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Jennifer Kent

Awards

Jennifer Kent

34 wins & 27 nominations

Aspen Shortsfest

  • Monster (2005)
    2006 Winner The Ellen - Distinctive Achievement
    • Monster
  • Monster (2005)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Monster

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2020 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Film
    • The Nightingale
    Shared with: Kristina Ceyton · Steve Hutensky · Bruna Papandrea
  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2020 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Nightingale
  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2020 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Screenplay (Original Or Adapted)
    • The Nightingale
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Babadook

Bram Stoker Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Bram Stoker Award
    • Screenplay
    • The Babadook

Camerimage

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Nominee Best Directorial Debut
    • Best Directorial Debut
    • The Nightingale

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • The Babadook

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Most Promising Filmmaker
    • The Babadook

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • Audience Choice Award
    • The Babadook

Cork International Film Festival

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • The Nightingale

Gérardmer Film Festival

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Jury Prize
    • The Babadook
    • Rigor Mortis
    Shared with: Juno Mak
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner International Critics Award
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Youth Jury Grand Prize
    • The Babadook

Miami Film Festival

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Nominee Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Film
    • The Nightingale
  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Winner Rene Rodriguez Critics Award
    • The Nightingale

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best First Film
    • The Babadook

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee Best of Puchon
    • The Babadook

Venice Film Festival

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • The Nightingale
  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2018 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • The Nightingale

Imago - International Young Film and Video Festival

  • Monster (2005)
    2006 Winner Onda Curta Prize
    • Monster

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Limited-Release/Direct-to-Video Film
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Babadook

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 2nd Place COFCA Award
    • Breakthrough Film Artist
    • The Babadook
    For directing and screenwriting.

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Breakthrough Artist Award
    • The Babadook

Austin Fantastic Fest

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Best Picture
    • Horror Features
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Horror Features
    • The Babadook

Australian Directors Guild

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film
    • The Babadook

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Special Award
    • Best Director
    • The Babadook

CPH PIX

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee New Talent Grand PIX
    • The Babadook

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Director
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
    • Best Woman Screenwriter
    • The Babadook

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Breakthrough Artist
    • The Babadook

Fright Meter Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner Fright Meter Award
    • Best Director
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee Fright Meter Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Babadook

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Director
    • The Babadook
    10th place

Críticos de Cinema Online Portugueses Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Nominee CCOP
    • Best First Feature (Melhor Primeira Longa-Metragem)
    • The Babadook

BloodGuts UK Horror Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee BloodGuts UK Horror Award
    • Best Director
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner BloodGuts UK Horror Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Babadook

Online Film & Television Association

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Feature Debut
    • The Babadook

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Woman Storyteller
    • The Nightingale
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Movie by a Woman
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Woman Storyteller
    • The Babadook

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2020 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Nightingale
  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2020 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Nightingale
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Babadook

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Winner ICP Award
    • Best First Feature
    • The Babadook

Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 2nd Place Rondo Statuette
    • Best Film
    • The Babadook

Torino Film Festival

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2014 Nominee Prize of the City of Torino
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Babadook

Horror Society Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner Horror Society Award
    • Best Horror Film
    • The Babadook

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Direction
    • The Nightingale
  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Film
    • The Nightingale
    Shared with: Kristina Ceyton · Bruna Papandrea · Steve Hutensky
  • Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale (2018)
    2019 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Nightingale
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Direction
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • The Babadook

iHorror Awards

  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Winner iHorror Award
    • Best Foreign Horror Film
    • The Babadook
  • Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
    2015 Nominee iHorror Award
    • Best Horror Director
    • The Babadook

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