Brooklyn is a 2015 historical drama film directed by John Crowley. Writer Nick Hornby adapted the screenplay from Colm Tóibín's novel of the same name. The plot follows Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish woman who emigrates to Brooklyn to find employment. There she marries an Italian plumber called Tony (Emory Cohen), before being forced to choose between her home town of Enniscorthy or her new life in Brooklyn. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.[1] It was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in a limited capacity on 6 November 2015.[2]
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Brooklyn gathered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for Ronan's performance, Crowley's direction and Hornby's screenplay. The film received 3 nominations at the 88th Academy Awards and 6 nominations at the 69th British Academy Film Awards. At the British Independent Film Awards, the film earned 5 nominations, with Ronan going on to win Best Actress. The film also garnered five nominations at the 21st Critics' Choice Awards. Brooklyn was named Best Irish Film by the Dublin Film Critics' Circle and nominated for four accolades by the London Film Critics' Circle. The film's production designer François Séguin won the Best Production Design award from the San Diego Film Critics Society, where Brooklyn was nominated for a further six awards.
Ronan has won Best Actress awards for her performance as Eilis from the Hollywood Film Awards, New York Film Critics Circle, San Francisco Film Critics Circle and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. She is further nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture, a Satellite Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Brooklyn was included in Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Online Top 10 Films. It was also awarded the People's Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Denver Film Festival, the Audience Favorite Gold Award in World Cinema at the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Rogers People's Choice Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Virginia Film Festival. Hornby's script received a USC Scripter Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Awards and nominations
editAward / Film Festival | Date of ceremony[II] | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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AACTA International Awards | 29 January 2016 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [3] |
AARP Movies For Grownups Awards | 8 February 2016 | Best Picture | Brooklyn | Nominated | [4] |
Best Screenwriter | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Academy Awards | 28 February 2016 | Best Picture | Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey | Nominated | [5] |
Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Austin Film Critics Association | 29 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [6] |
Boston Society of Film Critics | 11 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Runner-up | [7] |
British Academy Film Awards | 14 February 2016 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [8][9] |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Julie Walters | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Best British Film | Brooklyn | Won | |||
Best Costume Design | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Nominated | |||
Best Makeup and Hair | Morna Ferguson and Lorraine Glynn | Nominated | |||
British Independent Film Awards | 7 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [10] [11] |
Best Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Domhnall Gleeson | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Julie Walters | Nominated | |||
Best Technical Achievement | Fiona Weir | Nominated | |||
Camerimage | 21 November 2015 | Golden Frog | Yves Bélanger | Nominated | [12] |
Canadian Screen Awards | 13 March 2016 | Best Cinematography | Yves Bélanger | Won | [13][14] |
Best Motion Picture | Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey | Nominated | |||
Best Original Score | Michael Brook | Won | |||
Casting Society of America | 21 January 2016 | Best Casting for Studio or Independent Drama | Fiona Weir, Lucie Robitaille, Jim Carnahan | Nominated | [15] |
Chicago Film Critics Association | 16 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [16] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 17 January 2016 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [17] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | François Séguin, Jennifer Oman, Louise Tremblay | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Nominated | |||
Best Picture | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Costume Designers Guild Awards | 23 February 2016 | Excellence in Period Film | Odile Dicks-Mireaux | Nominated | [18] |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 14 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [19] |
Top 10 Films | Brooklyn | Won | |||
Denver Film Festival | 16 November 2015 | People's Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature | Brooklyn | Won | [20] |
Detroit Film Critics Society | 14 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [21] |
Best Director | John Crowley | Nominated | |||
Best Film | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Breakthrough | Emory Cohen | Nominated | |||
Dorian Awards | 19 January 2016 | Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [22] |
Film of the Year | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 22 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [23] |
Best Director | John Crowley | Nominated | |||
Best Irish Film | Brooklyn | Won | |||
Evening Standard British Film Awards | 7 February 2016 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [24][25] |
Best Film | Brooklyn | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Golden Globe Awards | 10 January 2016 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [26] |
Golden Trailer Awards | May 2016 | Best Foreign Romance | "Two Worlds" – Lionsgate Films UK and Create Advertising London | Won | [27] |
Best Romance Poster | "Boat" One-Sheet – Fox Searchlight and Ignition | Nominated | |||
Best Romance TV Spot | "Looking Review" – Fox Searchlight and Create Advertising Group | Nominated | |||
Hamptons International Film Festival | 12 October 2015 | Breakthrough Performer | Emory Cohen | Won | [28] |
Hollywood Film Awards | 1 November 2015 | New Hollywood Award | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [29] |
Houston Film Critics Society | 9 January 2016 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [30] |
Irish Film & Television Academy | 9 April 2016 | Actress in a Lead Role | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [31] |
Actress in a Supporting Role | Jane Brennan | Won | |||
Best Director | John Crowley | Nominated | |||
Best Film | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
London Film Critics' Circle | 17 January 2016 | Actress of the Year | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [32][33] |
British/Irish Actress of the Year | Saoirse Ronan | Won | |||
British Film of the Year | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Screenwriter of the Year | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 6 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Runner-up | [34] |
Mill Valley Film Festival | 18 October 2015 | Audience Favorite Gold Award in World Cinema | Brooklyn | Won | [28] |
National Society of Film Critics | 3 January 2016 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Runner-up | [35] |
New York Film Critics Circle | 2 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [36] |
New York Film Critics Online | 6 December 2015 | Top 10 Films | Brooklyn | Won | [37] |
Online Film Critics Society | 14 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [38] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Best Picture | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2 January 2016 | International Star Award | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [39] |
Producers Guild of America Awards | 23 January 2016 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Amanda Posey and Finola Dwyer | Nominated | [40] |
Québec Cinéma Awards | 20 March 2016 | Best Art Direction | François Séguin | Won | [41] |
Best Cinematography | Yves Bélanger | Won | |||
San Diego Film Critics Society | 14 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [42] [43] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Yves Bélanger | Nominated | |||
Best Director | John Crowley | Nominated | |||
Best Film | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | François Séguin | Won | |||
Breakthrough Artist | Emory Cohen | Nominated | |||
San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 14 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [44] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Won | |||
Best Director | John Crowley | Nominated | |||
Best Picture | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | François Séguin and Suzanne Cloutier | Nominated | |||
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 8 February 2016 | Outstanding Performer of the Year | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [45] |
St. Louis Film Critics Association | 21 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Runner-up | [46][47] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Runner-up | |||
Best Art Direction | François Séguin | Runner-up | |||
Satellite Awards | 21 February 2016 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [48] |
Best Film | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Screen Actors Guild | 30 January 2016 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [49] |
USC Scripter Award | 20 February 2016 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Colm Tóibín and Nick Hornby | Nominated | [50] |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 21 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [51] |
Vancouver International Film Festival | 9 October 2015 | Rogers People's Choice Award | Brooklyn | Won | [28] |
Virginia Film Festival | 11 November 2015 | Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature | Brooklyn | Won | [28] |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 7 December 2015 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Won | [52] |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nick Hornby | Nominated | |||
Best Film | Brooklyn | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Yves Bélanger | Nominated | |||
Best Original Score | Michael Brook | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay | Nominated | |||
Women's Image Network Awards | 10 February 2016 | Best Actress | Saoirse Ronan | Nominated | [53] |
Film Produced by a Woman | Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey | Nominated |
Notes
edit^[I] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients and have runners-up. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally.
^[II] Each date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
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