Atonement (2007)
Awards
Academy Awards, USA 2008
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Winner Oscar |
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Nominee Oscar |
Best Motion Picture of the Year Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Paul Webster |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Best Achievement in Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Achievement in Art Direction Sarah Greenwood (art director) Katie Spencer (set decorator) |
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Best Achievement in Costume Design Jacqueline Durran |
BAFTA Awards 2008
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Winner BAFTA Film Award |
Best Film Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Paul Webster |
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Best Production Design Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
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Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film |
Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner Paul Webster Joe Wright Christopher Hampton |
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Nominee Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music |
Dario Marianelli
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Nominee BAFTA Film Award |
Best Screenplay - Adapted Christopher Hampton |
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Best Leading Actor James McAvoy |
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Best Leading Actress Keira Knightley |
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Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Editing Paul Tothill |
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Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran |
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Best Sound Danny Hambrook Paul Hamblin Catherine Hodgson Becki Ponting |
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Best Make Up & Hair Ivana Primorac |
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Nominee David Lean Award for Direction |
Best Director Joe Wright |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2008
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Nominee Movies for Grownups Award |
Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave |
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Best Screenwriter Christopher Hampton |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007
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Winner EDA Female Focus Award |
Best Newcomer Saoirse Ronan |
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Winner EDA Special Mention Award |
Best Seduction Keira Knightley James McAvoy |
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Nominee EDA Award |
Best Picture Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Paul Webster |
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Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Best Film Editing Paul Tothill |
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Nominee EDA Female Focus Award |
Actress Defying Age and Ageism Brenda Blethyn |
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Actress Defying Age and Ageism Vanessa Redgrave |
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Nominee EDA Special Mention Award |
Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality Keira Knightley |
American Society of Cinematographers, USA 2008
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Nominee ASC Award |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Seamus McGarvey |
Art Directors Guild 2008
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Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award |
Period Film Sarah Greenwood (production designer) Ian Bailie (supervising art director) Nick Gottschalk (art director) Niall Moroney (art director) Netty Chapman (standby art director) Georgina Millett (assistant art director) Emma Vane (assistant art director) Lotta Wolgers (assistant art director) |
Austin Film Critics Association 2007
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Nominee AFCA Award |
Best Film
8th place
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Awards Circuit Community Awards 2007
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Winner ACCA |
Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Nominee ACCA |
Best Actress in a Leading Role Keira Knightley |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Cast Ensemble |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey
Runner-Up
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Best Motion Picture Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Paul Webster |
British Society of Cinematographers 2007
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Nominee Best Cinematography Award |
Seamus McGarvey
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Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2008
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Nominee Critics Choice Award |
Best Picture |
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Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave |
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Best Young Actress Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Director Joe Wright |
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Best Composer Dario Marianelli |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2008
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Nominee COFCA Award |
Best Score Dario Marianelli |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2007
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Nominee CFCA Award |
Best Screenplay, Adapted Christopher Hampton |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize 2009
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Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize |
Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro) Joe Wright |
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2008
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Nominee CDG Award |
Excellence in Period Film Jacqueline Durran |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2007
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Nominee DFWFCA Award |
Best Picture |
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Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan |
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
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Winner DFCC |
Breakthrough Artist Saoirse Ronan |
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Nominee DFCC |
Best Actor James McAvoy
4th place
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Best Actress Keira Knightley
5th place
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Empire Awards, UK 2008
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Winner Empire Award |
Best British Film |
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Best Actor James McAvoy |
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Best Actress Keira Knightley |
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Nominee Empire Award |
Best Newcomer Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Director Joe Wright |
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Best Soundtrack |
European Film Awards 2008
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Nominee EFA People's Choice Award |
Joe Wright
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Nominee European Film Award |
European Actor James McAvoy |
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European Composer Dario Marianelli |
Evening Standard British Film Awards 2008
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Winner Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Technical Achievement Seamus McGarvey (cinematographer) Sarah Greenwood (production designer) Jacqueline Durran (costume designer) |
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Nominee Evening Standard British Film Award |
Best Film Joe Wright |
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Best Actor James McAvoy For Becoming Jane |
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Best Actress Romola Garai |
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Best Actress Keira Knightley |
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Most Promising Newcomer Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
Film by the Sea International Film Festival 2007
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Nominee Film and Literature Award |
Joe Wright
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Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2008
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Nominee FCCA Award |
Best Foreign Film - English Language Joe Wright |
FilmInk Awards 2008
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Winner FilmInk Award |
Best Film |
Gold Derby Awards 2008
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Winner Gold Derby Award |
Costume Design Jacqueline Durran |
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Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Nominee Gold Derby Award |
Lead Actor James McAvoy
As Robbie Turner
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Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan
As Briony Tallis
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Motion Picture Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Paul Webster |
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Director Joe Wright |
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Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Ensemble Cast Brenda Blethyn Michelle Duncan Romola Garai Keira Knightley James McAvoy Vanessa Redgrave Saoirse Ronan Juno Temple Harriet Walter Julia West |
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Art Direction Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
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Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Film Editing Paul Tothill |
Golden Globes, USA 2008
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Winner Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture - Drama |
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Best Original Score - Motion Picture Dario Marianelli |
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Nominee Golden Globe |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama James McAvoy |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Keira Knightley |
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Director - Motion Picture Joe Wright |
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Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Christopher Hampton |
Golden Trailer Awards 2008
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Winner Golden Trailer |
Best Romance |
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Nominee Golden Trailer |
Best Romance TV Spot
For "Love Story".
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Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio 2008
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Nominee Film Award |
Best Dubbing Direction Fiamma Izzo d'Amico |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008
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Winner HFCS Award |
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Nominee HFCS Award |
Best Picture
3rd place
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Best Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) 2008
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Winner IFMCA Award |
Film Score of the Year Dario Marianelli |
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Best Original Score for a Drama Film Dario Marianelli |
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Film Music Composition of the Year Dario Marianelli
Track: "Elegy for Dunkirk"
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International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) 2008
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Winner INOCA |
Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Best Film Editing Paul Tothill |
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Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran |
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Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Nominee INOCA |
Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Art Direction Ian Bailie Sarah Greenwood |
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Best Picture |
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Best Director Joe Wright |
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Best Actor James McAvoy |
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Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Ensemble Cast |
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Best Sound Mixing Paul Hamblin Martin Jensen Danny Hambrook |
International Online Film Critics' Poll 2009
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Winner IOFCP Award |
Best Production Design Sarah Greenwood Katie Spencer |
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Top Ten Films |
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Nominee IOFCP Award |
Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Best Actress in a Leading Role Keira Knightley |
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Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan |
Irish Film and Television Awards 2008
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Winner IFTA Award |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Director of Photography Seamus McGarvey |
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Nominee Audience Award |
Best International Actress Keira Knightley |
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Nominee IFTA Award |
Best International Film |
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Best International Actor James McAvoy |
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2008
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Nominee Silver Ribbon |
Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo) Joe Wright |
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) 2008
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Nominee IOMA |
Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista) Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale) Christopher Hampton |
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Best Cast (Miglior cast) |
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Best Soundtrack (Miglior colonna sonora) |
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Best Art Direction (Miglior scenografia) |
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Best Costume Design (Migliori costumi) |
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Best Cinematography (Miglior fotografia) Seamus McGarvey |
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2007
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Winner Sierra Award |
Youth in Film - Female Saoirse Ronan |
London Critics Circle Film Awards 2008
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Winner ALFS Award |
British Actor of the Year James McAvoy |
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British Supporting Actress of the Year Vanessa Redgrave
Tied with Kelly Macdonald for No Country for Old Men (2007).
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Nominee ALFS Award |
Screenwriter of the Year Christopher Hampton |
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British Film of the Year |
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British Actress of the Year Keira Knightley |
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British Supporting Actress of the Year Saoirse Ronan |
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British Director of the Year Joe Wright |
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British Breakthrough - Acting Saoirse Ronan |
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2008
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Nominee Golden Reel Award |
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film Catherine Hodgson (supervising sound editor) Becki Ponting (supervising dialogue editor) Andre Schmidt (dialogue editor) Virginia Thorn (foley editor) Peter Burgis (foley artist) Andie Derrick (foley artist) James Bellamy (music editor) Danny Hambrook (production sound mixer) Paul Hamblin (re-recording mixer) Martin Jensen (re-recording mixer) Steve Haynes (adr recordist) Alexandros Sidiropoulos (foley recordist/mixer) Alistair Renn (foley recordist) |
National Board of Review, USA 2007
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Winner NBR Award |
Top Ten Films |
New York Film Critics, Online 2007
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Winner NYFCO Award |
Top Films of the Year |
North Texas Film Critics Association, US 2008
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Winner NTFCA Award |
Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey
Tied with Roger Deakins for No Country for Old Men (2007).
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Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
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Nominee OFCC Award |
Best Film
4th place
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Online Film & Television Association 2008
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Winner OFTA Film Award |
Best Youth Performance Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Breakthrough Performance: Female Saoirse Ronan |
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Nominee OFTA Film Award |
Best Actor James McAvoy |
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Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Ensemble |
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Best Casting Jina Jay |
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Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Christopher Hampton |
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Best Music, Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Production Design Sarah Greenwood (production design) Ian Bailie (art direction) Nick Gottschalk (art direction) Niall Moroney (art direction) Katie Spencer (set decoration) |
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Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran |
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Most Cinematic Moment
Love in the Library.
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Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008
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Nominee OFCS Award |
Best Picture |
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Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Editing Paul Tothill |
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Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2007
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Winner PFCS Award |
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Best Achievement in Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female Saoirse Ronan |
Rembrandt Awards 2008
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Winner Rembrandt Award |
Best International Actress (Beste Buitenlandse Actrice) Keira Knightley |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2007
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Winner SDFCS Award |
Best Editing Paul Tothill |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008
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Winner Virtuoso Award |
James McAvoy
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Satellite Awards 2008
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Nominee Satellite Award |
Best Overall DVD |
Satellite Awards 2007
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Winner Satellite Award |
Best Screenplay, Adapted Christopher Hampton |
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Nominee Satellite Award |
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama Keira Knightley |
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Original Score Dario Marianelli |
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Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran |
Society of Camera Operators 2013
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Winner Historical Shot |
Peter Robertson
For the Dunkirk Beach scene.
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Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2007
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Nominee SEFCA Award |
Best Picture
3rd place
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Best Director Joe Wright |
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Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton |
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US 2007
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Nominee SLFCA Award |
Best Film |
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Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan |
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Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey |
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Best Screenplay Ian McEwan Christopher Hampton |
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Best Score Dario Marianelli |
Teen Choice Awards 2008
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Winner Teen Choice Award |
Choice Movie Actress: Drama Keira Knightley |
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards 2008
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Nominee SIYAD Award |
Best Foreign Film
17th Place
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USC Scripter Award 2008
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Nominee USC Scripter Award |
Christopher Hampton
(screenwriter)
Ian McEwan (author) |
Venice Film Festival 2007
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Winner Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature |
Joe Wright
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Nominee Golden Lion |
Best Film Joe Wright |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
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Winner WFCC Award |
Best Young Actress Saoirse Ronan |
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Hall of Shame
"Female crying fake rape, aren't there at least a few of these every year, ditto Red Road and Look."
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World Soundtrack Awards 2008
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Winner World Soundtrack Award |
Best Original Soundtrack of the Year Dario Marianelli |
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Nominee World Soundtrack Award |
Soundtrack Composer of the Year Dario Marianelli |
Young Artist Awards 2008
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Nominee Young Artist Award |
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Saoirse Ronan |

