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The Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA) is an American film critic association.

COFCA Award Winners

2002 Winners

• Best Picture

1. Punch-Drunk Love
2. Adaptation
3. Far from Heaven
4. Gangs of New York
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
6. Solaris
7. About Schmidt
8. Atanarjuat
9. The Pianist
10. Road to Perdition

• Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York

Runner-up - Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt

• Best Actress - Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary

Runner-up - Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven

• Best Supporting Actor - Chris Cooper - Adaptation

Runner-up - John C. Reilly - Chicago

• Best Supporting Actress - Emily Mortimer - Lovely & Amazing

Runner-up - Kathy Bates - About Schmidt

• Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson - Punch-Drunk Love

Runner-up - Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven

• Best Screenplay - Adapted - Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman - Adaptation

Runner-up - Jim Taylor & Alexander Payne - About Schmidt

• Best Screenplay - Original - Paul Thomas Anderson - Punch-Drunk Love

Runner-up - Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven

• Best Foreign Language Film - Atanarjuat

Runner-up - Y tu mamá también

• Best Score - Terence Blanchard - 25th Hour

Runner-up - Elmer Bernstein - Far From Heaven

• Best Cinematography - Andrew Lesnie - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Runner-up - Edward Lachman - Far from Heaven

• Best Documentary - Bowling for Columbine

Runner-up - The Kid Stays in the Picture

2003 Winners

• Best Picture

1. Lost in Translation
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. Mystic River
4. Kill Bill: Vol.1
5. Gerry
6. Finding Nemo
7. House of Sand and Fog
8. The Station Agent
9. Big Fish
10. 21 Grams

• Best Actor - Sean Penn - Mystic River

Runner-up - Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

• Best Actress - Charlize Theron - Monster

Runner-up - Patricia Clarkson - The Station Agent

• Best Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins - Mystic River

Runner-up - Sean Astin - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Best Supporting Actress - Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River

Runner-up - Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain

• Best Director - Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Runner-up - Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

• Best Screenplay - Adapted - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - American Splendor

Runners-up - Brian Helgeland - Mystic River

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Best Screenplay - Original - Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Runner-up - Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan - In America

• Best Foreign Language Film - City of God (Cidade de Deus)

Runners-up - The Man on the Train (L'Homme du Train)

Talk to Her (Hable con ella)

• Best Score - RZA - Kill Bill: Vol.1

Runner-up - Clint Eastwood - Mystic River

• Best Cinematography - Eduardo Serra - Girl with a Pearl Earring

Runner-up - Andrew Lesnie - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Best Documentary - Capturing the Friedmans

Runner-up - Spellbound

2004 Winners

• Best Picture

1. Million Dollar Baby
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Sideways
4. The Incredibles
5. Closer
6. Before Sunset
7. The Aviator
8. Dogville
9. Maria Full of Grace
10. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

• Best Lead Performance - Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

Runner-up - Jamie Foxx - Ray

• Best Supporting Performance - Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

Runner-up - Clive Owen - Closer

• Best Direction - Alexander Payne - Sideways

Runner-up - Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

• Actor of the Year - Cate Blanchett - The Aviator, Coffee and Cigarettes and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Runner-up - Jamie Foxx - Ray and Collateral

• Best Screenplay - Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Runner-up - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways

• Breakthrough Film Artist - Zach Braff - Garden State (for acting, writing and directing)

Runner-up - Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace (for acting)

• Best Ensemble - I ♥ Huckabees

Runner-up - Sideways

• Best Formal Design - The Aviator

Runner-up - Hero

• Best Sound Design - Kill Bill: Vol 2

Runner-up - The Village

2005 Winners

• Best Picture

1. A History of Violence
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
4. Good Night, and Good Luck
5. Munich
6. Murderball
7. Crash
8. Sin City
9. Pride & Prejudice
10. Batman Begins

• 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

• Best Direction - David Cronenberg - A History of Violence

Runner-up - Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

• Actor of the Year - Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain, Casanova, Lords of Dogtown and The Brothers Grimm

Runner-up - Terrence Howard - Crash, Four Brothers and Hustle & Flow

• Best Screenplay - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain

Runner-up - George Clooney and Grant Heslov - Good Night, and Good Luck

• Breakthrough Film Artist - Amy Adams - Junebug (for acting)

Runner-up - Joe Wright - Pride & Prejudice (for directing)

• Best Ensemble - Munich

Runner-up - Brokeback Mountain

• Best Formal Design - Sin City

Runner-up - Brokeback Mountain

• Best Sound Design' - War of the Worlds

Runner-up - Walk the Line

2006 Winners

• Best Film

1. Children of Men
2. The Departed
3. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Brick
7. United 93
8. Babel
9. Thank You for Smoking
10. Casino Royale

• Best Director - Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Runner-Up - Alfonso Cuarón - Children of Men

• Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed

Runner-Up - Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

• Best Actress - Helen Mirren - The Queen

Runner-Up - Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada

• Best Supporting Actor - Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls

Runner-Up - Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine

• Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

Runner-Up - Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

• Best Ensemble - The Departed

Runner-Up - Little Miss Sunshine

• Actor of the Year - Clive Owen - Children of Men, Inside Man (for an exemplary body of work)

Runner-Up - Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond, The Departed

• Breakthrough Film Artist - Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls - (for acting)

Runner-Up - Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (for acting and writing)

• Best Cinematography - Dean Semler - Apocalypto

Runner-Up - Guillermo Navarro - Pan's Labyrinth

• Best Screenplay - Adapted - William Monahan - The Departed

Runner-Up - Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby - Children of Men

• Best Screenplay - Original - Rian Johnson - Brick

Runner-Up - Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine

• Best Score - Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel

Runner-Up - Nathan Johnson - Brick

• Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth

Runner-Up - (tie) Jesus Camp

Runner-Up - (tie) Wordplay

• Best Foreign Language Film - Pan's Labyrinth

Runner-Up: Letters from Iwo Jima

• Best Animated Film - Cars

Runner-Up - Monster House

• Best Overlooked Film - Brick

Runner-Up - The Descent

External links

• Central Ohio Film Critics Association