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| AFI Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 2013 | Won | AFI Award |
Movie of the Year Josh Penn Dan Janvey Michael Gottwald BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD roars with the strength of a people who wish to live and die in a world a wonder with adversity. At the center of this poetic storm stands Hushpuppy, a tiny heroine who towers among the toughest of the year. Hers is a triumphant tale of the mind and of the power of fantasy and folklore to carry us forward. In Hushpuppy, director Benh Zeitlin and co-writer Lucy Alibar capture the spirit of an unsung America with a commanding reminder from a small but strong voice - that all of us are "a little piece of a big, big universe, and that makes it right." |
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Achievement in Directing Benh Zeitlin |
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Best Motion Picture of the Year Dan Janvey Josh Penn Michael Gottwald |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Quvenzhané Wallis At the age of 9, Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role in Academy Awards history. |
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Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Lucy Alibar Benh Zeitlin |
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| Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | Saturn Award |
Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Austin Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Austin Film Critics Award |
Best First Film Benh Zeitlin |
| Breakthrough Artist Award |
Quvenzhané Wallis
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| Nominated | Austin Film Critics Award |
Best Film |
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| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Adapted Screenplay Lucy Alibar Benh Zeitlin |
| BET Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | BET Award |
Best Movie |
| Black Reel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Black Reel |
Best Actress Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Best Breakthrough Performance Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Best Film Michael Gottwald Dan Janvey Josh Penn (Fox Searchlight Pictures). |
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Best Original Score Dan Romer Benh Zeitlin |
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| Nominated | Black Reel |
Best Breakthrough Performance Dwight Henry |
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Best Supporting Actor Dwight Henry |
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| Bombay International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Mumbai Young Critics Award |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Silver Gateway |
Best Actor Dwight Henry For his astonishing and indelible performance in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; dancing on the edge of sanity right up until the very poignant end. |
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Jury Grand Prize Benh Zeitlin The award for the Jury Grand Prize in the International Competition Section is given to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD for its vivid, unflinching depiction of New Orleans culture and the superbly-acted relationship between a ferocious little girl and her dying father. |
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| Nominated | Golden Gateway |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | 2nd place | BSFC Award |
Best New Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin |
| British Film Institute Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Sutherland Trophy |
Benh Zeitlin
One film stood out as most clearly deserving of the top prize recognising innovation and originality: Benh Zeitlin's daringly vast, richly detailed Beasts of the Southern Wild. |
| British Independent Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | British Independent Film Award |
Best International Independent Film |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Critics Choice Award |
Best Young Actor/Actress Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Nominated | Critics Choice Award |
Best Actress Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Best Picture |
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| Camerimage | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | Golden Frog |
Best Cinematography Ben Richardson (cinematographer) |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | FIPRESCI Prize |
Un Certain Regard Benh Zeitlin |
| Golden Camera |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Prix Regards Jeune |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Capri, Hollywood | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Capri Actress Award |
Quvenzhané Wallis
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| Capri Surprise Film of the Year Award | |||
| Central Ohio Film Critics Association | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | 2nd place | COFCA Award |
Breakthrough Film Artist Quvenzhané Wallis For acting. |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | CFCA Award |
Most Promising Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin |
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Most Promising Performer Quvenzhané Wallis |
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| Nominated | CFCA Award |
Best Actress Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Best Adapted Screenplay Benh Zeitlin Lucy Alibar |
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Best Director Benh Zeitlin |
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Best Original Score Benh Zeitlin Dan Romer |
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Best Picture |
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Best Supporting Actor Dwight Henry |
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Most Promising Performer Dwight Henry |
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| Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Production Design Alex DiGerlando |
| Nominated | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Actress Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Best Adapted Screenplay Lucy Alibar Benh Zeitlin |
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Best Cinematography Ben Richardson |
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Best Director Benh Zeitlin |
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Best Movie |
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Best Supporting Actor Dwight Henry |
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| Costume Designers Guild Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | CDG Award |
Excellence in Contemporary Film Stephani Lewis |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Russell Smith Award |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Nominated | DFWFCA Award |
Best Actress Quvenzhané Wallis Tied with Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012). |
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Best Picture |
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| Deauville Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Grand Special Prize |
Best Film Benh Zeitlin |
| Revelations Prize |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Durban International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Best Direction |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | Empire Award |
Best Female Newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Technical Achievement Ben Richardson Cinematography |
| Expresion en Corto International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Special Jury Award |
Best Debut Feature Benh Zeitlin (Cinereach, Court 13 Pictures and Journeyman Pictures). |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Pauline Kael Breakout Award |
Quvenzhané Wallis
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| Ghent International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Youth Jury Award |
Best Film Benh Zeitlin |
| Golden Trailer Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Golden Trailer |
Best Independent Poster (Fox Searchlight Pictures). |
| Nominated | Golden Trailer |
Best Independent TV Spot (Fox Searchlight Pictures and Mark Woolen & Associates). For "TV:30 AUROX". |
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Best Independent Trailer (Mark Woolen & Associates and Fox Searchlight Pictures). |
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| Gotham Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Bingham Ray Award |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Breakthrough Director Award |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Nominated | Audience Award |
Michael Gottwald
(producer)
Josh Penn (producer) Dan Janvey (producer) Benh Zeitlin (director) |
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| Breakthrough Award |
Quvenzhané Wallis
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| Hollywood Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | New Hollywood Award |
Quvenzhané Wallis
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| Humanitas Prize | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Humanitas Prize |
Sundance Film Category Benh Zeitlin (writer) Lucy Alibar (writer) |
| Image Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Image Award |
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) Benh Zeitlin |
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Outstanding Independent Motion Picture |
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| Nominated | Image Award |
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Outstanding Motion Picture |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Dwight Henry |
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| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Cinematography Ben Richardson |
| Nominated | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Director Benh Zeitlin |
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Best Feature Josh Penn Michael Gottwald Dan Janvey |
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Best Female Lead Quvenzhané Wallis |
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| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | Sierra Award |
Best Picture |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | ALFS Award |
Film of the Year |
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Technical Achievement of the Year Ben Richardson (cinematography) |
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | LAFCA Award |
Best Music Benh Zeitlin Dan Romer |
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Best Supporting Actor Dwight Henry |
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| New Generation Award |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Los Angeles Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Audience Award |
Best Narrative Feature Benh Zeitlin |
| MTV Movie Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | MTV Movie Award |
Breakthrough Performance Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film Bob Edwards (supervising sound editor) Kim Foscato (dialogue/adr editor) Michael Silvers (dialogue/adr editor) Chris Gridley (supervising dialogue/adr editor) |
| Nantucket Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Screenwriting Award |
New Voices Lucy Alibar Benh Zeitlin |
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New Voices in Screenwriting Award Benh Zeitlin (writer) Lucy Alibar (writer) |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Directorial Debut Benh Zeitlin |
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Top Films |
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| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | 2nd place | NYFCC Award |
Best First Film Benh Zeitlin |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | OFCS Award |
Best Actress Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Best Adapted Screenplay Lucy Alibar Benh Zeitlin |
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Best Supporting Actor Dwight Henry |
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| PGA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | PGA Award |
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Dan Janvey Josh Penn Michael Gottwald |
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Directors to Watch |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | PFCS Award |
Best Youth Performance in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera Benh Zeitlin |
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Breakthrough Performance on Camera Quvenzhané Wallis |
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| Nominated | PFCS Award |
Best Actress in a Leading Role Quvenzhané Wallis |
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Best Picture |
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Best Picture |
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Breakthrough Performance on Camera Dwight Henry |
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| Reykjavik International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Golden Puffin |
Best Film Benh Zeitlin Jury statement: "For its spirit of storytelling, visual inventiveness and creative audacity, which marks Benh Zeitlin as a leading figure for the next generation of independent film artists. |
| San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | SDFCS Award |
Best Cinematography Ben Richardson |
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Best Score Dan Romer Benh Zeitlin |
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| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Virtuoso Award |
Quvenzhané Wallis
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| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Special Achievement Award |
Outstanding New Talent Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Nominated | Satellite Award |
Best Cinematography Ben Richardson |
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Best Motion Picture |
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Best Original Score Dan Romer Benh Zeitlin |
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| Seattle International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Golden Space Needle Award |
Best Director Benh Zeitlin |
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | SEFCA Award |
Top 10 Films |
| Wyatt Award | |||
| Nominated | SEFCA Award |
Best Picture |
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| Stockholm Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Best Directorial Debut |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Sundance Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Cinematography Award |
Dramatic Ben Richardson |
| Grand Jury Prize |
Dramatic Benh Zeitlin |
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| Sydney Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | Official Competition Award |
Benh Zeitlin
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| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | TFCA Award |
Best First Feature Benh Zeitlin |
| USC Scripter Award | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Nominated | USC Scripter Award |
Lucy Alibar
(playwright and screenwriter)
Benh Zeitlin (screenwriter) |
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Joe Barber Award |
Best Youth Performance Quvenzhané Wallis |
| Nominated | WAFCA Award |
Best Score Benh Zeitlin Dan Romer |
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| Young Artist Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2013 | Won | Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Quvenzhané Wallis Tied with 'Kathryn Newton' for Paranormal Activity 4 (2012). |
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