2006 Shortlist [deadline Jun 30th]

[brokenface]

Best Film
Brand Upon the Brain!
Casino Royale
Children of Men
The Departed
Inland Empire
El Laberinto del Fauno / Pan's Labyrinth
Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine 
The Prestige

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Syndromes and a Century)
David Lynch (Inland Empire)
Guillermo del Toro (El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth)
Guy Maddin (Brand Upon the Brain!)

Best Actor
Mads Mikkelsen (Efter brylluppet / After the Wedding)
Matt Damon (The Departed)
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)
Song Kang-ho (Gwoemul / The Host)
Ulrich Mühe (Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others)

Best Actress
Hedye Tehrani (Chaharshanbe Suri / Fireworks Wednesday)
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
Kate Winslet (Little Children)
Laura Dern (Inland Empire)

Best Supporting Actor
Jack Nicholson (The Departed)
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)
Michael Caine (The Prestige)
Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine)

Best Supporting Actress
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine)
Carmen Maura (Volver)
Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)
Shannyn Sossamon (Wristcutters: A Love Story)
Taraneh Alidoosti (Chaharshanbe Suri / Fireworks Wednesday)

Best Writing
Children of Men
Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others
The Prestige
Syndromes and a Century
Volver

Best Cinematography
Children of Men
El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth
Letters from Iwo Jima
Syndromes and a Century
Volver

Best Music
John Tavener (Children of Men)
Kyle Eastwood & Michael Stevens (Letters from Iwo Jima)
Krzysztof Penderecki & David Lynch (Inland Empire)
Stephen Trask (Dreamgirls)
Terence Blanchard (When the Levees Broke)

Best Short Film
The Danish Poet (Torill Kove)
Everything Will Be Ok (Don Hertzfeldt)
Kiwi! (Dony Permedi)
Lifted (Gary Rydstrom)
Peter & the Wolf (Suzie Templeton)

Best Documentary
The Battle of Chernobyl
The Cats of Mirikitani
Citadel
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

[brokenface]

There were annoying inseparable ties in both Actor and Supp.Actress categories. Rather than have 7 nominees, I used random number generator to pick which ones of the ties made the cut. Alas Slavoj Zizek was amongst them, missing out on an unlikely Best Actor nomination..

[tommy_leazaq]

Too bad Volver missed out on Best film nomination..

[connordenney]

Too bad Volver missed out on Best film nomination..

And Syndromes and a Century, my personal favorite film of the decade. It also recently won the 2006 poll on Twitter.

[allisoncm]

Best Supporting Actress - How to choose between:
Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) 2 (25%)
Carmen Maura (Volver) 2 (25%)
Cate Blanchett (Notes on a Scandal)

[allisoncm]

Citadel is nominated. Anyone have a link?