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Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)

Awards

The BFG

4 wins & 26 nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
    2017 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Fantasy Film
  • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
    2017 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Steven Spielberg
  • Mark Rylance
    2017 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Actor
    • Mark Rylance
  • Ruby Barnhill
    2017 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Performance by a Younger Actor
    • Ruby Barnhill
  • John Williams
    2017 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Music
    • John Williams

Annie Awards

  • 2017 Nominee Annie
    • Outstanding Achievement in Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
    • Claude Schitter
    • Ben Folkman
    • Gary Boyle
    • David Caeiro Cebrián
    • Luke Millar

BAFTA Awards

  • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
    2016 Nominee BAFTA Children's Award
    • BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film
    • Steven Spielberg
    • Melissa Mathison
    • Frank Marshall
    • Sam Mercer

Satellite Awards

  • John Williams
    2017 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Original Score
    • John Williams
  • Joe Letteri
    2017 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Visual Effects
    • Joe Letteri
    • Ken McGaugh
    • Mark Gee
    • Kevin Andrew Smith

Kids' Choice Awards, USA

  • Ruby Barnhill
    2017 Nominee Blimp Award
    • BFFs (Best Friends Forever)
    • Ruby Barnhill
    • Mark Rylance

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Ruby Barnhill
    2017 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Young British/Irish Performer of the Year
    • Ruby Barnhill

Young Artist Awards

  • Ruby Barnhill
    2017 Nominee Young Artist Award
    • Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress
    • Ruby Barnhill

World Soundtrack Awards

  • John Williams
    2016 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
    • Film Composer of the Year
    • John Williams
    Shared with: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Golden Trailer Awards

  • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Best Original Score

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

  • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
    2017 Nominee The Pearl
    • Best Feature Film
    • Steven Spielberg

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Mark Rylance
    2016 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Motion Capture Performance
    • Mark Rylance

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Mark Rylance
    2016 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance
    • Mark Rylance

Location Managers Guild International Awards (LMGI)

  • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
    2017 Nominee LMGI Award
    • Outstanding Film Commission
    Creative Scotland

Heartland Film

  • Steven Spielberg at an event for The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
    2016 Winner Truly Moving Picture Award
    • Steven Spielberg (director)

Behind the Voice Actors Awards

  • Mark Rylance
    2017 Nominee BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award
    • Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film
    • Mark Rylance
    As the voice of "BFG".

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
    2016 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Animated Female

GoldSpirit Awards

  • John Williams
    2016 Nominee GoldSpirit Awards
    • Best Original Score
    • John Williams
  • John Williams
    2016 Nominee GoldSpirit Awards
    • Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Score
    • John Williams
  • John Williams
    2016 Nominee GoldSpirit Awards
    • Best Cue
    • John Williams
    For 'Sophie and the BFG'

Young Entertainer Awards

  • Ruby Barnhill
    2017 Nominee Young Entertainer Award
    • Best Leading Young Actress - Feature Film
    • Ruby Barnhill

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