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Elia Suleiman
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Bodil Awards (1)
Cannes Film Festival (8)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
Cinemanila International Film Festival (2)
European Film Awards (2)
Jerusalem Film Festival (1)
Mar del Plata Film Festival (3)
Munich Film Festival (1)
Nantes Three Continents Festival (4)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (1)
Rotterdam International Film Festival (1)
Seattle International Film Festival (1)
Tokyo International Film Festival (1)
Toronto International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (1)
Gopo Awards, Romania (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (4)
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival (1)
Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards (1)
Seville European Film Festival (2)
Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur (3)
Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival (1)
Transatlantyk Festival: Lodz (1)
Club Média Ciné (1)
International Film Festival of Thrissur (1)
THE CRITICS AWARDS FOR ARAB FILMS (3)
Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF) (2)
24 wins & 28 nominations
Bodil Awards
2004 Nominee
Bodil
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
Divine Intervention
Cannes Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Palme d'Or
It Must Be Heaven
2019 Winner
Special Mention
It Must Be Heaven
2019 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Competition
It Must Be Heaven
2012 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
7 Days in Havana
Shared with:
Benicio Del Toro
·
Pablo Trapero
·
Julio Medem
·
Juan Carlos Tabío
·
Gaspar Noé
·
Laurent Cantet
2009 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Time That Remains
3 more
All
Chicago International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Silver Hugo
Special Jury Prize
Divine Intervention
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Best Screenplay
Divine Intervention
Tied with
Aparna Sen
for
Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002)
.
2003 Winner
Netpac Award
Divine Intervention
For the masterly manner in which the despair and resignation felt about the troubled relations between Palestine and Israel are transcended through absurdity and black humour.
European Film Awards
2022 Winner
Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema
2002 Winner
Screen International Award
Divine Intervention
Palestine
Jerusalem Film Festival
1997 Winner
In Spirit for Freedom Award - Honorable Mention
Best Feature
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Mar del Plata Film Festival
2009 Nominee
Best Film
International Competition
The Time That Remains
2009 Winner
ACCA Jury Prize
The Time That Remains
2009 Winner
Best Director
The Time That Remains
Munich Film Festival
2019 Nominee
CineCoPro Award
It Must Be Heaven
Nantes Three Continents Festival
1996 Winner
Silver Montgolfiere
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996 Winner
Best Score
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996 Winner
ARTE Award
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996 Nominee
Golden Montgolfiere
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2020 Nominee
FIPRESCI Prize
Best Foreign Language Film
It Must Be Heaven
Rotterdam International Film Festival
1997 Nominee
Tiger Award
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Seattle International Film Festival
1997 Winner
New Director's Showcase Special Jury Prize
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Tokyo International Film Festival
2009 Nominee
Asian Film Award
The Time That Remains
Toronto International Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Best Canadian Feature Film
It Must Be Heaven
Venice Film Festival
1996 Winner
Luigi De Laurentiis Award
Chronicle of a Disappearance
Gopo Awards, Romania
2021 Nominee
Gopo Award
Best European Film (Cel mai bun film european)
It Must Be Heaven
France, Qatar, Germany, Canada, Turkey, Palestinian Territories
Cinema for Peace Awards
2010 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
The Time That Remains
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2019 Nominee
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Achievement in Directing
It Must Be Heaven
2019 Nominee
UNESCO Award
It Must Be Heaven
2009 Winner
Jury Grand Prize
The Time That Remains
2009 Nominee
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Best Film
The Time That Remains
Shared with:
Hani Farsi
·
Avi Kleinberger
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2010 Nominee
DFCC
Best Director
The Time That Remains
Tied with
Roman Polanski
for
The Ghost Writer (2010)
,
Sylvain Chomet
for
The Illusionist (2010)
and
Martin Scorsese
for
Shutter Island (2010)
in 9th place
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival
2019 Winner
Tribute Award
Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards
2021 Nominee
Sophia
Best European Film (Melhor Filme Europeu)
It Must Be Heaven
Seville European Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Golden Giraldillo
Best Film
It Must Be Heaven
2019 Winner
Eurimages Award
Best European Co-Production
It Must Be Heaven
Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur
2010 Winner
Audience Award
The Time That Remains
2010 Nominee
Golden Alhambra
The Time That Remains
2010 Winner
Silver Alhambra
Best Director
The Time That Remains
Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival
2019 Nominee
Emeric Pressburger Prize
Best Feature Film
It Must Be Heaven
Transatlantyk Festival: Lodz
2019 Nominee
Transatlantyk Distribution Award
Section "New Cinema"
It Must Be Heaven
Club Média Ciné
2020 Nominee
Grand Prix (Laurier du Cinéma)
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur Film Étranger)
It Must Be Heaven
International Film Festival of Thrissur
2020 Nominee
Contemporary World
It Must Be Heaven
Shared with:
Martin Hampel
·
Thanassis Karathanos
·
Michel Merkt
·
Serge Noël
·
Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
·
Laurine Pelassy
·
Edouard Weil
THE CRITICS AWARDS FOR ARAB FILMS
2020 Winner
The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award
Best Director
It Must Be Heaven
2020 Nominee
The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award
Best Actor
It Must Be Heaven
2020 Nominee
The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award
Best Screenplay
It Must Be Heaven
Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF)
2019 Winner
BeTV Award
Best International Feature Film
It Must Be Heaven
2019 Nominee
Grand Prix
Grand Prix du Festival
It Must Be Heaven
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