Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2013

Nominee Black Pearl Award

New Horizons Competition Amma Asante

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 2014

Winner AAFCA Award	Best Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Nominee AAFCA Award	Best Picture 5th place

Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2015

Winner EDA Female Focus Award

Best Breakthrough Performance Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Black Film Critics Circle Awards 2014

Winner BFCC Award	Best Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Nominee BFCC Award	Best Picture 9th place

Black Reel Awards 2015

Winner Black Reel	Outstanding Actress, Motion Picture Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Nominee Black Reel	Outstanding Motion Picture Damian Jones
	Outstanding Director, Motion Picture Amma Asante
	Outstanding Screenplay (Original or Adapted), Motion Picture Misan Sagay
	Outstanding Ensemble Toby Whale

British Independent Film Awards 2014

Winner British Independent Film Award	Best Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Nominee British Independent Film Award	Most Promising Newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2015

Nominee COFCA Award

Breakthrough Film Artist Gugu Mbatha-Raw For Beyond the Lights For acting.

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2014

Nominee CFCA Award

Most Promising Performer Gugu Mbatha-Raw For Beyond the Lights

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2014

Nominee DFCS Award

Breakthrough Artist Gugu Mbatha-Raw (actress) For Beyond the Lights

Empire Awards, UK 2015

Nominee Empire Award

Best Female Newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2014

Nominee Pauline Kael Breakout Award

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (actress) For Beyond the Lights

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) 2015

Nominee Breakthrough Award

Gugu Mbatha-Raw For Beyond the Lights

Humanitas Prize 2014

Nominee Humanitas Prize

Feature Film Category Misan Sagay (writer)

Image Awards (NAACP) 2015

Winner Image Award	Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
	Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture Misan Sagay
Nominee Image Award	Outstanding Motion Picture
	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Gugu Mbatha-Raw
	Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture Amma Asante

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2015

Nominee ALFS Award

British Actress of the Year Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Miami Film Festival 2014

Winner SIGNIS Award

Amma Asante For its multi-layered depiction of the challenges to the value of human life and dignity wherever a... More For its multi-layered depiction of the challenges to the value of human life and dignity wherever a profit-driven system makes commodification of persons acceptable. Masterly crafted, the film lifts up a variety of issues of conscience which still confront us today.

National Film Awards, UK 2015

Winner National Film Award	Best Breakthrough Performance in a Film Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Nominee National Film Award	Best Actor Tom Felton
	Best Newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Online Film & Television Association 2015

Nominee OFTA Film Award	Best Breakthrough Performance - Female Gugu Mbatha-Raw
	Best Costume Design

Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014

Winner Directors to Watch	Amma Asante
Nominee Audience Award	Best Narrative Feature Amma Asante

Satellite Awards 2015

Nominee Satellite Award	Best Actress in a Motion Picture Gugu Mbatha-Raw
	Best Costume Design Anushia Nieradzik

TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards 2013

Winner The Adrienne Fancey Award

Best Film Amma Asante

Washington DC Filmfest 2014

Winner Audience Award

Best Feature Film Amma Asante (director)

Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival 2015

Nominee Grand Jury Prize

Best Feature Film Amma Asante (director)

Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2014

Winner Karen Morley Award
Nominee WFCC Award	Best Movie by a Woman Amma Asante
	Best Female Images in a Movie
	Best Woman Storyteller Misan Sagay

Women's Image Network Awards 2014

Nominee WIN Award	Actress Feature Film Gugu Mbatha-Raw
	Outstanding Feature Film