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Sabu

Awards

Sabu

16 wins & 17 nominations

Bangkok Film Festival

  • Postman Blues (1997)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film - Asian Cinema
    • Postman Blues

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Chang Chen and Run-yin Bai in Mr. Long (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • Mr. Long
  • Chasuke's Journey (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Chasuke's Journey
  • Blessing Bell (2002)
    2003 Winner Netpac Award
    • Blessing Bell
    For its allegorical and humourous statement on dehumanisation of the individual in modern-day society narrated from an ironic viewpoint.
  • Monday (2000)
    2000 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Forum of New Cinema
    • Monday
    For its austere, dark wit and keen eye for human foibles.
  • Monday (2000)
    2000 Winner Don Quixote Award - Special Mention
    • Monday

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Miss Zombie (2013)
    2013 Nominee Noves Visions Experimenta Award
    • Miss Zombie

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Blessing Bell (2002)
    2002 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Feature
    • Blessing Bell
  • Non-Stop (1996)
    1997 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • New Directors Competition
    • Non-Stop

Cinemanila International Film Festival

  • Blessing Bell (2002)
    2003 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Blessing Bell
    Tied with City of God (2002).

Cognac Festival du Film Policier

  • Postman Blues (1997)
    1999 Winner 'New Blood' Award
    • Postman Blues

Fantasia Film Festival

  • Drive (2002)
    2003 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Asian Film
    • Drive

Fantasporto

  • Chasuke's Journey (2015)
    2016 Nominee International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Chasuke's Journey
  • Chasuke's Journey (2015)
    2016 Winner International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Chasuke's Journey
  • Chasuke's Journey (2015)
    2016 Nominee Orient Express Section Grand Prize
    • Chasuke's Journey
  • Miss Zombie (2013)
    2014 Winner International Fantasy Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Miss Zombie
  • Miss Zombie (2013)
    2014 Winner Orient Express Section Special Jury Award
    • Miss Zombie

Gérardmer Film Festival

  • Miss Zombie (2013)
    2014 Winner Grand Prize
    • Best Film
    • Miss Zombie

AFI Fest

  • Chang Chen and Run-yin Bai in Mr. Long (2017)
    2017 Nominee Audience Award
    • World Cinema
    • Mr. Long

Moscow International Film Festival

  • Jam (2018)
    2019 Winner Russian Film Critics Award
    • Main Competition
    • Jam
  • Jam (2018)
    2019 Nominee Golden St. George
    • Best Film
    • Jam

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival

  • Drive (2002)
    2003 Nominee Narcisse Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Drive

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Ken'ichi Matsuyama and Mana Ashida in Bunny Drop (2011)
    2011 Nominee Golden Goblet
    • Best Film
    • Bunny Drop

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • Tomoyo Harada, Hana Kino, Sabu, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Akiko Yada, Kai Inowaki, Takumi Kitamura, Yuyuko Takemiya, Taishi Nakagawa, Anna Ishii, Airi Matsui, and Kaya Kiyohara in My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (2020)
    2020 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy

Dhaka International Film Festival

  • Miss Zombie (2013)
    2014 Winner Jury Prize
    • Miss Zombie

Yokohama Film Festival

  • Non-Stop (1996)
    1997 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best New Director
    • Non-Stop
  • World Apartment Horror (1991)
    1992 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best New Actor
    • World Apartment Horror

Jeonju International Film Festival

  • Monday (2000)
    2000 Nominee Woosuk Award
    • Asian Indie Cine-Forum
    • Monday

Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival

  • Tomoyo Harada, Hana Kino, Sabu, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Akiko Yada, Kai Inowaki, Takumi Kitamura, Yuyuko Takemiya, Taishi Nakagawa, Anna Ishii, Airi Matsui, and Kaya Kiyohara in My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (2020)
    2021 Nominee Nippon Cinema Award
    • Best Film
    • My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
  • Jam (2018)
    2019 Nominee Nippon Cinema Award
    • Best Film
    • Jam

Asian Film Festival

  • Danshingu Marî (2019)
    2021 Winner AFF Award
    • Most Original Film
    • Danshingu Marî

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