+ List of accolades received by Blue Is the Warmest Colour Adèle Exarchopoulos received several awards and nominations for her performance in the film. Accolades Award Won NominatedAustin Film Critics AssociationBelgian Film Critics AssociationBodil AwardsBoston Society of Film CriticsBritish Academy Film AwardsBritish Independent Film AwardsCannes Film FestivalCésar AwardsChicago Film Critics AssociationCritics' Choice Movie AwardsDallas–Fort Worth Film Critics AssociationDetroit Film Critics SocietyDorian AwardsDublin Film Critics CircleEmpire AwardsEuropean Film AwardsFlorida Film Critics CircleFrench Syndicate of Cinema CriticsGaudí AwardsGLAAD Media AwardsGlobes de Cristal AwardsGolden Globe AwardsGopo AwardsGoya AwardsGuldbagge AwardsHamptons International Film FestivalHouston Film Critics SocietyIndependent Spirit AwardsLondon Film Critics' CircleLos Angeles Film Critics AssociationLouis Delluc PrizeLumière AwardsMagritte AwardsMotion Picture Sound EditorsNational Board of ReviewNational Society of Film CriticsNew York Film Critics CircleNew York Film Critics OnlineOnline Film Critics SocietyPolish Film AwardsRobert AwardsSan Diego Film Critics SocietySan Francisco Film Critics CircleSanta Barbara International Film FestivalSatellite AwardsSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics AssociationToronto Film Critics AssociationVancouver Film Critics CircleWashington D.C. Area Film Critics AssociationTotal number of awards and nominations References Blue Is the Warmest Colour (; ) is a 2013 French romantic coming-of-age drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, and produced by Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, and Vincent Maraval. The screenplay also co-written by Kechiche was based on Jul Maroh's 2010 graphic novel of the same name. Adèle Exarchopoulos stars as a teenager who falls in love with an older woman played by Léa Seydoux.
The film premiered at the 66th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2013 where it won the Palme d'Or. For the first time, the jury at Cannes presented the award to three recipients: Kechiche, Exarchopoulos, and Seydoux. At the age of 19, Exarchopoulos became the youngest recipient of the award. The film grossed over €14 million at the worldwide box office on a production budget of €4 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 197 reviews and judged 89% to be positive.
Blue Is the Warmest Colour garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for Kechiche's direction, and the performances of Exarchopoulos and Seydoux. At the 39th César Awards, the film received eight nominations including Best Film, Best Director for Kechiche, and Best Actress for Seydoux. Exarchopoulous was the sole winner for Most Promising Actress. She also won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation, and Best Breakthrough Actress from the National Board of Review. Seydoux garnered the Lumière Award for Best Actress as well as a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. The film also received an Independent Spirit Award, Bodil Award, Robert Award, and Guldbagge Award.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)Austin Film Critics Association17 December 2013Best Foreign Language FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour Belgian Film Critics Association4 January 2014Grand PrixBlue Is the Warmest ColourBodil Awards1 February 2014Best Non-American FilmBlue Is the Warmest ColourBoston Society of Film Critics8 December 2013Best Foreign Language FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour British Academy Film Awards16 February 2014Rising Star Best Film Not in the English LanguageBlue Is the Warmest ColourBritish Independent Film Awards8 December 2013Best International Independent FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour Cannes Film Festival26 May 2013Palme d'Or, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Léa Seydoux FIPRESCI PrizeBlue Is the Warmest Colour César Awards28 February 2014Best FilmBlue Is the Warmest ColourBest DirectorBest ActressMost Promising ActressBest Adaptation, and Ghalia LacroixBest CinematographyBest Editing, Albertine Lastera, and Jean-Marie LengelléBest Sound, Fabien Pochet, and Jean-Paul HurierChicago Film Critics Association16 December 2013Best Actress Best Supporting Actress Best Foreign Language Film Blue Is the Warmest Colour Breakthrough Performance Critics' Choice Movie Awards16 January 2014Best Young Performer Best Foreign Language Film Blue Is the Warmest Colour Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association16 December 2013Best Foreign Language FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour Detroit Film Critics Society13 December 2013 Best Actress Dorian Awards21 January 2014 Film of the Year Blue Is the Warmest Colour Film Performance of the Year – Actress LGBT Film of the Year Blue Is the Warmest Colour Foreign Language Film of the Year Blue Is the Warmest Colour Rising Star Award Dublin Film Critics Circle20 December 2013 Best FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour Best Director Best Screenplay, and Ghalia Lacroix Best Actress Best Newcomer Empire Awards30 March 2014 Best Female Newcomer European Film Awards7 December 2013Best FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour Best Director Florida Film Critics Circle18 December 2013Best Foreign Language FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour French Syndicate of Cinema Critics23 May 2013Best French FilmBlue Is the Warmest ColourGaudí Awards2 February 2014 Best European FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour GLAAD Media Awards3 May 2014 Outstanding Film – Wide ReleaseBlue Is the Warmest Colour Globes de Cristal Awards10 March 2014 Best FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour Best Actress Golden Eagle Award January 23, 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Blue Is the Warmest Colour Golden Globe Awards12 January 2014 Best Foreign Language Film Blue Is the Warmest Colour Gopo Awards24 March 2014 Best European FilmBlue Is the Warmest Colour Goya Awards9 February 2014 Best European Film Blue Is the Warmest Colour Guldbagge Awards20 January 2014 Best Foreign Language Film Blue Is the Warmest Colour Hamptons International Film Festival12 October 2013Variety'''s 10 Actors to Watch
|style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"|Houston Film Critics Society |15 December 2013 |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope="row"|Independent Spirit Awards |1 March 2014 |Best International Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row rowspan=3|London Film Critics' Circle |rowspan=3|2 February 2014 |Film of the Year |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Actress of the Year
|Foreign Language Film of the Year |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |- !scope=row rowspan=2|Los Angeles Film Critics Association |rowspan=2|8 December 2013 |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Actress
!scope=row|Louis Delluc Prize |17 December 2013 | Best Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row rowspan=4|Lumière Awards |rowspan=4|20 January 2014 |Best Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Director
|Best Actress
|Best Female Revelation
!scope=row rowspan=3|Magritte Awards |rowspan=3|1 February 2014 |Best Foreign Film in Coproduction |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Supporting Actress
|Most Promising Actress
!scope="row"|Motion Picture Sound Editors |17 February 2014 | Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film
|style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row|National Board of Review |4 December 2013 |Best Breakthrough Actress
|style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row rowspan=3|National Society of Film Critics |rowspan=3|4 January 2014 |Best Actress
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Supporting Actress
|Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |- !scope=row rowspan=2|New York Film Critics Circle |rowspan=2|3 December 2013 |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Actress
!scope=row rowspan=2|New York Film Critics Online |rowspan=2|8 December 2013 |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Breakthrough Performance
!scope=row rowspan=4|Online Film Critics Society |rowspan=4|16 December 2013 |Best Picture |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |- |Best Actress
|Best Supporting Actress
!scope=row|Polish Film Awards |10 March 2014 |Best European Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row|Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario |4 February 2014 |Best Adaptation |Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix | |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row|Robert Awards |26 February 2014 | Best Non-American Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row rowspan=2|San Diego Film Critics Society |rowspan=2|11 December 2013 |Best Actress
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |- !scope=row rowspan=3|San Francisco Film Critics Circle |rowspan=3|15 December 2013 |Best Actress
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Supporting Actress
|Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |- !scope=row|Santa Barbara International Film Festival |4 February 2014 | Virtuosos Award
|style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row rowspan=3|Satellite Awards |rowspan=3|23 February 2014 |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3| |- |Best Actress – Motion Picture
|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
!scope=row rowspan=3|St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association |rowspan=3|16 December 2013 |Best Supporting Actress
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |- |Best Art-House or Festival Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |- !scope=row|Toronto Film Critics Association |7 January 2014 |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row|Vancouver Film Critics Circle |7 January 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour| |style="text-align:center;"| |- !scope=row rowspan=2|Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association |rowspan=2|9 December 2013 |Best Youth Performance
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| |- |Best Foreign Language Film |Blue Is the Warmest Colour''
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