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")

*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 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

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)

*Sao 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