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Breaking the Waves
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
Art Film Festival (1)
Australian Film Institute (1)
Bodil Awards (3)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (3)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Camerimage (1)
Cannes Film Festival (2)
César Awards, France (1)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (3)
Czech Lions (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (1)
European Film Awards (3)
Evening Standard British Film Awards (1)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Fotogramas de Plata (1)
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival (2)
Golden Globes, USA (2)
Satellite Awards (4)
Goya Awards (1)
Guldbagge Awards (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (2)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Lübeck Nordic Film Days (2)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (4)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (4)
Danish Film Awards (Robert) (9)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Uruguay International Film Festival (1)
Vancouver International Film Festival (1)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Chlotrudis Awards (1)
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards (1)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards (1)
SESC Film Festival, Brazil (1)
Village Voice Film Poll (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (2)
20/20 Awards (1)
44 wins & 28 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
1997 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Emily Watson
Art Film Festival
1999 Winner
IGRIC Award
Foreign Film
Australian Film Institute
1997 Nominee
Best Foreign Film Award
Vibeke Windeløv
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Bodil Awards
1997 Winner
Bodil
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Lars von Trier
(director)
1997 Winner
Bodil
Best Actress (Bedste kvindelige hovedrolle)
Emily Watson
1997 Winner
Bodil
Best Supporting Actress (Bedste kvindelige birolle)
Katrin Cartlidge
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1996 Nominee
BSFC Award
Best Actress
Emily Watson
1996 Nominee
BSFC Award
Best Director
Lars von Trier
1996 Nominee
BSFC Award
Best Cinematography
Robby Müller
BAFTA Awards
1997 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Emily Watson
Camerimage
1996 Nominee
Golden Frog
Robby Müller
Cannes Film Festival
1996 Winner
Grand Prize of the Jury
Lars von Trier
1996 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Lars von Trier
César Awards, France
1997 Winner
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Lars von Trier
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1997 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
Lars von Trier
1997 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Actress
Emily Watson
1997 Nominee
CFCA Award
Most Promising Actress
Emily Watson
Czech Lions
1998 Winner
Czech Lion
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Lars von Trier
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1997 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Picture
European Film Awards
1996 Winner
European Film Award
European Film of the Year
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Vibeke Windeløv
1996 Winner
European Film Award
European Actress of the Year
Emily Watson
1996 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Lars von Trier
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1997 Winner
Evening Standard British Film Award
Most Promising Newcomer
Emily Watson
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
1997 Nominee
FFCC Award
Best Film
Fotogramas de Plata
1997 Winner
Fotogramas de Plata
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Lars von Trier
Tied with
Secrets & Lies (1996)
.
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
1996 Winner
President Award
Best Director
Lars von Trier
1996 Winner
President Award
Best Actress
Emily Watson
Golden Globes, USA
1997 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Motion Picture - Drama
1997 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Emily Watson
Satellite Awards
1997 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Emily Watson
1997 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
Lars von Trier
1997 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Cinematography
Robby Müller
1997 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Lars von Trier
Denmark
Goya Awards
1997 Nominee
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Lars von Trier
Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway.
Guldbagge Awards
1997 Winner
Guldbagge
Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1997 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Lars von Trier
Denmark.
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1997 Nominee
European Silver Ribbon
Lars von Trier
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1997 Nominee
ALFS Award
British Actress of the Year
Emily Watson
1997 Winner
ALFS Award
British Newcomer of the Year
Emily Watson
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1996 Winner
New Generation Award
Emily Watson
Lübeck Nordic Film Days
1996 Winner
Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film
Lars von Trier
1996 Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Lars von Trier
National Board of Review, USA
1996 Winner
NBR Award
Top Ten Films
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1997 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Film
1997 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Actress
Emily Watson
1997 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Director
Lars von Trier
1997 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Cinematography
Robby Müller
Shared with:
Dead Man
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1996 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Lars von Trier
1996 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Actress
Emily Watson
1996 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Cinematographer
Robby Müller
Shared with:
Dead Man
1996 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Film
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
1997 Winner
Robert
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Lars von Trier
(director)
1997 Winner
Robert
Best Actress (Årets kvindelige hovedrolle)
Emily Watson
1997 Winner
Robert
Best Supporting Actress (Årets kvindelige birolle)
Katrin Cartlidge
1997 Winner
Robert
Best Editing (Årets klipning)
Anders Refn
1997 Winner
Robert
Best Make-Up (Årets make-up)
Jennifer Jorfaid
Sanne Gravfort
4 more
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Stockholm Film Festival
1996 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Northern Lights Section
Lars von Trier
Uruguay International Film Festival
1997 Winner
Best Film
Lars von Trier
Vancouver International Film Festival
1996 Winner
Most Popular Film
Lars von Trier
Amanda Awards, Norway
1996 Winner
Amanda
Best Nordic Feature Film (Nordisk Amanda)
Lars von Trier
Chlotrudis Awards
1997 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Actress
Emily Watson
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
1997 Winner
Golden Reel
Best Foreign Film
Lars von Trier
(director)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
1997 Winner
SIYAD Award
Best Foreign Film
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
1998 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Lars von Trier
Village Voice Film Poll
1999 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Film of the Decade
2nd place.
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1996 Nominee
ACCA
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Emily Watson
1996 Nominee
Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)
Honorable Mentions
Lars von Trier
20/20 Awards
2017 Nominee
Felix
Best Actress
Emily Watson
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