4th annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association awards

Announced January 12, 2006

2005 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners

Best Film
A History of Violence
Runner-up: Brokeback Mountain

Best Direction
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
Runner-up: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain

Best Lead Performance
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

Best Supporting Performance
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Runner-up: Amy Adams, Junebug

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain, Casanova, Lords of Dogtown, and The Brothers Grimm
Runner-up: Terrence Howard, Crash, Four Brothers, and Hustle & Flow

Best Ensemble
The cast of Munich
Runner-up: The cast of Brokeback Mountain

Best Screenplay
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Formal Design (for exceptional visual aesthetic)
Frank Miller’s Sin City
Runner-up: Brokeback Mountain

Best Sound Design (for exceptional aural aesthetic)
War of the Worlds
Runner-up: Walk the Line

Breakthrough Film Artist
Amy Adams, Junebug; for acting
Runner-up: Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice; for directing

Top Ten Films
1. A History of Violence
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
4. Good Night, and Good Luck.
5. Munich
6. Murderball
7. Crash
8. Frank Miller’s Sin City
9. Pride & Prejudice
10. Batman Begins