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Awards for
City of God (2002) More at IMDbPro »Cidade de Deus (original title)

ABC Cinematography Award
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won ABC Trophy Feature Film - Best Art Direction (Melhor Direção de Arte)
Tulé Peak
Feature Film - Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia de Longa-metragem)
César Charlone
Feature Film - Best Sound (Melhor Som)
Guilherme Ayrosa (sound)
Paulo Ricardo Nunes (sound)
Martín Hernández (sound editor)
Alessandro Laroca (sound editor)
Rudy Pi (sound mixer)
Adam Sawelson (sound mixer)
 
AFI Fest
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Audience Award Best International Feature Film
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund
 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Oscar Best Cinematography
César Charlone
Best Director
Fernando Meirelles
Best Film Editing
Daniel Rezende
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Bráulio Mantovani
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Editing
Daniel Rezende
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Fernando Meirelles
 
Black Reel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Black Reel Special Achievement - Foreign Film
(Miramax Films).
 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund
 
British Independent Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won British Independent Film Award Best Foreign Independent Film
 
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Foreign-Language Film
 
Brothers Manaki International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Silver Camera 300 César Charlone
Student Jury Award César Charlone
 
Camerimage
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Golden Frog César Charlone
 
Cartagena Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Golden India Catalina Best Director (Mejor Director)
Fernando Meirelles
Best Film (Mejor Película)
Fernando Meirelles
 
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won COFCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film
 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won CFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil.
 
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia)
César Charlone
Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
Fernando Meirelles
Best Editing (Melhor Montagem)
Daniel Rezende
Best Picture (Melhor Filme)
Best Screenplay, Adapted (Melhor Roteiro Adaptado)
Bráulio Mantovani
Best Sound (Melhor Som)
Guilherme Ayrosa
Paulo Ricardo Nunes
Alessandro Laroca
Alejandro Quevedo
Carlos Honc
Roland N. Thai
Rudy Pi
Adam Sawelson
Nominated Cinema Brazil Grand Prize Best Actor (Melhor Ator)
Leandro Firmino
Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
Roberta Rodrigues
Best Art Direction (Melhor Direção de Arte)
Tulé Peak
Best Costume Design (Melhor Figurino)
Bia Salgado
Inês Salgado
Best Make-Up (Melhor Maquiagem)
Anna Van Steen
Best Music (Melhor Trilha Sonora)
Antonio Pinto
Ed Côrtes
Best Supporting Actor (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante)
Jonathan Haagensen
Best Supporting Actor (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante)
Douglas Silva
Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
Alice Braga
Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
Graziela Moretto
 
Cinemanila International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Grand Jury Prize Fernando Meirelles
Tied with Blessing Bell (2002).
 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won DFWFCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film
 
Directors Guild of Great Britain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated DGGB Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film
Fernando Meirelles
 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Screen International Award Fernando Meirelles
Brazil.
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil.
 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Trailer Best Foreign Independent
(Miramax Films).
 
Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Audience Award Ibero-American Competition
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund
 
Havana Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Award of the Havana University Fernando Meirelles
Best Actor Matheus Nachtergaele
Seu Jorge
Alexandre Rodrigues
Leandro Firmino
Phellipe Haagensen
Jonathan Haagensen
Douglas Silva
To the male acting ensemble.
Best Cinematography César Charlone
Best Editing Daniel Rezende
Cuban Press Association Award Fernando Meirelles
FIPRESCI Prize Fernando Meirelles
For approaching the explosive theme of social exclusion, using an ambitious, complex and involving style of narration, without moralising or condoning violence.
Glauber Rocha Award Fernando Meirelles
Grand Coral - First Prize Fernando Meirelles
Tied with Suddenly (2002).
OCIC Award Fernando Meirelles
 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
Fernando Meirelles
- Brazil.
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Fernando Meirelles
 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Sierra Award Best Foreign Film
 
Lima Latin American Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Elcine First Prize Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 2nd place LAFCA Award Best Foreign Film
Fernando Meirelles
 
Marrakech International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Best Director Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund
Nominated Golden Star Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund
 
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
Martín Hernández (supervising sound editor)
Roland N. Thai (supervising sound editor)
Alessandro Laroca (supervising dialogue editor)
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won NBR Award Top Foreign Films
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won NYFCC Award Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil.
 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won OFCS Award Best Foreign Language Film
Nominated OFCS Award Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Fernando Meirelles
Best Picture
 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won PFCS Award Best Foreign Language Film
 
Prism Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Prism Award Theatrical Feature Film
 
Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Prêmio Qualidade Best Actor (Melhor Ator - Rio de Janeiro)
Leandro Firmino
Tied with Paulo Miklos for O Invasor (2002).
Best Director (Melhor Diretor - Rio de Janeiro)
Fernando Meirelles
Best Director (Melhor Diretor - São Paulo)
Fernando Meirelles
Best Film (Melhor Filme - Rio de Janeiro)
Best Film (Melhor Filme - São Paulo)
Best Supporting Actor (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante - Rio de Janeiro)
Matheus Nachtergaele
 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
Kátia Lund (director)
Fernando Meirelles (director)
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Brazil.
 
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won SEFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil/France/USA.
 
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Grand Prize of the Critics Cinema (Cinema)
For the cast.
 
Tokyo International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Tokyo Grand Prix Fernando Meirelles
 
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won TFCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film
 
Toronto International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Visions Award - Special Citation Fernando Meirelles
 
Uruguay International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Special Jury Award Fernando Meirelles
 
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won VFCC Award Best Foreign Language Film
Brazil.
 
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Director
Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund
Best Film
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Bráulio Mantovani
 
World Soundtrack Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won World Soundtrack Award Discovery of the Year
Antonio Pinto
 

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