List of accolades received by Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 American fantasy drama film directed by Benh Zeitlin, written by Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar, and produced by Josh Penn from Alibar's one-act play Juicy and Delicious. The film won the Caméra d'Or award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival^[1] after competing in the Un Certain Regard section.^[2][3] It also won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered,^[4] and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival. The film went on to earn the Los Angeles Film Festival's Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and the Seattle International Film Festival's Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director.^[5] In October, it was announced that the film had won the Sutherland Trophy for Most Innovative Debut.^[6] On January 10, 2013, the film was nominated for four Oscars, in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director (Benh Zeitlin), Lead Actress (Quvenzhané Wallis), and Adapted Screenplay (Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin).^[7][8]

List of awards and nominations

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipients and nominees	Outcome
85th Academy Awards[8]	February 24, 2013	Best Picture	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Best Director	Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
13th AFI Awards[9]	December 10, 2012	Top 10 Films	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
10th African-American Film Critics Awards[10]	February 8, 2012	Top 10 Films		Won
		Best Breakout Performance	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
2012 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation[11]	May 18, 2013	Screenwriting	Benh Zeitlin (director), Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Abilar (writers)	Won
7th Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award[12]	January 7, 2013	Top 10 Films	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
		Best Breakthrough Performance	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
		Best Woman Screenwriter	Lucy Alibar	Won
		Best Film Music Or Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Won
8th Austin Film Critics Awards[13]	December 18, 2012	Top 10 Films	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
		Best First Film	Benh Zeitlin	Won
		Best Breakthrough Artist	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
6th Australian Film Critics Awards[14]	February 23, 2013	Best International Film (English Language)	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
59th Belgian Film Critics Association Award[15]	January 5, 2013	Grand Prix		Won
13th Black Reel Awards[16][17]	February 7, 2013	Outstanding Motion Picture		Won
		Outstanding Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
		Outstanding Breakthrough Performance		Won
		Outstanding Score	Dan Romer & Behn Zeitilin	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actor	Dwight Henry	Nominated
Bodil Awards[18]	February 1, 2014	Best US Feature	Benh Zeitlin	Won
66th British Academy Film Awards[19]	February 10, 2013	Best Adapted Screenplay	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
2012 British Film Institute[20]	December 1, 2012	Top 10 Films	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
56th British Film Institute Award[21]	October 20, 2012	Sutherland Award	Benh Zeitlin	Won
65th Cannes Film Festival[22]	May 16, 2012	Caméra d'Or		Won
		FIPRESCI Prize		Won
		Prix Regards Jeune		Won
		Prize of the Ecumenical Jury		Won
23rd Chicago Film Critics Awards[23]	December 17, 2012	Most Promising Performer		Won
		Most Promising Filmmaker	Benh Zeitlin	Won
		Best Picture	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Best Director	Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Dwight Henry	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
15th Costume Designers Guild Awards[24]	February 19, 2013	Excellence in Contemporary Film	Stephani Lewis	Nominated
18th Critics' Choice Awards[25]	January 10, 2013	Best Picture	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Young Actor/Actress		Won
19th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Awards[26]	December 18, 2012	Best Picture	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Low-Budget/Cutting-Edge Independent Film	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
38th Deauville American Film Festival[27]	September 8, 2012	Best Film		Won
		The Most Promising Newcomer Award	Benh Zeitlin	Won
4th Denver Film Critics Society Awards[28]	January 8, 2012	Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
6th Detroit Film Critics Society Awards[29]	December 14, 2012	Best Breakthrough Performance	Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
2013 Dorian Awards[30][31]	January 16, 2013	Film of the Year		Nominated
33rd Durban International Film Festival Awards[32]	July 19–29, 2012	Best Director	Benh Zeitlin	Won
40th Evening Standard British Film Awards[33]	February 15, 2013	London Film Museum Award for Technical Achievement	Ben Richardson	Nominated
11th Expresión en Corto International Film Festival[34]	July 24–28, 2012	Best International First Feature	Benh Zeitlin	Won
28th Film Independent's Spirit Awards[35]	February 23, 2013	Best Cinematography	Ben Richardson	Won
		Best Film	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Best Director	Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Female Lead Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
17th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards[36]	December 18, 2012	Pauline Kael Breakout Award	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
39th Ghent International Film Festival[37]	October 9–20, 2012	Youth Jury Award	Benh Zeitlin	Won
60th Golden Reel Awards[38]	February 17, 2013	Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
22nd Gotham Awards[39]	November 26, 2012	Best Breakthrough Actor/Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Breakthrough Director	Benh Zeitlin	Won
		Audience Award	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
16th Hollywood Film Festival[40]	October 21, 2012	New Hollywood Award	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
6th Houston Film Critics Awards[41]	January 5, 2013	Best Picture	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
38th Humanitas Prize[42]	September 14, 2012	Sundance Feature Film Category	Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar	Won
20th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus Camerimage[43]	Nov. 24 - Dec 1, 2012	Best Cinematography	Ben Richardson	Nominated
9th International Film Music Critics Awards[44]	February 21, 2013	Breakout Composer of the Year	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
3rd International Online Film Critics' Poll[45][46]	December 20, 2012	Top 10 Films	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Lucy Alibar & Ben Zeitlin	Nominated
38th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards[47]	December 9, 2012	Best Supporting Actor	Dwight Henry	Won
		Best Music Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Won
38th Los Angeles Film Festival[48]	June 14–24, 2012	Best Narrative Feature	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
33rd London Film Critics Circle Awards[49]	January 20, 2013	Film of the Year		Nominated
		Technical Achievement	Ben Richardson	Nominated
44th NAACP Image Awards[50]	February 1, 2013	Outstanding Motion Picture	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Outstanding Independent Motion Picture		Won
		Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Dwight Henry	Nominated
17th Nantucket Film Festival[51]	Junio 23, 2012	Best New Voices in Screenwriting	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin	Won
84th National Board Of Review Awards[52]	January 10, 2013	Best Directorial Debut	Benh Zeitlin	Won
		Breakthrough Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
78th New York Film Critics Circle Awards[53]	December 3, 2012	Best First Film	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
12th New York Film Critics Online Awards[54]	December 9, 2012	Top 10 Films		Won
		Best Debut Director	Benh Zeitlin	Won
		Best Breakthrough Performer	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
16th Online Film Critics Society Awards[55]	January 7, 2012	Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Dwight Henry	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
24th Producers Guild of America Awards[56]	January 26, 2013	Best Production in a Theatrical Picture	Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn	Nominated
9th Reykjavík International Film Festival[57]	Sept 27 - Oct 7, 2012	Best Film	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Won
17th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards[58]	December 11, 2012	Best Cinematography	Ben Richardson	Nominated
		Best Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards[59]	January 29, 2013	Virtuoso Award	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
17th Satellite Awards[60]	December 16, 2012	Humanitarian Award	Benh Zeitlin	Won
		Newcomer Award	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
		Best Picture	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Ben Richardson	Nominated
		Best Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
39th Saturn Awards[61]	June, 2013	Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
28th Seattle International Film Festival[62]	June 15–21, 2012	Best Director	Benh Zeitlin	Won
1st Smithsonian's American Ingenuity Awards[63]	November 28, 2012	Visual Arts		Won
10th St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Awards[64]	December 17, 2012	Best Director	Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Ben Richardson	Nominated
		Best Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
		Best Scene	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
28th Sundance Film Festival[65]	January 19–29, 2012	Dramatic Grand Jury Prize		Won
		Dramatic Excellence in Cinematography	Ben Richardson	Won
59th Sydney Film Festival[66]	June 6–17, 2012	Official Competition	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Nominated
2012 The Atlantic Review[67]	December 17, 2012	Top 10 Films		Won
		Big Things Come in Small Packages Award		Won
2012 The Globe and Mail Review[68]	December 14, 2012	Top 10 Films		Won
2012 The Village Voice Poll[69]	December 19, 2012	Best First Feature		Won
		Best Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
		Best Breakthrough Performance		Won
16th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards[70]	January 8, 2013	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Best First Feature	Won
25th USC Scripter Awards[71]	February 9, 2013	Best Screenwriters	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
11th WDCAFCA Awards[72]	December 10, 2012	Best Youth Performance	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
		Best Score	Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin	Nominated
9th Women Film Critics Circle Awards[73]	January 1, 2013	Best Youth Performance	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won
34th Young Artist Awards[74]	May 5, 2013	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress	Quvenzhané Wallis	Won

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External links

• Awards for Beasts of the Southern Wild at the Internet Movie Database