Nominations

Nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director (Walter Salles)

Nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)

Nominated for the César [France's equivalent of the Academy Awards] Award for Best Foreign Film

Nominated for 10 Cinematographic Critics Association awards [in Argentina]

• Best Film
• Best Director (Walter Salles)
• Best Actor (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)
• Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)
• Best Editing (Daniel Rezende)
• Best Music (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• Best Costume Design (Beatriz Di Benedetto and Marisa Urruti)
• Best Sound (Jean-Claude Brisson)
• Best Art Direction (Laurent Ott, Coca Oderigo, María Eugenia Sueiro)

Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards

• Best Film
• Best Actor (Gael García Bernal)
• Best Supporting Actor (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)
• Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)

Nominated for 2 London Film Critics' Circle Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Walter Salles)

Nominated for the BBC Four World Cinema Prize

Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign-Language Film

Nominated for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Foreign-Language Film

Nominated for 2 Online Film Critics Society Awards

• Best Foreign-Language Film
• Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)

Nominated for 2 Satellite Awards

• Best Actor [Drama] (Gael García Bernal)
• Best Foreign Film

Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards

• Best Film
• Best Actor (Gael García Bernal)
• Best Supporting Actor (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)
• Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)

Nominated for the European Film [Academy] Awards' Prix Screen International (for Best Non-European Film of the Year)

Nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Film

Nominated for the Movie of the Year Award at the Hollywood Awards

Nominated for the European Film [Academy] Awards' Prix Screen International (for Best Non-European Film of the Year)

Nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Film

Nominated for the Movie of the Year Award at the Hollywood Awards

Nominated for the Cinemarati Award for Best Musical Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Nominated for the Utah Film Critics Award for Best Foreign-Language Film

Awards

Academy Award winner for Best Original Song (”Al Otro Lado del Río” Jorge Drexler)

Academy Award nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)

Winner of 2 Independent Spirit Awards

• Best Debut Performance (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)

Winner of 2 BAFTA Awards

• Best Film Not in the English Language
• Best Music (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Cited among the YEAR'S Best Cinematographers (#5 on list – Eric Gautier) in the Village Voice Film Critics' Poll

Cited as Best Supporting Actor (Rodrigo de la Serna) in indieWIRE's Foreign-Language Film Poll

Cited among Best Directors (#3 on list – Walter Salles) and Best Actors (#3 on list – Gael García Bernal [in tandem with his performance in ”Bad Education”]) in indieWIRE's Foreign-Language Film Poll

Winner of the New York Film CRITICS' Online award for Best Foreign-Language Film

Winner of the Hollywood World Award (for Best World Film of the Year) at the Hollywood Awards

Winner of the Goya Award [Spain's equivalent of the Academy Awards] for Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)

Winner of the London Film CRITICS' Circle award for Best Foreign-Language Film

Honored with the International Filmmaker Award (Walter Salles) at the 2005 Palm Springs International Film Festival

Named one of the YEAR'S 5 Best Foreign-Language Films by the Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics (#2 on list)

Named one of the YEAR'S 5 Best Foreign-Language Films by the National Board of Review (#5 on list)

Named one of the YEAR'S 10 Best Films (#8 on list) by New York Film Critics Online