Academy Awards 1997
Nominated: Best Picture – Simon Channing Williams
Nominated: Best Director – Mike Leigh
Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Mike Leigh
Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role – Brenda Blethyn
Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Australian Film Institute 1997
Won: Best Foreign Film Award – Simon Channing Williams
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards 1998
Won: Silver Condor – Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
BAFTA Awards 1997
Won: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film – Simon Channing Williams / Mike Leigh
Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Brenda Blethyn
Won: Best Original Screenplay – Mike Leigh
Nominated: Best Film – Simon Channing Williams / Mike Leigh
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Nominated: David Lean Award for Direction – Mike Leigh
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1996
Won: Best Director – Mike Leigh
Won: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn
Camerimage 1996
Won: Golden Frog – Dick Pope
Cannes Film Festival 1996
Won: Palme D’Or – Mike Leigh
Won: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Mike Leigh
Won: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn
Chlotrudis Awards 1997
Nominated: Best Director – Mike Leigh
Nominated: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn
Nominated: Best Movie
Nominated: Best Supporting Actress – Marianne Jean-Baptiste
César Awards 1997
Nominated: Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) – Mike Leigh
Directors Guild of America, USA 1997
Nominated: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures – Mike Leigh
Empire Awards 1997
Won: Empire Award Best British Actress – Brenda Blethyn
European Film Awards 1997
Nominated: Best Film – Simon Channing Williams
Fotogramas de Plata 1997
Won: Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) – Mike Leigh (Tied with Breaking the Waves)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 1997
Won: Best Foreign Film – Mike Leigh
Golden Globes 1997
Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture/Drama – Brenda Blethyn
Nominated: Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Goya Awards 1997
Won: Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) – Mike Leigh
Guild of German Art House Cinemas 1997
Won: Guild Film Award – Silver Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) – Mike Leigh
Humanitas Prize 1997
Won: Feature Film Category – Mike Leigh
Independent Spirit Awards 1997
Won: Best Foreign Film – Mike Leigh
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1997
Won: Silver Ribbon Best Director – Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) – Mike Leigh
Won: Silver Ribbon Best Dubbing, Female (Migliore Doppiaggio Femminile) – Aurora Cancian for the voice of Brenda Blethyn
Kinema Junpo Awards 1998
Won: Best Foreign Language Film – Mike Leigh
Won: Readers’ Choice Award Best Foreign Language Film – Mike Leigh
London Critics Circle Film Awards 1997
Won: British Director of the Year – Mike Leigh
Won: British Actress of the Year – Brenda Blethyn
Won: British Film of the Year
Nominated: British Actor of the Year – Timothy Spall
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1996
Won: Best Director – Mike Leigh
Won: Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn
Won: Best Picture
Sant Jordi Awards 1997
Won: Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) – Brenda Blethyn
Satellite Awards 1997
Nominated: Best Director of a Motion Picture – Mike Leigh
Nominated: Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture – Simon Channing Williams
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture/Drama – Brenda Blethyn
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1997
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role – Brenda Blethyn
Writers Guild of America, USA 1997
Nominated: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Mike Leigh