| Academy Award Nominations: |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby |
| Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Best Film Editing: Alfonso Cuarón & Alex Rodríguez |
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| Other Awards: |
| Venice Film Festival: Technical Grand Prize (Lubezki); Magic Lantern Award (Cuarón) |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Cinematography; Best Cinematography |
| National Society of Film Critics: Best Cinematography; Best Cinematography |
| British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Cinematography; Best Production Design (Geoffrey Kirkland, Jim Clay, and Jennifer Williams) |