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)

1986: Hour of the Star

• Berlin International Film Festival
  • Golden Bear (nominated)
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress - Marcelia Cartaxo (won)
• Havana Film Festival
  • Grand Coral - First Prize (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)
• Argentine 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 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

2002: Carandiru

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

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)

2007: A Casa de Alice

• Havana International Film Festival
  • Best Opera Prima - Chico Teixeira (won)
• Fribourg Film Festival
  • Best Film "Le Regard d'Or" (won)
• Guadalajara International Film Festival
  • Special Jury Prize Best Film, Best Actress, FIPRESCI (won)
• Chicago International Film Festival
  • Silver Plaque - Chico Teixeira (won)
• Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
  • Best Actress - Carla Ribas (won)
• São Paulo International Film Festival
  • Best Actress - Carla Ribas (won)
• Miami International Film Festival
  • Best Actress - Carla Ribas (won)

2008: Tropa de Elite

• Berlin International Film Festival
  • Golden Bear Winner