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Carlos Saura

Awards

Carlos Saura

63 wins & 46 nominations

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Fados (2007)
    2009 Nominee Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana)
    • Fados
    Portugal/Spain.
  • Tango (1998)
    1999 Nominee Silver Condor
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • Tango

Berlin International Film Festival

  • The Dark Night of the Soul (1989)
    1989 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • The Dark Night of the Soul
  • Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)
    1981 Winner Golden Berlin Bear
    • Deprisa, Deprisa
  • Geraldine Chaplin and Per Oscarsson in Honeycomb (1969)
    1969 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Honeycomb
  • Peppermint Frappé (1967)
    1968 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Best Director
    • Peppermint Frappé
  • Peppermint Frappé (1967)
    1968 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Peppermint Frappé

Bodil Awards

  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1984 Winner Bodil
    • Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film)
    • Carmen

BAFTA Awards

  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1985 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Carmen
    Spain.
    Shared with: Emiliano Piedra

Camerimage

  • Carlos Saura
    2009 Winner Cinematographer-Director Duo Award
    Shared with: Vittorio Storaro
  • Carlos Saura
    1998 Winner Special Award
    • Film Direction with a Special Visual Sensitivity

Cannes Film Festival

  • El Dorado (1988)
    1988 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • El Dorado
  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1983 Winner Best Artistic Contribution
    • Carmen
  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1983 Winner Technical Grand Prize
    • Carmen
  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1983 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Carmen
  • Blindfolded Eyes (1978)
    1978 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Blindfolded Eyes

César Awards, France

  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1984 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Carmen
  • Cría Cuervos (1976)
    1977 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Cría Cuervos

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Deprisa, Deprisa (1981)
    1983 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Deprisa, Deprisa
  • Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos in Blood Wedding (1981)
    1981 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Blood Wedding
  • Rafaela Aparicio in Mama Turns 100 (1979)
    1979 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Mama Turns 100
  • Cousin Angelica (1974)
    1974 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Cousin Angelica

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

  • Jota de Saura (2016)
    2017 Nominee CEC Award
    • Best Documentary (Mejor Documental)
    • Jota de Saura
  • Jota de Saura (2016)
    2016 Nominee CEC Award
    • Best Documentary (Mejor Documental)
    • Jota de Saura
  • El 7º día (2004)
    2005 Nominee CEC Award
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • El 7º día
  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1984 Winner CEC Award
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • Carmen
  • Blindfolded Eyes (1978)
    1979 Winner CEC Award
    • Best Screenplay (Mejor Guión)
    • Blindfolded Eyes

European Film Awards

  • Fados (2007)
    2008 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Documentary
    • Fados
  • Carlos Saura
    2004 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Fantasporto

  • Carlos Saura
    2002 Winner Special Career Award
  • Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)
    2002 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón
  • Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos in El amor brujo (1986)
    1987 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • El amor brujo

Fotogramas de Plata

  • Carlos Saura
    2011 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Cría Cuervos (1976)
    1977 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Cría Cuervos
    Spain.

Goya Awards

  • Carlos Saura
    2023 Winner Honorary Goya
  • El 7º día (2004)
    2005 Nominee Goya
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • El 7º día
  • Carmen Maura and Andrés Pajares in Oh, Carmela! (1990)
    1991 Winner Goya
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • Oh, Carmela!
  • Carmen Maura and Andrés Pajares in Oh, Carmela! (1990)
    1991 Winner Goya
    • Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión Adaptado)
    • Oh, Carmela!
    Shared with: Rafael Azcona

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1985 Winner Guild Film Award - Silver
    • Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
    • Carmen

Istanbul Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    2002 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    2000 Winner Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
  • Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos in Blood Wedding (1981)
    1982 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • Blood Wedding
    Tied with Jaroslav Balík for Konecná stanice (1981).

Málaga Spanish Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    2022 Winner Honorary Golden Biznaga
  • Lorenzo Balducci and Emilia Verginelli in Io, Don Giovanni (2009)
    2010 Nominee Golden Biznaga
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • Io, Don Giovanni

Miami Film Festival

  • Argentina (2015)
    2016 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Knight Documentary Competition
    • Argentina

Montréal World Film Festival

  • El 7º día (2004)
    2004 Winner Best Director
    • El 7º día
  • El 7º día (2004)
    2004 Nominee Grand Prix des Amériques
    • El 7º día
  • Aída Gómez in Salomé (2002)
    2002 Winner Best Artistic Contribution
    • Salomé
  • Aída Gómez in Salomé (2002)
    2002 Nominee Grand Prix des Amériques
    • Salomé
  • Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
    1999 Winner Best Artistic Contribution
    • Goya in Bordeaux

Moscow International Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    2016 Winner Special Prize
    • For an Outstanding Contribution to the World Cinema

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)
    2001 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón
  • Carlos Fuentes and Ingrid Rubio in Taxi (1996)
    1996 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Taxi
  • Rafaela Aparicio in Mama Turns 100 (1979)
    1979 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • Mama Turns 100
  • Cuenca (1958)
    1958 Winner Special Mention
    • Best Short Film
    • Cuenca

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • The King of all the World (2021)
    2021 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • The King of all the World

Venice Film Festival

  • Outrage (1993)
    1993 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Outrage
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez and Laura del Sol in Los zancos (1984)
    1984 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Los zancos
  • Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Cebrián, and Juan Luis Galiardo in Stress Is Three (1968)
    1968 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Stress Is Three

Bombay International Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    2008 Winner International Lifetime Achievement Award

Kerala International Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    2013 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    1999 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Carlos Saura
    2022 Winner Career Award
  • Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
    2000 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Film (Mejor Película Española)
    • Goya in Bordeaux
  • Cría Cuervos (1976)
    1976 Nominee Sant Jordi
    • Best Film (Mejor Película Española)
    • Cría Cuervos
  • Cousin Angelica (1974)
    1975 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Film (Mejor Película Española)
    • Cousin Angelica
  • The Garden of Delights (1970)
    1972 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Film (Mejor Película Española)
    • The Garden of Delights

Nantes Spanish Film Festival

  • Dafne Fernández and Alejandro Martínez in Little Bird (1997)
    1999 Winner Jules Verne Award
    • Little Bird

Premios ACE

  • Jota de Saura (2016)
    2018 Winner Premio ACE
    • Cinema - Best Documentary
    • Jota de Saura
  • Cría Cuervos (1976)
    1978 Winner Premio ACE
    • Cinema - Best Director
    • Cría Cuervos

ADIRCAE Awards

  • Carmen Maura and Andrés Pajares in Oh, Carmela! (1990)
    1991 Winner ADIRCAE Award
    • Best Film
    • Oh, Carmela!
  • Carmen Maura and Andrés Pajares in Oh, Carmela! (1990)
    1991 Winner ADIRCAE Award
    • Best Director (Mejor Director)
    • Oh, Carmela!

International Film Festival of India

  • Carlos Saura
    2022 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Barcelona Film Awards

  • Carlos Saura
    2007 Winner International Award

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina

  • Argentina (2015)
    2015 Nominee Award of the Argentinean Academy
    • Best Documentary (Mejor Documental)
    • Argentina
  • Fados (2007)
    2009 Nominee Award of the Argentinean Academy
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Fados
    Portugal/Spain.

Feroz Awards, ES

  • Carlos Saura
    2015 Winner Honorary Award

Jupiter Award

  • Antonio Gades and Laura del Sol in Carmen (1983)
    1984 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Film
    • Carmen

L'Alfàs del Pi Film Festival

  • Carlos Saura
    2002 Winner Faro de Plata
    • Lifetime Achievement

José María Forqué Awards

  • Carlos Saura
    2018 Winner EGEDA Golden Medal
  • Jota de Saura (2016)
    2017 Nominee José María Forqué Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Jota de Saura

Yoga Awards

  • Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón (2001)
    2002 Winner Yoga Award
    • Worst Spanish Director
    • Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón

Festival de cine de Zaragoza

  • Carlos Saura
    2017 Winner City of Zaragoza Award

Medina Film Festival

  • Rosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy (2021)
    2022 Winner Roel
    • Best Animated Short Film
    • Rosa Rosae. A Spanish Civil War Elegy

Días de Cine Awards

  • The Hunt (1966)
    2017 Winner Días de Cine Award
    • 25th Anniversary
    • The Hunt
    for its 50th anniversary

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