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Beasts of the Southern Wild
2012
· Movie
· 93 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1262
- IMDb #1746
- Google retired #1644
- Rotten Tomatoes #1483
- Metacritic #478
- Letterboxd #1240
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1323
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2036
- Metacritic Critics #322
- Metacritic Audience #1165
- Criticker #900
- Kinopoisk #3485
- AlloCiné #959
- Trakt #2477
Every rating
59–88
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 86, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a fiercely independent bayou community cut off from the rest of the world, a resilient six-year-old girl lives with her ailing father. When a storm floods their home, she must lead a fight for survival. Her journey is interwoven with visions of ancient, thawing prehistoric beasts, mirroring her own fierce spirit.
Details
- Director
- Benh Zeitlin
- Writers
- Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar
- Released
- 29 June 2012
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $21.1M
- Awards
- 65 wins, 57 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (16) →
Awards & nominations
See all 122 →7 major awards won · 65 wins from 122 nominations across 62 ceremonies
| 18th Critics' Choice Awards 2013 | Best Young Actor/Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| 28th Sundance Film Festival 2012 | Dramatic Excellence in Cinematography | Ben Richardson | Winner |
| 28th Sundance Film Festival 2012 | Dramatic Grand Jury Prize | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
| 65th Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Prix Regards Jeune | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| 65th Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| 65th Cannes Film Festival 2012 | FIPRESCI Prize | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| 65th Cannes Film Festival 2012 | Caméra d'Or | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| 18th Critics' Choice Awards 2013 | Best Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
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65th Cannes Film Festival
4 nominations, 4 won
| Caméra d'Or | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| FIPRESCI Prize | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Prix Regards Jeune | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
28th Sundance Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Dramatic Excellence in Cinematography | Ben Richardson | Winner |
| Dramatic Grand Jury Prize | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
18th Critics' Choice Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
85th Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Director | Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald | Nominee |
24th Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Production in a Theatrical Picture | Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn | Nominee |
13th Black Reel Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Outstanding Breakthrough Performance | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
| Outstanding Score | Dan Romer & Behn Zeitilin | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor | Dwight Henry | Nominee |
7th Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best Film Music Or Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Best Woman Screenwriter | Lucy Alibar | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
12th New York Film Critics Online Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Breakthrough Performer | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best Debut Director | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
2012 The Village Voice Poll
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
8th Austin Film Critics Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Breakthrough Artist | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best First Film | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
23rd Chicago Film Critics Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Most Promising Performer | Winner | |
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Director | Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dwight Henry | Nominee |
17th Satellite Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Humanitarian Award | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Newcomer Award | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Ben Richardson | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
| Best Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
10th African-American Film Critics Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Breakout Performance | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
2012 The Atlantic Review
2 nominations, 2 won
| Big Things Come in Small Packages Award | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
38th Deauville American Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
| The Most Promising Newcomer Award | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
38th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Music Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dwight Henry | Winner |
84th National Board Of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Directorial Debut | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Breakthrough Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
28th Film Independent's Spirit Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Ben Richardson | Winner |
| Best Director | Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Female Lead Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Film | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
44th NAACP Image Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Independent Motion Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
| Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Outstanding Motion Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Dwight Henry | Nominee |
19th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Low-Budget/Cutting-Edge Independent Film | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
22nd Gotham Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Breakthrough Director | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
| Audience Award | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Actor/Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
11th WDCAFCA Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Youth Performance | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
| Best Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
11th Expresión en Corto International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best International First Feature | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
13th AFI Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
16th Hollywood Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| New Hollywood Award | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
16th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best First Feature | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
17th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Pauline Kael Breakout Award | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
17th Nantucket Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best New Voices in Screenwriting | Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
1st Smithsonian's American Ingenuity Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Visual Arts | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
2012 British Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
2012 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
1 nomination, 1 won
| Screenwriting | Benh Zeitlin (director), Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Abilar (writers) | Winner |
2012 The Globe and Mail Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
28th Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Virtuoso Award | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
28th Seattle International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
33rd Durban International Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
34th Young Artist Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
38th Humanitas Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Sundance Feature Film Category | Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar | Winner |
38th Los Angeles Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Narrative Feature | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
39th Ghent International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Youth Jury Award | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
56th British Film Institute Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Sutherland Award | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
59th Belgian Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prix | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
9th Reykjavík International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Winner |
9th Women Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Youth Performance | Quvenzhané Wallis | Winner |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best US Feature | Benh Zeitlin | Winner |
10th St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Ben Richardson | Nominee |
| Best Director | Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Scene | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
| Best Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
16th Online Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dwight Henry | Nominee |
6th Houston Film Critics Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
17th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Ben Richardson | Nominee |
| Best Score | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
33rd London Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Film of the Year | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
| Technical Achievement | Ben Richardson | Nominee |
15th Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Stephani Lewis | Nominee |
2013 Dorian Awards
1 nomination
| Film of the Year | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
20th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus Camerimage
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | Ben Richardson | Nominee |
25th USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenwriters | Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
39th Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor/Actress | Quvenzhané Wallis | Nominee |
40th Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination
| London Film Museum Award for Technical Achievement | Ben Richardson | Nominee |
59th Sydney Film Festival
1 nomination
| Official Competition | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
60th Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
66th British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
6th Australian Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Film (English Language) | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
6th Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |
78th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best First Film | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Nominee |
9th International Film Music Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Breakout Composer of the Year | Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin | Nominee |