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Academy Awards, USA (1)
American Cinema Editors, USA (1)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (2)
Bodil Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
British Independent Film Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
European Film Awards (1)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Satellite Awards (1)
Guldbagge Awards (6)
International Documentary Association (2)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Melbourne International Film Festival (1)
Moscow International Film Festival (1)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
PGA Awards (1)
Sundance Film Festival (3)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Athens International Film Festival (1)
Vancouver Film Critics Circle (1)
Oslo Films from the South Festival (1)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
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Durban International Film Festival (1)
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Los Angeles Film Festival (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (5)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (1)
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Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
South African Film and Television Awards (1)
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Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Village Voice Film Poll (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Australian Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Indiewire Critics' Poll (1)
North Carolina Film Critics Association (1)
Kristallen (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
Vilnius International Film Festival (1)
ASECAN (1)
Días de Cine Awards (1)
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival (1)
44 wins & 33 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2013 Winner
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
Malik Bendjelloul
Simon Chinn
American Cinema Editors, USA
2013 Winner
Eddie
Best Edited Documentary - Feature
Malik Bendjelloul
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Malik Bendjelloul
2012 Winner
Best Feature-Length Documentary
IDFA Melkweg Award for Best Music Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
Bodil Awards
2013 Nominee
Bodil
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
Malik Bendjelloul
(director)
Sweden
BAFTA Awards
2013 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Film
Malik Bendjelloul
Simon Chinn
British Independent Film Awards
2012 Nominee
British Independent Film Award
Best International Independent Film
Critics Choice Awards
2013 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Documentary Feature
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Documentary
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Winner
DFWFCA Award
Best Documentary
Directors Guild of America, USA
2013 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
European Film Awards
2013 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Malik Bendjelloul
Hamburg Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Art Cinema Award
Malik Bendjelloul
Satellite Awards
2012 Nominee
Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Documentary
Guldbagge Awards
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Film (Bästa film)
Malik Bendjelloul
(producer)
Simon Chinn
(producer)
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Screenplay (Bästa manuskript)
Malik Bendjelloul
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Editing (Bästa Klippning)
Malik Bendjelloul
2013 Winner
Guldbagge
Best Documentary (Bästa dokumentärfilm)
Malik Bendjelloul
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Music (Bästa musik)
Malik Bendjelloul
Rodriguez
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International Documentary Association
2012 Winner
IDA Award
Best Feature
Malik Bendjelloul
(director/producer/writer)
Simon Chinn
(producer)
John Battsek
(executive producer)
2012 Winner
Creative Recognition Award
Best Music
Rodriguez
(original songs)
Malik Bendjelloul
(additional score)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2013 Nominee
ALFS Award
Documentary of the Year
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Malik Bendjelloul
Melbourne International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Most Popular Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
Moscow International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Silver St. George
Best Film of the Documentary Competition
Malik Bendjelloul
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2013 Nominee
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in a Feature Documentary
Per Nyström
(supervising sound editor)
Malik Bendjelloul
(sound editor)
National Board of Review, USA
2012 Winner
NBR Award
Best Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2013 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Non-Fiction Film
PGA Awards
2013 Winner
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Malik Bendjelloul
Simon Chinn
Sundance Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
World Cinema - Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
2012 Winner
Audience Award
World Cinema - Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
2012 Winner
Special Jury Prize
World Cinema - Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
For its celebration of the artistic spirit
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Nominee
Allan King Documentary Award
Writers Guild of America, USA
2013 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Documentary Screenplay
Malik Bendjelloul
(written by)
Athens International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Golden Athena
Documentary Feature
Malik Bendjelloul
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2013 Winner
VFCC Award
Best Documentary
Oslo Films from the South Festival
2012 Winner
DOC: South Award
Best Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
Amanda Awards, Norway
2013 Winner
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
Malik Bendjelloul
Polish Film Awards
2014 Winner
Eagle
Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)
Malik Bendjelloul
(director)
Tribeca Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Audience Award
Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
Golden Trailer Awards
2013 Nominee
Golden Trailer
Best Documentary
Black Reel Awards
2013 Nominee
Black Reel
Best Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
Göteborg Film Festival
2013 Winner
Lorens Award
Malik Bendjelloul
2013 Winner
City of Gothenburg Award
Malik Bendjelloul
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2012 Winner
PFCS Award
Best Documentary
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2013 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Documentary
Durban International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Documentary
Los Angeles Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Best International Feature
Malik Bendjelloul
Cinema for Peace Awards
2013 Winner
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
Malik Bendjelloul
(director)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2013 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Malik Bendjelloul
Simon Chinn
2013 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Simon Chinn
2013 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
Malik Bendjelloul
2013 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Malik Bendjelloul
2013 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Oskar Gullstrand
Arvid Steen
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2012 Winner
SLFCA Award
Best Documentary Film
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2013 Winner
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Malik Bendjelloul
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2012 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Documentary
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
2012 Winner
IFJA Award
Best Documentary
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2012 Nominee
DFCC
Best Documentary
Tied with
Call Me Kuchu (2012)
in 5th place
South African Film and Television Awards
2013 Winner
Special Award
Malik Bendjelloul
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
2013 Nominee
SIYAD Award
Best Foreign Film
8th Place
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2012 Winner
OFCC Award
Best Documentary
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2013 Winner
HFCS Award
Best Documentary Feature
Village Voice Film Poll
2012 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
4th place.
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2012 Winner
ACCA
Best Documentary Feature Film
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2013 Nominee
INOCA
Best Documentary
Malik Bendjelloul
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
2013 Winner
AFCA Award
Best Documentary
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2012 Nominee
ICP Award
Best Documentary
5th place. Tied with
The Central Park Five (2012)
,
The Gatekeepers (2012)
and
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
.
North Carolina Film Critics Association
2013 Winner
NCFCA Award
Best Documentary Film
Kristallen
2014 Winner
Kristallen
Best Documentary
Gold Derby Awards
2013 Winner
Gold Derby Film Award
Documentary Feature
Malik Bendjelloul
Simon Chinn
Vilnius International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Malik Bendjelloul
ASECAN
2014 Nominee
ASECAN Award
Best Foreign Film
Malik Bendjelloul
Días de Cine Awards
2014 Winner
Días de Cine Award
Best Foreign Film
Malik Bendjelloul
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award - First Place
Malik Bendjelloul
(director)
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