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Pema Tseden

Awards

Pema Tseden

65 wins & 68 nominations

Amiens International Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner Prix étudiant fiction
    • Balloon

Tromsø International Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Winner Faith in Film Award
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee Aurora Award
    • Jinpa

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner Silver Hugo
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon
    "The Award for Best Screenplay goes to Balloon by Pema Tseden. The film is a gorgeously intimate family drama mixed with humor and sorrow which surprised and moved the jury while bringing us closer to one of the most rural areas in the world."

Fribourg International Film Festival

  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Jinpa

Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Jinpa (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Director
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Jinpa
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Horse Award
    • Best Director
    • Tharlo
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2015 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Tharlo

Golden Rooster Awards

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Nominee Golden Rooster
    • Best Screenplay
    • Snow Leopard
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2017 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Small and Medium Budget Film
    • Tharlo
  • The Silent Holy Stones (2005)
    2005 Winner Golden Rooster
    • Best Directorial Debut
    • The Silent Holy Stones

Hong Kong International Film Festival

  • Old Dog (2011)
    2011 Winner Golden DV Award
    • Old Dog

Locarno Film Festival

  • The Search (2009)
    2009 Nominee Golden Leopard
    • The Search

Nantes Three Continents Festival

  • The Search (2009)
    2009 Nominee Golden Montgolfiere
    • The Search

Huabiao Film Awards

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2025 Winner Huabiao Film Award
    • Outstanding Ethnic Minority Film
    • Snow Leopard

Pusan International Film Festival

  • The Silent Holy Stones (2005)
    2005 Nominee New Currents Award
    • The Silent Holy Stones

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee China Movie Channel Media Award
    • Best Film
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Winner China Movie Channel Media Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Winner China Movie Channel Media Award
    • Best Director
    • Balloon
  • The Sacred Arrow (2014)
    2014 Nominee Golden Goblet
    • Best Film
    • The Sacred Arrow
  • The Search (2009)
    2009 Nominee Golden Goblet
    • Best Film
    • The Search

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2023 Winner Tokyo Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Snow Leopard

Venice Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Nominee Venice Horizons Award
    • Best Film
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner Sfera 1932 Award - Special Mention
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2018 Winner Venice Horizons Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2018 Nominee Venice Horizons Award
    • Best Film
    • Jinpa
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2015 Nominee Venice Horizons Award
    • Best Film
    • Tharlo

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • The Search (2009)
    2009 Nominee Competition 1-2 Award
    • The Search

Oslo Films from the South Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Nominee Silver Mirror Award
    • Best Feature
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Balloon

Vesoul Asian Film Festival

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Winner Golden Wheel
    • Best Film
    • Snow Leopard
  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Winner INALCO Jury Award
    • Snow Leopard
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Winner Golden Wheel
    • Best Film
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Winner INALCO Jury Award - Special Mention
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Winner Critics Jury Award
    • Jinpa

Cabourg Romantic Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Winner Special Mention
    • International Competition
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Balloon

Bangkok International Film Festival

  • The Search (2009)
    2009 Nominee Golden Kinnaree Award
    • The Search
  • The Search (2009)
    2009 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • The Search

Changchun Film Festival

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Nominee Golden Deer
    • Best Director
    • Snow Leopard
  • The Silent Holy Stones (2005)
    2006 Nominee Golden Deer
    • Best Director
    • The Silent Holy Stones

International Film Festival of India

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Nominee Golden Peacock
    • Best Film
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Balloon

Asian Film Awards

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Snow Leopard
  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Jinpa

Beijing Student Film Festival

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2025 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Snow Leopard
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2020 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Jinpa
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2016 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Director
    • Tharlo
  • The Silent Holy Stones (2005)
    2006 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Directorial Debut
    • The Silent Holy Stones

Shanghai Film Critics Awards

  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Winner Film of Merit
    • Top Ten Films
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2020 Winner Film of Merit
    • Top Ten Films
    • Jinpa
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2017 Winner Film of Merit
    • Top Ten Films
    • Tharlo

Tokyo FILMeX

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner Grand Prize
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2018 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2018 Nominee Grand Prize
    • Jinpa
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2015 Winner Grand Prize
    • Tharlo
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2015 Winner Student Jury Prize
    • Tharlo

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2023 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Film
    • Snow Leopard
    Shared with: Lei Wang
  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2023 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Snow Leopard
  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon
  • Yangchan Lhamo in River (2015)
    2015 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Youth Feature Film
    • River
    For realising a child's special vision of humanity through an expression at once serene, spiritual and cinematic.
    Shared with: Sangye · Alexandra Sun · Qingchun Du

Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner Jaeger - LeCoultre Best Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Balloon

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

  • Tharlo (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Hanoman Award
    • Tharlo

New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland

  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Jinpa

Chinese Film Media Awards

  • Tharlo (2015)
    2017 Nominee China Film Media Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Tharlo
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2017 Winner China Film Media Award
    • Best Director
    • Tharlo
  • The Silent Holy Stones (2005)
    2007 Nominee China Film Media Award
    • Best New Director
    • The Silent Holy Stones

China Film Director's Guild Awards

  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Winner China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Director
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Picture
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2020 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Jinpa
  • The Sacred Arrow (2014)
    2015 Nominee China Film Directors' Guild Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Sacred Arrow

Asian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon

Huading Award

  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Winner Huading Award
    • Best Directing for a Motion Picture
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Nominee Huading Award
    • Best Writing for a Motion Picture
    • Balloon

Guangzhou Student Film Festival

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Snow Leopard
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Director
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Director
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Screenplay
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Winner Students' Choice Award
    • Favorite Independent Film
    • Jinpa

Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner New Asian Cinema
    • Best Film
    • Balloon
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2016 Winner New Asian Cinema
    • NETPAC Award
    • Tharlo
  • Tharlo (2015)
    2016 Nominee New Asian Cinema
    • Best Film
    • Tharlo

International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Winner Youth Jury - Fiction
    • Youth Jury Prize
    • Balloon

Asian Film Festival Barcelona

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Winner Official Section Award
    • Best Film
    • Balloon

Hainan International Film Festival

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2023 Nominee Golden Coconut
    • Best Feature Film
    • Snow Leopard
  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2023 Winner Golden Coconut
    • Best Director
    • Snow Leopard
  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Winner Golden Coconut
    • Best Feature Film
    • Balloon

Pingyao International Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2019 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Best of Fest - Best Film
    • Balloon

China Film Critics Association Award

  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Winner China Film Critics Award
    • Top Ten Films
    • Jinpa

Writers Guild of China Film Association

  • Balloon (2019)
    2022 Winner WGC Award
    • Outstanding Screenplay
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2020 Winner WGC Award
    • Outstanding Screenplay
    • Jinpa

Chinese Film (Ningbo·Cixi) Festival

  • Tharlo (2015)
    2017 Winner CCF Award
    • Outstanding Film
    • Tharlo

Mi Ying Spirit Movie Award

  • Tharlo (2015)
    2016 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Tharlo

Sir Movie Cultural And Entertainment Industry Award

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Director in a Motion Picture
    • Balloon

CinemAsia Film Festival

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Balloon

Academy Award of Beijing Film Academy

  • Jinpa (2018)
    2020 Winner Academy Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Jinpa

NEW ERA FILM FESTIVAL

  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee New Wave Unit
    • Best Film
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2019 Nominee New Wave Unit
    • Best Director
    • Jinpa

IFeng Film and TV Award

  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee IFeng Award
    • Best Directing for a Motion Picture
    • Balloon

Allywood Film Critics Association Awards

  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Winner Golden Elm Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon

Golden Screenwriters' Night

  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Nominee Film Unit
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon

China Movie Channel Award

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Nominee China Movie Channel Award
    • Most Popular Director
    • Snow Leopard
  • Balloon (2019)
    2020 Nominee M Ranking
    • Director of the Year
    • Balloon

Golden Carp Film Award

  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Winner Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Director
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Film
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Winner Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • Balloon
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2020 Nominee Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Director
    • Jinpa
  • Jinpa (2018)
    2020 Winner Chinese Film Competition
    • Best Screenplay
    • Jinpa

Youth Film Manual Annual Award

  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Snow Leopard
  • Snow Leopard (2023)
    2024 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Top Ten Films
    • Snow Leopard
  • Pema Tseden
    2023 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Film Award
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Winner Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Director
    • Balloon
  • Balloon (2019)
    2021 Nominee Youth Film Manual Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Balloon

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