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City of God

Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival
2002
Academy Awards
2004 | Nominee: Best Director
Academy Awards
2004 | Nominee: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards
2004 | Nominee: Best Cinematography
Academy Awards
2004 | Nominee: Best Film Editing
Independent Spirit Awards
2004 | Nominee: Best Foreign Film
Toronto International Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Visions Award - Special Citation
Village Voice Film Poll
2003 | 3rd place: Best Screenplay
National Board of Review
2002 | Winner: Top Foreign Films
BAFTA Awards
2003 | Winner: Best Editing
BAFTA Awards
2003 | Nominee: Best Film not in the English Language
Golden Globes (USA)
2003 | Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2003 | Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2004 | 2nd place: Best Foreign Film
European Film Awards
2002 | Nominee: Screen International Award
AFI Fest
2002 | Winner: Audience Award (Latin Cinema Series)
AFI Fest
2002 | Winner: Best International Feature Film (Audience Award)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2003 | Winner: Best Foreign-Language Film
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2004 | Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2004 | Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
British Independent Film Awards
2003 | Winner: Best Foreign Independent Film
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2004 | Nominee: Best Foreign Director
Bodil Awards
2004 | Nominee: Best Non-American Film
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2003 | Winner: Grand Jury Prize
Cartagena Film Festival
2003 | Winner: Best Film
Cartagena Film Festival
2003 | Winner: Best Director
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Cuban Press Association Award
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: FIPRESCI Prize
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Award of the Havana University
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Glauber Rocha Award
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Best Actor
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Grand Coral - First Prize
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Best Cinematography
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: OCIC Award
Havana Film Festival
2002 | Winner: Best Editing
Camerimage
2003 | Winner: Golden Frog