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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Brenda Blethyn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Best Director
Mike Leigh

Best Picture
Simon Channing Williams

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Mike Leigh

 
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Nominated Silver Condor Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Mike Leigh
UK.
 
Australian Film Institute
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Best Foreign Film Award
Simon Channing Williams

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Simon Channing Williams
Mike Leigh

BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Brenda Blethyn

Best Screenplay - Original
Mike Leigh

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film
Simon Channing Williams
Mike Leigh

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Timothy Spall

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Marianne Jean-Baptiste

David Lean Award for Direction
Mike Leigh

 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Won BSFC Award Best Actress
Brenda Blethyn

Best Director
Mike Leigh

 
Camerimage
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Won Golden Frog
Dick Pope

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Won Best Actress
Brenda Blethyn

Golden Palm
Mike Leigh

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Mike Leigh

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actress
Brenda Blethyn

Best Director
Mike Leigh

Best Movie
Best Supporting Actress
Marianne Jean-Baptiste

 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Mike Leigh

 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Mike Leigh

 
Empire Awards, UK
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Empire Award Best British Actress
Brenda Blethyn

 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Nominated European Film Award Best Film
Simon Channing Williams

 
Fotogramas de Plata
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Mike Leigh
Tied with Breaking the Waves (1996).
 
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Critics Award Best Foreign Film
Mike Leigh
UK.
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Brenda Blethyn

Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Marianne Jean-Baptiste

 
Goya Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Goya Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Mike Leigh
UK/France.
 
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Guild Film Award - Silver Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Mike Leigh

 
Humanitas Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category
Mike Leigh

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
Mike Leigh
UK.
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Mike Leigh

Best Dubbing, Female (Migliore Doppiaggio Femminile)
Aurora Cancian
For the voice of Brenda Blethyn.
 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Foreign Language Film
Mike Leigh

Readers' Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film
Mike Leigh

 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won ALFS Award British Actress of the Year
Brenda Blethyn

British Director of the Year
Mike Leigh

British Film of the Year
Nominated ALFS Award British Actor of the Year
Timothy Spall

 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Won LAFCA Award Best Actress
Brenda Blethyn

Best Director
Mike Leigh

Best Picture
 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)
Brenda Blethyn

 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Director of a Motion Picture
Mike Leigh

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Simon Channing Williams

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Brenda Blethyn

 
Screen Actors Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Brenda Blethyn

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1997 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Mike Leigh

 

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