Tenet is a 2020 science fiction spy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also co-produced the film with Emma Thomas, under Syncopy Inc. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. The film follows a CIA agent who learns how to manipulate the flow of time to prevent an attack from the future that threatens to annihilate the present world.
Distributed by Warner Bros., Tenet was released in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020 and in the United States on September 3, after being delayed three times because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first Hollywood tent-pole to open in theaters after the pandemic shutdown, and grossed $363million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2020. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its ambition, direction, score, visual effects, action sequences, and Washington, Debicki and Pattinson's performances, but criticized its story, and sound mixing.
Among its numerous awards and nominations, the film was nominated for Best Production Design and Best Visual Effects at the 93rd Academy Awards, winning the latter. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 74th British Academy Film Awards, and received nominations for five Critics' Choice Awards (winning one), a Golden Globe Award, five Satellite Awards (winning one), nine Saturn Awards (winning one), and one Hugo Award nomination.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Academy Awards April 25, 2021 Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Visual Effects , David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott Fisher Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 4, 2021 Most Egregious Lovers' Age Difference Award Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh Art Directors Guild Awards April 10, 2021 Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film Austin Film Critics Association Awards March 19, 2021 Best Cinematography Best Score Best Film Editing Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance Best Stunts Tenet Black Reel AwardsApril 11, 2021 Outstanding Cinematography Outstanding Production Design BMI Film & TV Awards July 12, 2021 Theatrical Film Award British Academy Film Awards April 11, 2021 Best Special Visual Effects , Andrew Jackson, and Andrew Lockley British Film Designers Guild May 19, 2021 Best Production Design International Studio Feature Film – Fantasy Nathan Crowley, Kathy Lucas, Toby Britton, Eggert Ketilsson, Jenne Lee, Emmanuel Delis and Anna Pinnock Chicago Film Critics Association December 21, 2020Best Original Score Best Editing Best Use of Visual Effects Tenet Critics' Choice Movie Awards March 7, 2021 Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Score Best Visual Effects Tenet Critics' Choice Super Awards January 10, 2021 Best Action Movie Tenet Best Actor in an Action Movie Chinese American Film Festival November 9, 2020 Golden Angel Award for Most Popular U.S. Film in China Tenet Detroit Film Critics Society Awards February 28, 2021 Best Use of Music Tenet Dragon Awards September 7, 2021 Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie Tenet Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 21, 2020 Best Cinematography Best Score Best Visual Effects Georgia Film Critics Association Awards March 12, 2021 Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Production Design , Rory Bruen, Steve Christensen, Eggert Ketilsson, Jenne Lee, Justin O’Neal Miller, Benjamin Nowicki, Erik Osusky, and Anthony D. Parrillo Golden Globe Awards February 28, 2021 Best Original Score Golden Reel Awards April 16, 2021 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film , Michael W. Mitchell, Joseph Fraioli, Mark Larry, Bruce Tanis, Angela Ang, John Cucci, Catherine Harper, John Roesch, Katie Rose, Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana, Shelley Roden, Dan O'Connell, and John Cucci Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore and Nicholas Fitzgerald Golden Trailer Awards July 22, 2021 Best Action Poster Warner Bros. and Leroy & Rose (for "IMAX Art") Best Action/Thriller TrailerByte for a Feature Film Warner Bros. and Trailer Park Group (for "Explosive Wait") Hochi Film Awards December 2, 2020 Best Foreign Language Film Tenet Hollywood Critics Association Awards March 5, 2021 Best Action Film Tenet Best Blockbuster Film Tenet Best Cinematography Best Visual Effects Best Stunt Work Tenet Hollywood Music in Media Awards January 27, 2021 Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Ludwig Göransson Best Original Song in a Feature Film "The Plan" – Jacques Webster II, Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde, and Ludwig Göransson Houston Film Critics SocietyJanuary 18, 2021 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Best Visual EffectsTenet Best Stunt Coordination Team Best Original Score Ludwig Göransson Huading Awards January 10, 2021 Best Global Motion Picture Tenet Best Global Director for a Motion Picture Christopher Nolan Hugo Awards January 19, 2021 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form International Cinephile Society Awards February 20, 2021 Best Sound Design , Richard King, Kevin O'Connell and Gary A. Rizzo International Film Music Critics Association Awards February 18, 2021 Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film Japan Academy Film Prize March 19, 2021 Outstanding Foreign Language Film Tenet Location Managers Guild Awards October 23, 2021 Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film , Julie Hannum and Klaus Darrelmann Outstanding Film Commission Estonian Film Institute London Film Critics' Circle Awards February 7, 2021 Technical Achievement Award (film editing) Nikkan Sports Film Awards December 28, 2020 Best Foreign Film Tenet Online Film Critics SocietyJanuary 25, 2021 Best Editing Best Cinematography Best Original Score Technical Achievement Awards – Visual Effects Tenet People's Choice Awards November 15, 2020 The Action Movie of 2020 Tenet The Action Movie Star of 2020 San Diego Film Critics Society AwardsJanuary 11, 2021 Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Production Design Best Visual Effects Tenet San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards January 18, 2021 Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Satellite Awards February 15, 2021 Best Motion Picture – Drama Tenet Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) , Richard King, Kevin O'Connell, and Gary A. Rizzo Best Visual Effects and Scott R. Fisher Saturn Awards October 26, 2021 Best Science Fiction Film Tenet Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Editing Best Music Best Production Design Best Special / Visual Effects , Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, and Mike Chambers Seattle Film Critics Society Awards February 15, 2021 Best Film Editing Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Best Original Score Best Action Choreography Tenet Best Visual Effects , Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, and Mike Chambers Set Decorators Society of America Awards March 31, 2021 Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Science Fiction or Fantasy Feature Film and Nathan Crowley Society of Composers & Lyricists March 1, 2021 Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards January 18, 2021 Best Action Film Tenet Best Visual Effects Tenet Best Score Visual Effects Society Awards April 6, 2021 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature , Mike Chambers, Andrew Lockley, David Lee, and Scott Fisher Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association February 8, 2021 Best Cinematography Best Score Best Editing Best Production Design and Kathy Lucas Webby Awards May 18, 2021 Social – Television/Film Warner Bros. and Movers+Shakers (for "#TimeforTenet TikTok Challenge")
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