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Nima Sarvestani

Awards

Nima Sarvestani

24 wins & 5 nominations

Brooklyn Film Festival

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2014 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Feature Documentary
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

Créteil International Women's Film Festival

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary (Meilleur Long Metràge Documentaire)
    • No Burqas Behind Bars
    Shared with: Maryam Ebrahimi

Guldbagge Awards

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2014 Nominee Guldbagge
    • Best Documentary (Bästa dokumentärfilm)
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

Ljubljana International Film Festival

  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Amnesty International Film Award
    • Best Film
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep

Monte-Carlo TV Festival

  • Those Who Said No (2014)
    2016 Winner Golden Nymph
    • Best Current Affairs Documentary
    • Those Who Said No
  • Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale (2006)
    2007 Winner Golden Nymph
    • Best News Documentary
    • Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale

Prix Europa

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2014 Winner Prix Europa
    • Best European TV Documentary of the Year
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

Rome Independent Film Festival

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2014 Winner RIFF Jury Award
    • Best International Documentary
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

Prague One World Film Festival

  • Those Who Said No (2014)
    2015 Winner Václav Havel Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Those Who Said No

Göteborg Film Festival

  • Prison Sisters (2016)
    2017 Nominee Angelo Award
    • Best Swedish Film
    • Prison Sisters
  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2013 Nominee Dragon Award
    • Best Nordic Documentary
    • No Burqas Behind Bars
  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Canal+ Award
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep

Accolade Competition

  • Those Who Said No (2014)
    2015 Winner Award of Merit
    • Documentary Feature
    • Those Who Said No

Nordisk Panorama

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2013 Nominee Nordic Documentary Film Award
    • Best Nordic Documentary
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

The Hague Movies that Matter Festival

  • Those Who Said No (2014)
    2015 Winner Camera Justitia Award
    • Best Film on Law and Justice
    • Those Who Said No

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Documentary Feature Film
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep
    Shared with: Maryam Ebrahimi

London International Documentary Festival

  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Best Film Award
    • Special Mention
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep

New York City Independent Film Festival

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2013 Winner Best Documentary
    • Best International Documentary
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival

  • Those Who Said No (2014)
    2016 Nominee DOCU/RIGHTS
    • Best Film
    • Those Who Said No

One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

  • Surviving the Death committee (2025)
    2026 Winner Best Film Award
    • Right to Know
    • Surviving the Death committee
  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Audience Award
    • One World Audience Award
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep

Human Rights Arts and Film Festival

  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Submission
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep

Sole Luna Doc Film Festival

  • Prison Sisters (2016)
    2017 Winner Sole Luna Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Prison Sisters
  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Sole Luna Award
    • Best Feature Documentary
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep

International Film Festival WATCH DOCS

  • Nima Sarvestani
    2016 Winner Marek Nowicki Prize
    • Lifetime Achievement
  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2013 Winner WATCH DOCS Award
    • Best Feature-length Documentary
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

Docville

  • Surviving the Death committee (2025)
    2026 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Topics Documentary
    • Surviving the Death committee

Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco

  • No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
    2013 Winner Sepanta Award
    • Best Documentary
    • No Burqas Behind Bars

One Country One Film Apchat-Issoire International Film Festival

  • I Was Worth 50 Sheep (2011)
    2011 Winner Prix Du Public
    • Best Film
    • I Was Worth 50 Sheep

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