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Deepa Mehta

Awards

Deepa Mehta

28 wins & 23 nominations

Asia-Pacific Film Festival

  • Earth (1998)
    1998 Nominee APFF Award
    • Best Film
    • Earth

Cannes Film Festival

  • Sam & Me (1991)
    1991 Winner Golden Camera - Special Mention
    • Sam & Me

Chicago International Film Festival

  • 1976 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch

Canadian Film Awards

  • 1975 Winner Etrog
    • Best Documentary Under 30 Minutes
    • At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch
    Shared with: Paul Saltzman

Genie Awards

  • Heaven on Earth (2008)
    2009 Nominee Genie
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Heaven on Earth
  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Nominee Genie
    • Best Achievement in Direction
    • Water
  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Nominee Genie
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Water
  • Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
    2003 Winner Genie
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • Bollywood/Hollywood

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

  • Fire (1996)
    1996 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • Fire
  • Fire (1996)
    1996 Nominee International Independent Award
    • Best Feature
    • Fire

Awards of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)

  • Deepa Mehta
    2007 Winner Special Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2007 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo)
    • Water

L.A. Outfest

  • Fire (1996)
    1997 Winner Audience Award
    • Outstanding Narrative Feature
    • Fire
    Tied with Broadway Damage (1997).

London Film Festival

  • I Am Sirat (2023)
    2023 Nominee Best Film
    • Official Competition
    • I Am Sirat
    Shared with: Sirat Taneja
  • Midnight's Children (2012)
    2012 Nominee Best Film
    • Midnight's Children

Newport International Film Festival, Rhode Island

  • Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
    2003 Winner Student Jury Award
    • Bollywood/Hollywood

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Spread Your Wings (1975)
    1977 Winner Certificate of Merit
    • Television - Children's Programs
    • Jafar's Blue Tiles
    Shared with: Paul Saltzman

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Deepa Mehta
    2006 Winner Taormina Arte Award

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Deepa Mehta
    2015 Winner Clyde Gilmour Award

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Anatomy of Violence (2016)
    2016 Nominee Best Canadian Feature Film
    • Anatomy of Violence
  • Jag Bal in Beeba Boys (2015)
    2015 Nominee Best Canadian Feature Film
    • Beeba Boys

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Anatomy of Violence (2016)
    2016 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Anatomy of Violence
  • Midnight's Children (2012)
    2012 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Midnight's Children
  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2005 Winner Youth Jury Award
    • Competition
    • Water
  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2005 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Water
  • Camilla (1994)
    1994 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Camilla

Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Fire (1996)
    1996 Winner Most Popular Canadian Film
    • Fire

Schermi d’Amore - Verona Film Festival

  • Fire (1996)
    1997 Winner Best Film
    • Fire

Sarasota Film Festival

  • Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
    2003 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Comedy
    • Bollywood/Hollywood

Directors Guild of Canada

  • Midnight's Children (2012)
    2013 Winner DGC Team Award
    • Feature Film
    • Midnight's Children
    Shared with: Reid A. Dunlop · Andrea H. Greaney
  • Heaven on Earth (2008)
    2009 Nominee DGC Team Award
    • Feature Film
    • Heaven on Earth
    Shared with: Stephen Traynor · David McAree · Lorin Raine · David C. Malcolm · Divya D'Souza · Doug Gillespie · Susan Bassett · Eardley Wilmot · Catherine Crawford · Kyle O'Connor · William Layton · Jerry Nicolaou · Diane Brunjes · Mark Gingras · Geoff Raffan · James Robb
  • Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
    2003 Nominee DGC Team Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in a Feature Film
    • Bollywood/Hollywood
    Shared with: Tamara Deverell · Barry Farrell · David McAree · September Death · Effy Papadopoulos · Adam Bocknek · Andrea Wassell · Jason Graham · Bryn Garrison · Alex McNaughton · Hubert Davis · Mark Gingras · John Laing · Rob Bertola · Joe Lafontaine

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

  • Heaven on Earth (2008)
    2009 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Director - Canadian Film
    • Heaven on Earth
  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Winner VFCC Award
    • Best Director - Canadian Film
    • Water
  • Bollywood/Hollywood (2002)
    2003 Nominee VFCC Award
    • Best Director - Canadian Film
    • Bollywood/Hollywood

Oslo Films from the South Festival

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Winner Silver Mirror Award
    • Best Feature
    • Water

Bangkok International Film Festival

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Winner Golden Kinnaree Award
    • Best Film
    • Water

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2007 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Water

Toronto Female Eye Film Festival

  • Deepa Mehta
    2005 Winner Honorary Director Award

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Narrative
    • Water

Dubai International Film Festival

  • Heaven on Earth (2008)
    2008 Winner Muhr AsiaAfrica Award
    • Best Scriptwriter - Feature
    • Heaven on Earth
  • Heaven on Earth (2008)
    2008 Nominee Muhr AsiaAfrica Award
    • Best Film - Feature
    • Heaven on Earth

Canadian Screen Awards, CA

  • Funny Boy (2020)
    2021 Winner Canadian Screen Award
    • Achievement in Direction
    • Funny Boy
  • Funny Boy (2020)
    2021 Winner Canadian Screen Award
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • Funny Boy
    Shared with: Shyam Selvadurai
  • Midnight's Children (2012)
    2013 Nominee Canadian Screen Award
    • Achievement in Direction
    • Midnight's Children

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Nominee EDA Award
    • Best Drama by or About Women
    • Water
  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Winner EDA Female Focus Award
    • Hanging in There Award for Persistence
    • Water

New York Film Critics, Online

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Winner Humanitarian Award
    • Water
    For taking risks to create films about the difficulties of social change in India especially as it affects women.

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Lisa Ray, Sarala Kariyawasam, and John Abraham in Water (2005)
    2006 Winner WFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Movie by or About Women
    • Water

Washington DC South Asian Film Festival

  • Deepa Mehta
    2016 Winner Special Awards
    • Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema

American Film Festival

  • 1975 Winner Red Ribbon Award
    • Documentary - Short
    • At 99: A Portrait of Louise Tandy Murch
    Shared with: Paul Saltzman

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