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ABC Cinematography Award
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won ABC Trophy Feature Film - Best Art Direction (Melhor Direção de Arte)
Tulé Peak

Feature Film - Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia de Longa-metragem)
César Charlone

Feature Film - Best Sound (Melhor Som)
Guilherme Ayrosa (sound)
Paulo Ricardo Nunes (sound)
Martín Hernández (sound editor)
Alessandro Laroca (sound editor)
Rudy Pi (sound mixer)
Adam Sawelson (sound mixer)

 
AFI Fest
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Audience Award Best International Feature Film
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund

 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Oscar Best Cinematography
César Charlone

Best Director
Fernando Meirelles

Best Editing
Daniel Rezende

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Bráulio Mantovani

 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Editing
Daniel Rezende

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Fernando Meirelles

 
Black Reel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Black Reel Special Achievement - Foreign Film

 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund

 
British Independent Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won British Independent Film Award Best Foreign Film

 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Foreign-Language Film

 
Brothers Manaki International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Silver Camera 300
César Charlone

Student Jury Award
César Charlone

 
Camerimage
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Golden Frog
César Charlone

 
Cartagena Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Golden India Catalina Best Director (Mejor Director)
Fernando Meirelles

Best Film (Mejor Película)
Fernando Meirelles

 
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won COFCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won CFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil.
 
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia)
César Charlone

Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
Fernando Meirelles

Best Editing (Melhor Montagem)
Daniel Rezende

Best Picture (Melhor Filme)

Best Screenplay, Adapted (Melhor Roteiro Adaptado)
Bráulio Mantovani

Best Sound (Melhor Som)
Guilherme Ayrosa
Paulo Ricardo Nunes
Alessandro Laroca
Alejandro Quevedo
Carlos Honc
Roland N. Thai
Rudy Pi
Adam Sawelson

Nominated Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Actor (Melhor Ator)
Leandro Firmino

Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
Roberta Rodrigues

Best Art Direction (Melhor Direção de Arte)
Tulé Peak

Best Costume Design (Melhor Figurino)
Bia Salgado
Inês Salgado

Best Make-Up (Melhor Maquiagem)
Anna Van Steen

Best Music (Melhor Trilha Sonora)
Antonio Pinto
Ed Cortês

Best Supporting Actor (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante)
Jonathan Haagensen

Best Supporting Actor (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante)
Douglas Silva

Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
Alice Braga

Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
Graziela Moretto

 
Cinemanila International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Grand Jury Prize
Fernando Meirelles
Tied with Kôfuku no kane (2002).
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won DFWFCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film

 
Directors Guild of Great Britain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated DGGB Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film
Fernando Meirelles

 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Screen International Award
Fernando Meirelles
Brazil.
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil.
 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Trailer Best Foreign Independent

 
Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Audience Award Ibero-American Competition
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund

 
Havana Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Award of the Havana University
Fernando Meirelles

Best Actor
Matheus Nachtergaele
Seu Jorge
Alexandre Rodrigues
Leandro Firmino
Phellipe Haagensen
Jonathan Haagensen
Douglas Silva
To the male acting ensemble.
Best Cinematography
César Charlone

Best Editing
Daniel Rezende

Cuban Press Association Award
Fernando Meirelles

FIPRESCI Prize
Fernando Meirelles
For approaching the explosive theme of social exclusion, using an ambitious, complex and involving style of narration, without moralising or condoning violence.
Glauber Rocha Award
Fernando Meirelles

Grand Coral - First Prize
Fernando Meirelles
Tied with Tan de repente (2002).
OCIC Award
Fernando Meirelles

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
Fernando Meirelles
- Brazil.
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Fernando Meirelles

 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Sierra Award Best Foreign Film

 
Lima Latin American Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Elcine First Prize
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund

 
Marrakech International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Best Director
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund

Nominated Golden Star
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund

 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
Martín Hernández (supervising sound editor)
Roland N. Thai (supervising sound editor)
Alessandro Laroca (supervising dialogue editor)

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won NYFCC Award Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil.
 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won OFCS Award Best Foreign Language Film

Nominated OFCS Award Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Fernando Meirelles

Best Picture

 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won PFCS Award Best Foreign Language Film

 
Prism Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Prism Award Theatrical Feature Film

 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
Kátia Lund (director)
Fernando Meirelles (director)

 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Brazil.
 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won SEFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil/France/USA.
 
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Grand Prize of the Critics Cinema (Cinema)
For the cast.
 
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won TFCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film

 
Toronto International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Visions Award - Special Citation
Fernando Meirelles

 
Uruguay International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Special Jury Award
Fernando Meirelles

 
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won VFCC Award Best Foreign Film
Brazil.
 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Director
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund

Best Film

Best Screenplay , Adapted
Bráulio Mantovani

 
World Soundtrack Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won World Soundtrack Award Discovery of the Year
Antonio Pinto

 

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