Rungano Nyoni
Profession
Writer, Director, Actress, Producer, Editorial department
Awards
- 2014Aluminum Horse - Best Short Film:Nominated
- 2015Red Citation Humanitarian AwardWinner
- 2015Award of Excellence - Short Film:Winner
- 2015Audience Award - Best International Short:Winner
- 2015Best International Short FilmWinner
- 2015Special Jury AwardWinner
- 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 FilmWinner
- 2015European Film Award - European Short Film:Nominated
- 2015Special Mention - Premio Speciale YoungClub:Winner
- 2015Best International Short FilmNominated
- 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 AwardWinner
- 2017New Talent Grand PIXNominated
- 2017C.I.C.A.E. AwardNominated
- 2017Golden CameraNominated
- 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 DebutWinner
- 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 CompetitionNominated
- 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 AwardNominated
- 2018Emerging Filmmaker AwardNominated
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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 MentionWinner
- 2024Best Film - Official Competition:Nominated
- 2024Cinema ExtraordinaireWinner
- 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 DirectorWinner
- 2024Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
- 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 AwardNominated
- 2024Golden Eye Award - Best International Feature Film:Winner
- 2025Grand Prize City of Lisbon - International Competition:Winner
- 2025Amnesty International AwardWinner
- 2026Black Reel - Outstanding Director:Nominated
- 2026Black Reel - Outstanding Screenplay:Nominated
- 2026Black Reel - Outstanding International Film:Winner
- 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