• New Generation Award

    Won
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin

  • Best Directorial Debut

    Won
    National Board of Review
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin

  • Best Young Actor or Actress

    Won
    Washington D.C. Film Critics Association
    2012
    Quvenzhané Wallis

  • Best Supporting Actor

    Won
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    2012
    Dwight Henry

  • Breakthrough Performance

    Won
    New York Film Critics Online
    2012
    Quvenzhané Wallis

  • Best Cinematography - Dramatic

    Won
    Sundance Film Festival
    2012
    Ben Richardson

  • Breakthrough Performance by an Actress

    Won
    National Board of Review
    2012
    Quvenzhané Wallis

  • Best First Film

    Won
    New York Film Critics Online
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin

  • Best Music Score

    Won
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin
    Dan Romer

  • Best Cinematography

    Won
    Independent Spirit Awards
    2012
    Ben Richardson

  • Best Adapted Screenplay

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin
    Lucy Alibar

  • Best Producer

    Nominated
    Producers Guild of America
    2012
    Dan Janvey
    Josh Penn
    Michael Gottwald

  • Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    2012
    Quvenzhané Wallis

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin

  • Best Director

    Nominated
    Independent Spirit Awards
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin

  • Best Female Lead

    Nominated
    Independent Spirit Awards
    2012
    Quvenzhané Wallis

  • Best Adapted Screenplay

    Nominated
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin
    Lucy Alibar

  • Breakthrough Artist

    Nominated
    Detroit Film Critics Society
    2012
    Benh Zeitlin

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