FILM RATINGS

Release Date: June 27, 2012 (US)

Distributor: Fox Searchlight

Running Time: 92 minutes

Director: Benh Zeitlin

Synopsis: A six-year-old girl named Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) lives with her father Wink (Dwight Henry) in a southern Delta community in this drama, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.


Academy Awards:
Nominations -
Best Picture
Best Director (Behn Zeitlin)
Best Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin)

BAFTA Awards:
Nominations -
Best Adapted Screenplay (Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin)

Golden Globes: None

Spirit Awards: Win - TBA
Nominations -
Best Picture
Best Director (Benh Zeitlin)
Best Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis)
Best Cinematography

Screen Actors Guild Awards: None

Directors Guild Awards: None

Producers Guild Awards:
Nomination -
Best Picture

Writers Guild Awards:  None

American Cinema Editors Awards: None

American Society of Cinematographers Awards: None

Art Directors Guild Awards: None

Cinema Audio Society Awards: None

Costume Designers Guild Awards:
Nomination -
Best Contemporary Costumes

Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild Awards:
Nomination -
Best Sound Editing Dialogue

Visual Effects Society Awards:  None

Critics Choice Awards: Win - Best Young Actor/Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis)
Nominations -
Best Picture
Best Actress (Quvenzhane Wallis)

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: Wins - Best Supporting Actor (Dwight Henry); Best Original Score

National Board of Review: Wins - Best Directorial Debut (Benh Zeitlin); Best Breakthrough Performer (Quvenzhane Wallis)
Nomination -
Best Picture - Top 10

National Society of Film Critics Awards: None

New York Film Critics Circle Awards:
Nomination -
Best First Film (Benh Zeitlin) - Second Place