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Victor Kossakovsky at an event for Aquarela (2018)

Awards

Victor Kossakovsky

31 wins & 49 nominations

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee ASC Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Documentary Film
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

  • Lyudmila Stanukinas in Pavel i Lyalya (1999)
    1998 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Pavel i Lyalya
  • Belovy (1992)
    1993 Winner Joris Ivens Award
    • Belovy
  • Belovy (1992)
    1993 Winner Wisselzak Trophy
    • Belovy

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Architecton (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • Architecton
  • Architecton (2024)
    2024 Nominee Berlinale Documentary Award
    • Architecton
  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee Berlinale Documentary Award
    • Gunda
  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee Encounters Award
    • Gunda

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Tishe! (2003)
    2003 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary
    • Tishe!

Cinéma du Réel

  • Svyato (2005)
    2006 Winner Libraries Award - Mention
    • Svyato
    For the diversity and originality of these three ways of approaching reality.

Cork International Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2013 Nominee Audience Award
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Edinburgh International Film Festival

  • Sreda (1997)
    1997 Winner Documentary Award
    • Sreda

European Film Awards

  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Documentary
    • Gunda
  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2011 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Documentary
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!
  • Tishe! (2003)
    2003 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Documentary
    • Tishe!

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen

German Camera Award

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Winner German Camera Award
    • Best Cinematography (Kamerapreis)
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Guadalajara International Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Winner Mayahuel Award
    • Best Documentary - Ibero-American Jury
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Hong Kong International Film Festival

  • Architecton (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Firebird Award
    • Documentary
    • Architecton

International Documentary Association

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Anita Rehoff Larsen

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • Victor Kossakovsky at an event for Aquarela (2018)
    1999 Winner Contribution to World Cinema
    Tied with Viola Stephan.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Sreda (1997)
    1997 Winner Award of Honour
    • Sreda
    Tied with The Matter of the Heart (1996).

Leipzig DOK Festival

  • Lyudmila Stanukinas in Pavel i Lyalya (1999)
    1998 Winner Honorary Diploma
    • Pavel i Lyalya
  • Lyudmila Stanukinas in Pavel i Lyalya (1999)
    1998 Winner 'Findling' Award of the IVFK
    • Pavel i Lyalya

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2011 Nominee Best Film
    • International Competition
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2011 Winner Golden Centaur Award
    • Grand Prix
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!
  • Belovy (1992)
    1993 Winner Golden Centaur Award
    • Belovy

Munich Film Festival

  • Sreda (1997)
    1997 Winner One Future Prize
    • Sreda

Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest)

  • Tishe! (2003)
    2003 Winner Documentary Film Award of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation
    • Tishe!

Nika Awards

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2013 Nominee Nika
    • Best Documentary
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!
  • Tishe! (2003)
    2004 Nominee Nika
    • Best Documentary
    • Tishe!
  • 2002 Nominee Nika
    • Best Documentary
    • I Loved You
  • Lyudmila Stanukinas in Pavel i Lyalya (1999)
    1999 Nominee Nika
    • Best Documentary
    • Pavel i Lyalya
  • Sreda (1997)
    1998 Winner Nika
    • Best Documentary
    • Sreda

Russian Guild of Film Critics

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Winner White Elephant
    • Best Documentary
    • Gunda
  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2013 Winner White Elephant
    • Best Documentary
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Winner Bronze Horse
    • Best Documentary
    • Gunda

SXSW Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Nominee Audience Award
    • SXGlobal
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Bergen International Film Festival

  • Architecton (2024)
    2024 Nominee Documentaire Extraordinaire
    • Architecton
  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee Best Norwegian Documentary
    • Gunda
  • Aquarela (2018)
    2019 Nominee Documentaire Extraordinaire
    • Aquarela

Athens International Film Festival

  • Architecton (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Athena
    • Best Documentary
    • Architecton

Nordic Council

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee Nordic Council's Film Prize
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Anita Rehoff Larsen

Amanda Awards, Norway

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Winner Amanda
    • Best Cinematography (Årets foto)
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen

Tribeca Film Festival

  • Tishe! (2003)
    2003 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Documentary > 2 Feature
    • Tishe!

Sofia International Film Festival

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Winner Special Mention
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Gunda

Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Winner WWF Award
    • Habitat
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Nordisk Panorama

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee Nordic Documentary Film Award
    • Best Nordic Documentary
    • Gunda

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Nominee Sheffield Innovation Award
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Nominee International Feature-Length Documentary
    • Merit Prize
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Silverdocs Documentary Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Winner Cinematic Vision Award
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Golden Eagle Awards, Russia

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2013 Nominee Golden Eagle
    • Best Non-Fiction Film
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Winner Dublin Film Critics Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen

Reykjavik International Film Festival

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Winner Environmental Award
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!
  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2011 Winner Riff Environmental Award
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

True/False Film Fest

  • ¡Vivan las antípodas! (2011)
    2012 Winner True Vision Award
    • Documentary
    • ¡Vivan las antípodas!

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Direction
    • Gunda
  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen
  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Anita Rehoff Larsen
  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Editing
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Ainara Vera
  • Aquarela (2018)
    2020 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
    • Aquarela

DocsBarcelona, ES

  • Aquarela (2018)
    2019 Nominee DocsBarcelona TV3 Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Aquarela

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Gunda (2020)
    2022 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Documentary - International Competition
    • Gunda
  • Gunda (2020)
    2022 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Editing - International Competition
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Ainara Vera
  • Gunda (2020)
    2022 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Best Cinematography - International Competition
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

  • Gunda (2020)
    2021 Nominee Green Dox
    • Gunda
  • Aquarela (2018)
    2019 Nominee Green Dox
    • Aquarela

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Gunda
    Tied with Vladimír Smutný for The Painted Bird (2019) in 10th place
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Egil Håskjold Larsen
  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Editing
    • Gunda
    Shared with: Ainara Vera
  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • Gunda
  • Aquarela (2018)
    2019 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Aquarela
    Shared with: Ben Bernhard

Nordic Docs

  • Sports Kids: Varicella (2015)
    2016 Winner Best Documentary under 30 minutes
    • Nordic/Docs Beste Dokumentarfilm (kort lengde, under 30 min)
    • Sports Kids: Varicella

El Gouna Film Festival

  • Aquarela (2018)
    2018 Winner Golden Star
    • Feature Documentary Competition
    • Aquarela

La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival

  • Gunda (2020)
    2020 Nominee Grand Prix du Jury
    • Compétition internationale
    • Gunda

Message to Man International Film Festival

  • Belovy (1992)
    1993 Winner Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Belovy

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