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Annual Awards of Critics 2005

In a variety of countries, the film critics' associations, members of FIPRESCI, present Best Films of the Year 2005, mostly determined by the way of a poll among the national members.

Australia
Film Critics Circle of Australia (Awards for Australian Films)
Best Film: Look Both Ways
Best Director: Sarah Watt, Look Both Ways
Best Actress in a Lead Role: Cate Blanchett, Little Fish
Best Australian Feature Documentary: Rash by Nicholas Hansen
Best Actor in a Lead Role: William McInnes, Look Both Ways
Acknowledgement of Emerging Talent: Tim Dean, Directing
Best Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside by Alejandro Amenabar (Spain)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Noni Hazlehurst, Little Fish
Best Australian Short Documentary: Girl in a Mirror by Kathy Drayton
Best Australian Short Film: Jewboy by Tony Krawitz
Best Foreign Film — English Language: Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Hugo Weaving, Little Fish
Best Adapted Screenplay: Robert Connolly & Elliott Perlman, Three Dollars
Best Cinematography: Benoit Delhomme, The Proposition
Best Editor: Denise Haratzis, Look Both Ways
Best Original Screenplay: Sarah Watt, Look Both Ways
Best Musical Score; Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, The Proposition

Chile
Mabuse / FIPRESCI Chile
International prize: Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, Uruguay
National prize: Días de Campo by Raúl Ruiz

France
Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma
Best French Film: De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté by Jacques Audiard
Best Foreign Film: A History of Violence by David Cronenberg (Canada)
Best First French Feature: La Petite Jérusalem by Karin Albou
Best French Short Film: Stricteternum by Didier Fontan
The SFCC also awards the best books on cinema, tv films (fiction and documentary) and dvds. You can visit the website for further information on these prizes.

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Hungary
Association of Hungarian Journalists (Awards for Hungarian Films)
Best Picture: József és testvérei (Joseph and His Brothers, dir. András Jeles)
Best Director: Kornél Mundruczó (Johanna)
Best Cinematographer: András Nagy for Johanna (by Kornél Mundruczóand) and A fény ösvényei (Paths of Light, by Attila Mispál)
Best First Film: Fekete kefe (Black Brush, dir. Roland Vranik)
Best Documentary: Az árulásról (About Betrayal, dir. Gábor Balog and Zoltán Hajdu Farkas)
Best Short Film: Before Dawn (dir. Bálint Kenyeres)
Best Experimental Film: Résfilm (Slitfilm, dir. Sándor Kardos)
Best Actress: Schell Judit for Csak szex és más semmi (Just Sex and Nothing Else, dir. Kriszitna Goda)
Best Supporting Actress: Eszter Csákányi for Az igazi Mikulás (The Real Santa, dir. Péter Gárdos)
Best Actor: György Cserhalmi for Az igazi Mikulás (The Real Santa, dir. Péter Gárdos)
Best Supporting Actor: Lajos Bertók for Porcelánbaba (The Porcelain Doll, dir. Péter Gárdos)
Lifetime Achievement Award: András Kovács, director

Spain
Associació Catalana de Crítics i Escriptors Cinematogràfics
Best Spanish Film: La vida secreta de las palabras (The Secret Life of Words) by Isabel Coixet
Best Foreign Film: Saraband by Ingmar Bergman (Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Austria, 2003)

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