The 12th Empire Awards ceremony (also known as the Empire Readers Awards), 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, Mission: Impossible III, 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 — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Leonardo DiCaprio — The Departed Sacha Baron Cohen — Borat Penélope Cruz — Volver Helen Mirren — The Queen Kate Winslet — Little Children Keira Knightley — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 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 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Pan's Labyrinth Children of Men Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Superman Returns X-Men: The Last Stand The Departed Caché Inside Man Mission: Impossible III 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 Elliot Page — Hard Candy Rebecca Hall — Starter for 10 and The Prestige Vera Farmiga — The Departed Mission: Impossible III: 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 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: The waterwheel sword fight Superman Returns: The Space Shuttle rescue The Departed: Frank and Mr. French interrogate Costigan X-Men: The Last Stand: The Phoenix and Professor X showdown
Multiple awards The following film received multiple awards:
Awards Film 3 Casino Royale
Multiple nominations The following 15 films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 6 The Departed 5 Superman Returns 4 Casino Royale Little Miss Sunshine Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 3 Borat Starter for 10 The Prestige 2 A Cock and Bull Story Brick Children of Men Mission: Impossible III The Queen X-Men: The Last Stand United 93
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