Kleber Mendonça Filho Biography

Awards

• 2010Amazonas Award - Short Film Competition-Best Film: winner
• 2010Calunga Trophy-Short Film 35mm - Best Screenplay (Curta Metragem 35mm - Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2010Calunga Trophy-Short Film 35mm - Best Director (Curta Metragem 35mm - Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2011Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Short Film - Fiction (Melhor Curta-Metragem, Ficção): winner
• 2012Sutherland Award-First Feature Competition: nominated
• 2012Sutherland Trophy-: nominated
• 2012New Talent Grand PIX-: winner
• 2012Golden Kikito-Best Sound (Melhor Som): winner
• 2012Audience Award-Brazilian Competition (Longa Metragem em 35mm, Brasileiros): winner
• 2012Golden Kikito-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2012Kikito Critics Prize-Brazilian Competition (Longa Metragem em 35mm, Brasileiros): winner
• 2012ICP Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2012FIPRESCI Prize-Tiger Competition: winner
• 2012Tiger Award-: nominated
• 2012Best Film-International Competition: nominated
• 2012Golden Montgolfiere-: nominated
• 2012FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 2012FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 2012Panorama Brasil-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2012Première Brazil-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2012Première Brazil-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2012Sydney Film Prize-: nominated
• 2012Itamaraty Award-Best Brazilian Film: winner
• 2013Abraccine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro): winner
• 2013ACCIRS Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film: winner
• 2013Best Director-International Competition: winner
• 2013Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
• 2013Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2013APRECI Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2013Best Screenplay-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2013Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2013Screenplay Award-: winner
• 2013ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): nominated
• 2013TFCA Award-Best First Feature: winner
• 2014ABC Trophy-Feature Film - Best Editing (Melhor Montagem): winner
• 2014ABC Trophy-Feature Film - Best Sound (Melhor Som): winner
• 2014Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Editing (Melhor Montagem): nominated
• 2014Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original): winner
• 2014Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2014Heterodox Award-: nominated
• 2014Andorinha Trophy-Best Sound (Melhor Som): winner
• 2014Premio Guarani-Best Sound: winner
• 2014Premio Guarani-Best Film Editing: winner
• 2014Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2014Premio Guarani-Best Director: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2014Critics Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2014Critics Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2014Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2014APCA Trophy-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2014APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2016Abraccine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro): winner
• 2016ACCIRS Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film: winner
• 2016Special Jury Prize-: winner
• 2016Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2016Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2016Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2016Emeric Pressburger Prize-: nominated
• 2016FIPRESCI Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2016In Spirit for Freedom Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2016Special Jury Prize-: winner
• 2016Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2016Best Film-International Competition: nominated
• 2016CineVision Award-Best Film By An Emerging Director: nominated
• 2016Premio Fénix-Best Director: winner
• 2016ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): nominated
• 2016Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: winner
• 2016Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 2016World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award-Best Film: winner
• 2016Golden Eye Award-Best International Feature Film: nominated
• 2017Gemas Award-Best Film (Mejor Película): winner
• 2017Accecine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa-Metragem Brasileiro): winner
• 2017Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2017Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original): nominated
• 2017Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2017César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 2017Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Film: winner
• 2017Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2017Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2017Audience Award-: winner
• 2017INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
• 2017Festival Award-DFCC Best Film: winner
• 2017Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Directors to Watch-: winner
• 2017Prêmio Abra de Roteiro-Best Feature Film Screenplay: winner
• 2017Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2017Premio Guarani-Best Director: winner
• 2017Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2017Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2017Critics Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2017Audience Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2017Audience Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2017Critics Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2017APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2017APCA Trophy-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2017Platino Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana): winner
• 2018Silver Ariel-Best Latin-American Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana): nominated
• 2018CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
• 2019Abraccine Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro): winner
• 2019ACCIRS Award-Best Brazilian Feature Film: winner
• 2019Cinema Extraordinaire-: nominated
• 2019Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2019Jury Prize-: winner
• 2019Queer Palm-: nominated
• 2019Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2019Fancine Award - Official Jury-Best Film: winner
• 2019Hollywood Reporter Award-: nominated
• 2019Grand Coral - First Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2019Jury Prize-Best Foreign Feature: winner
• 2019Critics Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019Best Director-: winner
• 2019Best Film-Official Competition (Fiction): winner
• 2019Temps Ø People's Choice Award-: winner
• 2019ARRI/OSRAM Award-Best International Film: winner
• 2019Narcisse Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2019José Luis Guarner Critic's Award-Best Film: winner
• 2019Best Director-Oficial Fantàstic Competition: winner
• 2019Carnet Jove Jury Award-Official Fantàstic Selection: winner
• 2019Official Fantàstic Competition-Best Motion Picture: nominated
• 2019Audience Award-Best Director: winner
• 2019Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2020Grand Jury Award-Special Jury Award to the best Neowestern Featured Film: winner
• 2020BOFA-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original): winner
• 2020Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2020Prêmio Abra de Roteiro-Best Original Screenplay - Fiction Feature Film: winner
• 2020Premio Guarani-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2020Premio Guarani-Best Director: winner
• 2020Critics Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2020Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2020Critics Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2020Audience Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2020Critics Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2020Audience Award-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): winner
• 2020APCA Trophy-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2020APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2021Chainsaw Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2021Gold Derby Film Award-International Feature: nominated
• 2021Gotham Independent Film Award-Best International Feature: nominated
• 2021Audience Award-: nominated
• 2021ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2021LEJA Award-Best International Feature: nominated
• 2021MCFCA Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2021SFCS Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
• 2023ACCIRS Award-Best National Feature Film: winner
• 2023Golden Eye-: nominated
• 2023Gold Hugo-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Premio del Jurado de Documental-Mejor Documental: winner
• 2023People's Choice Award-Gala-Best Film: winner
• 2023Prêmio Arcanjo-Cinema: nominated
• 2023ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): nominated
• 2023Bronze Horse-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Prize of the City of Torino-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2023Tiempo de Historia Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2023Tiempo de Historia Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated
• 2024Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário): nominated
• 2024ICS Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024Prêmio Abra de Roteiro-Best Documentary Screenplay: winner
• 2024Critics Award-Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário): winner
• 2024Audience Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2024Audience Award-Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário): winner
• 2024Audience Award-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2024Critics Award-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): winner
• 2024APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): winner
• 2025Santiago Critics Circle Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2025AFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Abrazo d'honneur-Honorable Mention: winner
• 2025BFCC Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2025Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2025AFCAE Award-: winner
• 2025FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
• 2025Best Director-: winner
• 2025Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2025Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 2025Emeric Pressburger Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2025Audience Award-International Panorama: nominated
• 2025Director Award for Film-Latino Cinema & Television: winner
• 2025Fancine Award - Official Jury-Best Film: winner
• 2025Guayarmina de bronce-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2025Coral Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2025Coral Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2025Coral Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025Premio APRECI-Mención Honrosa - Mejor Película de la Competencia Latinoamericana Ficción: winner
• 2025Premio del Jurado de la Crítica Internacional-Mejor Película: winner
• 2025Premio del Jurado de Ficción-Mejor Película: winner
• 2025Hollywood Reporter Award-Outstanding Achievements in the International Film and Television Industry: winner
• 2025Golden Tomato Award-Best Limited Release Movie: nominated
• 2025Golden Tomato Award-Best International Movie: nominated
• 2025Golden Tomato Award-Best Mystery & Thriller Movie: nominated
• 2025Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Arthouse Cinema Award-: winner
• 2025Filmmaker in Focus Award-Tribute: winner
• 2025ICP Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2025ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025ICP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025ICP Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2025Award for International Cinema-The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film: winner
• 2025Critics' Choice Award-Critics Prize Award: winner
• 2025International Spotlight Award-International Spotlight: winner
• 2025UNAM Film Library Medal-: winner
• 2025NJFCC Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2025NJFCC Award-Best International Feature: nominated
• 2025NMFC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025People's Choice Award-Gala-Best Film: winner
• 2025Prêmio F5-Film of the Year (Filme do Ano): winner
• 2025ACCRJ Award-Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano): winner
• 2025FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: nominated
• 2025City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award-: nominated
• 2025SFCS Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2025Bronze Horse-Best Film: nominated
• 2025Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2025TFCA Award-Best International Feature: nominated
• 2025Encounters-Polish Film Institute Award (Audience Award): nominated
• 2026Movies for Grownups Award-Best Foreign-Language Film: nominated
• 2026EDA Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2026Windie-Best International Film: nominated
• 2026Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2026Lumiere Award-Best International Coproduction (Meilleure coproduction internationale): winner
• 2026NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2026APCA Trophy-Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro): nominated
• 2026APCA Trophy-Best Film (Melhor Filme): nominated
• 2026APCA Trophy-Best Director (Melhor Diretor): nominated