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István Szabó

Awards

István Szabó

45 wins & 21 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Enikő Börcsök and Johanna ter Steege in Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
    1992 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Special Jury Prize
    • Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe
  • Enikő Börcsök and Johanna ter Steege in Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
    1992 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
    • Competition
    • Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe
  • Enikő Börcsök and Johanna ter Steege in Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
    1992 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe
  • Péter Andorai and Ildikó Bánsági in Confidence (1980)
    1980 Winner Silver Berlin Bear
    • Best Director
    • Confidence
  • Péter Andorai and Ildikó Bánsági in Confidence (1980)
    1980 Winner Interfilm Award - Special Recommendation
    • Competition
    • Confidence

BAFTA Awards

  • Klaus Maria Brandauer in Colonel Redl (1985)
    1986 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Colonel Redl
    Hungary/West Germany/Austria.
    Shared with: Manfred Durniok

Cannes Film Festival

  • Hanussen: Hitler's Astrologer (1988)
    1988 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Hanussen: Hitler's Astrologer
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer in Colonel Redl (1985)
    1985 Winner Jury Prize
    • Colonel Redl
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer in Colonel Redl (1985)
    1985 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Colonel Redl
  • Mephisto (1981)
    1981 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Mephisto
  • Mephisto (1981)
    1981 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Mephisto

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Tüzoltó utca 25. (1973)
    1974 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Tüzoltó utca 25.

David di Donatello Awards

  • István Szabó
    1985 Winner Luchino Visconti Award
  • Mephisto (1981)
    1982 Winner David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Mephisto
  • Mephisto (1981)
    1982 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero)
    • Mephisto

European Film Awards

  • Jeremy Irons and Annette Bening in Being Julia (2004)
    2005 Nominee EFA People's Choice Award
    • Best European Director
    • Being Julia
  • Sunshine (1999)
    1999 Winner European Film Award
    • European Screenwriter
    • Sunshine
    Shared with: Israel Horovitz
  • Enikő Börcsök and Johanna ter Steege in Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
    1992 Winner European Film Award
    • European Screenwriter of the Year
    • Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe

Ghent International Film Festival

  • István Szabó
    2013 Winner Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
  • Sándor Csányi, Károly Eperjes, Erika Marozsán, and Ildikó Tóth in Rokonok (2006)
    2006 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Rokonok

Genie Awards

  • Sunshine (1999)
    2000 Nominee Genie
    • Best Achievement in Direction
    • Sunshine

Golden Globes, USA

  • Sunshine (1999)
    2001 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Sunshine

Goya Awards

  • Jeremy Irons and Annette Bening in Being Julia (2004)
    2005 Nominee Goya
    • Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
    • Being Julia
    UK/Hungary.

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Mephisto (1981)
    1983 Winner Guild Film Award - Silver
    • Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
    • Mephisto

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Hanussen: Hitler's Astrologer (1988)
    1990 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Hanussen: Hitler's Astrologer
    Hungary/West Germany/Austria.

Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films

  • Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård in Taking Sides (2001)
    2002 Winner Jury Prize
    • Taking Sides

Istanbul Film Festival

  • István Szabó
    1998 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Meeting Venus (1991)
    1992 Winner European Silver Ribbon
    • Meeting Venus
  • Mephisto (1981)
    1982 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Mephisto

Locarno Film Festival

  • Tüzoltó utca 25. (1973)
    1974 Winner Golden Leopard
    • Tüzoltó utca 25.
  • Tüzoltó utca 25. (1973)
    1974 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
    • Tüzoltó utca 25.
  • András Bálint in Father (1966)
    1967 Winner Special Prize of the Jury
    • Father
  • Age of Illusions (1965)
    1965 Winner Silver Sail
    • Best First Work
    • Age of Illusions

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård in Taking Sides (2001)
    2002 Winner Best Director
    • Taking Sides
  • Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård in Taking Sides (2001)
    2002 Winner SIGNIS Award
    • Taking Sides
  • Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård in Taking Sides (2001)
    2002 Nominee Best Film
    • International Competition
    • Taking Sides

Moscow International Film Festival

  • The Door (2012)
    2012 Nominee Golden St. George
    • The Door
  • Sándor Csányi, Károly Eperjes, Erika Marozsán, and Ildikó Tóth in Rokonok (2006)
    2006 Nominee Golden St. George
    • Rokonok
  • István Szabó
    2005 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
    For outstanding contribution to world film arts.
  • András Bálint in Father (1966)
    1967 Winner Grand Prix
    • Father
    Tied with Zhurnalist (1967).

Hungarian Film Critics Awards

  • Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård in Taking Sides (2001)
    2003 Winner Special Award
    • Taking Sides
  • Sunshine (1999)
    2001 Winner Special Award
    • Sunshine

Pusan International Film Festival

  • István Szabó
    2006 Winner Hand Printing

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Klaus Maria Brandauer in Colonel Redl (1985)
    1985 Winner 30th Anniversary Prize
    • Colonel Redl
  • András Bálint in Father (1966)
    1968 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Father
  • András Bálint in Father (1966)
    1968 Winner CEC Award
    • Father

Venice Film Festival

  • Meeting Venus (1991)
    1991 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Meeting Venus

Writers Guild of Canada

  • Sunshine (1999)
    2000 Winner WGC Award
    • Sunshine
    Shared with: Israel Horovitz

Copenhagen International Film Festival

  • István Szabó
    2004 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Bangkok International Film Festival

  • Jeremy Irons and Annette Bening in Being Julia (2004)
    2005 Nominee Golden Kinnaree Award
    • Best Film
    • Being Julia

Film by the Sea International Film Festival

  • István Szabó
    2005 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Flaiano Film Festival

  • Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård in Taking Sides (2001)
    2002 Winner Best Director
    • Taking Sides

Flaiano International Prizes

  • István Szabó
    2014 Winner Career Award
    • Cinema

Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards

  • Sunshine (1999)
    2001 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Sunshine
  • Enikő Börcsök and Johanna ter Steege in Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
    1993 Winner Golden Reel
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer in Colonel Redl (1985)
    1986 Winner Golden Reel
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Colonel Redl

Undine Awards, Austria

  • István Szabó
    2008 Winner Lifetime Achievement in Youth Promotion

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • Klaus Maria Brandauer, Károly Eperjes, and András Stohl in Final Report (2020)
    2020 Nominee Grand Prize
    • Best Film
    • Final Report
  • István Szabó
    2013 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Mephisto (1981)
    1984 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Mephisto

FEST International Film Festival

  • István Szabó
    2018 Winner Belgrade Victor
    • Outstanding Contribution to Cinema

CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival

  • István Szabó
    2013 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

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