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Precious

The film Precious, based on the novel PUSH by Sapphire received 103 nominations and 113 wins.

Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire  premiered at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009

Cannes Film Festival. On  November 6, 2009, there was a Limited release in around 18 theaters with a new

title: Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. By November 20, 2009 there was an expanded

release earning over $63 million on a $10 million budget.

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"People ask me: is it a story about obesity, abuse or race? Actually, what it's really about is the transformative power of literacy. At the end of the film, Precious is still black, still poor and still fat but what's changed is that she can read and write and has begun to re-invent herself. She has left her abusive home environment, and has gone from feeling stupid and worthless to embracing a positive vision of her future."

 

~ Sapphire, Evening Standard

Academy Award Winner (2010) 

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Mo'Nique

  • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

Nominees

  • ​Best Achievement in Directing - Lee Daniels

  • Best Achievement in Film Editing - Joe Klotz

  • Best Motion Picture of the Year -  Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and  Gary Magness

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Gabourey Sidibe

AARP Movies for Grownups Award Nominee (2010)

  • Movie Best Director - Lee Daniels  

AFI Award Winner (2010)

  • Movie of the Year

African-American Film Critics Association (2009)

  • Best Picture

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Best Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Winner (2009)

  • EDA Award - Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • EDA Special Mention Award - Unforgettable Moment - Mo'Nique  (for the scene where Mary admits the truth about abuse) 

  • EDA Special Mention Award - Bravest Performance Award - Mo'Nique

Nominees 

  • EDA Award - Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe 

  • EDA Award - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

  • EDA Award - Best Ensemble Cast

  • EDA Award - Best Picture - Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Heller, Tyler Perry

  • EDA Female Focus Award - Best Breakthrough Performance - Gabourey Sidibe

  • EDA Special Mention Award - Movie You Wanted to Love, But Just Couldn't

  • EDA Special Mention Award - Bravest Performance Award - Gabourey Sidibe

 

Amanda Awards (Norway) Nominee (2010)

  • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) - Lee Daniels

Awards Circuit Community Award Winner (2009/2012)

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Mo'Nique

Nominees 

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Adapted Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher (writer)

  • Best Motion Picture - Lee Daniels (producer), Greg Maness (producer), Sarah Siegel-Magness (producer)

2012 Winner

  • Best Supporting Actress of the Decade - Mo'Nique

BAFTA Award Nominee (2010)

  • Best Film - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness 

  • Best Leading Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Screenplay - Adapted - Geoffrey Fletcher

BET Award Winner (2010) 

  • Best Movie

Nominees

  • Best Actress- Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Actress - Mo'Nique

Black Reel Award Winner (2010)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Breakthrough Performance - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels

  • Best Ensemble - Billy Hopkins and Jessica Kelly (Casting Directors)

  • Best Film - Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness

  • Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted - Geoffrey Fletcher

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominees 

  • Best Supporting Actor - Lenny Kravitz

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mariah Carey

  • Best Supporting Actress - Paula Patton

Boston Society of Film Critics Award Winner (2009)

  • Best  Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Best  Ensemble Cast - Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd,Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe, Chyna Layne,Amina Robinson, Stephanie Andujar, Angelic Zambrana

Nominees (2009)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

Cannes Film Festival Nominee (2009)

  •  Un Certain Regard Award - Lee Daniels

Capri Hollywood International Film Festival (2009)

  • Supporting Actress Award - Mariah Carey 

Central Ohio Film Critics Association (2010)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Chicago Film Critics Association Winner (2009) 

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique 

Nominee

  • Best  Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Most Promising Performer - Gabourey Sidibe

Chicago International Film Festival Winner (2009)

  • Audience Choice Award - Lee Daniels

Chlotrudis Award Winner (2010)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Adapted Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

CinEuphoria Award Winner  (2011) 

  • Best Actress - Audience Award - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Duo - International Competition - Mo'Nique - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Top Ten of the Year - International Competition - Lee Daniels

  • Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award - Lee Daniels

Costume Designers Guild Award Nominee (2010)

  • Excellence in Contemporary Film - Marina Draghici

 

Critics Choice Award Winner (2010)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique 

Nominees ​​

  • Best Acting Ensemble

  • Best Picture 

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels

  • Best Screenplay, Adapted - Geoffrey Fletcher

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Winner (2009) 

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Russell Smith Award - Lee Daniels

Nominees

  • Best Picture

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels​

Danish Film Award (Robert) Winner (2011)

  • Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) - Lee Daniels

Deauville Film Festival Winner (2009) 

  • Jury Special Prize - Lee Daniels

Nominee 

  • Grand Special Prize - Lee Daniels

Denver Film Critics Society Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Breakthrough Artist - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominee (2009)

  • Best Ensemble

Nominee (2010)

  • Best Adapted Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

Detroit Film Critics Society Award Winner (2009) 

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Breakthrough Artist Gabourey Sidibe

Nominee​

  • Best Ensemble

Directors Guild of America Nominee (2010)

  • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - Lee Daniels

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Nominee (2010)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe (4th place)

Film by the Sea Int'l Film Festival Winner (2010)

  • Audience Award - PZC Award - Lee Daniels  

Film Independent Spirit Award Winner (2010)

  • Best Feature - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

  • Best Female Lead - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Female - Mo'Nique

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels

  • Best First Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

Florida Film Critics Circle Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Pauline Kael Breakout Award - Gabourey Sidibe

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics Award Nominee (2010)

  • Dorian Award - Film Performance of the Year - Mo'Nique 

  • Dorian Award - Film Performance of the Year - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Dorian Award - Film of the Year

  • Dorian Award - LGBT-Themed Film of the Year

GLAAD Media Award Winner (2010)

  • Outstanding Film - Wide Release

Gold Derby Award Winner (2010)

  • Supporting Actress of the Decade - Mo'Nique

  • Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominee

  • Adapted Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

  • Ensemble Cast - Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd, Gabourey Sidibe

  • Lead Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

Golden Globes Winner (2010) 

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Mo'Nique

Nominee (2010)

  • Best Motion Picture - Drama

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
    Gabourey Sidibe

Golden Schmoes Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress of the Year - Mo'Nique

Nominee

  • Best Actress of the Year - Gabourey Sidibe  

Golden Trailer Awards Nominee (2008)

  • Best Trailer - No Movie

Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio Nominee (2011)

  • Best Leading Voice Actress - Alessia Amendola (for the dubbing of Gabourey Sidibe)

  • Best Dubbing Direction - Rodolfo Bianchi

  • Best Picture

Hawaii International Film Festival Winner (2009)

  • Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature - Lee Daniels

Hollywood Film Award Winner (2009)

  • New Hollywood - Gabourey Sidibe

Houston Film Critics Award Nominee (2009)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels

  • Best Picture

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Best Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

Humanitas Prize (2010) 

  • Feature Film Category - Geoffrey Fletcher

Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra Nominee (2011) 

  • Best Female Voice - Alessia Amendola (for the dubbing of Gabourey Sidibe)

Image Awards (NAACP) Winner (2010)

  • Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
    - Lee Daniels

  • Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

  • Outstanding Motion Picture

  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Mo'Nique 

  • Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) - 
    Geoffrey Fletcher

Nominee 

  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Lenny Kravitz

  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Mariah Carey

  • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Paula Patton

Indiana Film Journalists Association Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Indiewire Critics' Poll Nominee (2009)

  • Best Lead Performance - Gabourey Sidibe - 9th place

  • Best Supporting Performance - Mo'Nique 2nd place

International Cinephile Society Award Nominee (2010)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe ok

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

International Online Cinema Awards Winner (2010)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominees

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Ensemble Cast

Internet Film Critic Society Winner (2009)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

Iowa Film Critics Awards Winner (2010)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

London Critics Circle Film Award Winner (2010)

  • Actress of the Year - Mo'Nique

Los Angeles Film Critics Assoc. Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

MTV Movie + TV Awards (2010)

  • Best Breakout Star - Gabourey Sidibe

National Board of Review (2009)

  • Breakthrough Performance by an Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

National Society of Film Critics Award Winner (2010)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

New York Film Critics Circle Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

New York Film Critics Online Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Top Films of the Year

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominee

  • Best Film - 5th place

Online Film & Television Association Winner 2010

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominee

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Breakthrough Performance: Female - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Geoffrey Fletcher

  • Best First Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

Online Film Critics Society Award Winner (2010)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe 

Nominee 

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival Winner (2010)

  • Breakthrough Performance Award - Mariah Carey

PGA Award Winner (2010)

  • Stanley Kramer Award - Lee Danielsm Sarah Siegel-Magnessm Gary Magness

Nominee

  • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2009)

  • Breakout on Camera - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Mo'Nique

San Diego Film Critics Society Award Nominee (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique 

San Sebastián Int'l Film Festival Winner (2009)

  • Audience Award - Lee Daniels

  • TVE Otra Mirada Award - Lee Daniels

Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival Winner (2010)

  •  Virtuoso Award - Gabourey Sidibe

Satellite Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Mo'Nique

  • Best Screenplay, Adapted - Geoffrey Fletcher

  • Special Achievement Award - Outstanding New Talent - 
    Gabourey Sidibe

  • Special Achievement Award - 10 Best Films of 2009

Nominee

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels

  • Best Motion Picture, Drama

  • Best Original Song - Mary J. Blige

Screen Actors Guild Award Winner (2010)

  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Mo'Nique

Nominee 

  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - 
    Gabourey Sidibe

  • Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - 
    Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd, Gabourey Sidibe

Southeastern Film Critics Association Award Winner (2010)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominee 

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Picture (7th place)

St. Louis Film Critics Association Award Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominees 

  • Best Film 

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Special Merit (for best scene, cinematic technique or other memorable aspect or moment)

St. Louis International Film Festival (2009)

  • Best Feature Film - Lee Daniels

Stockholm Film Festival (2009)

Nominee

  • Best Actress - Mo'Nique

  • Bronze Horse - Lee Daniels

  • FIPRESCI - Honorable Mention - Lee Daniels

Sundance Film Festival Winner (2009) 

  • Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic - Lee Daniels

  • Special Jury Prize - Dramatic - Mo'Nique

  • Audience Award - Dramatic - Lee Daniels

Toronto Film Critics Association Award Nominee (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique 

Toronto Int'l Film Festival Award Winner (2009)

  • People's Choice Award - Lee Daniels

USC Scripter Award Nominee (2010)

  • Screenwriter - Geoffrey Fletcher

  • Author - Sapphire

Utah Film Critics Association Awards Winner (2009)

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Nominee (2010)

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe 

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Washington DC Area Film Critics Assoc. Award Winner  (2010)

  • Best Breakthrough Performance - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique

Nominee

  • Best Film

  • Best Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Best Director - Lee Daniels

  • Best Ensemble - Mo'Nique, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Patton, Gabourey Sidibe, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Stephanie Andujar, Chyna Layne, Amina Robinson, Xosha Roquemore

  • Best Screenplay, Adapted - Geoffrey Fletcher

Women Film Critics Circle Awards Winner (2009)

  • Adrienne Shelly Award

  • Best Young Actress - Gabourey Sidibe

  • Hall of Shame

Writers Guild of America Award Nominee (2010)

  • Best Adapted Screenplay - Geoffrey Fletcher

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