Oscar awards may be a big thing to the Hollywood society, but when it comes to teen movies, nothing is as big as TAFFY. TAFFY is an annual award given for the best in the movies and the amazing thing is that, the jury consists of the teen readers of the Chicago Tribune.

The young readers of the Chicago Tribune have awarded the best picture award to 'Little Miss Sunshine', a comedy film. The film depicts the journey of the Hoover family to a childrens beauty peageant and the happenings in between.

The TAFFY jury consisted of teen moviegoers from the ages 13 to 19 and gave them the opportunity to select the films they thought the awards should be given to. Chicago Tribune's tomorrow edition will have the results out.

Chicago Tribune Movies editor Maureen Hart, said, "Teens in the Chicago area are quite savvy when it comes to entertainment, and it's clear that they have good taste in movies. There are so few opportunities for them to voice their movie preferences that it made sense for us to continue our annual award."

TAFFY or Teen Awards for Favorite Films of the Year, 2007 winners are Little Miss Sunshine (best picture), Abigail Breslin (best actress, little miss sunshine), Leonardo DiCaprio ( the departed) and johny depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) best actors. The best hero award was given to Daniel Craig for his chiselled performance in the Casino Royale.

The TAFFY polls were conducted in January and February and the Chicago teens cast their votes by mail and e-mail to pick their favourite movies.