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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

Awards

The Sweet Hereafter

34 wins & 56 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
    • Atom Egoyan

Atlantic Film Festival

  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Canadian Award
    • Best Canadian Film or Video over 60 Minutes
    • Atom Egoyan
    Shared with: The Hanging Garden
  • Thom Fitzgerald at an event for 3 Needles (2005)
    1997 Winner Canadian Award
    • Best Canadian Film or Video over 60 Minutes
    • Thom Fitzgerald
    Shared with: The Hanging Garden

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1999 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)
    1997 Winner BSFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Sarah Polley
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1997 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Film
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • EXOTICA, with Atom Egoyan
    1997 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Paul Sarossy

Cannes Film Festival

  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Grand Prize of the Jury
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Atom Egoyan

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)
    1998 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Sarah Polley
  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1998 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Ian Holm
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Picture
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)
    1998 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Most Promising Actress
    • Sarah Polley

Csapnivalo Awards

  • EXOTICA, with Atom Egoyan
    2000 Winner Golden Slate
    • Best Cinematography
    • Paul Sarossy
  • Mychael Danna at an event for The Oscars (2013)
    2000 Nominee Golden Slate
    • Best Original Score
    • Mychael Danna
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    2000 Nominee Golden Slate
    • Best Movie

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Picture

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Atom Egoyan
    Tied with Ma vie en rose (1997).

Genie Awards

  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Genie
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Atom Egoyan
    • Camelia Frieberg
  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)
    1997 Nominee Genie
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Sarah Polley
  • Gabrielle Rose
    1997 Nominee Genie
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
    • Gabrielle Rose
  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1997 Winner Genie
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Ian Holm
  • Bruce Greenwood at an event for I'm Not There (2007)
    1997 Nominee Genie
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Bruce Greenwood

Satellite Awards

  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Atom Egoyan

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Winner Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Atom Egoyan
    Canada.

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1997 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Ian Holm

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1997 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Picture
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • EXOTICA, with Atom Egoyan
    1997 Nominee LAFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Paul Sarossy

National Board of Review, USA

  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1997 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Acting by an Ensemble
    • Ian Holm
    • Caerthan Banks
    • Sarah Polley
    • Tom McCamus
    • Gabrielle Rose
    • Alberta Watson
    • Maury Chaykin
    • Stephanie Morgenstern
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1997 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Film
  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1998 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Ian Holm
    Tied with Dustin Hoffman for Wag the Dog (1997) and Al Pacino for Donnie Brasco (1997) in 3rd place.
  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)
    1998 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Sarah Polley
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Atom Egoyan

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1997 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Ian Holm
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1997 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Film

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Picture
  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1998 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Actor
    • Ian Holm
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Winner OFCS Award
    • Top Ten Films of the Year
    3rd place

Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1998 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Actor
    • Ian Holm

Society of Texas Film Critics Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1997 Winner STFC Award
    • Best Film
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner STFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Nominee STFC Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Atom Egoyan

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Atom Egoyan
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Picture
    6th place

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Picture
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Canadian Film
  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1998 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Performance, Male
    • Ian Holm
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)
    1998 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Performance, Female
    • Sarah Polley

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Best Canadian Feature Film
    • Atom Egoyan
    Tied with The Hanging Garden (1997).

USC Scripter Award

  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • Russell Banks (author)
    • Atom Egoyan (screenplay)

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Atom Egoyan
  • EXOTICA, with Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Best Director of Photography
    • Paul Sarossy
    Shared with: Affliction
  • Atom Egoyan
    1997 Winner Youth Jury Award
    • Competition
    • Atom Egoyan

Writers Guild of Canada

  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Winner WGC Award
    • Atom Egoyan

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Atom Egoyan
    1999 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Atom Egoyan

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)
    1998 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sarah Polley
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1998 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Movie

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1999 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    2nd Place

Online Film & Television Association

  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • Atom Egoyan
    • Camelia Frieberg
  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Ian Holm
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Picture
    • Atom Egoyan
    • Camelia Frieberg
  • Ian Holm at an event for The Aviator (2004)
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Actor
    • Ian Holm
  • Atom Egoyan
    1998 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Atom Egoyan

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
    1997 Nominee Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)
    • Honorable Mentions

20/20 Awards

  • Atom Egoyan
    2018 Nominee Felix
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Atom Egoyan

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