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Jan Švankmajer

Awards

Jan Švankmajer

38 wins & 21 nominations

American Cinema Foundation, USA

  • Jan Švankmajer
    2001 Winner Andrzej Wajda Freedom Award

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

  • Alice (1988)
    1989 Winner Feature Film Award
    • Feature Film
    • Alice
  • Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
    1983 Winner Grand Prix
    • Dimensions of Dialogue

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Manly Games (1988)
    1990 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Short Film
    • Darkness/Light/Darkness
  • Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
    1983 Winner Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Short Film
    • Dimensions of Dialogue
  • Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
    1983 Winner C.I.D.A.L.C. Award - Honorable Mention
    • Dimensions of Dialogue

Bratislava International Film Festival

  • Jan Švankmajer
    2010 Winner Award for Artistic Excellence

Cannes Film Festival

  • Faust (1994)
    1994 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Faust
  • Manly Games (1988)
    1989 Nominee Palme d'Or - Best Short Film
    • Manly Games
  • Leonardo's Diary (1972)
    1974 Nominee Palme d'Or - Best Short Film
    • Leonardo's Diary
  • J.S. Bach - Fantasy in G Minor (1965)
    1965 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • J.S. Bach - Fantasy in G Minor
  • J.S. Bach - Fantasy in G Minor (1965)
    1965 Nominee Palme d'Or - Best Short Film
    • J.S. Bach - Fantasy in G Minor

Cinanima

  • Manly Games (1988)
    1989 Winner Grand Prize
    • Darkness/Light/Darkness

Krakow Film Festival

  • Jan Švankmajer
    2001 Winner Dragon of Dragons Honorary Award
  • Manly Games (1988)
    1990 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Darkness/Light/Darkness
  • Animated Self-Portraits (1989)
    1990 Winner Special Mention
    • Animated Self-Portraits
    Shared with: Candy Kugel · Osamu Tezuka
  • The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
    1984 Winner Don Quixote Award
    • The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope
  • The Fall of the House of Usher (1982)
    1982 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • The Fall of the House of Usher

Czech Lions

  • Insect (2018)
    2019 Nominee Czech Lion
    • Best Director (Nejlepsí rezie)
    • Insect
  • Insect (2018)
    2019 Winner Czech Lion
    • Best Art Direction (Nejlepsí filmová scénografie)
    • Insect
    Shared with: Václav Svankmajer
  • Surviving Life (2010)
    2011 Nominee Czech Lion
    • Best Director (Nejlepsí rezie)
    • Surviving Life
  • Surviving Life (2010)
    2011 Winner Czech Lion
    • Best Art Direction (Nejlepsí výtvarné resení)
    • Surviving Life
  • Lunacy (2005)
    2006 Nominee Critics' Award
    • Lunacy

Fantasporto

  • Faust (1994)
    1995 Winner International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Special Effects
    • Faust
  • Faust (1994)
    1995 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Faust
  • Alice (1988)
    1989 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Alice
  • The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
    1985 Winner Critics' Award - Special Mention
    • The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

  • Punch and Judy (1966)
    1966 Winner Josef von Sternberg Award
    • Punch and Judy

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • Jan Švankmajer
    2009 Winner Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
  • Faust (1994)
    1994 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • Faust
    Tied with The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (1993).
  • Faust (1994)
    1994 Nominee Crystal Globe
    • Faust

Locarno Film Festival

  • Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
    1996 Nominee Golden Leopard
    • Conspirators of Pleasure

Montréal World Film Festival

  • The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
    1984 Winner Jury Prize (Short Films)
    • The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope

Pilsen Film Festival

  • Lunacy (2005)
    2006 Winner Special Mention
    • Best Feature Film
    • Lunacy
  • Lunacy (2005)
    2006 Winner Students Jury Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Lunacy
  • Little Otik (2000)
    2001 Winner Golden Kingfisher
    • Little Otik
    Tied with Paralelní svety (2001).
  • Little Otik (2000)
    2001 Winner Don Quixote Award - Special Mention
    • Little Otik

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Jan Švankmajer
    1997 Winner Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award

Venice Film Festival

  • Little Otik (2000)
    2000 Nominee Cinema of the Present - Lion of the Year
    • Little Otik

Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films

  • Jan Švankmajer
    2000 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Czech Critics Awards

  • Little Otik (2000)
    2002 Winner Kristian
    • Best Feature Film (Nejlepsí Hraný Film Roku)
    • Little Otik
  • Faust (1994)
    1995 Winner Kristian
    • Best Animated Film (Nejlepsí Animovaný Snímek Roku)
    • Faust

Telluride Film Festival

  • Jan Švankmajer
    1995 Winner Silver Medallion Award
    The Surrealists
    Shared with: Guy Maddin · Stephen Quay · Timothy Quay

Sun in a Net Awards, Slovakia

  • Insect (2018)
    2019 Nominee Sun in a Net
    • Best Screenplay (Najlepsi scenar)
    • Insect
  • Insect (2018)
    2019 Winner Sun in a Net
    • Best Art Direction (Nejlejpsí Architektúra - scénografia)
    • Insect
    Shared with: Václav Svankmajer
  • Surviving Life (2010)
    2012 Winner Sun in a Net
    • Best Design Achievement (Nejlepsí výtvarné pocin)
    • Surviving Life
    Shared with: Veronika Hrubá
  • Lunacy (2005)
    2006 Nominee Sun in a Net
    • Best Director (Najlepsia rezia)
    • Lunacy
  • Lunacy (2005)
    2006 Nominee Sun in a Net
    • Best Screenplay (Najlepsi scenar)
    • Lunacy

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