List of awards and nominations for Brazilian films

List of major international awards nominations and wins for Brazilian films. Source: Internet Movie Database.

1950s

1959: Black Orpheus

  • Academy Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won, credited as being a French production)
  • Cannes International Film Festival
    • Palme d'Or (won)
  • BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film from Any Source (nominated, credited as being a French/Italian/Brazilian production)
  • Golden Globe
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won, credited as being a French production - tied with other 4 films)

1960s

1962: O Pagador de Promessas

  • Academy Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Cannes International Film Festival
    • Palme d'Or (won)
  • Cartagena Film Festival
    • Special Jury Prize (won)
  • San Francisco International Film Festival
    • Best Film (won)
    • Best MusicAL Score (won)

1980s

1981: Pixote

  • Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
    • Best Film (won)
    • Best Actress - Marília Pêra (won)
  • Golden Globe Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Locarno International Film Festival
    • Silver Leopard - Hector Babenco (won)
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
    • Best Foreign Film (won)
  • National Society of Film Critics Awards
    • Best Actress - Marília Pêra (won)
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won)
  • Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
    • OCIC Award (Honorable Mention) - Hector Babenco (won)

1990s

1995: O Quatrilho

  • Academy Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Havana Film Festival
    • Best Actress - Glória Pires (won)
    • Best Art Direction - Paulo Flaksman (won)
    • Best Music - Caetano Veloso & Jaques Morelenbaum (won)

1997: Four Days in September

  • Academy Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Berlin International Film Festival
    • Golden Bear (nominated)

1999: Central Station

  • Academy Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
    • Best Actress - Fernanda Montenegro (nominated)
  • Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
    • Best Foreign Film
  • BAFTA Film Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Berlin International Film Festival
    • Golden Bear (won)
    • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (won)
    • Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress - Fernanda Montenegro (won)
  • César Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Golden Globe Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won)
    • Best Actress, Motion Picture Drama - Fernanda Montenegro (nominated)
  • Havana Film Festival
    • Best Actress - Fernanda Montenegro (won)
    • Glauber Rocha Award, Special Mention - Walter Salles (won)
    • Award of the Havana University (won)
    • Special Jury Prize (won)
    • Special Mention for the Child Actor Vinícius de Oliveira (won)
  • Independent Spirit Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
    • Best Actress - Fernanda Montenegro (won)
  • National Board of Review
    • Best Actress - Fernanda Montenegro (nominated)
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won)
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival
    • Audience Award (won)
    • Youth Jury Award (won)
  • Satellite Awards
    • Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language (won)
    • Best Actress, Motion Picture Drama - Fernanda Montenegro (nominated)
    • Best Original Motion Picture Screenplay - João Emanuel Carneiro e Marcos Bernstein (nominated)

2000s

2003: City of God

  • Academy Awards
    • Best Cinematography - César Charlone (nominated)
    • Best Director - Fernando Meirelles (nominated)
    • Best Editing - Daniel Rezende (nominated)
    • Best Adapted Screenplay - Bráulio Mantovani (nominated)
  • BAFTA Film Awards
    • Best Editing - Daniel Rezende (won)
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Golden Globe Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • Independent Spirit Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won)
  • Satellite Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won)
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
    • Best Foreign Language Film (won)
  • Toronto International Film Festival
    • Visions Award, Special Citation - Fernando Meirelles (won)

2002: Carandiru

  • Cannes Film Festival
    • Palme d'Or (nominated)