12th Empire Awards


The 12th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2006 and took place on 27 March 2007. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 12 categories. The Best Newcomer was split this year into two awards, "Best Male Newcomer" and "Best Female Newcomer" awards. Other changes include Best British Film being renamed this year only to "Sky Movies Best British Film" and the Scene of the Year Award losing the "Sony Ericsson" prefix; The award was presented for the last time. No honorary awards were presented this year. As an exception to previous years, this year had no award ceremony.
Casino Royale won the most awards with three including Best Film. Other winners included Hostel, Little Miss Sunshine, , Pan's Labyrinth, Superman Returns, The Departed, The Prestige, United 93 and Volver with one.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Casino Royale
  • * Pan's Labyrinth
  • * Superman Returns
  • * The Departed
  • * United 93
  • United 93
  • * A Cock and Bull Story
  • * Confetti
  • * Starter for 10
  • * The Queen
  • Christopher Nolan — The Prestige
  • * Bryan Singer — Superman Returns
  • * George Clooney — Good Night, and Good Luck
  • * Guillermo del Toro — Pan's Labyrinth
  • * Martin Scorsese — The Departed
  • Daniel Craig — Casino Royale
  • * Christian Bale — The Prestige
  • * Johnny Depp — '
  • * Leonardo DiCaprio — The Departed
  • * Sacha Baron Cohen — Borat
  • Penélope Cruz — Volver
  • * Helen Mirren — The Queen
  • * Kate Winslet — Little Children
  • * Keira Knightley — '
  • * Reese Witherspoon — Walk the Line
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • * A Cock and Bull Story
  • * Borat
  • * Clerks II
  • * Nacho Libre
  • Hostel
  • * Slither
  • * The Hills Have Eyes
  • * The Host
  • * '
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • * Children of Men
  • * '
  • * Superman Returns
  • * '
  • The Departed
  • * Caché
  • * Inside Man
  • * '
  • * Munich
  • Brandon Routh — Superman Returns
  • * Alex Pettyfer — Stormbreaker
  • * Dominic Cooper — Starter for 10 and The History Boys
  • * Paul Dano — Little Miss Sunshine
  • * Rian Johnson — Brick
  • Eva Green — Casino Royale
  • * Abigail Breslin — Little Miss Sunshine
  • * Ellen Page — Hard Candy
  • * Rebecca Hall — Starter for 10 and The Prestige
  • * Vera Farmiga — The Departed
  • : The bridge attack
  • * Borat: Borat's naked scrap with Azamat
  • * Brick: The foot chase
  • * Casino Royale: The parkour chase
  • * Children of Men: Attack on the car
  • * Little Miss Sunshine: Olive's dance routine
  • * ': The waterwheel sword fight
  • * Superman Returns: The Space Shuttle rescue
  • * The Departed: Frank and Mr. French interrogate Costigan
  • * ': The Phoenix and Professor X showdown

    • Multiple awards

    The following film received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    3Casino Royale

    Multiple nominations

    The following 15 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    6The Departed
    5Superman Returns
    4Casino Royale
    4Little Miss Sunshine
    4'
    3Borat
    3Starter for 10
    3The Prestige
    2A Cock and Bull Story
    2Brick
    2Children of Men
    2'
    2The Queen
    2
    2United 93