# List of accolades received by Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Blue Is the Warmest Colour (French: La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2; French pronunciation:) is a 2013 French romantic coming-of-age drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche, and produced by Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, and Vincent Maraval. The screenplay also co-written by Kechiche was based on Jul Maroh's 2010 graphic novel of the same name. Adèle Exarchopoulos stars as a teenager who falls in love with an older woman played by Léa Seydoux.
The film premiered at the 66th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May 2013 where it won the Palme d'Or. For the first time, the jury at Cannes presented the award to three recipients: Kechiche, Exarchopoulos, and Seydoux. At the age of 19, Exarchopoulos became the youngest recipient of the award. The film grossed over €14 million at the worldwide box office on a production budget of €4 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 197 reviews and judged 89% to be positive.
Blue Is the Warmest Colour garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for Kechiche's direction, and the performances of Exarchopoulos and Seydoux. At the 39th César Awards, the film received eight nominations including Best Film, Best Director for Kechiche, and Best Actress for Seydoux. Exarchopoulous was the sole winner for Most Promising Actress. She also won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, Lumières Award for Best Female Revelation, and Best Breakthrough Actress from the National Board of Review. Seydoux garnered the Lumières Award for Best Actress as well as a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. The film also received an Independent Spirit Award, Bodil Award, Robert Award, and Guldbagge Award.

## Accolades

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 17 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Belgian Film Critics Association | 4 January 2014 | Grand Prix | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Bodil Awards | 1 February 2014 | Best Non-American Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 8 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Runner-up | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 16 February 2014 | Rising Star | Léa Seydoux | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 16 February 2014 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| British Independent Film Awards | 8 December 2013 | Best International Independent Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Cannes Film Festival | 26 May 2013 | Palme d'Or | Abdellatif Kechiche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Léa Seydoux | Won | |
| Cannes Film Festival | 26 May 2013 | FIPRESCI Prize | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Best Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | [15] [16] |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Best Director | Abdellatif Kechiche | Nominated | [15] [16] |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Best Actress | Léa Seydoux | Nominated | [15] [16] |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Most Promising Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | [15] [16] |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Abdellatif Kechiche, and Ghalia Lacroix | Nominated | [15] [16] |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Best Cinematography | Sofian El Fani | Nominated | [15] [16] |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Best Editing | Camille Toubkis, Albertine Lastera, and Jean-Marie Lengellé | Nominated | [15] [16] |
| César Awards | 28 February 2014 | Best Sound | Jerome Chenevoy, Fabien Pochet, and Jean-Paul Hurier | Nominated | [15] [16] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Léa Seydoux | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | [17] [18] |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Breakthrough Performance | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | [17] [18] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 16 January 2014 | Best Young Performer | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 16 January 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 13 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | 21 January 2014 | Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | [22] [23] |
| Dorian Awards | 21 January 2014 | Film Performance of the Year – Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | [22] [23] |
| Dorian Awards | 21 January 2014 | LGBT Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | [22] [23] |
| Dorian Awards | 21 January 2014 | Foreign Language Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | [22] [23] |
| Dorian Awards | 21 January 2014 | Rising Star Award | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | [22] [23] |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | 20 December 2013 | Best Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | 4th place | |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | 20 December 2013 | Best Director | Abdellatif Kechiche | 4th place | |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | 20 December 2013 | Best Screenplay | Abdellatif Kechiche, and Ghalia Lacroix | 5th place | |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | 20 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Runner-up | |
| Dublin Film Critics Circle | 20 December 2013 | Best Newcomer | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| Empire Awards | 30 March 2014 | Best Female Newcomer | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | |
| European Film Awards | 7 December 2013 | Best Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| European Film Awards | 7 December 2013 | Best Director | Abdellatif Kechiche | Nominated | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 18 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| French Syndicate of Cinema Critics | 23 May 2013 | Best French Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Gaudí Awards | 2 February 2014 | Best European Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| GLAAD Media Awards | 3 May 2014 | Outstanding Film – Wide Release | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Globes de Cristal Awards | 10 March 2014 | Best Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Globes de Cristal Awards | 10 March 2014 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| Golden Eagle Award | January 23, 2015 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 12 January 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Gopo Awards | 24 March 2014 | Best European Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Goya Awards | 9 February 2014 | Best European Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Guldbagge Awards | 20 January 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Hamptons International Film Festival | 12 October 2013 | Variety's 10 Actors to Watch | Léa Seydoux | Won | |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 15 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 1 March 2014 | Best International Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2 February 2014 | Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | [40] [41] |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2 February 2014 | Actress of the Year | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | [40] [41] |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 2 February 2014 | Foreign Language Film of the Year | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | [40] [41] |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 8 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 8 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| Louis Delluc Prize | 17 December 2013 | Best Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Lumières Awards | 20 January 2014 | Best Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Lumières Awards | 20 January 2014 | Best Director | Abdellatif Kechiche | Won | |
| Lumières Awards | 20 January 2014 | Best Actress | Léa Seydoux | Won | |
| Lumières Awards | 20 January 2014 | Best Female Revelation | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| Magritte Awards | 1 February 2014 | Best Foreign Film in Coproduction | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | [45] [46] |
| Magritte Awards | 1 February 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | Catherine Salée | Won | [45] [46] |
| Magritte Awards | 1 February 2014 | Most Promising Actress | Mona Walravens | Nominated | [45] [46] |
| Motion Picture Sound Editors | 17 February 2014 | Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue & ADR in a Foreign Feature Film | Fabien Pochet | Nominated | |
| National Board of Review | 4 December 2013 | Best Breakthrough Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 4 January 2014 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Runner-up | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 4 January 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | Léa Seydoux | Runner-up | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 4 January 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 3 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 3 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | 3rd place | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 8 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 8 December 2013 | Breakthrough Performance | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 16 December 2013 | Best Picture | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 16 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 16 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 16 December 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Léa Seydoux | Nominated | |
| Polish Film Awards | 10 March 2014 | Best European Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario | 4 February 2014 | Best Adaptation | Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix | Nominated | |
| Robert Awards | 26 February 2014 | Best Non-American Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 11 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 11 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 15 December 2013 | Best Actress | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | [57] [58] |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 15 December 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Léa Seydoux | Nominated | [57] [58] |
| San Francisco Film Critics Circle | 15 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | [57] [58] |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 4 February 2014 | Virtuosos Award | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 23 February 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 23 February 2014 | Best Actress – Motion Picture | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 23 February 2014 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Léa Seydoux | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Best Supporting Actress | Léa Seydoux | Nominated | [61] [62] |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Won | [61] [62] |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 16 December 2013 | Best Art-House or Festival Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Runner-up | [61] [62] |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 7 January 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Runner-up | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 7 January 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 9 December 2013 | Best Youth Performance | Adèle Exarchopoulos | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 9 December 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Nominated | |