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Ousmane Sembène

Awards

Ousmane Sembène

22 wins & 11 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Outsiders (1977)
    1977 Winner Interfilm Award
    • Forum of New Cinema
    • Outsiders
  • Emitai (1971)
    1972 Winner OCIC Award - Recommendation
    • Forum of New Film
    • Emitai

Cannes Film Festival

  • Ousmane Sembène
    2005 Winner Golden Coach
  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2004 Winner Un Certain Regard Award
    • Moolaadé
  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2004 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
    • Moolaadé

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2004 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Moolaadé

European Film Awards

  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2004 Nominee Screen International Award
    • Moolaadé
    Burkina Faso/Morocco/Tunesia/Cameroon

Fribourg International Film Festival

  • Faat Kiné (2001)
    2001 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Faat Kiné

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

  • Ousmane Sembène
    1996 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Xala (1975)
    1976 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • Xala
    Tied with Vilna zona (1975).

Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival

  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2005 Winner Jury Award
    • Moolaadé

Moscow International Film Festival

  • Ousmane Sembène
    1979 Winner Honorary Prize
    For the contribution to the cinema.
  • Outsiders (1977)
    1977 Nominee Golden Prize
    • Outsiders
  • Xala (1975)
    1975 Nominee Golden Prize
    • Xala
  • Emitai (1971)
    1971 Winner Silver Prize
    • Emitai
  • Emitai (1971)
    1971 Nominee Golden Prize
    • Emitai

Prix Jean Vigo

  • Mbissine Thérèse Diop in Black Girl (1966)
    1966 Winner Prix Jean Vigo
    • Feature Film
    • Black Girl

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Ousmane Sembène
    1993 Winner Akira Kurosawa Award

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Mandabi (1968)
    1969 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Mandabi

Venice Film Festival

  • Guelwaar (1992)
    1992 Winner The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
    • Guelwaar
  • Guelwaar (1992)
    1992 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Guelwaar
  • The Camp at Thiaroye (1988)
    1988 Winner Grand Special Jury Prize
    • The Camp at Thiaroye
    Shared with: Thierno Faty Sow
  • The Camp at Thiaroye (1988)
    1988 Winner UNICEF Award
    • The Camp at Thiaroye
    Shared with: Thierno Faty Sow
  • The Camp at Thiaroye (1988)
    1988 Winner New Cinema Award
    • The Camp at Thiaroye
    Shared with: Thierno Faty Sow

Marrakech International Film Festival

  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2004 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Moolaadé
    Tied with Electric Shadows (2004).
  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2004 Nominee Golden Star
    • Moolaadé

Carthage Film Festival

  • Mbissine Thérèse Diop in Black Girl (1966)
    1966 Winner Tanit d'Or
    • Black Girl

British Film Institute Awards

  • Ousmane Sembène
    2005 Winner BFI Fellowship

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Moolaadé (2003)
    2005 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • Moolaadé

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