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ACCEC Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won ACCEC Award Best Foreign Film (Millor película estrangera)
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Oscar Best Foreign Language Film
Finland.
 
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Silver Condor Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland/Germany/France.
 
Bangkok International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Golden Kinnaree Award Best Actress
Kati Outinen

Best Screenplay
Aki Kaurismäki

Nominated Golden Kinnaree Award Best Film
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Bodil Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland.
 
Camerimage
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Golden Frog
Timo Salminen

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Best Actress
Kati Outinen

Grand Prize of the Jury
Aki Kaurismäki

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Aki Kaurismäki

Nominated Golden Palm
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated CFCA Award Best Foreign Language Film
Finland.
 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Screenplay - Original
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated CEC Award Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Finland.
 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated César Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland.
 
European Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Audience Award Best Director
Aki Kaurismäki

European Film Award Best Actor
Markku Peltola

Best Actress
Kati Outinen

Best Cinematographer
Timo Salminen

Best Director
Aki Kaurismäki

Best Film
Aki Kaurismäki

Best Screenwriter
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Fajr Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Crystal Simorgh International Competition - Best Screenplay
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated FCCA Award Best Foreign-Language Film
 
Flanders International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Grand Prix
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Guldbagge Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Guldbagge Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
Finland.
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Aki Kaurismäki

 
Jussi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Jussi Best Actress (Paras naispääosa)
Kati Outinen

Best Cinematography (Paras kuvaus)
Timo Salminen

Best Direction (Paras ohjaus)
Aki Kaurismäki

Best Editing (Paras leikkaus)
Timo Linnasalo

Best Film (Vuoden elokuva)
Best Script (Paras käsikirjoitus)
Aki Kaurismäki

Nominated Jussi Best Actor (Paras miespääosa)
Markku Peltola

 
Lübeck Nordic Film Days
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Audience Prize of the "Lübecker Nachrichten"
Aki Kaurismäki

 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won NSFC Award Best Foreign Language Film
 
Nordic Council
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Nordic Council's Film Prize
Aki Kaurismäki (director/writer/producer)

 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated OFCS Award Best Foreign Language Film
 
Palm Springs International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won FIPRESCI Prize
Aki Kaurismäki
For the touching representation of a man who, in spite of tragic circumstances, reinvents himself without losing his humanity and humour. In a droll style and with deceptive simplicity, the film evokes a classical moviemaking approach.
 
Robert Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Robert Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
Aki Kaurismäki (director)

 
San Sebastián International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won FIPRESCI Film of the Year
Aki Kaurismäki

 

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