Julia Ducournau Biography

Awards

• 2016Audience Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2016Best Director-Next Wave Features: winner
• 2016Sutherland Award-First Feature Competition: winner
• 2016New Talent Grand PIX-: nominated
• 2016Critics Week Grand Prize-: nominated
• 2016Golden Camera-: nominated
• 2016Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2016FIPRESCI Prize-Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week: winner
• 2016Octopus d'Or-Best International Feature Film: winner
• 2016Explore Award-: winner
• 2016Golden Monster for Best Feature-: winner
• 2016Silver Méliès Award-Best European Fantastic Feature Film: nominated
• 2016Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation-: winner
• 2016Méliès d'Argent-Best Feature Length European Film: winner
• 2016Carnet Jove Jury Award-Best Feature Length Film: winner
• 2016People's Choice Award-Midnight Madness: nominated
• 2017CFCA Award-Most Promising Filmmaker: nominated
• 2017DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2017Audiences Darling-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Halfway Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017Halfway Award-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
• 2017Grand Prix-: nominated
• 2017Directors to Watch-: winner
• 2017Prix Louis Delluc-Best First Film: winner
• 2017SFCS Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
• 2017VVFP Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2018César-Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): nominated
• 2018César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
• 2018César-Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original): nominated
• 2018Critics Award-Best First Film: winner
• 2018INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
• 2018Heike Hurst Award-Best First Film (Meilleur premier film): nominated
• 2018Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): winner
• 2018Prix Alice Guy-Best Female-Directed French or Francophone Film (Meilleur film français ou francophone réalisé par une femme): nominated
• 2021Golden Frog-Directors' Debuts Competition: winner
• 2021Palme d'Or-: winner
• 2021Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2021European Film Award-European Film: nominated
• 2021European Film Award-European Director: nominated
• 2021International Student Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2021Gotham Independent Film Award-Best International Feature: nominated
• 2021GWNYFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2021IFJA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2021IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021Award for International Cinema-The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film: nominated
• 2021OAFFC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021OAFFC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Sebastiane Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2021RTVE-Otra Mirada Award-: nominated
• 2021People's Choice Award-Midnight Madness: winner
• 2021VHS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021VHS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Courage in Filmmaking Award-: winner
• 2022EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
• 2022BAFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022BloodGuts UK Horror Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2022BloodGuts UK Horror Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2022BOFA-Best Director: nominated
• 2022COFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2022César-Best Director (Meilleure réalisation): nominated
• 2022DFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2022DFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2022Dorian Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2022Chainsaw Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022Gaudí Award-Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea): nominated
• 2022GAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2022Gold Derby Film Award-International Feature: nominated
• 2022Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
• 2022Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): winner
• 2022NDFS Award-Best International Feature: nominated
• 2022OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2022Eagle-Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski): nominated
• 2022SFCS Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
• 2022SFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022Yoga Award-Worst Foreign Film: winner
• 2025Audience Award-Biografilm Beyond Fiction: winner
• 2025Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2025Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2025Emeric Pressburger Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2025Narcisse Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2025Bronze Horse-Best Film: nominated