BAFTA Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2009 |
Won |
Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer |
Steve McQueen (director/writer)
|
Nominated |
BAFTA Film Award |
Outstanding British Film
Laura Hastings-Smith
Robin Gutch
Steve McQueen
Enda Walsh
|
|
British Independent Film Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
British Independent Film Award |
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender
|
Best Technical Achievement
Sean Bobbitt
For cinematography.
|
Douglas Hickox Award |
Steve McQueen
|
Nominated |
British Independent Film Award |
Best British Independent Film
|
Best Director
Steve McQueen
|
Best Screenplay
Steve McQueen
Enda Walsh
|
Best Supporting Actor
Liam Cunningham
|
|
Cannes Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Golden Camera |
Steve McQueen
|
|
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Nominated |
CFCA Award |
Most Promising Filmmaker
Steve McQueen
|
|
Chicago International Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Gold Hugo |
Steve McQueen
|
Silver Hugo |
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender
|
|
Dinard British Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Coup de Coeur |
Steve McQueen
|
|
Empire Awards, UK |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2009 |
Nominated |
Empire Award |
Best British Film
|
|
European Film Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
European Discovery of the Year |
Steve McQueen
|
Nominated |
European Film Award |
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender
|
Best Director
Steve McQueen
|
|
Flanders International Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Youth Jury Award |
Steve McQueen
|
|
Independent Spirit Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2009 |
Nominated |
Independent Spirit Award |
Best Foreign Film
Steve McQueen
England/Ireland.
|
|
Irish Film and Television Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2009 |
Won |
IFTA Award |
Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Film
Michael Fassbender
|
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Film
Liam Cunningham
|
Best Film
Laura Hastings-Smith
Robin Gutch
|
Best Original Score
David Holmes
|
Best Production Design
Tom McCullagh
|
Best Sound
Ronan Hill
Mervyn Moore
|
Nominated |
IFTA Award |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Film
Stuart Graham
|
Best Script for Film
Enda Walsh
|
|
London Critics Circle Film Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2009 |
Won |
ALFS Award |
Breakthrough British Filmmaker
Steve McQueen
|
British Actor of the Year
Michael Fassbender
|
Nominated |
ALFS Award |
British Director of the Year
Steve McQueen
|
British Film of the Year
|
British Supporting Actor of the Year
Liam Cunningham
|
|
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
New Generation Award |
Steve McQueen
|
|
Montréal Festival of New Cinema |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Acting Award |
Michael Fassbender
|
|
Stockholm Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Best Actor |
Michael Fassbender
|
Best Directorial Debut |
Best Director
Steve McQueen
|
Steve McQueen
|
|
Sydney Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Official Competition Award |
Steve McQueen
|
|
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Grand Prize |
Best Eurasian Film
Steve McQueen
|
Best Film
Steve McQueen
|
|
Toronto International Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Discovery Award |
Steve McQueen
|
|
Venice Film Festival |
Year |
Result |
Award |
Category/Recipient(s) |
2008 |
Won |
Gucci Prize |
Steve McQueen
|
|