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Malik Bendjelloul
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
American Cinema Editors, USA (1)
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (2)
Bodil Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
Directors Guild of America, USA (1)
European Film Awards (1)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Guldbagge Awards (5)
International Documentary Association (2)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Melbourne International Film Festival (1)
Moscow International Film Festival (1)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
PGA Awards (1)
Sundance Film Festival (3)
Writers Guild of America, USA (1)
Athens International Film Festival (1)
Oslo Films from the South Festival (1)
Amanda Awards, Norway (1)
Polish Film Awards (1)
Tribeca Film Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (1)
Göteborg Film Festival (2)
Durban International Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Festival (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (3)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (1)
South African Film and Television Awards (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
Vilnius International Film Festival (1)
ASECAN (1)
Días de Cine Awards (1)
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival (1)
31 wins & 17 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2013 Winner
Oscar
Best Documentary, Features
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Simon Chinn
American Cinema Editors, USA
2013 Winner
Eddie
Best Edited Documentary - Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Searching for Sugar Man
2012 Winner
Best Feature-Length Documentary
IDFA Melkweg Award for Best Music Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Bodil Awards
2013 Nominee
Bodil
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
Searching for Sugar Man
Sweden
BAFTA Awards
2013 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Documentary Film
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Simon Chinn
Directors Guild of America, USA
2013 Winner
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
European Film Awards
2013 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Searching for Sugar Man
Hamburg Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Art Cinema Award
Searching for Sugar Man
Guldbagge Awards
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Film (Bästa film)
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Simon Chinn
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Screenplay (Bästa manuskript)
Searching for Sugar Man
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Editing (Bästa Klippning)
Searching for Sugar Man
2013 Winner
Guldbagge
Best Documentary (Bästa dokumentärfilm)
Searching for Sugar Man
2013 Nominee
Guldbagge
Best Music (Bästa musik)
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Rodriguez
International Documentary Association
2012 Winner
IDA Award
Best Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Simon Chinn
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John Battsek
2012 Winner
Creative Recognition Award
Best Music
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Rodriguez
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2012 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Searching for Sugar Man
Melbourne International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Most Popular Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Moscow International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Silver St. George
Best Film of the Documentary Competition
Searching for Sugar Man
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2013 Nominee
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in a Feature Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Per Nyström
National Board of Review, USA
2012 Winner
NBR Award
Best Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
PGA Awards
2013 Winner
PGA Award
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Simon Chinn
Sundance Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
World Cinema - Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
2012 Winner
Audience Award
World Cinema - Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
2012 Winner
Special Jury Prize
World Cinema - Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
For its celebration of the artistic spirit
Writers Guild of America, USA
2013 Winner
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Documentary Screenplay
Searching for Sugar Man
Athens International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Golden Athena
Documentary Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
Oslo Films from the South Festival
2012 Winner
DOC: South Award
Best Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Amanda Awards, Norway
2013 Winner
Amanda
Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
Searching for Sugar Man
Polish Film Awards
2014 Winner
Eagle
Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)
Searching for Sugar Man
Tribeca Film Festival
2012 Nominee
Audience Award
Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Black Reel Awards
2013 Nominee
Black Reel
Best Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Göteborg Film Festival
2013 Winner
Lorens Award
Searching for Sugar Man
2013 Winner
City of Gothenburg Award
Searching for Sugar Man
Durban International Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Best Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Los Angeles Film Festival
2012 Winner
Audience Award
Best International Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
Cinema for Peace Awards
2013 Winner
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year
Searching for Sugar Man
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2013 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Simon Chinn
2013 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
Searching for Sugar Man
2013 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Searching for Sugar Man
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2013 Winner
EDA Award
Best Documentary Feature Film
Searching for Sugar Man
South African Film and Television Awards
2013 Winner
Special Award
Searching for Sugar Man
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2013 Nominee
INOCA
Best Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Gold Derby Awards
2013 Winner
Gold Derby Film Award
Documentary Feature
Searching for Sugar Man
Shared with:
Simon Chinn
Vilnius International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Searching for Sugar Man
ASECAN
2014 Nominee
ASECAN Award
Best Foreign Film
Searching for Sugar Man
Días de Cine Awards
2014 Winner
Días de Cine Award
Best Foreign Film
Searching for Sugar Man
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award - First Place
Searching for Sugar Man
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