The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival . Zvyagintsev and Negin won the award for Best Screenplay . The film was judged the best film of the year at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival and the 45th International Film Festival of India . It won the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards . and the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Feature Film in 2014 . It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards . It was picked as the 47th greatest film since 2000 in a 2016 critics ' poll by BBC
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Leviathan (2014 film)