Calendar Girls
Award Category Recipient ( s ) Result
ALFS Awards Actress of the Year Helen Mirren Nominated
ALFS Awards Actress of the Year Julie Walters Nominated
ALFS Awards Supporting Actor of the Year John Alderton Nominated
British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Film Nigel Cole Won
British Independent Film Awards Best Screenplay Tim Firth , Juliette Towhidi Nominated
Empire Awards Empire Award for Best British Film Sally Hawkins Nominated
Empire Awards Empire Award for Best British Actress Helen Mirren Nominated
Empire Awards Empire Award for Best British Actress Julie Waiters Nominated
European Film Awards Best Actress Helen Mirren Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Helen Mirren Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Helen Mirren Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Julie Walters Nominated
Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo Grand Prix Nigel Cole Nominated
Reception -- Accolades
Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi, based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research under the auspices of the Women's Institutes in April 1999 after the cancer death of the husband of one of their members. The film stars an ensemble cast headed by Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Geraldine James and Philip Glenister playing key supporting roles. Calendar Girls premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and was later shown at Filmfest Hamburg, the Dinard Festival of British Cinema in France, the Warsaw Film Festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival and the UK Film Festival in Hong Kong. It garnered generally positive reactions by film critics, who compared with British comedy film The Full Monty (1997). At a budget of $10 million it also became a major commercial success, eventually grossing $96 million worldwide following its theatrical release in the United States. In addition, the picture was awarded the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film, and spawned ALFS Award, Empire Award, Satellite Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Mirren and Walters respectively.