awards for Beasts of the Southern Wild on AllMovie

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Nominated	Best Actress Quvenzhané Wallis	2012
Nominated	Best Adapted Screenplay Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin	2012
Nominated	Best Director Benh Zeitlin	2012
Nominated	Best Picture	2012

American Film Institute

Won

Top Ten Film of the Year

2012

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin

2012

Cannes Film Festival

Presented

Film Presented

2012

Detroit Film Critics Society

Nominated

Breakthrough Artist Benh Zeitlin

2012

Independent Spirit Awards

Won	Best Cinematography Ben Richardson	2012
Nominated	Best Director Benh Zeitlin	2012
Nominated	Best Feature	2012
Nominated	Best Female Lead Quvenzhané Wallis	2012

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Won	Best Music Score Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin	2012
Won	Best Supporting Actor Dwight Henry	2012
Won	New Generation Award Benh Zeitlin	2012

National Board of Review

Won	Best Directorial Debut Benh Zeitlin	2012
Nominated	Best Picture	2012
Won	Breakthrough Performance by an Actress Quvenzhané Wallis	2012

New York Film Critics Online

Won	Best First Film Benh Zeitlin	2012
Nominated	Best Picture	2012
Won	Breakthrough Performance Quvenzhané Wallis	2012

Producers Guild of America

Nominated

Best Producer Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn

2012

Sundance Film Festival

Won	Best Cinematography - Dramatic Ben Richardson	2012
Won	Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic	2012

Washington D.C. Film Critics Association

Won

Best Young Actor or Actress Quvenzhané Wallis

2012