Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2006

5th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 11, 2006 (2006-12-11)
Highlights
Best Film	United 93
Best Director	Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Actor	Forest Whitaker
Best Actress	Helen Mirren
← 2005 WAFCA Awards 2007 →

The 5th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2006, were given on December 11, 2006.

Winners

Best Actor
- Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
- Helen Mirren – The Queen
Best Animated Feature
- Happy Feet
Best Art Direction
- Marie Antoinette
Best Breakthrough Performance
- Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Best Cast
- Little Miss Sunshine
Best Director
- Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Best Documentary Feature
- An Inconvenient Truth
Best Film
- United 93
Best Foreign Language Film
- El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth), Mexico/Spain/United States
Best Screenplay – Adapted
- Thank You for Smoking – Jason Reitman
Best Screenplay – Original
- Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt
Best Supporting Actor
- Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress
- Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

v t e American film critic associations
National	Critics Choice Association National Board of Review National Society of Film Critics African-American Film Critics Association Hollywood Creative Alliance
Northeast	Boston Society of Film Critics New York Film Critics Circle New York Film Critics Online Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Midwest	Chicago Film Critics Association Detroit Film Critics Society Kansas City Film Critics Circle St. Louis Film Critics Association
South	Austin Film Critics Association Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Florida Film Critics Circle Georgia Film Critics Association Houston Film Critics Society
West	Los Angeles Film Critics Association San Diego Film Critics Society San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Seattle Film Critics Society

v t e Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
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