THE FATHER
Category: Feature Film
Production year: 2019
Release date: 26/05/2021
Country: France, United Kingdom
Genre(s): Drama
Director(s): Florian Zeller
Cast: Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Imogen Poots
Scriptwriter(s): Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Original score: Ludovico Einaudi
Production company: F comme Film | Ciné-@
French Distributor: Orange Studio Distribution
International sales: Embankment Films
Video edition: Orange Studio
TV/SVOD sales: Orange Studio
Synopsis
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
Award(s)
British Independant Film Awards
- Nominee for Best Independant British Film
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Winner for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Winners for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
- Winner for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nominee for Best Production Design : Peter Francis
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
- Winner for Best New Filmaker : Florian Zeller
- Winner for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominees for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
San Sebastian International Film Festival
- Winner of the Audience Award
Cairo International Film Festival
- Winner of the Audience Award
Festival International de Mill Valley
- Winner of the Audience Award
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
- Winner of the Audience Award
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- Nominee for Best First Film : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Winner for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominees for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards
- Nominee for Best New Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Nominees for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Winner for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
- Nominee for Best Film
- Winner for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Nominees for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
Visuel Art Festival
- Winner for Best Film
- Winner for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Winner for Best Actress : Olivia Colman
- Winners for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
Telluride Film Festival
- Winner of the Silver Medallion Award : Anthony Hopkins
Toronto International Film Festival
- Winner of the Tribute Award : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for the Audience Award
Festival du Film de Zurich
- Winner of the Golden Eyes Award : Olivia Colman
Music City Film Critics Association Awards
- Nominee for Best Film
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
Sunset Circle Awards
- Nominee for Best Film
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Winners for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominee for Best Film
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominees for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nominee for Best Original Song : Ludovico Einaudi
- Winner for Best New Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best First Film
Capri Hollywood Awards
- Winner for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
Discussing Film Critics Awards
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Nominees for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
Chicago Indie Critics Awards
- Nominee for Best Independant Film
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominees for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Winners for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominee for Best Film
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
- Nominee for Best British Film
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best British Actor : Anthony Hopkins
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
Premios CEC
- Nomine for Best Foreign Film
Prix Goya
- Winner for Best European Film
Satellite Awards
- Nominee for Best Film
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Winners for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
- Nominee for Best Film
- Nominee for Best Director : Florian Zeller
- Nominee for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Nominee for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
Golden Globes
- Nominee for Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Nominee for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture : Olivia Colman
- Nominee for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee for Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role in a motion picture : Anthony Hopkins
- Nominee for Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role in a motion picture : Olivia Colman
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Nominee for Best Film
- Nominee for Outstanding British Film
- Winner for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Winners for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nominee for Best Production Design : Peter Francis
Oscars 2021
- Nominee for Best Film
- Winner for Best Actor : Anthony Hopkins
- Winners for Best Screenplay : Florian Zeller et Christopher Hampton
- Nominee for best Supporting Actress : Olivia Colman
- Nominee for Best Editing : Yorgos Lamprinos
- Nominee for Best Production Design : Peter Francis