12th Empire Awards

12th Empire Awards
The logo for the 12th Empire Awards
Date27 March 2007 (2007-03-27)
SiteNo award ceremony
Empire issue
  1. 215 (May 2007)
Highlights
Best FilmCasino Royale
Best British FilmUnited 93
Most awardsCasino Royale (3)
Most nominationsThe Departed (6)

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "Empire Awards 2007". Internet Movie Database. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
  2. ^ "James Bond conquers Empire Awards". BBC News Online. BBC. March 28, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2014.