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Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)

Awards

Beginners

36 wins & 30 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Oscar
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Christopher Plummer

BAFTA Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Critics Choice Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

GLAAD Media Awards

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 Winner GLAAD Media Award
    • Outstanding Film - Wide Release

Golden Globes, USA

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Christopher Plummer

Satellite Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Christopher Plummer

Gotham Awards

  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2011 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Feature
    • Mike Mills
    • Leslie Urdang
    • Dean Vanech
    • Miranda de Pencier
    • Jay Van Hoy
    • Lars Knudsen
    Tied with The Tree of Life (2011).
  • Ewan McGregor at an event for Amelia (2009)
    2011 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Ensemble Performance
    • Ewan McGregor
    • Christopher Plummer
    • Mélanie Laurent
    • Goran Visnjic
    • Kai Lennox
    • Mary Page Keller
    • Keegan Boos

Hollywood Film Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner Hollywood Film Award
    • Supporting Actor of the Year
    • Christopher Plummer

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • 2012 Academy Awards Ceremony for Beginners.
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Feature
    • Miranda de Pencier
    • Lars Knudsen
    • Leslie Urdang
    • Dean Vanech
    • Jay Van Hoy
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Director
    • Mike Mills
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2012 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Mike Mills
  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Supporting Male
    • Christopher Plummer

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2011 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Mike Mills

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Supporting Actor of the Year
    • Christopher Plummer

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

National Board of Review, USA

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Independent Films

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Mélanie Laurent
    2011 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Mélanie Laurent
  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2011 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Mike Mills
  • 2011 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Editing
    • Olivier Bugge Coutté

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Modern Master Award
    • Christopher Plummer

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Christopher Plummer

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

SXSW Film Festival

  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2011 Nominee Audience Award
    • Spotlight Premiere
    • Mike Mills

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2011 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Mike Mills

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2012 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Overlooked Film
    • Mike Mills
  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner COFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2012 Winner Heterodox Award
    • Mike Mills

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner NTFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2011 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Artistic/Creative Film (for excellence in art-house cinema)

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner EDA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2012 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
    • Mike Mills

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner DFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2011 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Mike Mills

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner IFJA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Iowa Film Critics Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner IFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner DFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Film Performance of the Year
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, and Cosmo in Beginners (2010)
    2012 Nominee Dorian Award
    • LGBT-Themed Film of the Year

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2011 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Mike Mills

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Online Film & Television Association

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner OFTA Film Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
    2nd place.

International Online Film Critics' Poll

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Nominee IOFCP Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner ACCA
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Christopher Plummer

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Supporting Actor of the Year
    • Christopher Plummer

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer
  • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
    2012 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Mike Mills

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Christopher Plummer
    2011 Winner ICP Award
    • Best Supporting Performance
    • Christopher Plummer

Gold Derby Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
    • Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Christopher Plummer
    2012 Winner Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Christopher Plummer

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