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Lars von Trier
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
Grimme Award (1)
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival (1)
Bodil Awards (11)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1)
Bremen Film Award (1)
Cannes Film Festival (14)
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (1)
César Awards, France (4)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Czech Lions (1)
David di Donatello Awards (2)
European Film Awards (14)
Fantasporto (8)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Ghent International Film Festival (1)
Fotogramas de Plata (1)
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (1)
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival (1)
Golden Cable, Germany (1)
Golden Globes, USA (1)
Satellite Awards (3)
Goya Awards (4)
Guild of German Art House Cinemas (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (3)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2)
London Film Festival (1)
Lübeck Nordic Film Days (2)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (2)
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (2)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Danish Film Awards (Robert) (27)
Russian Guild of Film Critics (5)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (2)
Uruguay International Film Festival (1)
Valladolid International Film Festival (3)
Vancouver International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (1)
Motovun Film Festival (1)
NatFilm Festival (1)
Nordic Council (3)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Polish Film Awards (1)
Copenhagen International Film Festival (1)
CPH:DOX (1)
Nordisk Film Award (1)
Sofia International Film Festival (1)
Zulu Awards (3)
Blue Ribbon Awards (1)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Chlotrudis Awards (3)
Turia Awards (1)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (1)
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards (3)
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia (1)
Gopo Awards, Romania (4)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (1)
Gaudí Awards (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (1)
Fright Meter Awards (1)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Denver Film Critics Society (1)
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (2)
SESC Film Festival, Brazil (9)
Online Film & Television Association (4)
Village Voice Film Poll (1)
Ole Awards (2)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) (5)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (4)
Indiewire Critics' Poll (1)
Monster Fest (1)
Yoga Awards (1)
ASECAN (1)
AACTA International Awards (2)
Sun in a Net Awards, Slovakia (1)
Black Sea Film Festival (2)
Prêmio Guarani (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (4)
106 wins & 112 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2001 Nominee
Oscar
Best Music, Original Song
Dancer in the Dark
For the song "I've Seen It All".
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
Grimme Award
1996 Winner
Adolf Grimme Award
Series/Miniseries
The Kingdom
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
1985 Nominee
Grand Prize
The Element of Crime
Bodil Awards
2014 Nominee
Bodil
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2012 Winner
Bodil
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Melancholia
2010 Winner
Bodil
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Antichrist
2006 Nominee
Bodil
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Manderlay
2004 Winner
Bodil
Best Film (Bedste danske film)
Dogville
6 more
All
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1996 Nominee
BSFC Award
Best Director
Breaking the Waves
Bremen Film Award
2008 Winner
Bremen Film Award
Cannes Film Festival
2011 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Melancholia
2009 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Antichrist
2005 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Manderlay
2003 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Dogville
2000 Winner
Palme d'Or
Dancer in the Dark
9 more
All
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
1991 Winner
Best Film
Europa
César Awards, France
2012 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Melancholia
2004 Nominee
César
Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
Dogville
Denmark.
2001 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Dancer in the Dark
1997 Winner
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Breaking the Waves
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2001 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Original Score
Dancer in the Dark
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
1997 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
Breaking the Waves
Chicago International Film Festival
1984 Winner
Silver Hugo
Best Feature Film
The Element of Crime
Czech Lions
1998 Winner
Czech Lion
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Breaking the Waves
David di Donatello Awards
2012 Nominee
David
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
Melancholia
2004 Winner
David
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
Dogville
Tied with
Rosenstrasse (2003)
.
European Film Awards
2014 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2014 Nominee
European Film Award
European Film
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Shared with:
Louise Vesth
2011 Nominee
European Film Award
European Director
Melancholia
2011 Nominee
European Film Award
European Screenwriter
Melancholia
2011 Winner
European Film Award
European Film
Melancholia
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
·
Louise Vesth
9 more
All
Fantasporto
1999 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Director
The Kingdom
1999 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Screenplay
The Kingdom
Shared with:
Morten Arnfred
1999 Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Film
The Kingdom
1992 Winner
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Director
Europa
1992 Nominee
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Film
Europa
3 more
All
Hamburg Film Festival
2018 Nominee
Art Cinema Award
Best Feature
The House That Jack Built
Ghent International Film Festival
1991 Winner
Grand Prix
Europa
Fotogramas de Plata
1997 Winner
Fotogramas de Plata
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Breaking the Waves
Tied with
Secrets & Lies (1996)
.
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics
2012 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film
Melancholia
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
1996 Winner
President Award
Best Director
Breaking the Waves
Golden Cable, Germany
1996 Winner
Bronze Cable for Innovation
The Kingdom
Golden Globes, USA
2001 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Dancer in the Dark
Song: "I've Seen It All"
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
Satellite Awards
2001 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Original Song
Dancer in the Dark
Song: "I've Seen It All"
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
1997 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
Breaking the Waves
1997 Winner
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
Breaking the Waves
Denmark
Goya Awards
2012 Nominee
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Melancholia
2004 Nominee
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Dogville
Denmark.
2001 Winner
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Dancer in the Dark
Denmark/Sweden.
1997 Nominee
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
Breaking the Waves
Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway.
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
2004 Winner
Guild Film Award - Silver
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Dogville
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2012 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best International Film
Melancholia
Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
2001 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Dancer in the Dark
Denmark.
1997 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Breaking the Waves
Denmark.
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
1984 Winner
Josef von Sternberg Award
The Element of Crime
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2012 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo)
Melancholia
2004 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Dogville
1997 Nominee
European Silver Ribbon
Breaking the Waves
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1995 Winner
Best Director
The Kingdom
1995 Nominee
Crystal Globe
The Kingdom
London Film Festival
1998 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
The Idiots
For its attempt to rethink film language and social rules from scratch and willingness to accept the limitations of both its method and cultural assumptions.
Lübeck Nordic Film Days
1996 Winner
Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film
Breaking the Waves
1996 Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Breaking the Waves
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2012 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
Melancholia
1997 Winner
NSFC Award
Best Director
Breaking the Waves
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
2009 Winner
Titra Film Award
Antichrist
2009 Nominee
Narcisse Award
Best Feature Film
Antichrist
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2011 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Melancholia
1996 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Breaking the Waves
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2012 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Director
Melancholia
2001 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Director
Dancer in the Dark
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2023 Nominee
Robert
Best TV Series (Årets tv-serie)
The Kingdom
Shared with:
Niels Vørsel
·
Louise Vesth
2019 Nominee
Robert
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
The House That Jack Built
Shared with:
Louise Vesth
2019 Nominee
Robert
Best Director (Årets instruktør)
The House That Jack Built
2019 Nominee
Robert
Best Original Screenplay (Årets originale manuskript)
The House That Jack Built
2015 Winner
Robert
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Shared with:
Louise Vesth
22 more
All
Russian Guild of Film Critics
2012 Nominee
White Elephant
Best Foreign Film
Melancholia
2009 Nominee
White Elephant
Best Foreign Film
Antichrist
2003 Winner
Golden Aries
Best Foreign Film
Dogville
2000 Nominee
Golden Aries
Best Foreign Film
Dancer in the Dark
1999 Nominee
Golden Aries
Best Foreign Film
The Idiots
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2006 Nominee
Golden Seashell
The Boss of It All
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1992 Winner
Special Jury Prize for Artistic Merit
Europa
Stockholm Film Festival
1996 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Northern Lights Section
Breaking the Waves
1991 Winner
Bronze Horse
Europa
Uruguay International Film Festival
1997 Winner
Best Film
Breaking the Waves
Valladolid International Film Festival
2005 Winner
50th Anniversary Prize
Best Film
Manderlay
Together with
Caché (2005)
.
2005 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Manderlay
1998 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
The Idiots
Vancouver International Film Festival
1996 Winner
Most Popular Film
Breaking the Waves
Venice Film Festival
2003 Nominee
Upstream Prize
Best Film
The Five Obstructions
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
Motovun Film Festival
2004 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
The Five Obstructions
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
NatFilm Festival
1990 Winner
Night Dreamer Award
Nordic Council
2014 Nominee
Nordic Council's Film Prize
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
Shared with:
Louise Vesth
2009 Winner
Nordic Council's Film Prize
Antichrist
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
2008 Nominee
Nordic Council's Film Prize
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche - Part 1
Shared with:
Jacob Thuesen
·
Marie Gade Denessen
·
Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Amanda Awards, Norway
1996 Winner
Amanda
Best Nordic Feature Film (Nordisk Amanda)
Breaking the Waves
Polish Film Awards
2015 Nominee
Eagle
Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Copenhagen International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Honorary Award
Dogville
CPH:DOX
2003 Nominee
CPH:DOX Award
The Five Obstructions
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
Nordisk Film Award
1996 Winner
Nordisk Film Award
Sofia International Film Festival
2004 Winner
Audience Award
Best Film
Dogville
Zulu Awards
2014 Nominee
Zulu
Best Film (Årets danske film)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2012 Nominee
Zulu
Best Film (Årets danske film)
Melancholia
Shared with:
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
·
Louise Vesth
·
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
·
Peter Garde
2010 Nominee
Zulu
Best Film (Årets danske film)
Antichrist
Blue Ribbon Awards
2001 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Dancer in the Dark
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2001 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Original Song
Dancer in the Dark
For the song "I've Seen It All".
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
Chlotrudis Awards
2012 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Melancholia
2005 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Original Screenplay
Dogville
2001 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Director
Dancer in the Dark
Turia Awards
2001 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Film
Dancer in the Dark
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2012 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Director
Melancholia
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
2011 Winner
Honorable Mention
Best Foreign Film
Melancholia
1999 Winner
Golden Reel
Best Foreign Film
The Idiots
1997 Winner
Golden Reel
Best Foreign Film
Breaking the Waves
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia
2004 Nominee
Golden Eagle
Best Foreign Film
Dogville
Gopo Awards, Romania
2020 Nominee
Gopo Award
Best European Film (Cel mai bun film european)
The House That Jack Built
Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium
2015 Nominee
Gopo Award
Best European Film
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2012 Winner
Gopo Award
Best European Film
Melancholia
2011 Nominee
Gopo Award
Best European Film
Antichrist
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2000 Winner
Audience Award
Dancer in the Dark
Gaudí Awards
2012 Nominee
Gaudí Award
Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea)
Melancholia
Denmark/Germany/Sweden
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2015 Winner
Cinema Eye Honors Award
The Influentials
The Five Obstructions
Shared with:
Jørgen Leth
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2009 Nominee
EDA Special Mention Award
Hall of Shame
Antichrist
Fright Meter Awards
2009 Nominee
Fright Meter Award
Best Director
Antichrist
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2011 Nominee
DFCC
Best Director
Melancholia
5th place
Denver Film Critics Society
2012 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Director
Melancholia
Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
2018 Nominee
Octopus d'Or
Best International Feature Film
The House That Jack Built
2018 Winner
Melies D'Argent
Feature Film
The House That Jack Built
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
2012 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Melancholia
2005 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dogville
2005 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dogville
2005 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)
Dogville
2001 Winner
Critics Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dancer in the Dark
4 more
All
Online Film & Television Association
2001 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Dancer in the Dark
2001 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Music, Original Score
Dancer in the Dark
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
2001 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best Music, Original Song
Dancer in the Dark
For the song "I've Seen It All".
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
·
Thom Yorke
2001 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Music, Original Song
Dancer in the Dark
For the song "A New World".
Shared with:
Björk
·
Sjón
Village Voice Film Poll
2011 Nominee
VVFP Award
Best Director
Melancholia
2nd place.
Ole Awards
2014 Winner
Ole
Best Film (Bedste film)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
2012 Winner
Ole
Best Film (Bedste film)
Melancholia
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1996 Nominee
Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)
Honorable Mentions
Breaking the Waves
Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
2015 Winner
IOMA
Best European Film (Miglior film europeo)
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2012 Nominee
IOMA
Best Director (Miglior regia)
Melancholia
2012 Nominee
IOMA
Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
Melancholia
2012 Winner
IOMA
Special Prize for the Best European Film (Premio speciale al miglior film europeo)
Melancholia
2004 Winner
IOMA
Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale)
Dogville
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2014 Nominee
Halfway Award
Best Original Screenplay
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
5th place.
2012 Nominee
INOCA
Best Director
Melancholia
2005 Nominee
INOCA
Best Director
Dogville
2005 Nominee
INOCA
Best Original Screenplay
Dogville
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2011 Nominee
ICP Award
Best Director
Melancholia
2nd place. Tied with
Martin Scorsese
for
Hugo (2011)
.
Monster Fest
2018 Winner
Monster Fest Award
Best Director
The House That Jack Built
Yoga Awards
2010 Winner
Yoga Award
Worst Foreign Film
Antichrist
ASECAN
2001 Winner
ASECAN Award
Best Foreign Film
Dancer in the Dark
AACTA International Awards
2012 Nominee
AACTA International Award
Best Screenplay
Melancholia
2012 Nominee
AACTA International Award
Best Direction
Melancholia
Sun in a Net Awards, Slovakia
2012 Winner
Sun in a Net
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Melancholia
Denmark/USA.
Black Sea Film Festival
2019 Winner
Festival Award
Best Feature Film
The House That Jack Built
2019 Winner
Festival Award
Best Director
The House That Jack Built
Prêmio Guarani
2010 Nominee
Premio Guarani
Best Foreign Film
Antichrist
Cahiers du Cinéma
2019 Nominee
Best Film of the 2010s
Best Film
Melancholia
Eighth Place
2018 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
The House That Jack Built
Eighth Place
2014 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
-Sixth Place
2011 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Melancholia
Sixth Place; tied with
A Burning Hot Summer (2011)
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