List of accolades received by Atonement (film)

Atonement is a 2007 British romantic World War II film directed by Joe Wright. Christopher Hampton adapted the screenplay from the eponymous novel by Ian McEwan.[1] The film focuses on fictional lovers Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie (James McAvoy), whose lives are ruined when Cecilia's younger sister, Briony (Saoirse Ronan), falsely accuses Robbie of a serious crime.[1] The film opened the 64th Venice International Film Festival on 29 August 2007 and competed for the Golden Lion.[1] The following month it screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.[2][3] Atonement was released in the United Kingdom by Universal Studios on 7 September 2007. It was then released in the United States by Focus Features on 7 December 2007.[4][5] The film earned over £84 million in its combined total gross at the box office.[6]

List of accolades received by Atonement
Director Joe Wright at the UK premiere of Atonement
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 35 122
References

Atonement earned many awards and nominations in categories ranging from recognition of the film itself to Hampton's screenplay and the cast's acting performances, particularly those of Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan. The film received seven Academy Award nominations and came away with one award for Best Original Score. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists awarded Atonement two accolades from six nominations, while the American Society of Cinematographers and the Art Directors Guild gave the film one nomination apiece. Atonement gathered fourteen nominations at the 61st British Academy Film Awards, the most of any film that year,[7] but ultimately came away with two awards. Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey received a nomination for his work from the British Society of Cinematographers and costume designer, Jacqueline Durran, earned a nomination from the Costume Designers Guild. Atonement won three accolades out of five nominations at the 13th Empire Awards.

The film also received five nominations from the Evening Standard British Film Awards, including Best Actress nominations for both Knightley and Romola Garai (who played Briony aged 18). McGarvey, Durran and Sarah Greenwood were awarded the Best Technical Achievement accolade. At the 65th Golden Globe Awards, Atonement was named Best Drama Motion Picture, while Dario Marianelli won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The composer would go on to win five more awards for the score, as well as the Film Music Composition of the Year accolade from the International Film Music Critics Association. Intralink Film garnered two nominations from the Golden Trailer Awards and won the Best Romance Trailer category. Ronan won five awards for her performance including Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 5th Irish Film & Television Awards and Best Young Actress from the Women Film Critics Circle. Atonement earned eight nominations from the London Film Critics' Circle; McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave (who portrayed an elderly Briony) won the British Actor of the Year and British Supporting Actress of the Year awards respectively. Knightley won Best International Actress at the 2007 Rembrandt Awards and was given the Choice Movie Drama Actress accolade from the Teen Choice Awards. Hampton earned a total of thirteen nominations for the screenplay.

Awards and nominations

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result
Academy Awards[8] 24 February 2008 Best Picture AtonementTim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster (producers) Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton Nominated
Best Art Direction Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Nominated
Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey Nominated
Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran Nominated
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists[9][10] 21 December 2007 Best Adapted Screenplay Atonement Nominated
Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality Keira Knightley Nominated
Best Editing Atonement Nominated
Best Film Atonement Nominated
Best Newcomer Saoirse Ronan Won
Best Seduction Keira Knightley and James McAvoy Won
American Society of Cinematographers[11] 26 January 2008 Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases Seamus McGarvey Nominated
Art Directors Guild[12] 18 February 2008 Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film Sarah Greenwood Nominated
British Academy Film Awards[13] 10 February 2008 Best Actor James McAvoy Nominated
Best Actress Keira Knightley Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton Nominated
Best British Film Atonement Nominated
Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey Nominated
Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran Nominated
Best Director Joe Wright Nominated
Best Editing Paul Tothill Nominated
Best Film Atonement Won
Best Makeup and Hair Ivana Primorac Nominated
Best Music Dario Marianelli Nominated
Best Production Design Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Won
Best Sound Danny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson, Becki Ponting Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
British Society of Cinematographers[14] 7 December 2007 Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association[15] 7 January 2008 Best Composer Dario Marianelli Nominated
Best Director Joe Wright Nominated
Best Film Atonement Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave Nominated
Best Young Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association[16] 13 December 2007 Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton Nominated
Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey Nominated
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli Nominated
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize[17] 14 April 2009 Best Foreign Feature Film Atonement Nominated
Costume Designers Guild[18] 19 February 2008 Excellence in Costume Design for Period Film Jacqueline Durran Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[19] 17 December 2007 Best Picture Atonement Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Empire Awards[20] 9 March 2008 Best Actor James McAvoy Won
Best Actress Keira Knightley Won
Best British Film Atonement Won
Best Director Joe Wright Nominated
Best Newcomer Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Best Soundtrack Atonement Nominated
European Film Awards[21] 6 December 2008 Best Actor James McAvoy Nominated
Best Composer Dario Marianelli Nominated
Best Film Atonement Nominated
Evening Standard British Film Awards[22][23] 3 February 2008 Best Actor James McAvoy Nominated
Best Actress Romola Garai Nominated
Keira Knightley Nominated
Best Screenplay Christopher Hampton Nominated
Best Technical Achievement Seamus McGarvey, Sarah Greenwood, Jacqueline Durran Won
Film Critics Circle of Australia[24] 1 February 2008 Best Foreign Film in the English Language Atonement Nominated
Golden Globe Awards[25] 13 January 2008 Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture James McAvoy Nominated
Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture Keira Knightley Nominated
Best Director Joe Wright Nominated
Best Drama Motion Picture Atonement Won
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli Won
Best Screenplay Christopher Hampton Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Golden Tomato Awards[26] 21 January 2008 Best Romance Atonement Won
Golden Trailer Awards[27] 8 May 2008 Best Romance Atonement – Intralink Film Won
Best Romance TV Spot Atonement "Love Story" – Intralink Film Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society[28] 3 January 2008 Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey Nominated
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli Won
Best Picture Atonement Nominated
Best Screenplay Christopher Hampton Nominated
International Film Music Critics Association[29] 15 February 2008 Best Original Score for a Drama Film Atonement – Dario Marianelli Won
Film Composer of the Year Dario Marianelli Nominated
Film Music Composition of the Year "Elegy for Dunkirk" – Dario Marianelli Won
Film Score of the Year Atonement – Dario Marianelli Won
Irish Film & Television Awards[30] 17 February 2008 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Saoirse Ronan Won
Best Director of Photography Seamus McGarvey Won
Best International Actor James McAvoy Nominated
Best International Actress Keira Knightley Nominated
Best International Film Atonement Nominated
Ivor Novello Awards[31][32] 22 May 2008 Best Original Film Score Dario Marianelli Won
London Film Critics' Circle[33][34] 8 February 2008 British Actor of the Year James McAvoy Won
British Actress of the Year Keira Knightley Nominated
British Breakthrough Saoirse Ronan Nominated
British Director of the Year Joe Wright Nominated
British Film of the Year Atonement Nominated
British Supporting Actress of the Year Vanessa Redgrave Won
Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Screenwriter of the Year Christopher Hampton Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors[35] 23 February 2008 Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film Atonement Nominated
Nastro d'Argento[36] 14 June 2008 Best European Film Director Joe Wright Nominated
National Board of Review[37] 5 December 2007 Top Ten Films Atonement Won
Online Film Critics Society[38] 8 January 2008 Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton Nominated
Best Editing Paul Tothill Nominated
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli Nominated
Best Picture Atonement Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Pyongyang International Film Festival[39] 26 September 2008 Shooting and Fine Arts Award Atonement Won
Rembrandt Award[40] 10 March 2008 Best International Actress Keira Knightley Won
Richard Attenborough Film Awards[41] 30 January 2008 Best Actor James McAvoy Won
Best Film-maker Joe Wright Won
Best Screenwriter Christopher Hampton Won
Film of the Year Atonement Won
San Diego Film Critics Society[42] 18 December 2007 Best Editing Paul Tothill Won
Satellite Awards[43] 16 December 2007 Best Actress in a Drama Motion Picture Keira Knightley Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Christopher Hampton Won
Best Costume Design Jacqueline Durran Nominated
Best Original Score Dario Marianelli Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[44] 24 December 2007 Best Cinematography Seamus McGarvey Nominated
Best Picture Atonement Nominated
Best Score Dario Marianelli Nominated
Best Screenplay Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated
Teen Choice Awards[45] 26 August 2007 Choice Movie Drama Actress Keira Knightley Won
USC Scripter Awards[46] 2 February 2008 Best Screenplay Ian McEwan and Christopher Hampton Nominated
Venice International Film Festival[47][48] 8 September 2007 Golden Lion Atonement Nominated
Prize of the Forum for Cinema and Literature Joe Wright Won
Women Film Critics Circle[49] 13 December 2007 Best Young Actress Saoirse Ronan Won
World Soundtrack Awards[50] 18 October 2008 Best Original Score of the Year Atonement – Dario Marianelli Won
Soundtrack Composer of the Year Dario Marianelli Nominated
Young Artist Awards[51] 30 March 2008 Best Performance by a Leading Young Actress Saoirse Ronan Nominated

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