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The Wave (2008)

Awards

The Wave

9 wins & 8 nominations

European Film Awards

  • Locarno Film Festival 2003 - Press conference: Mein Name ist Bach (2003)
    2008 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • Jürgen Vogel
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Dennis Gansel in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
    2008 Nominee EFA People's Choice Award
    • Dennis Gansel

German Film Awards

  • 2008 Winner Film Award in Bronze
    • Outstanding Feature Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Christian Becker
  • Frederick Lau
    2008 Winner Film Award in Gold
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Nebenrolle)
    • Frederick Lau
  • 2008 Nominee Film Award in Gold
    • Best Editing (Bester Schnitt)
    • Ueli Christen

Istanbul Film Festival

  • Tommy Lee Jones and Dennis Gansel in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
    2008 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • Dennis Gansel

Sundance Film Festival

  • Tommy Lee Jones and Dennis Gansel in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
    2008 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Dramatic
    • Dennis Gansel

Golden Trailer Awards

  • The Wave (2008)
    2016 Winner Golden Trailer
    • Best Foreign Thriller Trailer
  • The Wave (2008)
    2008 Nominee Golden Trailer
    • Most Original Foreign Trailer

Undine Awards, Austria

  • Frederick Lau
    2008 Winner Undine Award
    • Best Young Character Actor (Bester jugendlicher Charakterdarsteller)
    • Frederick Lau
  • 2008 Nominee Undine Award
    • Best Young Supporting Actress - Film (Beste jugendliche Nebendarstellerin in einem Kinospielfilm)
    • Amelie Kiefer
  • Max Riemelt in We Are the Night (2010)
    2008 Winner Undine Award
    • Best Young Actor - Film (Bester jugendlicher Hauptdarsteller in einem Kinospielfilm)
    • Max Riemelt

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • Tommy Lee Jones and Dennis Gansel in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
    2008 Nominee Grand Prize
    • Dennis Gansel

Jupiter Award

  • Locarno Film Festival 2003 - Press conference: Mein Name ist Bach (2003)
    2009 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best German Actor
    • Jürgen Vogel
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Dennis Gansel in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
    2009 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best German Director
    • Dennis Gansel

Torino Film Festival

  • Tommy Lee Jones and Dennis Gansel in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
    2008 Nominee Prize of the City of Torino
    • Best Feature Film
    • Dennis Gansel
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Dennis Gansel in Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
    2008 Winner Holden Award for Best Script
    • Dennis Gansel
    • Peter Thorwarth
    The film describes with lucidity a juvenile scholastic microcosm that is very (perhaps too) organized and rationalized, revealing as the replica of an empty and cruel society.

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