and the oscar goes to......

from my perspective, 2006 was a great year for film.
i feel i can say this because i saw a boatload of films throughout the year.
and at this same time every year, oscars are handed out for achievement in film and they went something like this:

Best motion picture of the year: The Departed (seen it)

Performance by an actor in a leading role: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland (seen it)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (seen it)

Original screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine (seen it)

Achievement in cinematography: Pan’s Labyrinth (have not seen it)

Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (seen it)

Achievement in costume design: Marie Antoinette (seen it)

Achievement in sound mixing: Dreamgirls (seen it)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song): "I Need to Wake Up," An Inconvenient Truth (seen it)

Best animated feature film of the year: Happy Feet (have not seen it)

Best documentary feature: An Inconvenient Truth (seen it)

Best animated short film: The Danish Poet (have not seen it)

Achievement in directing: The Departed, Martin Scorsese (seen it)

Performance by an actress in a leading role: Helen Mirren, The Queen (seen it)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls (seen it)

Adapted screenplay: The Departed (seen it)

Achievement in film editing: The Departed (seen it)

Achievement in art direction: Pan's Labyrinth (have not seen it)

Achievement in makeup: Pan's Labyrinth (have not seen it)

Achievement in sound editing: Letters from Iwo Jima (seen it)

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score): Babel (seen it)

Best foreign language film of the year: The Lives of Others (have not seen it)

Best documentary short subject: The Blood of Yingzhou District (have not seen it)

Best live action short film: West Bank Story (have not seen it)