The 11th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were awarded on 22 December 2006. Martin Scorsese’s The Departed was the big winner with four awards.

Best Film

The Departed

Best Director:

Martin Scorsese – The Departed

Best Actor:

Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress:

Helen Mirren – The Queen

Best Supporting Actor:

Jack Nicholson – The Departed

Best Supporting Actress:

Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal

Best Screenplay:

William Monahan – The Departed

Best Animated Film:

Monster House

Best Cinematography:

Guillermo Navarro – Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)

Best Documentary Film:

An Inconvenient Truth

Best Foreign Language Film:

Pan’s Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) – Mexico/Spain/USA

Pauline Kael Breakout Award:

Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

Golden Orange for Outstanding Contribution to Film:

Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman, director and producer of the Florida-centric documentaries Cocaine Cowboys (2006) and Raw Deal: A Question of Consent (2001), for their continued dedication to South Florida’s film industry.