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Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)

Awards

Bacurau

51 wins & 71 nominations

Cannes Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2019 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Nominee Queer Palm
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2019 Winner Jury Prize
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
    Tied with Les Misérables (2019)

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Nominee Official Fantàstic Competition
    • Best Motion Picture
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Best Director
    • Oficial Fantàstic Competition
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner José Luis Guarner Critic's Award
    • Best Film
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Carnet Jove Jury Award
    • Official Fantàstic Selection
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Picture (Melhor Filme)
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2020 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
  • 2020 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
    • Bárbara Colen
  • Silvero Pereira in Queen Stars (2022)
    2020 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Actor (Melhor Ator)
    • Silvero Pereira
    Tied with Fabrício Boliveira for Simonal (2018).
  • Alli Willow
    2020 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
    • Alli Willow

Gotham Awards

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2021 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best International Feature
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Emilie Lesclaux
    • Saïd Ben Saïd
    • Michel Merkt
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2021 Nominee Audience Award
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Emilie Lesclaux
    • Saïd Ben Saïd
    • Michel Merkt

Havana Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2019 Nominee Grand Coral - First Prize
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2021 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best International Film
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    Brazil

Montréal Festival of New Cinema

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Temps Ø People's Choice Award
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee KCFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    3rd place from Brazil

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

  • 2021 Nominee Golden Reel Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Foreign Language Feature
    • Ricardo Cutz (supervising sound editor)
    • Victor Quintanilha (dialogue editor)
    • Matheus Miguens (sound effects editor)
    • Rafael Faustino (foley editor)
    • Pedro Coelho (foley artist)

Munich Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner ARRI/OSRAM Award
    • Best International Film
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee NSFC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Tied with Beanpole (2019) in 2nd place

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Nominee Narcisse Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner NYFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Non-U.S. Release
    Brazil

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Sydney Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
    • Best Film
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Bergen International Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Nominee Cinema Extraordinaire
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

ABC Cinematography Award

  • 2020 Winner ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia de Longa-metragem)
    • Pedro Sotero
  • 2020 Winner ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Editing (Melhor Montagem)
    • Eduardo Serrano
  • Thales Junqueira
    2020 Winner ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Art Direction (Melhor Direção de Arte)
    • Thales Junqueira
  • 2020 Winner ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Sound (Melhor Som)
    • Nicolas Hallet
    • Ricardo Cutz
    • Cyril Holtz

Lima Latin American Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Best Film
    • Official Competition (Fiction)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Best Director
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Film
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2020 Winner APCA Trophy
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2020 Winner APCA Trophy
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee Chainsaw Award
    • Best Foreign Film
  • Udo Kier 2023
    2021 Nominee Chainsaw Award
    • Best Supporting Performance
    • Udo Kier
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2021 Nominee Chainsaw Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Key West Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Foreign Feature
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Picture
    9th place
  • Sonia Braga
    2021 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Ensemble
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2021 Winner ICS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee IFJA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film

Boston Online Film Critics Association

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner BOFCA Award
    • Best International Film

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    5th Place

GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee Dorian Award
    • Foreign Language Film of the Year

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • 2020 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia)
    • Pedro Sotero
  • Silvero Pereira in Queen Stars (2022)
    2020 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Actor (Melhor Ator)
    • Silvero Pereira
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2020 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2020 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2020 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Non-English Language Film

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Online Film & Television Association

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Film
    10th place
  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner ICP Award
    • Best International Film

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Gold Derby Awards

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2021 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • International Feature
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Saïd Ben Saïd
    • Michel Merkt
    Brazil

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    Brazil

Almeria Western Film Festival

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2020 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Special Jury Award to the best Neowestern Featured Film
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Sonia Braga
    2020 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga

Hawaii Film Critics Society

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Brazil

Film Festival Cologne

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Nominee Hollywood Reporter Award
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Prêmio Guarani

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Picture
  • 2020 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Actress
    • Bárbara Colen
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2020 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Director
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Silvero Pereira in Queen Stars (2022)
    2020 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Silvero Pereira
  • Sonia Braga
    2020 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Sonia Braga

Music City Film Critics' Association Awards

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2021 Nominee MCFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Emilie Lesclaux
    • Saïd Ben Saïd
    • Michel Merkt

Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards

  • Sonia Braga
    2021 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2021 Nominee LEJA Award
    • Best International Feature
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
    Brazil

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2019 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
    Fourth Place

Hollywood Critics Association

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee HCA Award
    • Best International Film

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee GWNYFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    Brazil

José Ignacio International Film Festival

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film

Splat! FilmFest

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Director
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Chicago Indie Critics Awards (CIC)

  • Saïd Ben Saïd
    2021 Nominee CIC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Emilie Lesclaux
    • Saïd Ben Saïd
    • Michel Merkt

Columbus Film Critics Association

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2021 Nominee SFBAFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2021 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Udo Kier 2023
    2021 Nominee SFCS Award
    • Best Villain
    • Udo Kier (Michael)

Abraccine Prize (Brazilian Association of Film Critic Annual Prize)

  • Juliano Dornelles
    2019 Winner Abraccine Award
    • Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Brazil Online Film Award

  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee BOFA
    • Best Film
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2020 Nominee BOFA
    • Best Director
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    • Juliano Dornelles
  • Silvero Pereira in Queen Stars (2022)
    2020 Nominee BOFA
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Silvero Pereira
  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Nominee BOFA
    • Best Ensemble
  • Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Brian Townes, Julia Marie Peterson, Thomás Aquino, Silvero Pereira, Bárbara Colen, and Lia de Itamaracá in Bacurau (2019)
    2020 Winner BOFA
    • Brazilian Film of the Year

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