Akinola Davies Biography

Awards

• 2025Golden Athena-Best Picture: nominated
• 2025Sutherland Award-First Feature Competition: nominated
• 2025Cinema Extraordinaire-: nominated
• 2025Douglas Hickox Award-Best Debut Director, Sponsored by BBC FILM: nominated
• 2025British Independent Film Award-Best Director, Sponsored by Sky Cinema: winner
• 2025British Independent Film Award-Best British Independent Film: nominated
• 2025Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2025Golden Camera - Special Mention-: winner
• 2025Golden Camera-: nominated
• 2025Gold Hugo-Special Mention: winner
• 2025Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 2025Krzysztof Kieslowski Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2025Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Director: winner
• 2025Special Jury Award-Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema: winner
• 2025Junior Jury - Special Jury Prize-First Feature: winner
• 2025NYFCO Award-Best Debut Director: nominated
• 2025OAFFC Award-Breakthrough Filmmaker: nominated
• 2025Roberto Rossellini Awards-Best Film: nominated
• 2025People's Choice Award-Crouching Tigers - Best Film: nominated
• 2025Roberto Rossellini Awards-Best Director: winner
• 2025Rampa Award-Best Film: winner
• 2025Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2026BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer: nominated
• 2026Black Reel-Outstanding International Film: nominated
• 2026Black Reel-Outstanding Independent Film: nominated
• 2026Black Reel-Outstanding Emerging Director: nominated
• 2026Black Reel-Outstanding First Screenplay: nominated
• 2026European Film Award-European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI: nominated
• 2026ALFS Award-Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year: nominated
• 2026Directors to Watch-: winner