APCA, the Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte, announced on Monday its "best of the year" awards for Brazilian film and television productions. O Céu de Suely, which would also be my pick for best Brazilian film of 2006, took the top honors with best film, best director (Karim Aïnouz), and best actress (breakthrough Hermila Guedes). Awards will be given in March, and the complete list of winners follows below:

FILM
Film: "O Céu de Suely"
Director: Karim Aïnouz ("O Céu de Suely")
Cinematography: Murilo Salles ("Árido Movie")
Script: Cao Hamburger, Cláudio Galperin. Anna Muylaert, Bráulio Mantovani ("O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias")
Editing: Vania Debs ("Árido Movie")
Actor: Matheus Nachtergaele ("Tapete Vermelho")
Actress: Hermila Guedes ("O Céu de Suely").

TELEVISION
Critics' Grand Prize: "Os Filhos do Carnaval", by Cao Hamburger (HBO/O2)
Documentary: Série Chico Buarque de Hollanda, by Roberto de Oliveira (DirecTV/Band)
Program: "Central da Periferia", by Regina Casé (Globo)
Actress: Lília Cabral, in "Páginas da Vida" (Globo)
Actor: Lázaro Ramos, in "Cobras & Lagartos" (Globo)
Children's Program: "As Novas Aventuras do Menino Maluquinho" (TVE)
Comedy: Dira Paes, of "A Diarista" (Globo).
(The award-winners of HBO and DirecTV were local productions made by national production companies from the resources of article 39 of the Ancine Law.)