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Heavenly Creatures
Film (Trailer) – 1994
1996 London Critics Circle Film Awards
Director of the Year: Peter Jackson
British Actress of the Year: Kate Winslet
Nominated for Film of the Year
1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Director: Peter Jackson
Screenplay: Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
Actress: Melanie Lynskey
Foreign Performer: Kate Winslet
Supporting Actress: Sarah Peirse
Editing: Jamie Selkirk
Design: Grant Major
Contribution to Design: Richard Taylor, George Port
Film Score: Peter Dasent
Soundtrack: Mike Hopkins, Greg Bell, Mike Hedges
Nominated for Best Film, Cinematography (Alun Bollinger), Male Performance in a Supporting Role (Simon O'Connor) and Best Foreign Performance (Diana Kent, Kate Winslet and Clive Merrison)
1995 Academy Awards
Nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
1995 Writers Guild of America
Nominated for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
1995 Chlotrudis Awards (for Independent Films and World Cinema, United States)
Nominated for Supporting Actress: Sarah Peirse
1995 Gerardmer Film Festival (France)
Grand Prize for Best Film
1994 Venice Film Festival
Silver Lion
1994 Toronto International Film Festival
Metro Media Award
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