How to Have Sex

{{Infobox film

| name = How to Have Sex

| image = How to Have Sex poster.jpg

| caption = Release poster

| director = Molly Manning Walker

| writer = Molly Manning Walker

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Emily Leo
Ivana MacKinnon
Konstantinos Kontovrakis

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

Mia McKenna-Bruce
Lara Peake
Samuel Bottomley
Shaun Thomas
Enva Lewis
Laura Ambler

}}

| cinematography = Nicolas Canniccioni

| editing = Fin Oates

| music = James Jacob

| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

Film4
BFI
mk2 Films
Head Gear Films
Metrol Technology
Umedia
Wild Swim Films
Heretic

}}

| distributor = Mubi

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2023|5|19|Cannes|2023|11|3|United Kingdom}}

| runtime = 91 minutes{{Cite web|date=October 23, 2023|title=How To Have Sex (15)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/how-to-have-sex-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde1ndu5|access-date=October 23, 2023|publisher=BBFC|archive-date=2 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102211957/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/how-to-have-sex-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde1ndu5|url-status=live}}

| country = {{Plainlist|

United Kingdom{{cite web |url=https://cineuropa.org/film/441334/ |title=How to Have Sex |website=Cineuropa |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118165259/https://cineuropa.org/film/441334/ |url-status=live }}
Greece
Belgium

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| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1.2 million{{cite Box Office Mojo|id=22890246|title=How to Have Sex (2023)|access-date=22 April 2024|publisher_hide=yes}}{{cite The Numbers|The Numbers - Financial Information|id=How-to-Have-Sex-(2023-United-Kingdom)#tab=summary|title=How to Have Sex (2023)|access-date=22 April 2024|publisher_hide=yes}}

}}

How to Have Sex is a 2023 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Molly Manning Walker, in her directorial debut. The film stars Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake and Enva Lewis as three sixteen-year-old best friends who encounter new friendships, sexual pressures and self-discovery during a holiday. The cast also includes Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas and Laura Ambler.

How to Have Sex had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section on 19 May 2023, ultimately winning that section's top prize. The film was released theatrically by Mubi in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2023,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-31 |title=How to Have Sex lands near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score ahead of release |url=https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/sex-lands-near-perfect-rotten-232700802.html |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=ca.movies.yahoo.com |language=en-CA}} and in the United States on 2 February 2024.

Plot

Sixteen-year-old best friends Tara, Em, and Skye head to the party resort of Malia on the Greek island of Crete for a rites-of-passage holiday. While Em will be off to college in the autumn, Tara and Skye are less certain of their futures. The girls all look forward to drinking, clubbing, and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. Tara, the only virgin in the trio, feels pressure to match the sexual experiences of her friends.

While on her hotel room balcony, a neighbouring guest, Badger, flirts with Tara, who reciprocates his advances. He and one of his roommates, Paddy, invite Tara and her group to spend the night partying with his friends. Skye, who is secretly attracted to Badger, openly teases Tara about her lack of experience despite Tara's embarrassment, and encourages her to lose her virginity to Paddy, while Em intends to hook up with Badger's lesbian friend, Paige. Tara grows closer to Badger, but is disheartened when she witnesses him volunteer to go onstage at an outdoor club, in which he inadvertently commits to getting an erection by having multiple strangers perform oral sex on him as part of a game, and she leaves. She runs into Paddy, and he takes her to the beach and pressures her for sex, which she reluctantly agrees to.

The next morning, Em and Badger become concerned when Tara is missing, having not returned to the hotel. However, Tara reappears, and reveals that she spent the night disillusioned and groggy after sex with Paddy and partied with kind strangers who let her spend the night at their villa. Tara seems embarrassed at her sexual experience and only privately reveals it to Em, and attempts to avoid admitting it to Skye. Tara also learns that she failed her exams and will have to retake them, further upsetting her. Paddy treats Tara poorly and distantly around their friends, but Badger, who learned of Tara's virginity through Skye (who confided in him in an attempt to humiliate Tara), takes care of her when she grows distant from the group and declines their invitation to skinny-dip at the beach. He takes her back to the hotel, and when she falls asleep, he puts her to bed and departs.

In the morning, the final day of the trip, Tara attempts to sleep in, but Paddy enters the room and makes romantic overtures, which Badger witnesses and is heartbroken by. When they are alone, Paddy tries to initiate sex with Tara again, but is rebuffed. Shortly afterward, Tara is awoken to Paddy on top of her, initiating intercourse despite her visible discomfort. He is soon interrupted by Skye and Badger entering the room and groggily settling in between the two on the bed to sleep. Skye quietly teases Tara about apparently sleeping with Paddy again, prompting Tara to silently leave the bed in tears.

In the afternoon, the friends depart the hotel, sharing goodbyes with the other group and discussing plans to meet up in the future. Tara hugs Badger goodbye, avoiding interacting with Paddy. At the airport, Skye again presses Tara for details of her encounters with Paddy, which Tara attempts to evade. When alone with Em, Tara privately admits that Paddy raped her by having sex with her while she was asleep. Em initially asserts that Tara should have said something during the trip, but then assures Tara that what happened was not "fine". On their way to board the plane back home to England, Em promises Tara that together they will overcome their troubles.

Cast

Mia McKenna-Bruce as Tara
Lara Peake as Skye
Samuel Bottomley as Paddy
Shaun Thomas as Badger
Enva Lewis as Em
Laura Ambler as Paige
Eilidh Loan as Fi
Daisy Jelley as Gemma

Production

Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Shaun Thomas, Samuel Bottomley, Enva Lewis and Laura Ambler joined the cast of the film, with Molly Manning Walker directing from a screenplay she wrote, and shooting in Greece in October 2022, according to Deadline Hollywood,{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |title=MK2 Boards Film4 & BFI-Backed 'How To Have Sex'; 'Vampire Academy' & 'Persuasion' Actress Mia McKenna-Bruce Among Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/how-have-sex-vampire-academy-persuasion-mia-mckenna-bruce-film4-bbc-mk2-1235151736/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=21 October 2022 |access-date=27 April 2023 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417095955/https://deadline.com/2022/10/how-have-sex-vampire-academy-persuasion-mia-mckenna-bruce-film4-bbc-mk2-1235151736/ |url-status=live }} while according to The Guardian, the film was shot on location in Malia, Crete, over two months from September 2021.{{cite news |last=Segalov |first=Michael |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/27/how-to-have-sex-film-mia-mckenna-bruce-cannes-interview |title='I sobbed my heart out': How to Have Sex star Mia McKenna-Bruce on consent, girlhood, and talking to teens |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 October 2023 |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106150939/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/27/how-to-have-sex-film-mia-mckenna-bruce-cannes-interview |url-status=live }}

Release

How to Have Sex had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2023.{{Cite web |date=10 May 2023 |title=The Screenings Guide of the 76th Festival de Cannes |url=https://cdn-medias.festival-cannes.com/uploads/2023/05/2023_cannes_horaires_web-2.pdf |publisher=Cannes Film Festival |page=7 |access-date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511182932/https://cdn-medias.festival-cannes.com/uploads/2023/05/2023_cannes_horaires_web-2.pdf |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/cannes-film-festival-2023-official-selection-list-1235323965/|title=Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Haynes, Anderson, Glazer, Kore-Eda, Wenders In Competition – Full List|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|date=April 13, 2023|access-date=April 27, 2023|archive-date=19 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419132911/https://deadline.com/2023/04/cannes-film-festival-2023-official-selection-list-1235323965/|url-status=live}} The film ultimately won that section's top prize.

Prior to its debut, Mubi acquired distribution rights to the film for North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Turkey and Benelux.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/mubi-molly-manning-walker-how-to-have-sex-cannes-1235339362/|title=Mubi Picks Up Molly Manning Walker's Feature 'How To Have Sex' Ahead Of Cannes Debut|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Zac|last=Ntim|date=April 27, 2023|access-date=April 27, 2023|archive-date=12 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912064641/https://deadline.com/2023/04/mubi-molly-manning-walker-how-to-have-sex-cannes-1235339362/|url-status=live}} It was also invited screened in the Flash Forward section of the 28th Busan International Film Festival on 7 October 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_all_list.asp?allYear=2023|title=The 28th Busan International Film Festival: Selection List|publisher=Busan International Film Festival|date=September 5, 2023|access-date=September 12, 2023|archive-date=15 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915141852/https://www.biff.kr/eng/html/program/prog_all_list.asp?allYear=2023|url-status=dead}}

The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2023, and in the United States on 2 February 2024.{{Cite web |last=Erbland |first=Kate |date=2024-01-01 |title=The 16 Best Films of 2024 We've Already Seen |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-films-2024-already-seen-1234936009/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=IndieWire |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118033540/https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/best-films-2024-already-seen-1234936009/ |url-status=live }}

Reception

=Critical response=

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|97|8|143|consensus=A powerful debut for Molly Manning Walker, How to Have Sex authentically captures female adolescence and friendship with sobering effervescence.|access-date=August 17, 2024|ref=y}} {{Metacritic film prose|79|37|ref=yes|access-date=February 25, 2024}}

Manning Walker's direction and McKenna-Bruce's performance received praise.{{cite web |last=Feldberg |first=Isaac |title=Cannes 2023: How to Have Sex, Los Delincuentes, The New Boy |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/cannes-2023-how-to-have-sex-los-delincuentes-the-new-boy |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=15 November 2023 |date=May 31, 2023 |archive-date=15 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215142751/https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/cannes-2023-how-to-have-sex-los-delincuentes-the-new-boy |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=2023-05-19 |title=Cannes Breakout 'How to Have Sex' Is a Sobering Drama About Consent |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/05/how-to-have-sex-film-review-cannes |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711212114/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/05/how-to-have-sex-film-review-cannes |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Review: 'How to Have Sex' a harsh, powerful coming-of-age tale from Britain |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/how-to-have-sex-review-18665155 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ma |first=Wenlei |date=2024-03-07 |title=Why this awkward teen film really needs a trigger warning |url=https://thenightly.com.au/culture/film/how-to-have-sex-movie-review-vivid-teen-movie-courses-with-awkward-triggering-truths-c-13858403 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=The Nightly |language=en |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711212114/https://thenightly.com.au/culture/film/how-to-have-sex-movie-review-vivid-teen-movie-courses-with-awkward-triggering-truths-c-13858403 |url-status=live }} The Observer{{'}}s Wendy Ide wrote, "Walker's handling of the film's tonal range is remarkably assured: the picture is skittish, spirited and very funny, and at the same time troubling and bruisingly sad."{{cite news |last=Ide |first=Wendy |title=How to Have Sex review – two stars are born with this searing study of consent |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/05/how-to-have-sex-review-two-stars-are-born-in-a-searing-study-of-consent-molly-manning-walker-mia-mckenna-bruce |access-date=15 November 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2023-11-05 |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115172851/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/05/how-to-have-sex-review-two-stars-are-born-in-a-searing-study-of-consent-molly-manning-walker-mia-mckenna-bruce |url-status=live }} Guy Lodge of Variety described McKenna-Bruce's performance as "star-making", adding the film "lays out the minefield of sexual education and consent for a post-#MeToo generation, with a precision to its ambiguities that will draw gasps from its characters' contemporaries and elders alike".{{cite news |last=Lodge |first=Guy |title='How to Have Sex' Review: Molly Manning Walker's Debut Makes a Hot Neon Splash Before Turning Chillingly Dark |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/how-to-have-sex-review-1235619800/ |access-date=15 November 2023 |magazine=Variety |date=May 20, 2023 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115023201/https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/how-to-have-sex-review-1235619800/ |url-status=live }} Clarisse Loughrey of The Independent commented, "Described by its director as loosely autobiographical, How to Have Sex is built around a subtle but devastating rug-pull that exposes the culture of sex and consent in the same way F Scott Fitzgerald put the Jazz Age on blast in The Great Gatsby."{{cite news |last=Loughrey |first=Clarisse |title=How to Have Sex review: Teens go wild in a stark, devastating coming-of-ager |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/how-to-have-sex-review-b2439205.html |access-date=15 November 2023 |newspaper=The Independent |date=November 6, 2023 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216073819/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/how-to-have-sex-review-b2439205.html |url-status=live }}

=Accolades=

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scope="col"\| Award / Film Festival ! scope="col"\| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"\| Category ! scope="col"\| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"\| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| {{Tooltip\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row" rowspan="3"\| Cannes Film Festival \| rowspan="3"\| 27 May 2023 \| Un Certain Regard \| rowspan="3"\| Molly Manning Walker \| {{won}} \| {{cite web\|last=Goodfellow\|first=Melanie\|date=May 26, 2023\|title=Molly Manning Walker's 'How To Have Sex' Wins Top Prize In Cannes Un Certain Regard; Jury President John C. Reilly Serenades Audience After Director Arrives Late For Ceremony\|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/cannes-un-certain-regard-winner-how-to-have-sex-1235380930/\|website=Deadline Hollywood\|access-date=July 21, 2023\|archive-date=28 October 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028145908/https://deadline.com/2023/05/cannes-un-certain-regard-winner-how-to-have-sex-1235380930/\|url-status=live}}
Queer Palm \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite magazine \|title=Festival de Cannes : voici les films en lice pour la Queer Palm 2023 \|url=https://tetu.com/2023/05/04/cinema-festival-cannes-2023-liste-films-lgbt-competition-queer-palm/ \|last=Ques \|first=Florian \|magazine=Têtu \|date=4 May 2023 \|access-date=16 May 2023 \|language=fr \|archive-date=16 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516224708/https://tetu.com/2023/05/04/cinema-festival-cannes-2023-liste-films-lgbt-competition-queer-palm/ \|url-status=live }}
Caméra d'Or \| {{nom}} \| {{cite magazine\|last=Colon\|first=Tanguy\|date=28 April 2023\|title=Cannes 2023 : Anaïs Demoustier présidera le jury de la Caméra d'Or\|url=https://www.boxofficepro.fr/cannes-2023-anais-demoustier-presidera-le-jury-de-la-camera-dor/\|magazine=Boxoffice Pro\|language=fr\|access-date=25 March 2024\|archive-date=26 March 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326025815/https://www.boxofficepro.fr/cannes-2023-anais-demoustier-presidera-le-jury-de-la-camera-dor/\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" \| Jerusalem Film Festival \| 23 July 2023 \| The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film \| rowspan="6"\| How to Have Sex \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-747929\|title=2023 Jerusalem Film Fest announces international movie lineup\|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post\|first=Hannah\|last=Brown\|date=28 June 2023\|access-date=11 August 2023\|archive-date=10 August 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192950/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-747929\|url-status=live}}
scope="row"\| Melbourne International Film Festival \| 19 August 2023 \| Bright Horizons Award \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{Cite web\|url=https://concreteplayground.com/melbourne/arts-entertainment/banel-adama-miff-bright-horizons-award-2023\|title=Senegalese-French Love Story 'Banel & Adama' Just Won MIFF's 2023 Bright Horizons Award\|website=Concrete Playground \|date=20 August 2023\|first=Sarah \|last=Ward \|access-date=9 September 2023}}
scope="row" \| Zurich Film Festival \| 8 October 2023 \| Best International Feature Film \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/zurich-film-festival-unveils-full-2023-line-up-todd-haynes-and-jessica-chastain-to-be-honoured/5185896.article\|title=Zurich Film Festival unveils full 2023 line-up; Todd Haynes and Jessica Chastain to be honoured\|website=Screen Daily\|first=Tim\|last=Dams\|date=14 September 2023\|access-date=9 October 2023\|archive-date=29 September 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929210329/https://www.screendaily.com/news/zurich-film-festival-unveils-full-2023-line-up-todd-haynes-and-jessica-chastain-to-be-honoured/5185896.article\|url-status=live}}
scope="row" \| Athens International Film Festival \| 9 October 2023 \| Best Picture \| {{won}} \| align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/molly-manning-walkers-how-to-have-sex-triumphs-at-athens-/5186819.article\|title=Molly Manning Walker's 'How to Have Sex' triumphs at Athens\|website=Screen Daily\|first=Alexis\|last=Grivas\|date=11 October 2023\|access-date=12 October 2023\|archive-date=27 February 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227164309/https://www.screendaily.com/news/molly-manning-walkers-how-to-have-sex-triumphs-at-athens-/5186819.article\|url-status=live}}
rowspan="3" scope="row" \| Valladolid International Film Festival \| rowspan="3" \| 28 October 2023 \| Golden Spike \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/451482\|title=Valladolid's Seminci celebrates its first edition directed by José Luis Cienfuegos\|last=Rivera\|first=Alfonso\|date=19 October 2023\|website=Cineuropa\|access-date=29 October 2023\|archive-date=15 December 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215053545/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/451482\|url-status=live}}
Young Jury Prize Official Section \| {{won}} \| align="center" rowspan="2" \| {{cite magazine\|last1=Hopewell\|first1=John\|last2=Sandoval\|first2=Pablo\|date=29 October 2023\|title=Valladolid: 'The Permanent Picture,' 'The Old Oak' Win Big as the Spanish Festival's Reboot Wins Applause\|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/valladolid-film-festival-laura-ferres-ken-loach-1235772328/\|magazine=Variety\|access-date=29 October 2023\|archive-date=11 November 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111080404/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/valladolid-film-festival-laura-ferres-ken-loach-1235772328/\|url-status=live}}
Best New Director \| Molly Manning Walker \| {{won}}
scope="row" rowspan="13"\| British Independent Film Awards \| rowspan="13"\| 3 December 2023 \| Best Casting \| Isabella Odoffin \| {{won}} \| rowspan="13"\| {{cite magazine\|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jodie-comer-paul-mescal-british-independent-film-awards-2023-nominations-1235777034/\|title=Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations\|magazine=Variety\|date=2 November 2023\|access-date=2 November 2023\|first=Naman\|last=Ramachandran\|author-link=Naman Ramachandran\|archive-date=13 November 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113091949/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jodie-comer-paul-mescal-british-independent-film-awards-2023-nominations-1235777034/\|url-status=live}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/all-of-us-strangers-leads-bifa-2023-craft-winners/5188023.article\|title='All Of Us Strangers' leads Bifa 2023 craft winners with three awards; 'Femme', 'The Kitchen' take two each\|last=Dalton\|first=Ben\|website=Screen Daily\|date=November 20, 2023\|access-date=November 20, 2023\|archive-date=23 November 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123043956/https://www.screendaily.com/news/all-of-us-strangers-leads-bifa-2023-craft-winners/5188023.article\|url-status=live}}
Best Costume Design \| George Buxton \| {{nominated}}
Best Make-Up & Hair Design \| Natasha Lawes \| {{nominated}}
Best Sound \| Steve Fanagan \| {{nominated}}
Best British Independent Film \| Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, and Konstantinos Kontovrakis \| {{nom}}
Best Director \| Molly Manning Walker \| {{nom}}
Best Lead Performance \| rowspan="2"\| Mia McKenna-Bruce \| {{won}}
Breakthrough Performance \| {{nom}}
rowspan="2"\| Best Supporting Performance \| Samuel Bottomley \| {{nom}}
Shaun Thomas \| {{won}}
Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) \| rowspan="3"\| Molly Manning Walker \| {{nom}}
Best Debut Screenwriter \| {{nom}}
Best Screenplay \| {{nom}}
scope="row" rowspan="3"\| European Film Awards \| rowspan="3"\| 9 December 2023 \| Best Actress \| Mia McKenna-Bruce \| {{Nominated}} \| rowspan="2" align="center" \| {{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/fallen-leaves-the-zone-of-interest-top-european-film-award-nominations-1235594763/\|title='Fallen Leaves' & 'The Zone Of Interest' Top European Film Award Nominations In Main Categories\|last=Goodfellow\|first=Melanie\|work=Deadline Hollywood\|date=November 7, 2023\|access-date=November 7, 2023\|archive-date=7 November 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107141002/https://deadline.com/2023/11/fallen-leaves-the-zone-of-interest-top-european-film-award-nominations-1235594763/\|url-status=live}}
European Discovery \| Molly Manning Walker \| {{won}}
University Film Award \| How to Have Sex \| {{Nominated}} \| align="center" \| {{Cite web \|title=These are the five nominated films for European University Film Award (EUFA) \|url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/eufa-2023-nominations \|publisher=European University Film Award \|date=5 October 2023 \|access-date=2 January 2024 \|archive-date=2 January 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050821/https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/eufa-2023-nominations \|url-status=live }}
scope="row" \| London Film Critics' Circle \|4 February 2024 \|Breakthrough Performer of the Year \|Mia McKenna-Bruce \|{{won}} \| align="center" \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/london-critics-circle-film-awards-2024-the-zone-of-interest-emma-stone-1235814424/\|title='Zone of Interest' Wins Best Film at London Critics' Circle Awards, Emma Stone Named Best Actress\|first=Georg\|last=Szalai\|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter\|date=2024-02-04\|access-date=2024-02-04\|archive-date=4 February 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204183021/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/london-critics-circle-film-awards-2024-the-zone-of-interest-emma-stone-1235814424/\|url-status=live}}
rowspan="3" scope="row"\|British Academy Film Awards \| rowspan="3" \|18 February 2024 \|Outstanding British Film \|Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon and Konstantinos Kontovrakis \|{{Nom}} \|rowspan="3" align="center"\|{{Cite web \|last1=Shafer \|first1=Alex Ritman,Ellise \|last2=Ritman \|first2=Alex \|last3=Shafer \|first3=Ellise \|date=2024-01-18 \|title=BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: 'Oppenheimer' and 'Poor Things' Lead as 'Barbie' Falls Short \|url=https://variety.com/2024/awards/global/bafta-film-awards-nominations-2024-1235876088/ \|access-date=2024-01-22 \|website=Variety \|language=en-US \|archive-date=18 January 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118122250/https://variety.com/2024/awards/global/bafta-film-awards-nominations-2024-1235876088/ \|url-status=live }}
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer \|Molly Manning Walker \|{{Nom}}
Best Casting \|Isabella Odoffin \|{{Nom}}

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scope="col"| Award / Film Festival

! scope="col"| Date of ceremony

! scope="col"| Category

! scope="col"| Recipient(s)

! scope="col"| Result

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scope="row" rowspan="3"| Cannes Film Festival

| rowspan="3"| 27 May 2023

| Un Certain Regard

| rowspan="3"| Molly Manning Walker

| {{won}}

| {{cite web|last=Goodfellow|first=Melanie|date=May 26, 2023|title=Molly Manning Walker's 'How To Have Sex' Wins Top Prize In Cannes Un Certain Regard; Jury President John C. Reilly Serenades Audience After Director Arrives Late For Ceremony|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/cannes-un-certain-regard-winner-how-to-have-sex-1235380930/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=July 21, 2023|archive-date=28 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028145908/https://deadline.com/2023/05/cannes-un-certain-regard-winner-how-to-have-sex-1235380930/|url-status=live}}

Queer Palm

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite magazine |title=Festival de Cannes : voici les films en lice pour la Queer Palm 2023 |url=https://tetu.com/2023/05/04/cinema-festival-cannes-2023-liste-films-lgbt-competition-queer-palm/ |last=Ques |first=Florian |magazine=Têtu |date=4 May 2023 |access-date=16 May 2023 |language=fr |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516224708/https://tetu.com/2023/05/04/cinema-festival-cannes-2023-liste-films-lgbt-competition-queer-palm/ |url-status=live }}

Caméra d'Or

| {{nom}}

| {{cite magazine|last=Colon|first=Tanguy|date=28 April 2023|title=Cannes 2023 : Anaïs Demoustier présidera le jury de la Caméra d'Or|url=https://www.boxofficepro.fr/cannes-2023-anais-demoustier-presidera-le-jury-de-la-camera-dor/|magazine=Boxoffice Pro|language=fr|access-date=25 March 2024|archive-date=26 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326025815/https://www.boxofficepro.fr/cannes-2023-anais-demoustier-presidera-le-jury-de-la-camera-dor/|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Jerusalem Film Festival

| 23 July 2023

| The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film

| rowspan="6"| How to Have Sex

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-747929|title=2023 Jerusalem Film Fest announces international movie lineup|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|first=Hannah|last=Brown|date=28 June 2023|access-date=11 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810192950/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-747929|url-status=live}}

scope="row"| Melbourne International Film Festival

| 19 August 2023

| Bright Horizons Award

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web|url=https://concreteplayground.com/melbourne/arts-entertainment/banel-adama-miff-bright-horizons-award-2023|title=Senegalese-French Love Story 'Banel & Adama' Just Won MIFF's 2023 Bright Horizons Award|website=Concrete Playground |date=20 August 2023|first=Sarah |last=Ward |access-date=9 September 2023}}

scope="row" | Zurich Film Festival

| 8 October 2023

| Best International Feature Film

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/zurich-film-festival-unveils-full-2023-line-up-todd-haynes-and-jessica-chastain-to-be-honoured/5185896.article|title=Zurich Film Festival unveils full 2023 line-up; Todd Haynes and Jessica Chastain to be honoured|website=Screen Daily|first=Tim|last=Dams|date=14 September 2023|access-date=9 October 2023|archive-date=29 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929210329/https://www.screendaily.com/news/zurich-film-festival-unveils-full-2023-line-up-todd-haynes-and-jessica-chastain-to-be-honoured/5185896.article|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Athens International Film Festival

| 9 October 2023

| Best Picture

| {{won}}

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/molly-manning-walkers-how-to-have-sex-triumphs-at-athens-/5186819.article|title=Molly Manning Walker's 'How to Have Sex' triumphs at Athens|website=Screen Daily|first=Alexis|last=Grivas|date=11 October 2023|access-date=12 October 2023|archive-date=27 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227164309/https://www.screendaily.com/news/molly-manning-walkers-how-to-have-sex-triumphs-at-athens-/5186819.article|url-status=live}}

rowspan="3" scope="row" | Valladolid International Film Festival

| rowspan="3" | 28 October 2023

| Golden Spike

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/451482|title=Valladolid's Seminci celebrates its first edition directed by José Luis Cienfuegos|last=Rivera|first=Alfonso|date=19 October 2023|website=Cineuropa|access-date=29 October 2023|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215053545/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/451482|url-status=live}}

Young Jury Prize Official Section

| {{won}}

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{cite magazine|last1=Hopewell|first1=John|last2=Sandoval|first2=Pablo|date=29 October 2023|title=Valladolid: 'The Permanent Picture,' 'The Old Oak' Win Big as the Spanish Festival's Reboot Wins Applause|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/valladolid-film-festival-laura-ferres-ken-loach-1235772328/|magazine=Variety|access-date=29 October 2023|archive-date=11 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111080404/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/valladolid-film-festival-laura-ferres-ken-loach-1235772328/|url-status=live}}

Best New Director

| Molly Manning Walker

| {{won}}

scope="row" rowspan="13"| British Independent Film Awards

| rowspan="13"| 3 December 2023

| Best Casting

| Isabella Odoffin

| {{won}}

| rowspan="13"| {{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jodie-comer-paul-mescal-british-independent-film-awards-2023-nominations-1235777034/|title=Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations|magazine=Variety|date=2 November 2023|access-date=2 November 2023|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|author-link=Naman Ramachandran|archive-date=13 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113091949/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/jodie-comer-paul-mescal-british-independent-film-awards-2023-nominations-1235777034/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/all-of-us-strangers-leads-bifa-2023-craft-winners/5188023.article|title='All Of Us Strangers' leads Bifa 2023 craft winners with three awards; 'Femme', 'The Kitchen' take two each|last=Dalton|first=Ben|website=Screen Daily|date=November 20, 2023|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-date=23 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123043956/https://www.screendaily.com/news/all-of-us-strangers-leads-bifa-2023-craft-winners/5188023.article|url-status=live}}

Best Costume Design

| George Buxton

| {{nominated}}

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

| Natasha Lawes

| {{nominated}}

Best Sound

| Steve Fanagan

| {{nominated}}

Best British Independent Film

| Molly Manning Walker, Ivana MacKinnon, Emily Leo, and Konstantinos Kontovrakis

| {{nom}}

Best Director

| Molly Manning Walker

| {{nom}}

Best Lead Performance

| rowspan="2"| Mia McKenna-Bruce

| {{won}}

Breakthrough Performance

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| Best Supporting Performance

| Samuel Bottomley

| {{nom}}

Shaun Thomas

| {{won}}

Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

| rowspan="3"| Molly Manning Walker

| {{nom}}

Best Debut Screenwriter

| {{nom}}

Best Screenplay

| {{nom}}

scope="row" rowspan="3"| European Film Awards

| rowspan="3"| 9 December 2023

| Best Actress

| Mia McKenna-Bruce

| {{Nominated}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/fallen-leaves-the-zone-of-interest-top-european-film-award-nominations-1235594763/|title='Fallen Leaves' & 'The Zone Of Interest' Top European Film Award Nominations In Main Categories|last=Goodfellow|first=Melanie|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 7, 2023|access-date=November 7, 2023|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107141002/https://deadline.com/2023/11/fallen-leaves-the-zone-of-interest-top-european-film-award-nominations-1235594763/|url-status=live}}

European Discovery

| Molly Manning Walker

| {{won}}

University Film Award

| How to Have Sex

| {{Nominated}}

| align="center" | {{Cite web |title=These are the five nominated films for European University Film Award (EUFA) |url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/eufa-2023-nominations |publisher=European University Film Award |date=5 October 2023 |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102050821/https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/eufa-2023-nominations |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | London Film Critics' Circle

|4 February 2024

|Breakthrough Performer of the Year

|Mia McKenna-Bruce

|{{won}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/london-critics-circle-film-awards-2024-the-zone-of-interest-emma-stone-1235814424/|title='Zone of Interest' Wins Best Film at London Critics' Circle Awards, Emma Stone Named Best Actress|first=Georg|last=Szalai|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2024-02-04|access-date=2024-02-04|archive-date=4 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204183021/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/london-critics-circle-film-awards-2024-the-zone-of-interest-emma-stone-1235814424/|url-status=live}}

rowspan="3" scope="row"|British Academy Film Awards

| rowspan="3" |18 February 2024

|Outstanding British Film

|Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon and Konstantinos Kontovrakis

|{{Nom}}

|rowspan="3" align="center"|{{Cite web |last1=Shafer |first1=Alex Ritman,Ellise |last2=Ritman |first2=Alex |last3=Shafer |first3=Ellise |date=2024-01-18 |title=BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: 'Oppenheimer' and 'Poor Things' Lead as 'Barbie' Falls Short |url=https://variety.com/2024/awards/global/bafta-film-awards-nominations-2024-1235876088/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118122250/https://variety.com/2024/awards/global/bafta-film-awards-nominations-2024-1235876088/ |url-status=live }}

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

|Molly Manning Walker

|{{Nom}}

Best Casting

|Isabella Odoffin

|{{Nom}}