The 32nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2006. Winners Best Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima Runner-up: The Queen Best Director: Paul Greengrass – United 93 Runner-up: Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima Best Actor (TIE): Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland Best Actress: Helen Mirren – The Queen Runner-up: Penélope Cruz – Volver Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen – The Queen Runner-up: Sergi López – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Best Supporting Actress: Luminița Gheorghiu – The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu) Runner-up: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan – The Queen Runner-up: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men Runner-up: Tom Stern – Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima Best Production Design: Eugenio Caballero – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Runner-up: Jim Clay, Veronica Falzon, and Geoffrey Kirkland – Children of Men Best Music Score: Alexandre Desplat – The Painted Veil and The Queen Runner-up: Thomas Newman – The Good German and Little Children Best Foreign-Language Film: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) • Germany Runner-up: Volver • Spain Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: An Inconvenient Truth Runner-up: Darwin's Nightmare Best Animation: Happy Feet Runner-up: Cars The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: So Yong Kim – In Between Days Kelly Reichardt – Old Joy New Generation Award: Michael Arndt (screenwriter), Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (co-directors) – Little Miss Sunshine Career Achievement Award: Robert Mulligan Special Citation: Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film Army of Shadows upon the occasion of its long-overdue U.S. release. Jonas Mekas for his contributions to American film culture as a filmmaker, critic and co-founder of Anthology Film Archives. References External links 32nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards