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 Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald from Alibar's one-act play Juicy and Delicious. The film won the Caméra d'Or award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival after competing in the Un Certain Regard section. It also won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered, 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. In October, it was announced that the film had won the Sutherland Trophy for Most Innovative Debut. 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).

+List of awards and nominations Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Outcome85th Academy AwardsFebruary 24, 2013Best PictureDan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald Best DirectorBenh Zeitlin Best ActressQuvenzhané Wallis Best Adapted ScreenplayLucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin 13th AFI AwardsDecember 10, 2012Top 10 FilmsBeasts of the Southern Wild 10th African-American Film Critics AwardsFebruary 8, 2012 Best Breakout PerformanceQuvenzhané Wallis 2012 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic PresentationMay 18, 2013 ScreenwritingBenh Zeitlin (director), Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Abilar (writers) 7th Alliance of Women Film Journalists AwardJanuary 7, 2013Top 10 FilmsBeasts of the Southern Wild Best Breakthrough PerformanceQuvenzhané Wallis Best Woman ScreenwriterLucy Alibar Best Film Music Or ScoreDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin 8th Austin Film Critics AwardsDecember 18, 2012Top 10 FilmsBeasts of the Southern Wild Best First FilmBenh Zeitlin Best Breakthrough ArtistQuvenzhané Wallis 6th Australian Film Critics AwardsFebruary 23, 2013Best International Film (English Language)Beasts of the Southern Wild 59th Belgian Film Critics Association AwardJanuary 5, 2013Grand Prix 13th Black Reel AwardsFebruary 7, 2013Outstanding Motion Picture Outstanding ActressQuvenzhané WallisOutstanding Breakthrough PerformanceOutstanding ScoreDan Romer & Behn ZeitilinOutstanding Supporting ActorDwight HenryBodil AwardsFebruary 1, 2014Best US Feature Benh Zeitlin66th British Academy Film AwardsFebruary 10, 2013Best Adapted ScreenplayLucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin 2012 British Film InstituteDecember 1, 2012Top 10 FilmsBeasts of the Southern Wild 56th British Film Institute AwardOctober 20, 2012Sutherland AwardBenh Zeitlin65th Cannes Film FestivalMay 16, 2012Caméra d'Or FIPRESCI PrizePrix Regards JeunePrize of the Ecumenical Jury23rd Chicago Film Critics AwardsDecember 17, 2012Most Promising PerformerMost Promising FilmmakerBenh ZeitlinBest PictureBeasts of the Southern WildBest DirectorBenh ZeitlinBest ActressQuvenzhané WallisBest Supporting ActorDwight HenryBest Adapted ScreenplayLucy Alibar & Benh ZeitlinBest Original ScoreDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin15th Costume Designers Guild AwardsFebruary 19, 2013Excellence in Contemporary FilmStephani Lewis18th Critics' Choice AwardsJanuary 10, 2013Best PictureBeasts of the Southern Wild Best ActressQuvenzhané Wallis Best Young Actor/Actress 19th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics AwardsDecember 18, 2012Best PictureBeasts of the Southern Wild Best ActressQuvenzhané Wallis Best Low-Budget/Cutting-Edge Independent FilmBeasts of the Southern Wild 38th Deauville American Film FestivalSeptember 8, 2012Best Film The Most Promising Newcomer AwardBenh Zeitlin6th Detroit Film Critics Society AwardsDecember 14, 2012Best Breakthrough Performance2013 Dorian AwardsJanuary 16, 2013Film of the YearBeasts of the Southern Wild 33rd Durban International Film Festival AwardsJuly 19–29, 2012Best DirectorBenh Zeitlin40th Evening Standard British Film AwardsFebruary 15, 2013London Film Museum Award for Technical AchievementBen Richardson11th Expresión en Corto International Film FestivalJuly 24–28, 2012Best International First FeatureBenh Zeitlin28th Film Independent's Spirit AwardsFebruary 23, 2013Best CinematographyBen RichardsonBest FilmBeasts of the Southern WildBest DirectorBenh ZeitlinBest Female Lead ActressQuvenzhané Wallis17th Florida Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 18, 2012Pauline Kael Breakout Award39th Ghent International Film FestivalOctober 9–20, 2012Youth Jury AwardBenh Zeitlin60th Golden Reel AwardsFebruary 17, 2013Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature FilmBeasts of the Southern Wild22nd Gotham AwardsNovember 26, 2012Breakthrough Actor/ActressQuvenzhané WallisBreakthrough DirectorBenh ZeitlinAudience AwardBeasts of the Southern Wild16th Hollywood Film FestivalOctober 21, 2012New Hollywood AwardQuvenzhané Wallis 6th Houston Film Critics AwardsJanuary 5, 2013Best PictureBeasts of the Southern Wild Best ActressQuvenzhané Wallis Best Original ScoreDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin 38th Humanitas PrizeSeptember 14, 2012Sundance Feature Film CategoryBenh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar 20th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus CamerimageNov 24 – December 1, 2012Best CinematographyBen Richardson9th International Film Music Critics AwardsFebruary 21, 2013Breakout Composer of the YearDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin38th Los Angeles Film Critics AwardsDecember 9, 2012Best Supporting ActorDwight Henry Best Music ScoreDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin 38th Los Angeles Film FestivalJune 14–24, 2012Best Narrative FeatureBeasts of the Southern Wild 33rd London Film Critics Circle AwardsJanuary 20, 2013Film of the Year Technical AchievementBen Richardson 44th NAACP Image AwardsFebruary 1, 2013Outstanding Motion PictureBeasts of the Southern Wild Outstanding Independent Motion Picture Outstanding Actress in a Motion PictureQuvenzhané WallisOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureDwight Henry17th Nantucket Film FestivalJunio 23, 2012Best New Voices in ScreenwritingLucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin84th National Board Of Review AwardsJanuary 10, 2013Best Directorial DebutBenh ZeitlinBreakthrough ActressQuvenzhané Wallis78th New York Film Critics Circle AwardsDecember 3, 2012Best First FilmBeasts of the Southern Wild12th New York Film Critics Online AwardsDecember 9, 2012Top 10 FilmsBest Debut DirectorBenh ZeitlinBest Breakthrough PerformerQuvenzhané Wallis16th Online Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 7, 2012Best ActressBest Supporting ActorDwight HenryBest Adapted ScreenplayLucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin24th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 26, 2013Best Production in a Theatrical PictureMichael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn9th Reykjavík International Film FestivalSep 27 – October 7, 2012Best FilmBeasts of the Southern Wild17th San Diego Film Critics Society AwardsDecember 11, 2012Best CinematographyBen RichardsonBest ScoreDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival AwardsJanuary 29, 2013Virtuoso AwardQuvenzhané Wallis17th Satellite AwardsDecember 16, 2012Humanitarian Award Benh ZeitlinNewcomer Award Quvenzhané WallisBest PictureBeasts of the Southern WildBest CinematographyBen RichardsonBest ScoreDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin39th Saturn AwardsJune 2013Best Performance by a Younger Actor/ActressQuvenzhané Wallis28th Seattle International Film FestivalJune 15–21, 2012Best DirectorBenh Zeitlin1st Smithsonian's American Ingenuity AwardsNovember 28, 2012Visual Arts10th St. Louis Gateway Film Critics AwardsDecember 17, 2012Best DirectorBest ActressQuvenzhané WallisBest Adapted ScreenplayLucy Alibar & Benh ZeitlinBest CinematographyBen RichardsonBest ScoreDan Romer & Benh ZeitlinBest SceneBeasts of the Southern Wild28th Sundance Film FestivalJanuary 19–29, 2012Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Dramatic Excellence in CinematographyBen Richardson59th Sydney Film FestivalJune 6–17, 2012Official CompetitionBeasts of the Southern Wild2012 The Atlantic ReviewDecember 17, 2012Top 10 FilmsBig Things Come in Small Packages Award2012 The Globe and Mail ReviewDecember 14, 2012Top 10 Films2012 The Village Voice PollDecember 19, 2012Best First FeatureBest ActressQuvenzhané WallisBest Breakthrough Performance16th Toronto Film Critics Association AwardsJanuary 8, 2013Best First FeatureBeasts of the Southern Wild25th USC Scripter AwardsFebruary 9, 2013Best ScreenwritersLucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin11th WDCAFCA AwardsDecember 10, 2012Best Youth PerformanceQuvenzhané WallisBest ScoreDan Romer & Benh Zeitlin9th Women Film Critics Circle AwardsJanuary 1, 2013Best Youth PerformanceQuvenzhané Wallis34th Young Artist AwardsMay 5, 2013Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress

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