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Naomi Kawase in Hanezu (2011)

Awards

Naomi Kawase

26 wins & 42 nominations

Amiens International Film Festival

  • Suzaku (1997)
    1997 Winner Golden Unicorn
    • Best Film
    • Suzaku

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

  • The Firefly (2001)
    2001 Nominee Best Film
    • The Firefly

Cannes Film Festival

  • Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A (2022)
    2022 Nominee Golden Eye
    • Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A
  • Radiance (2017)
    2017 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Radiance
  • Radiance (2017)
    2017 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
    • Radiance
    "Misako, a young woman who provides audio-description, renders films more accessible for blind people. It is through poetry that this masterpiece allows us to pay more attention, to watch and listen to the world around us. The film allows for new conversations and inspires a broadening of the mind to understand others better. Hikari explores the responsibility, resilience, hope, and the possibility, even for those in the dark, to see the light."
  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Sweet Bean
  • Still the Water (2014)
    2014 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Still the Water

Chicago International Film Festival

  • True Mothers (2020)
    2020 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • True Mothers
  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Sweet Bean
  • Suzaku (1997)
    1997 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Film
    • Suzaku

Cork International Film Festival

  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Winner Audience Award
    • International
    • Sweet Bean

Denver Film Festival

  • Radiance (2017)
    2017 Nominee Krzysztof Kieslowski Award
    • Best Film
    • Radiance

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Vision (2018)
    2018 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Vision

Fribourg International Film Festival

  • True Mothers (2020)
    2021 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • True Mothers
  • True Mothers (2020)
    2021 Winner Ecumenical Jury Award
    • Feature Film
    • True Mothers

Haifa International Film Festival

  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Winner Carmel Award
    • Special Mention
    • Sweet Bean
    Jury statement: "The film uses patience, tolerance and attention to detail in the poetic story of an elderly Japanese woman looking to give and receive love and mercy in her last days. A little-big film, full of compassion and love for its characters."
  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Nominee Carmel Award
    • Best International Film
    • Sweet Bean

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • True Mothers (2020)
    2021 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Director
    • True Mothers
  • True Mothers (2020)
    2021 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Cinematography
    • True Mothers
    Shared with: Yûta Tsukinaga · Naoki Sakakibara

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • Birth/Mother (2006)
    2006 Winner Special Mention of the Opus Bonum Jury
    • Birth/Mother
  • Birth/Mother (2006)
    2006 Nominee Best World Documentary
    • Birth/Mother

Locarno Film Festival

  • Birth/Mother (2006)
    2006 Winner Special Mention - Filmmakers of the Present
    • Birth/Mother
  • Birth/Mother (2006)
    2006 Nominee Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present
    • Birth/Mother
  • Hotaru (2000)
    2000 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Hotaru
    For the intensity and originality of its personal and universal approach towards the conflict between tradition and modernity.
  • Hotaru (2000)
    2000 Winner C.I.C.A.E. Award
    • Hotaru
  • Hotaru (2000)
    2000 Nominee Golden Leopard
    • Hotaru

Melbourne International Film Festival

  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Sweet Bean
    3rd Runner-up

Munich Film Festival

  • Still the Water (2014)
    2014 Nominee ARRI/OSRAM Award
    • Best International Film
    • Still the Water

RiverRun International Film Festival

  • Still the Water (2014)
    2015 Winner Jury Prize
    • Peter Brunette Award for Best Director
    • Still the Water
  • Genpin (2010)
    2011 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Cinematography, Documentary
    • Genpin

International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Radiance (2017)
    2018 Nominee Netpac Award
    • Radiance
  • Suzaku (1997)
    1997 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Suzaku
  • Suzaku (1997)
    1997 Nominee Tiger Award
    • Suzaku

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • True Mothers (2020)
    2020 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Best Film
    • True Mothers
  • Vision (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Seashell
    • Best Film
    • Vision

Singapore International Film Festival

  • Suzaku (1997)
    1997 Nominee Silver Screen Award
    • Best Asian Feature Film
    • Suzaku

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Feature Film
    • Sweet Bean

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Radiance (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Radiance
  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Winner Best Director
    • Best Director
    • Sweet Bean
  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Sweet Bean
  • The Mourning Forest (2007)
    2007 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • The Mourning Forest
  • Suzaku (1997)
    1997 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Suzaku

Oslo Films from the South Festival

  • True Mothers (2020)
    2020 Winner Silver Mirror Award
    • Honorable Mention
    • True Mothers
  • True Mothers (2020)
    2020 Nominee Silver Mirror Award
    • Best Feature
    • True Mothers

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

  • Birth/Mother (2006)
    2007 Winner Special Prize
    • Birth/Mother
    The jury decided to award the Special Prize to Tarachime, which depicts with surprising violence and tenderness the eternal flow of life.
  • Birth/Mother (2006)
    2007 Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
    • Birth/Mother
  • The Weald (1997)
    1997 Nominee Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize
    • The Weald
  • Uno Kawase in Katatsumori (1994)
    1995 Winner New Asian Currents - Award of Excellence
    • Katatsumori
  • Uno Kawase in Ni tsutsumarete (1992)
    1995 Winner FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention
    • Ni tsutsumarete

CPH:DOX

  • Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta (2009)
    2009 Nominee New Vision Award
    • Sinergias: Diálogos entre Naomi Kawase y Isaki Lacuesta
    Shared with: Isaki Lacuesta
  • Birth/Mother (2006)
    2006 Winner New Vision Award
    • Birth/Mother
    Long film.

Mainichi Film Concours

  • True Mothers (2020)
    2021 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Director
    • True Mothers

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • The Mourning Forest (2007)
    2007 Winner Netpac Award
    • The Mourning Forest
    For its vivid depiction of the symbolic relationship between humanity and nature, as well as for its heartrending examination of loss, guilt, sorrow and ultimately, catharsis.

Dubai International Film Festival

  • Genpin (2010)
    2010 Nominee Muhr AsiaAfrica Award
    • Documentary
    • Genpin

Sakhalin International Film Festival

  • Still the Water (2014)
    2014 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Still the Water

Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries

  • Still the Water (2014)
    2014 Winner Grand Prix
    • Still the Water

Valletta Film Festival

  • Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, and Kyara Uchida in Sweet Bean (2015)
    2015 Winner Triton Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Sweet Bean
    None

Hainan International Film Festival

  • True Mothers (2020)
    2020 Nominee Golden Coconut
    • Best Feature Film
    • True Mothers
  • True Mothers (2020)
    2020 3rd Place Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film-Golden Coconut
    • True Mothers

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Sharasôju (2003)
    2004 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Sharasôju
    Fifth Place

Días de Cine Awards

  • Still the Water (2014)
    2016 2nd Place Días de Cine Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Still the Water
    2nd place

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