Wanted to Love but Just Couldn't
"All the King's Men"
(Columbia Pictures) Columbia Pictures Corporation
"The Lake House"
WINNER
"Marie Antoinette"
(Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures)
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
(Buena Vista)
"The Holiday"
(Sony Pictures) Waverly Films
Best of the Fests
"Apart From That"
Randy Walker and Jennifer Shainin
"Cats of Mirikitani"
Linda Hattendorf
"Cinnamon"
Kevin Jerome Everson
"Falling"
Barbara Albert
"Just Like the Son"
Morgan J. Freeman
"Shadow of Afghanistan"
Suzanne Bauman and Jim Burroughs
"Snow Cake"
Marc Evans
"Son of Man"
Mark Dornford-May
Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality
"Babel"
(Paramount Vantage)
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
(20th Century Fox)
WINNER
"Little Children"
(New Line Cinema)
"The Notorious Bettie Page"
"SherryBaby"
(Big Beach Films)
Don't Stick Your Head in the Sand
"An Inconvenient Truth"
(Paramount Classics) Participant Productions, Davis Guggenheim
"Deliver Us From Evil"
(Lionsgate Films) Disarming Films, Amy Berg
"Highway Courtesans"
Mystelle Brabbee
WINNER
"Jesus Camp"
Heidi Ewnig and Rachel Grady
"3 Needles"
Emotion Pictures, Thom Fitzgerald
"Who Killed the Electric Car?"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Electric Entertainment, Plinyminor, Chris Paine
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