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The Sessions (2012)

Awards

The Sessions

19 wins & 64 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Helen Hunt

BAFTA Awards

  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Critics Choice Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Casting Society of America, USA

  • 2013 Winner Artios Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Low Budget Feature - Drama/Comedy
    • Ronnie Yeskel (casting director)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Golden Globes, USA

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Helen Hunt

Satellite Awards

  • The Sessions (2012)
    2012 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture
  • 2012 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Film Editing
    • Lisa Bromwell
  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Motion Picture
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Helen Hunt
  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Ben Lewin

Hollywood Film Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Winner Hollywood Breakthrough Award
    • Breakthrough Actor
    • John Hawkes

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Male Lead
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Supporting Female
    • Helen Hunt

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Actress of the Year
    • Helen Hunt

Melbourne International Film Festival

  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Nominee Most Popular Feature Film
    • Ben Lewin
    5th Runner-Up

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Winner Spotlight Award
    • Helen Hunt

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Award - Honorable Mention
    • Spotlights
    • Ben Lewin

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Actress
    • Helen Hunt

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Award
    • Ben Lewin

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Helen Hunt

Sundance Film Festival

  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • Ben Lewin
  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Award
    • Dramatic
    • Ben Lewin
  • John Hawkes
    2012 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Dramatic
    • John Hawkes
    • Helen Hunt
    • William H. Macy
    • Annika Marks
    • Moon Bloodgood
    For ensemble acting.

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Golden Trailer Awards

  • The Sessions (2012)
    2013 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Best International Poster

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Helen Hunt

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actress
    • Helen Hunt
  • John Hawkes
    2013 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Moon Bloodgood at an event for Terminator Salvation (2009)
    2013 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Moon Bloodgood
  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2013 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Ben Lewin

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt
    Tied with Ann Dowd for Compliance (2012) in 2nd place.

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Mill Valley Film Festival

  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Award
    • Favorite Active Cinema Feature
    • Ben Lewin

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2012 Nominee Best North American Independent Film
    • Ben Lewin

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • William H. Macy at an event for Shameless (2011)
    2012 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • William H. Macy
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Winner SLFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt
    Tied with Ann Dowd for Compliance (2012).

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • John Hawkes
    2013 Winner EDA Special Mention Award
    • Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
    • John Hawkes
    • Helen Hunt
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Female Icon of the Year
    • Helen Hunt

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • The Sessions (2012)
    2012 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Picture
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Iowa Film Critics Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee IFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee IFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Denver Film Critics Society

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • Marco Beltrami at an event for Trouble with the Curve (2012)
    2013 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
    • Marco Beltrami

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Film Performance of the Year - Actor
    • John Hawkes

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
    Tied with Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln (2012) in second place.

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)

  • Marco Beltrami at an event for Trouble with the Curve (2012)
    2012 Winner Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
    • Best Original Score for Feature Film
    • Marco Beltrami

Village Voice Film Poll

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
    8th place.

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Helen Hunt

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)

  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee IOMA
    • Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista)
    • Helen Hunt

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Winner Courage in Acting Award
    • Helen Hunt

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes

Gold Derby Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Lead Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2013 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Supporting Actress
    • Helen Hunt

Nevada Film Critics Society

  • John Hawkes
    2012 Winner NFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • Helen Hunt
    2012 Winner NFCS Award
    • Best Actress
    • Helen Hunt
    Tied with Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012).

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes
  • The Sessions (2012)
    2013 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Movie for Grownups
  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2013 Winner Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • Ben Lewin

AACTA International Awards

  • Ben Lewin at an event for Ruby Sparks (2012)
    2013 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Direction
    • Ben Lewin
  • John Hawkes
    2013 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Actor
    • John Hawkes

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