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Bloody Sunday
2002
· Movie
· 107 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Every rating
70–92
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 91, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Details
- Director
- Paul Greengrass
- Writer
- Paul Greengrass
- Released
- 25 January 2002
- Country
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $773.2K
- Awards
- 9 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (28) →
Awards & nominations
See all 28 →3 major awards won · 9 wins from 28 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2002 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Paul Greengrass | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2002 | Golden Bear | Paul Greengrass | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2002 | World Cinema Audience Award | Bloody Sunday | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2002 | Best International Film | Bloody Sunday | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2003 | Best Actor | James Nesbitt | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2003 | Best Single Drama | Mark Redhead, Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2003 | Best Photography and Lighting: Fiction | Ivan Strasburg | Winner |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2003 | Best Editing: Fiction/Entertainment | Clare Douglas | Nominee |
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Berlin International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Golden Bear | Paul Greengrass | Winner |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Paul Greengrass | Winner |
Sundance Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| World Cinema Audience Award | Bloody Sunday | Winner |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Film | Bloody Sunday | Nominee |
IFTA Film & Drama Awards
8 nominations, 4 won
| Best Director – Film | Paul Greengrass | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Bloody Sunday | Winner |
| Best Script | Paul Greengrass | Winner |
| Best Sound | Albert Bailey | Winner |
| Best Actor – Film | James Nesbitt | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Film | Kathy Kiera Clarke | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Clare Douglas | Nominee |
| Best Photography | Ivan Strasburg | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | James Nesbitt | Winner |
| Best British Independent Film | Bloody Sunday | Nominee |
| Best Director | Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
| Best Technical Achievement | Ivan Strasburg | Nominee |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Photography and Lighting: Fiction | Ivan Strasburg | Winner |
| Best Editing: Fiction/Entertainment | Clare Douglas | Nominee |
| Best Sound: Entertainment | Sound Team | Nominee |
European Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Cinematographer | Ivan Strasburg | Nominee |
| Best Film | Bloody Sunday | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
| EFA People's Choice Award - Best Director | Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
British Academy Television Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | James Nesbitt | Nominee |
| Best Single Drama | Mark Redhead, Paul Greengrass | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards
2 nominations
| Serials and Single Drama | Bloody Sunday | Nominee |
| Writing | Paul Greengrass | Nominee |