Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer. Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker, the film focuses on the contact between a linguist (Adams) and aliens in one of 12 extraterrestrial spacecraft that appear across Earth. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2016, and was released to theaters on November 11, 2016. The film was released to positive reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes aggregating an approval rating of 94%, based on 327 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10 and Metacritic giving a score of 81 out of 100, based on 52 reviews.
Arrival won Best Sound Editing and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Production Design at the Academy Awards. The film won Best Sound and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Adams, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Film Music and Best Special Visual Effects at British Academy Film Awards. The film won Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie and Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for Adams, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects and Best Score at the Critics' Choice Awards. The film received two nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, including Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for Adams and Best Original Score.
Accolades Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result AACTA International Awards January 8, 2017 Best Film Arrival Best Direction Best Actress Academy Awards February 26, 2017 Best Picture , Shawn Levy, David Linde and Aaron Ryder Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Production Design and Patrice Vermette Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing and Bernard Gariépy Strobl ACE Eddie Awards January 27, 2017 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Alliance of Women Film Journalists December 21, 2016 Best Film Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Screenplay, Adapted Best Cinematography Best Editing American Society of Cinematographers February 4, 2017 Outstanding Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Art Directors Guild Awards February 11, 2017 Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film Austin Film Critics Association December 28, 2016 Best Film Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Score Australian Film Critics Association March 7, 2017 Best International Film (English Language) Arrival British Academy Film Awards February 12, 2017 Best Film , Shawn Levy, David Linde and Aaron Ryder Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Direction Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Film Music Best Sound , Claude La Haye and Bernard Gariépy Strobl Best Special Visual Effects Camerimage November 19, 2016 Silver Frog Award for Best Cinematography Chicago Film Critics Association December 15, 2016 Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score Critics' Choice Awards December 11, 2016 Best Picture Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction , André Valade and Patrice Vermette Best Editing Best Visual Effects Arrival Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Arrival Best Score Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 13, 2016 Best Film Arrival Best Actress Best Director Detroit Film Critics Society December 19, 2016 Best Actress Best Screenplay Directors Guild of America Awards February 4, 2017 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Dorian Awards January 26, 2017 Visually Striking Film of the Year Arrival Dragon Awards September 3, 2017 Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie Arrival Empire Awards March 19, 2017 Best Film Arrival Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Arrival Best Actress Best Director Best Soundtrack Arrival Best Screenplay Arrival Best Production Design Arrival Evening Standard British Film Awards December 8, 2016 Technical Achievement (music) Florida Film Critics Circle December 23, 2016 Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction / Production Design Arrival Best Score Arrival Best Visual Effects Arrival Georgia Film Critics Association January 13, 2017 Best Picture Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Production Design and Isabelle Guay Best Original Score Golden Globe Awards January 8, 2017 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Best Original Score Golden Tomato Awards January 12, 2017 Best Wide Release 2016 Arrival Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie 2016 Arrival Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 17, 2016 Best Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Houston Film Critics Society January 6, 2017 Best Picture Arrival Best Actress Best Director Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Screenplay Hugo Award August 11, 2017 Best Dramatic Presentation and Denis Villeneuve IndieWire Critics Poll December 19, 2016 Best Film Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Screenplay Arrival Best Original Score or Soundtrack Arrival Best Cinematography Arrival Best Editing Arrival Irish Film & Television Awards April 8, 2017 International Actress London Film Critics' Circle January 22, 2017 Actress of the Year Technical Achievement (sound design) MPSE Golden Reel Awards February 19, 2017 Feature English Language: Dialogue/ADR , Valery Dufort-Boucher, Claire Pochon and Stan Sakellaropoulos Feature English Language: Effects/Foley , Pierre-Jules Audet, Niels Barletta, Mathieu Beaudin, Nicholas Becker, Sylvain Bellemare, Olivier Calvert, Daniel Capeille, Michelle Child, Steven Ghouti, Simon Girard, Olivier Guillaume, Alan Murray, Luc Raymond, Patrick Rioux, Gregory Vincent and Dave Whitehead Feature Music National Board of Review January 4, 2017 Best Actress Online Film Critics Society January 3, 2017 Best Picture Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Best Cinematography Palm Springs International Film Festival January 2, 2017 Chairman's Award Prix Aurora Awards September 22–24, 2017 Best Visual Presentation Producers Guild of America January 28, 2017 Best Theatrical Motion Picture , Shawn Levy, David Linde and Aaron Ryder Ray Bradbury Award May 18–21, 2017 Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and Denis Villeneuve San Diego Film Critics Society December 12, 2016 Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Best Cinematography Best Production Design Best Visual Effects Arrival San Francisco Film Critics Circle December 11, 2016 Best Film Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Production Design Best Original Score Best Film Editing Saturn Awards June 28, 2017 Best Science Fiction Film Arrival Best Actress Best Director Best Writing Best Editing Best Special Effects and Louis Morin Screen Actors Guild Awards January 29, 2017 Outstanding Female Actor Seattle Film Critics Society January 5, 2017 Best Picture of the Year Arrival Best Director Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Original Score Best Production Design and Patrice Vermette Best Visual Effects St. Louis Film Critics Association December 18, 2016 Best Film Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Visual Effects Arrival Best Music/Score Best Horror/Science-Fiction Film Arrival Teen Choice Awards August 13, 2017 Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Arrival Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy USC Scripter Awards February 11, 2017 Best Screenplay Vancouver Film Critics Circle December 20, 2016 Best Actress Best Director Venice Film Festival September 10, 2016 Future Film Festival Digital Award Golden Lion Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 5, 2016 Best Film Arrival Best Director Best Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Art Direction and Patrice Vermette Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Score Writers Guild of America Awards February 19, 2017 Best Adapted Screenplay
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