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Kleber Mendonça Filho

Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer, Actor, Sound department
Kleber Mendonça Filho

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 TrophyNominated
  • 2012New Talent Grand PIXWinner
  • 2012Audience Award - Brazilian Competition (Longa Metragem em 35mm, Brasileiros):Winner
  • 2012Golden Kikito - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2012Golden Kikito - Best Sound (Melhor Som):Winner
  • 2012Kikito Critics Prize - Brazilian Competition (Longa Metragem em 35mm, Brasileiros):Winner
  • 2012ICP Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
  • 2012Tiger AwardNominated
  • 2012FIPRESCI Prize - Tiger Competition:Winner
  • 2012Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2012Golden MontgolfiereNominated
  • 2012FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 2012FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 2012Panorama Brasil - Best Feature Film:Winner
  • 2012Première Brazil - Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro):Winner
  • 2012Première Brazil - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2012Sydney Film PrizeNominated
  • 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
  • 2013Best Screenplay - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2013APRECI Prize - Best Film:Winner
  • 2013Special Jury AwardWinner
  • 2013Screenplay AwardWinner
  • 2013ACCRJ Award - Best Films of the Year (Melhores Filmes do Ano):Nominated
  • 2013TFCA Award - Best First Feature:Winner
  • 2014ABC Trophy - Feature Film - Best Sound (Melhor Som):Winner
  • 2014ABC Trophy - Feature Film - Best Editing (Melhor Montagem):Winner
  • 2014Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original):Winner
  • 2014Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Nominated
  • 2014Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Editing (Melhor Montagem):Nominated
  • 2014Heterodox AwardNominated
  • 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
  • 2014Critics Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2014Audience Award - Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro):Winner
  • 2014Critics Award - Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro):Winner
  • 2014Audience Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2014Critics Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2014Audience Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):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 PrizeWinner
  • 2016Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2016Queer PalmNominated
  • 2016Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2016Emeric Pressburger PrizeNominated
  • 2016FIPRESCI Prize - Best Film:Winner
  • 2016In Spirit for Freedom Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2016Special Jury PrizeWinner
  • 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
  • 2016VHS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 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 AwardWinner
  • 2017INOCA - Best Non-English Language Film:Nominated
  • 2017Festival Award - DFCC Best Film:Winner
  • 2017Audience Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2017Directors to WatchWinner
  • 2017Prêmio Abra de Roteiro - Best Feature Film Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017Premio Guarani - Best Director:Winner
  • 2017Premio Guarani - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2017Critics Award - Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro):Winner
  • 2017Audience Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2017Critics Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2017Critics Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2017Audience Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2017Audience Award - Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro):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 ExtraordinaireNominated
  • 2019Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2019Queer PalmNominated
  • 2019Jury PrizeWinner
  • 2019Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2019Fancine Award - Official Jury - Best Film:Winner
  • 2019Hollywood Reporter AwardNominated
  • 2019Grand Coral - First Prize - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2019Jury Prize - Best Foreign Feature:Winner
  • 2019Critics Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2019Best Film - Official Competition (Fiction):Winner
  • 2019Best DirectorWinner
  • 2019Temps Ø People's Choice AwardWinner
  • 2019ARRI/OSRAM Award - Best International Film:Winner
  • 2019Narcisse Award - Best Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2019Official Fantàstic Competition - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2019Best Director - Oficial Fantàstic Competition:Winner
  • 2019José Luis Guarner Critic's Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2019Carnet Jove Jury Award - Official Fantàstic Selection:Winner
  • 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 Director:Winner
  • 2020Premio Guarani - Best Original Screenplay: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
  • 2021Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana):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 AwardNominated
  • 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 EyeNominated
  • 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
  • 2024ABC Trophy - Best Documentary Feature Film (Melhor Documentário em Longa-Metragem):Nominated
  • 2024Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário):Nominated
  • 2024Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Nominated
  • 2024ICS Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
  • 2024Prêmio Abra de Roteiro - Best Documentary Screenplay:Winner
  • 2024Critics Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2024Critics Award - Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário):Winner
  • 2024Audience Award - Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário):Winner
  • 2024Audience Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2024Audience Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2024APCA Trophy - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2025Abraccine Award - Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa-Metragem Brasileiro):Winner
  • 2025Abraccine Award - Top 10 Brazilian Feature Films (Top 10 Longas-Metragens Brasileiros):Winner
  • 2025Santiago Critics Circle Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2025ACCIRS Award - Best National Feature Film: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
  • 2025Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2025FIPRESCI Prize - Competition:Winner
  • 2025AFCAE AwardWinner
  • 2025Best DirectorWinner
  • 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 Director:Winner
  • 2025Coral Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2025Premio del Jurado de la Crítica Internacional - Mejor Película:Winner
  • 2025Premio APRECI - Mención Honrosa - Mejor Película de la Competencia Latinoamericana Ficción: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 International Movie:Nominated
  • 2025Golden Tomato Award - Best Mystery & Thriller Movie:Nominated
  • 2025Golden Tomato Award - Best Limited Release Movie:Nominated
  • 2025Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2025Filmmaker in Focus Award - Tribute:Winner
  • 2025Arthouse Cinema AwardWinner
  • 2025ICP Award - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2025ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2025ICP Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2025ICP Award - Best 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 MedalWinner
  • 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 YearNominated
  • 2025City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience AwardNominated
  • 2025SFCS Award - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2025Bronze Horse - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2025Sydney Film Prize - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2025TFCA Award - Best International Feature:Nominated
  • 2025VHS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2025VHS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2025Encounters - Polish Film Institute Award (Audience Award):Nominated
  • 2026Movies for Grownups Award - Best Foreign-Language Film:Nominated
  • 2026Award of the Argentinean Academy - Best Iberoamerican Film (Mejor Película Iberoamericana):Winner
  • 2026EDA Award - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2026BAFTA Film Award - Best Film Not in the English Language:Nominated
  • 2026BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Original):Nominated
  • 2026BOFA - Brazilian Film of the Year:Winner
  • 2026BOFA - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2026BOFA - Best Director:Winner
  • 2026BOFA - Best Film:Winner
  • 2026Accecine Award - Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa-Metragem Brasileiro):Winner
  • 2026Windie - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2026CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - International Competition:Winner
  • 2026CinEuphoria - Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2026CinEuphoria - Best Poster - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2026CinEuphoria - Best Trailer - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2026CinEuphoria - Best Screenplay - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2026CinEuphoria - Best Director - International Competition:Nominated
  • 2026Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Screenplay, Original (Melhor Roteiro Original):Nominated
  • 2026Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Nominated
  • 2026Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Picture (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2026César - Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger):Nominated
  • 2026DFCS Award - Best Non-English Language Feature:Nominated
  • 2026DFCA Award - Best International Film:Winner
  • 2026DFCA Award - Best Picture:Nominated
  • 2026Independent Spirit Award - Best International Film:Winner
  • 2026Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2026Gold Derby Film Award - Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2026Gold Derby Film Award - International Feature:Nominated
  • 2026HFCS Award - Best Picture:Nominated
  • 2026HFCS Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 2026ICS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2026ICS Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2026ICS Award - Best Picture:Winner
  • 2026LEJA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2026LEJA Award - Best Non-English Language Film:Winner
  • 2026LEJA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2026Lumiere Award - Best International Coproduction (Meilleure coproduction internationale):Winner
  • 2026NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2026NCFCA Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 2026OFTA Film Award - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 2026OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
  • 2026FIPRESCI Prize - Best International Feature Film:Nominated
  • 2026PFC Award - Best Director (Meilleur.e Réalisateur.trice):Nominated
  • 2026PFC Award - Best Picture (Meilleur Film):Nominated
  • 2026Sophia - Best Ibero-American Film (Melhor Filme Ibero-Americano):Winner
  • 2026Prêmio Abra de Roteiro - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2026Series Em Cena Award - Film of the Year:Nominated
  • 2026APCA Trophy - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2026APCA Trophy - Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro):Nominated
  • 2026APCA Trophy - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Nominated
  • 2026Platino Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2026Platino Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2026VFCC Award - Best International Film in a Non-English Language:Nominated
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