Shhh! Voting in progress

At the end of each year, the Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) gathers together to discuss, petition and argue over 10 noteworthy categories.

At the end of this meeting, each member casts his or her votes in a fair way that leaves room for no error.

The following are the winners and runners-up of the 2007 UFCA Awards conducted on Dec. 20:

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Juno

Best Achievement in Directing: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Lead Performance, Male: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Lead Performance, Female: Ellen Page, Juno
Runner-up: Amy Adams, Enchanted

Best Supporting Performance, Female: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There

Best Supporting Performance, Male: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild

Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Documentary Feature: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Runner-up: My Kid Could Paint That

Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Runner-up: The Simpsons Movie

Best Non-English Language Feature: The Host
Runner-up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Utah Film Critics Association members are: Chris Bellamy, Daily Chronicle; Bruce Bennett, St. George Spectrum; Cody Clark, Daily Herald; Luke Hickman, College Times; Jeremy Mathews, In Utah This Week; Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune; Andrew Morgan, Logan Herald-Journal; Scott Renshaw, Salt Lake City Weekly; Steve Salles, Ogden Standard-Examiner; Missy Thompson, Tooele Transcript-Bulletin; Tony Toscano, Talking Pictures; Jeff Vice, Deseret Morning News; and Doug Wright, KSL Radio.