Rungano Nyoni Biography

Awards

• 2014Aluminum Horse-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2015Red Citation Humanitarian Award-: winner
• 2015Award of Excellence-Short Film: winner
• 2015Audience Award-Best International Short: winner
• 2015Best International Short Film-: winner
• 2015Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2015Narrative Film Award-Best Short Film: nominated
• 2015Santa Lucia - International Competition-Best Fiction Short Film: winner
• 2015Main Prize-Short And Experimental Films: winner
• 2015Festival Prize-Best Script: winner
• 2015Grand Prix International-Short Film: winner
• 2015Cortogenia Award-Best International Short Film: winner
• 2015International Shorts-Best Short Film: winner
• 2015The ALLEN COOKE Award for Subway® Lunchbox Short Film-: winner
• 2015European Film Award-European Short Film: nominated
• 2015Special Mention-Premio Speciale YoungClub: winner
• 2015Best International Short Film-: nominated
• 2015Jury Award-Best Short Fiction: winner
• 2015Golden Firebird Award-Short Film: winner
• 2015Second Prize-International Prize: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Audience Choice Program A: winner
• 2015Festival Award-Best of Fest: winner
• 2015Festival Prize-Cortissimo internazionale: winner
• 2015Festival Prize-Diari di CineClub Award: winner
• 2015Prix UIP Tampere (European Short Film)-: winner
• 2015Prize of the Youth Jury-Finnish Short Film Under 30 Minutes: winner
• 2015Jury Award-Best Narrative Short: winner
• 2015Audience Award-Best Short: winner
• 2017Audience Award-New Auteurs: nominated
• 2017International Feature Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2017Feature Film Competition-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2017Sutherland Award-First Feature Competition: nominated
• 2017British Independent Film Award-Best Debut Screenwriter: nominated
• 2017British Independent Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2017British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2017Douglas Hickox Award-: winner
• 2017New Talent Grand PIX-: nominated
• 2017C.I.C.A.E. Award-: nominated
• 2017Golden Camera-: nominated
• 2017Grand Prize of the Jury-Best Film: nominated
• 2017International Competition-Golden Gateway Award: nominated
• 2017International Competition-Special Mention: winner
• 2017CineVision Award-Best Film By An Emerging Director: nominated
• 2017Silver Méliès Award-Best European Fantastic Feature Film: nominated
• 2017Bronze Horse-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Best Directorial Debut-: winner
• 2018BAFTA Film Award-Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: winner
• 2018British Screenwriters' Award-Best British Feature Film Writing: nominated
• 2018ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman-Direction: nominated
• 2018New Direction Competition-: nominated
• 2018Glocal Images-Best Director Award: winner
• 2018Jury Prize-Student Jury Award: winner
• 2018Glocal Images-Best Film Award: winner
• 2018Evening Standard British Film Award-Malone Souliers Award for Breakthrough of the Year: winner
• 2018Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2018Critics Award-Best Foreign First Film: winner
• 2018ALFS Award-Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker of the Year: nominated
• 2018Hertzfeld Competition Award-: nominated
• 2018Emerging Filmmaker Award-: nominated
• 2018Scythian Deer-International Competition: Full-Length Films: nominated
• 2018National Film Award-Best Drama: nominated
• 2018Grand Jury Prize-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2018Golden Gate Award-New Director: nominated
• 2018Jury Prize-Narrative Feature: winner
• 2018Breaking Waves Award-: winner
• 2018Jury Prize-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2019EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Director: nominated
• 2019CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
• 2019Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best First Screenplay: nominated
• 2024Special Mention-: winner
• 2024Best Film-Official Competition: nominated
• 2024Cinema Extraordinaire-: winner
• 2024British Independent Film Award-Best British Independent Film: nominated
• 2024British Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay, Sponsored by Apple Original Films: nominated
• 2024British Independent Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024Un Certain Regard - Best Director-: winner
• 2024Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2024Silver Hugo-Best Ensemble Cast Performance: winner
• 2024Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 2024Krzysztof Kieslowski Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2024Louve d'Or-Best Film: nominated
• 2024Bright Horizons Award-: nominated
• 2024Golden Eye Award-Best International Feature Film: winner
• 2025Grand Prize City of Lisbon-International Competition: winner
• 2025Amnesty International Award-: winner
• 2026Black Reel-Outstanding Director: nominated
• 2026Black Reel-Outstanding Screenplay: 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
• 2026Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: nominated