Kaouther Ben Hania
Birth Name:
Kaouther Ben Hania
Birth Place:
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia
Profession
Director, Writer, Editor
Awards
- 2014French Union of Film Critics AwardWinner
- 2015Discovery Award - Best New Director:Winner
- 2015Trophée Francophone - Best Director (Trophée francophone de la réalisation):Winner
- 2017Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
- 2017Tanit d'Or - Narrative Feature Film:Nominated
- 2017Victor Turov Memorial Award for Best Film - Youth on the March: Feature Films Competition:Nominated
- 2018Lumiere Award - Best French-Language Film (Meilleur film francophone):Nominated
- 2018Prix Alice Guy - Best Female-Directed French or Francophone Film (Meilleur film français ou francophone réalisé par une femme):Nominated
- 2020Golden Star - Feature Narrative Competition:Nominated
- 2020Best Arab Film - Feature Narrative Competition:Winner
- 2020Best ScreenplayWinner
- 2020Bronze Horse - Best Film:Nominated
- 2020Edipo Re Award (Università degli Studi di Padova e ResInt Rete dell'Economia Sociale Internazionale)Winner
- 2020Venice Horizons Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2021Audience Award - Independent Films Competition:Nominated
- 2021Glocal Images - Glocal Images Best Film Award:Nominated
- 2021Audience Award - Publikumspreis:Nominated
- 2021Lumiere Award - Best International Coproduction (Meilleure coproduction internationale):Winner
- 2021Andreas AwardWinner
- 2021Amnesty International Febio Fest Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2021The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2021The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2021Audience AwardWinner
- 2021International Jury Grand PrizeNominated
- 2021World Cinema Exchange Award - Most Thought Provoking Film:Winner
- 2022Magritte Award - Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction):Nominated
- 2023Grand Prix - International Competition:Nominated
- 2023Jury Award - International Competition:Winner
- 2023Best International Documentary - Best International Documentary:Nominated
- 2023Palme d'OrNominated
- 2023Golden EyeWinner
- 2023Special Mention - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2023Gold Hugo - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2023Maysles Brothers Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2023European Film Award - European Documentary:Nominated
- 2023Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2023IDA Award - Best Writing:Winner
- 2023Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary FeatureWinner
- 2023ARRI/OSRAM Award - Best International Film:Winner
- 2023Jury Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2023Golden Spike - Best Film:Nominated
- 2024Oscar - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2024Golden Tanit of Beirut - Best International Feature Documentary:Nominated
- 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2024Heterodox AwardNominated
- 2024Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Direction:Winner
- 2024Cinema for Peace Award - Cinema for Peace Dove for Women's Empowerment:Winner
- 2024César - Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire):Winner
- 2024Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2024Gold Derby Film Award - Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2024Lumiere Award - Best Documentary:Winner
- 2024NDFS Award - Best Documentary Feature:Nominated
- 2024FIPRESCI Prize - Best Foreign Language Film:Winner
- 2024Special Mention - Best Documentary Film:Winner
- 2024Grand Prix - International Documentary Competition:Nominated
- 2024Grand Jury Documentary Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2024Camera Justitia AwardNominated
- 2024Aurora AwardNominated
- 2024Don Quixote AwardWinner
- 2024Aurora Award - Special MentionWinner
- 2024Big Stamp - International Competition:Winner
- 2025Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025Best Film - Official Competition:Nominated
- 2025Capri Humanitarian AwardWinner
- 2025Silver Hugo - Jury Prize:Winner
- 2025Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2025Grand Prix - Best Film:Winner
- 2025Grand Prix - Best Film:Nominated
- 2025Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution - Best Film:Winner
- 2025Prix du publicWinner
- 2025City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience AwardWinner
- 2025The Critics Awards for Arab Films Award - Best Editing:Nominated
- 2025FCA Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2025Croce Rossa Italiana AwardWinner
- 2025UNICEF AwardWinner
- 2025CICT-UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni AwardWinner
- 2025Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
- 2025Silver Lion - Grand Jury Prize:Winner
- 2025Sorriso Diverso Venezia Award - Best Film in a Foreign Language:Winner
- 2025Arca CinemaGiovani Award - Best Film in Competition:Winner
- 2025Edipo Re Award (Università degli Studi di Padova e ResInt Rete dell'Economia Sociale Internazionale)Winner
- 2025Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola AwardWinner
- 2025Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award - Cinema for UNICEFWinner
- 2026BAFTA Film Award - Best Film Not in the English Language:Nominated
- 2026Heterodox AwardWinner
- 2026David - Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 2026European Film Award - European Film:Nominated
- 2026Girls on Film Award - Best Editing sponsored by Disauthority:Nominated
- 2026Lumiere Award - Best International Coproduction (Meilleure coproduction internationale):Nominated
- 2026FIPRESCI Film of the YearNominated
- 2026Special Award of the Spanish Actors UnionWinner