The Forty-Year-Old Version

Awards & Festivals

Sundance Film Festival

2020 | Winner: U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award

Independent Spirit Awards

2021 | Nominee: Best First Feature

Indiewire Critics' Poll

2020 | 3rd place: Best First Feature

National Board of Review

2020 | Winner: Spotlight Award

National Board of Review

2020 | Winner: Top 10 Films

BAFTA Awards

2021 | Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role

Directors Guild of America

2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2020 | Winner: Best First Film

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2020 | Winner: New Generation Award

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2021 | Winner: Best First Feature

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2020 | Nominee: Most Promising Filmmaker (Milos Stehlik Award)

Austin Film Critics Association

2021 | Nominee: Best First Film

Austin Film Critics Association

2021 | Winner: Breakthrough Artist Award

Gotham Awards

2021 | Winner: Best Screenplay

Gotham Awards

2021 | Nominee: Audience Award

Gotham Awards

2021 | Nominee: Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2020 | Winner: Directors to Watch

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

2021 | Nominee: Josephine Baker Award

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Winner: Outstanding Independent Feature

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Original Song

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Winner: Outstanding First Screenplay

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Original Score

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Director

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Nominee: Outstanding Emerging Director

Black Reel Awards

2021 | Winner: Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original