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Black Swan
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'' is a 2010
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psychological horror
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film directed by
Darren Aronofsky
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. It premiered as the opening film for the
67th Venice International Film Festival
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. The film had a
limited release
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in selected cities in North America on December 3 and took in a total of about
$415,800 on its opening day. After ''Black Swan''s opening weekend it grossed over $1.4 million, averaging around $80,200 per theater, the second highest per location for the opening weekend of 2010. When ''Black Swan'' finished its worldwide theatrical run, it had achieved
blockbuster status with ticket revenue amounting to more than $325 million. Critics appreciated the film, with review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reporting an approval rating of 88 percent and placed it among their lists for the year's best films.
''Black Swan'' has received honors in categories ranging mostly from recognition of the film itself, to its cinematography, direction and editing, to the cast's performance, particularly
Natalie Portman
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's portrayal of the film's
protagonist
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, ballerina Nina Sayers. The film was submitted for consideration for the
Best Film Golden Lion at Venice's International Film Festival, but lost to
Sofia Coppola
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's ''
Somewhere''.
Mila Kunis
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was later given the Emerging Performer award for her portrayal of Nina's rival Lily, at the same ceremony. Darren Arnonofsky also earned a nomination from the
Directors Guild of America
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for Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film. He was also named Best Director by the
San Diego Film Critics Society
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and
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
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. The
Visual Effects Society
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and
Cinema Audio Society Awards
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each gave the film a single nomination, while Amy Westcott won for her work on ''Black Swan''s contemporary costumes from the
Costume Designers Guild
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.
Natalie Portman has won a majority of the critic awards given to actresses for a leading 2010 film role. Out of the four nominations received from the
68th Golden Globe Awards
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, its only win was
Best Actress in a dramatic motion picture, for Portman. It also received five
Academy Award
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nominations, which included
Best Picture
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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,
Best Actress
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,
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,
Best Cinematography
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and
Best Film Editing, Of those, its sole win was for Best Actress. More recognition for the film came from the
Screen Actors Guild
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at their
17th annual ceremony, awarding Portman in her respective field as well as nominating the entire cast. A kiss shared between Kunis and Portman in ''Black Swan'' was nominated at the viewer-voted
MTV Movie Awards
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and
Teen Choice Awards
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.
''Black Swan'' swept the
Austin Film Critics Association
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and
Independent Spirit Awards
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, winning five and four awards respectively. The film also won three awards at both the
New York Film Critics Awards and the Oklahoma Film Critics Awards, and received a record 12
Broadcast Film Critics Association
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nominations.
At the latter, the film was nominated in vastly different categories, ranging from its production design, to costumes and makeup to music featured in it. ''Black Swan'' performed similarly at the
64th British Academy Film Awards
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, again with 12 nominations, and was also nominated in similar categories. Another organization to laud the film with the same number of nominations was the
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
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. They recognized ''Black Swan'' in categories including Most Beautiful Film and its depiction of sexuality, but despite Aronofsky's feature winning Best Film, it was also nominated in their Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn‘t category.
Awards and nominations
Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year.
See also
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2010 in film
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