| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Nominato | Oscar |
Best Music, Original Song for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Shared with: Björk (composer) Sjón Sigurdsson (lyricist) For the song "I've Seen It All". |
| Adolf Grimme Awards, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | Adolf Grimme Award |
Series/Miniseries for: "Riget" (1994) |
| Amanda Awards, Norway | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | Amanda |
Best Nordic Feature Film (Nordisk Amanda) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1985 | Nominato | Grand Prize |
for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
| Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Vinto | Blue Ribbon Award |
Best Foreign Language Film for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| Bodil Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominato | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: Manderlay (2005) |
| 2004 | Vinto | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: Dogville (2003) |
| 2001 | Nominato | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| 1999 | Nominato | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: Idioterne (1998) |
| 1997 | Vinto | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| 1995 | Vinto | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: "Riget" (1994) |
| 1992 | Vinto | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: Europa (1991) |
| 1985 | Vinto | Bodil |
Best Film (Bedste danske film) for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
| CPH:DOX | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Nominato | CPH:DOX Award |
for: Fem benspænd, De (2003) Shared with: Jørgen Leth |
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominato | Golden Palm |
for: Manderlay (2005) |
| 2003 | Nominato | Golden Palm |
for: Dogville (2003) |
| 2000 | Vinto | Golden Palm |
for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| 1998 | Nominato | Golden Palm |
for: Idioterne (1998) |
| 1996 | Vinto | Grand Prize of the Jury |
for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| Nominato | Golden Palm |
for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
|
| 1991 | Vinto | Best Artistic Contribution |
for: Europa (1991) |
| Jury Prize |
for: Europa (1991) Tied with Hors la vie (1991). |
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| Technical Grand Prize |
for: Europa (1991) |
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| Nominato | Golden Palm |
for: Europa (1991) |
|
| 1984 | Vinto | Technical Grand Prize |
for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
| Nominato | Golden Palm |
for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
|
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominato | CFCA Award |
Best Original Score for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Shared with: Björk Sjón Sigurdsson |
| Chlotrudis Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Nominato | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Screenplay - Original for: Dogville (2003) |
| 2001 | Nominato | Chlotrudis Award |
Best Director for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| Copenhagen International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Vinto | Honorary Award |
for: Dogville (2003) |
| Czech Lions | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Vinto | Czech Lion |
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| César Awards, France | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominato | César |
Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne) for: Dogville (2003) Denmark. |
| 2001 | Nominato | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| 1997 | Vinto | César |
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| David di Donatello Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Vinto | David |
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea) for: Dogville (2003) Tied with Rosenstrasse (2003). |
| European Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2003 | Vinto | European Film Award |
Best Director for: Dogville (2003) |
| Nominato | Audience Award |
Best Director for: Dogville (2003) |
|
| Best Documentary Award |
for: Fem benspænd, De (2003) Shared with: Jørgen Leth |
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| European Film Award |
Best Screenwriter for: Dogville (2003) |
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| 2000 | Vinto | Audience Award |
Best Director for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| 1998 | Nominato | European Film Award |
Best Screenwriter for: Idioterne (1998) |
| 1996 | Vinto | FIPRESCI Prize |
for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| Fantasporto | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1999 | Vinto | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Director for: "Riget II" (1997) |
Best Screenplay for: "Riget II" (1997) Shared with: Morten Arnfred |
| Nominato | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: "Riget II" (1997) |
|
| 1992 | Vinto | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Director for: Europa (1991) |
| Nominato | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: Europa (1991) |
|
| 1988 | Nominato | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: Epidemic (1987) |
| 1986 | Vinto | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Director for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
| Nominato | International Fantasy Film Award |
Best Film for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
|
| Flanders International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Vinto | Grand Prix |
for: Europa (1991) |
| Fotogramas de Plata | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Vinto | Fotogramas de Plata |
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) Tied with Secrets & Lies (1996). |
| Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | President Award |
Best Director for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| Golden Cable, Germany | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | Bronze Cable for Innovation |
for: "Riget" (1994) |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominato | Golden Globe |
Best Original Song - Motion Picture for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Shared with: Björk Sjón Sigurdsson For the song "I've Seen It All". |
| Goya Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominato | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: Dogville (2003) Denmark. |
| 2001 | Vinto | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Denmark/Sweden. |
| 1997 | Nominato | Goya |
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway. |
| Guild of German Art House Cinemas | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Vinto | Guild Film Award - Silver |
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film) for: Dogville (2003) |
| Independent Spirit Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Vinto | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Denmark. |
| 1997 | Nominato | Independent Spirit Award |
Best Foreign Film for: Breaking the Waves (1996) Denmark. |
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Nominato | Silver Ribbon |
Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) for: Dogville (2003) |
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1995 | Vinto | Best Director |
for: "Riget" (1994) |
| Nominato | Crystal Globe |
for: "Riget" (1994) |
|
| London Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1998 | Vinto | FIPRESCI Prize |
for: Idioterne (1998) 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 | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film |
for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury |
for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
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| Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1984 | Vinto | Josef von Sternberg Award |
for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
| Motovun Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Vinto | FIPRESCI Prize |
for: Fem benspænd, De (2003) Shared with: Jørgen Leth |
| NatFilm Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1990 | Vinto | Night Dreamer Award | |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Vinto | NSFC Award |
Best Director for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | NYFCC Award |
Best Director for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| Nordisk Film Award | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | Nordisk Film Award | |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominato | OFCS Award |
Best Director for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Nominato | PFCS Award |
Best Original Song for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Shared with: Björk Sjón Sigurdsson For the song "I've Seen It All". |
| Robert Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2007 | Nominato | Robert |
Best Screenplay, Original (Årets originalmanuskript) for: Direktøren for det hele (2006) |
| 2006 | Nominato | Robert |
Best Director (Årets instruktør) for: Manderlay (2005) |
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm) for: Manderlay (2005) Shared with: Vibeke Windeløv (producer) |
Best Screenplay, Original (Årets originalmanuskript) for: Manderlay (2005) |
| 2004 | Vinto | Robert |
Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript) for: Dogville (2003) |
| Nominato | Robert |
Best Director (Årets instruktør) for: Dogville (2003) |
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm) for: Dogville (2003) Shared with: Vibeke Windeløv (producer) |
| 2001 | Nominato | Robert |
Best Director (Årets instruktør) for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) |
| 1997 | Vinto | Robert |
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript) for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| 1995 | Vinto | Robert |
Best Screenplay (Årets manuskript) for: "Riget" (1994) Shared with: Niels Vørsel |
| 1992 | Vinto | Robert |
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm) for: Europa (1991) |
| 1985 | Vinto | Robert |
Best Film (Årets danske spillefilm) for: Forbrydelsens element (1984) |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2006 | Nominato | Golden Seashell |
for: Direktøren for det hele (2006) |
| Satellite Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Vinto | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Original Song for: Dancer in the Dark (2000) Shared with: Björk (composer/lyrics) Sjón Sigurdsson (lyricist) For the song "I've Seen It All". |
| 1997 | Vinto | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language for: Breaking the Waves (1996) Denmark. |
| Nominato | Golden Satellite Award |
Best Director of a Motion Picture for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
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| Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1991 | Vinto | Best Film |
for: Europa (1991) |
| Sofia International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2004 | Vinto | Audience Award |
Best Film for: Dogville (2003) |
| Stockholm Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | FIPRESCI Prize |
Northern Lights Section for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| 1991 | Vinto | Bronze Horse |
for: Europa (1991) |
| Uruguay International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1997 | Vinto | Best Film |
for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2005 | Vinto | 50th Anniversary Prize |
for: Manderlay (2005) Together with Caché (2005). |
| Nominato | Golden Spike |
for: Manderlay (2005) |
|
| 1998 | Nominato | Golden Spike |
for: Idioterne (1998) |
| Vancouver International Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Vinto | Most Popular Film |
for: Breaking the Waves (1996) |