The film won four BAFTA awards : Richardson won Best British Screenplay for Sheila Delaney and Best British Film . Bryan won Best Actress and Tushingham was named Most Promising Newcomer . Tushingham and Melvin won Best Actress and Actor at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival . In spite of dealing with several topics then rarely touched on in Hollywood movies , the film won Tushingham a 1963 Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer and got Richardson a 1963 Directors Guild of America award nomination . Delaney and Richardson also won a Writers ' Guild of Great Britain award
1962 Cannes Film Festival
1962 Cannes Film Festival
A Taste of Honey (film)