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Aquarius (2016)

Awards

Aquarius

47 wins & 48 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2018 Nominee Silver Ariel
    • Best Latin-American Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    Brazil

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2018 Winner Silver Condor
    • Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    Brazil.

Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho (Director)
  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Winner Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga (Actress)

Cannes Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee Queer Palm
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Cartagena Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Gemas Award
    • Best Film (Mejor Película)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

César Awards, France

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Nominee César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Picture (Melhor Filme)
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
    • Sonia Braga
  • Maeve Jinkings at an event for Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Supporting Actress (Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante)
    • Maeve Jinkings
  • Irandhir Santos in Neighboring Sounds (2012)
    2017 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Supporting Actor (Melhor Ator Coadjuvante)
    • Irandhir Santos

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Havana Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best International Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee In Spirit for Freedom Award
    • Best Feature
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2018 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Foreign Language Film of the Year

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee Best Film
    • International Competition
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Winner Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho (Director)

Munich Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee CineVision Award
    • Best Film By An Emerging Director
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Directors to Watch
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Nominee SDFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Sydney Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner Sydney Film Prize
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

ABC Cinematography Award

  • Eduardo Serrano
    2017 Winner ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Editing (Melhor Montagem)
    • Eduardo Serrano
  • 2017 Nominee ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Cinematography (Melhor Fotografia de Longa-metragem)
    • Pedro Sotero
    • Fabricio Tadeu
  • Juliano Dornelles
    2017 Nominee ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Art Direction (Melhor Direção de Arte)
    • Juliano Dornelles
    • Thales Junqueira
  • 2017 Nominee ABC Trophy
    • Feature Film - Best Sound (Melhor Som)
    • Nicolas Hallet
    • Ricardo Cutz

Lima Latin American Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho (director)
  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Winner Best Actress
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner APCA Trophy
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner APCA Trophy
    • Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Zurich Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee Golden Eye Award
    • Best International Feature Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Dublin Film Critics Award
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
    8th place

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Film
    Runner-up
  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
    4th place

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Director - International Competition
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Sonia Braga
    2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Actress - International Competition
    • Sonia Braga

Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Festival Award
    • DFCC Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho (director)

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    19th Place

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Actress (Melhor Atriz)
    • Sonia Braga
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film (Melhor Filme)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee Platino Award
    • Best Film
    Brazil
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Nominee Platino Award
    • Best Director
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Winner Platino Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
    7th place.

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Non-English Language Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    Brazil

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Lead Actress
    • Sonia Braga
    4th place. Tied with Emma Stone for La La Land (2016).

World Cinema Amsterdam

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards)

  • 2016 Nominee Premio Fénix
    • Best Sound
    • Ricardo Cutz (sound editor)
    • Nicolas Hallet (sound editor)
  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Winner Premio Fénix
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner Premio Fénix
    • Best Director
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Aquarius (2016)
    2016 Nominee Premio Fénix
    • Best Film

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Foreign Film

CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee Emeric Pressburger Prize
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

International Film Festival of Panama (IFF Panama)

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

Prêmio Guarani

  • Aquarius (2016)
    2017 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Picture
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Director
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
  • Sonia Braga
    2017 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga
  • Irandhir Santos in Neighboring Sounds (2012)
    2017 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Irandhir Santos
  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

New Mexico Film Critics

  • Eduardo Serrano
    2016 Winner NMFC Award
    • Best Editing
    • Eduardo Serrano
  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Winner NMFC Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    Fourth Place

Días de Cine Awards

  • Sonia Braga
    2018 Nominee Días de Cine Award
    • Best Foreign Actress
    • Sonia Braga
    2nd place

José Ignacio International Film Festival

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2017 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho (director)

International Cinephile Society (ICS) Cannes Awards

  • Sonia Braga
    2016 Winner ICS Cannes Award
    • Best Actress
    • Sonia Braga

Abraccine Prize (Brazilian Association of Film Critic Annual Prize)

  • Kleber Mendonça Filho
    2016 Winner Abraccine Award
    • Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro)
    • Kleber Mendonça Filho

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