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Hector Babenco at an event for Carandiru (2003)

Awards

Hector Babenco

24 wins & 20 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
    1986 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman

Cannes Film Festival

  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Carandiru
  • Foolish Heart (1998)
    1998 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Foolish Heart
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
    1985 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman

Cartagena Film Festival

  • Carandiru (2003)
    2004 Winner Golden India Catalina
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • Carandiru

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Words with Gods (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • Audience Choice Award
    • Words with Gods
    Shared with: Guillermo Arriaga · Álex de la Iglesia · Bahman Ghobadi · Amos Gitai · Emir Kusturica · Mira Nair · Hideo Nakata · Warwick Thornton

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Carandiru (2003)
    2004 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Carandiru
    Tied with Jorge Furtado for The Man Who Copied (2003).
  • Carandiru (2003)
    2004 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted (Melhor Roteiro Adaptado)
    • Carandiru
    Shared with: Fernando Bonassi · Victor Navas
  • Foolish Heart (1998)
    2000 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Foolish Heart

Gramado Film Festival

  • Hector Babenco at an event for Carandiru (2003)
    2005 Winner Eduardo Abelin Trophy
  • Reginaldo Faria in Lucio Flavio (1977)
    1978 Nominee Golden Kikito
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Lucio Flavio

Havana Film Festival

  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Carandiru
  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Winner Audience Award
    • Carandiru
  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Winner OCIC Award
    • Carandiru
  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Winner Saúl Yelín Award
    • Carandiru
  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Winner Glauber Rocha Award
    • Carandiru

Locarno Film Festival

  • Pixote (1980)
    1981 Winner Silver Leopard
    • Pixote

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • Pixote (1980)
    1981 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Pixote

Moscow International Film Festival

  • Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in Ironweed (1987)
    1989 Nominee Golden St. George
    • Ironweed

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Pixote (1980)
    1982 3rd Place NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Pixote

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Pixote (1980)
    1981 Winner OCIC Award - Honorable Mention
    • Pixote

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Hector Babenco at an event for Carandiru (2003)
    2013 Winner Leon Cakoff Prize
  • Hector Babenco at an event for Carandiru (2003)
    2011 Winner Itamaraty Special Award
  • Reginaldo Faria in Lucio Flavio (1977)
    1977 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Lucio Flavio

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Reginaldo Faria in Lucio Flavio (1977)
    1978 Nominee Golden Charybdis
    • Lucio Flavio

Tokyo International Film Festival

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
    1985 Winner Special Jury Distinguished Award
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman

USC Scripter Award

  • Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Kathy Bates, John Lithgow, Aidan Quinn, and Tom Waits in At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
    1992 Nominee USC Scripter Award
    • At Play in the Fields of the Lord
    Shared with: Jean-Claude Carrière · Peter Matthiessen

Amanda Awards, Norway

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
    1986 Nominee Amanda
    • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman

Bangkok International Film Festival

  • Carandiru (2003)
    2004 Nominee Golden Kinnaree Award
    • Best Film
    • Carandiru

Rome Film Fest

  • The Past (2007)
    2007 Nominee Golden Marc'Aurelio Award
    • The Past

Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil

  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Nominee Prêmio Qualidade
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor - São Paulo)
    • Carandiru
  • Carandiru (2003)
    2003 Nominee Prêmio Qualidade
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor - Rio de Janeiro)
    • Carandiru

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina

  • The Past (2007)
    2008 Nominee Award of the Argentinean Academy
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted (Mejor Guión Adaptado)
    • The Past
    Shared with: Marta Goes

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
    1987 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Pixote (1980)
    1981 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Pixote
  • Reginaldo Faria in Lucio Flavio (1977)
    1979 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Lucio Flavio

ACIE Awards, Brazil

  • Carandiru (2003)
    2004 Nominee ACIE Award
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Carandiru
  • Carandiru (2003)
    2004 Winner ACIE Award
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Carandiru

FOCAL International Awards

  • Pixote (1980)
    2019 Winner FOCAL Award
    • Best Archive Restoration/Preservation Title
    • Pixote

Prêmio Guarani

  • The Past (2007)
    2008 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Foreign Film
    • The Past
  • Foolish Heart (1998)
    2000 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Director
    • Foolish Heart
  • Foolish Heart (1998)
    2000 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Screenplay
    • Foolish Heart
    Shared with: Ricardo Piglia

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