The film won the Caméra d'Or award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival after competing in the Un Certain Regard section . It also won the Grand Jury Prize : Dramatic at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival , where it premiered , and the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival . The film went on to earn the Los Angeles Film Festival 's Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and the Seattle International Film Festival 's Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director . In October , it was announced that the film had won the Sutherland Trophy for Most Innovative Debut . On January 10 , 2013 , the film was nominated for four Oscars , in the categories of Best Picture , Best Director ( Benh Zeitlin ) , Best Actress ( Quvenzhané Wallis ) , and Adapted Screenplay ( Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin ) . The script won the 2012 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
2012 Sundance Film Festival
2012 Sundance Film Festival
Beasts of the Southern Wild