List of awards and nominations received by Costa-Gavras

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras.

Main article: Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1970	Best Director	Z	Nominated	[1]
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
1983	Best Adapted Screenplay	Missing	Won	[2]

Amandaprisen

Main article: Amanda Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Film DVD	The Ax	Nominated	[3]

Athens International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Honorary Award	Himself	Won	[4]

Berlin Film Festival

Main article: Berlinale

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1990	Golden Bear	Music Box	Won	[5][6]
	Jury Prize		Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
1993	Golden Bear	The Little Apocalypse	Nominated	[7]
2002		Amen.	Nominated
	Berlinale Camera	Himself	Won

British Academy Film Awards

Main article: BAFTA Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1970	Best Film	Z	Nominated	[8]
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	United Nations Award		Nominated
1971		The Confession	Nominated	[9]
1974		State of Siege	Won	[10]
1983	Best Film	Missing	Nominated	[11]
	Best Direction		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Won

Cannes Film Festival

Main article: Cannes Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1969	Grand Prix	Z	Nominated	[12]
	Jury Prize		Won
	Best Director		Nominated	[5]
1975	Palme d'Or	Section spéciale	Nominated	[13][5]
	Grand Prix		Nominated
	Best Director		Won
	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury		Nominated
1982	Palme d'Or	Missing	Won	[14]
	Grand Prix		Nominated	[5]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury		Nominated
	Best Artistic Contribution Prize		Nominated
	Award of the Youth		Nominated

Catalonia International Prize

Main article: Catalonia International Prize

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Catalonia International Prize	Himself	Won	[15]

César Awards

Main article: César Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1980	Best Film	Womanlight	Nominated	[7]
	Best Director		Nominated
2003	Best Film	Amen.	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation		Won
2006	Best Adaptation	The Ax	Nominated
2020		Adults in the Room	Nominated
2025	Honorary César	Himself	Honored

CinEuphoria Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Freedom of Expression - Honorary Award	Adults in the Room	Won	[7]

Cineuropa

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Premio Cineuropa	Himself	Won	[16]

COLCOA

Main article: COLCOA French Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Critics' Award	Eden Is West	Won	[17]

Copenhagen International Film Festival

Main article: Copenhagen International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Lifetime Achievement Award	Himself	Won	[7]

David di Donatello Awards

Main article: David di Donatello

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Best Foreign Film	Missing	Nominated	[7]
	Best Foreign Director		Nominated
	Best Foreign Screenplay		Nominated

Directors Guild of America Awards

Main article: Directors Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1969	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Z	Nominated	[18]

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Main article: Edgar Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1967	Best Motion Picture Screenplay	The Sleeping Car Murders	Nominated	[19]
1970		Z	Won	[20]

Efebo d'oro

Main article: it:Efebo d'oro

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Life Achievement Award	Himself	Won	[21][22]

European Film Awards

Main article: European Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Honorary Award	Himself	Won	[23][24]
2020	Best Screenwriter	Adults in the Room	Nominated	[25][26]

Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca

Main article: es:Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Premio Luis Buñuel	Himself	Won	[27]

Festival Internacional de Cine de San Cristóbal de las Casas

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Premio Ámbar	Himself	Won	[28]

Film by the Sea

Main article: Film by the Sea

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Film and Literature Award	The Ax	Won	[7]

FIPRESCI

Main article: International Federation of Film Critics

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	FIPRESCI Platinum Award	Himself	Won	[29]

Flaiano Prizes

Main article: Flaiano Prizes

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Career Award (Cinema)	Himself	Won	[7]

Francophone Film Festival of Greece

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Prix d'honneur	Himself	Won	[5]

Globo d'oro

Main article: Globo d'oro

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2002	Best European Film	Amen.	Won	[30]

Golden Globe Awards

Main article: Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1970	Best Foreign Film	Z	Won	[31][32]
1971		The Confession	Nominated
1974		State of Siege	Nominated
1976		Special Section	Nominated
1983	Best Motion Picture – Drama	Missing	Nominated
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated

Gopo Awards

Main article: Gopo Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best European Film	The Ax	Nominated	[33]

Havana Film Festival

Main article: Havana Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Premio Coral de Honor	Himself	Won	[7]

Hellenic Film Academy Awards

Main article: Hellenic Film Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Honorary Award	Himself	Won	[34]

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Main article: Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Lifetime Achievement Award	Himself	Won	[7]

IFG Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Arts and Letters	Himself	Won	[35]

Istanbul Film Festival

Main article: International Istanbul Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Lifetime Achievement Award	Himself	Won	[36]

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

Main article: Nastro d'Argento

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1970	Best Foreign Director	Z	Nominated	[7]
1971		The Confession	Won
1983		Missing	Nominated

Kansas City Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1971	Best Foreign Film	Z	Won	[20]

LiberPress

Main article: ca:Liberpress

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	LiberPress Cinema Award	Himself	Won	[37]

Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

Main article: Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Tribute Award	Himself	Won	[7]

Locarno Film Festival

Main article: Locarno Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2022	Leopard Career Award	Himself	Won	[38][39]

London Film Critics' Circle

Main article: London Film Critics' Circle

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Film of the Year	Missing	Won	[32]
	Director of the Year		Won
	Screenwriter of the Year		Won

Louis Delluc Prize

Main article: Louis Delluc Prize

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1972	Best Film	State of Siege	Won	[7]

Lumière Awards

Main article: Lumière Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Best Film	Amen.	Won	[7]
2020	Lumière d'honneur	Himself	Won	[5]

Magritte Awards

Main article: Magritte Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Magritte d'honneur	Himself	Won	[40]

Monte-Carlo Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Career Award	Himself	Won	[7]

Moscow International Film Festival

Main article: Moscow International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1967	Grand Prix	Shock Troops	Nominated	[41]
2013	Special Prize for An Outstanding Contribution to Cinema		Won	[42]

Mostra de València

Main article: es:Mostra de València

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Critics' Award	Eden Is West	Won	[43]
	Special Jury Award		Won

Mumbai International Film Festival

Main article: Mumbai International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Lifetime Achievement Award	Himself	Won	[44]

Munich International Film festival

Main article: Filmfest München

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best International Film	Capital	Nominated	[7]

National Board of Review

Main article: National Board of Review

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1966	Best Foreign Film	The Sleeping Car Murders	Won	[45]
	Top Foreign Films		Won
1970		The Confession	Won	[46]
1975		Special Section	Won	[47]
1982	Top Ten Films	Missing	Won	[32]

National Society of Film Critics Awards

Main article: National Society of Film Critics Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1969	Best Film	Z	Won	[20]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated

New York Film Critics Circle

Main article: New York Film Critics Circle

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1969	Best Film	Z	Won	[48]
	Best Director		Won
1972	Best Film	State of Siege	Nominated	[49]
	Best Director		Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
1982	Best Film	Missing	Nominated	[32]
	Best Screenplay		Nominated

Online Film & Television Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	OFTA Film Hall of Fame	Z	Won	[50]

Premios ASECAN

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Best Foreign Film	Missing	Won	[32]

Prix France Culture Cinéma

Main article: fr:Prix France Culture Cinéma

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Prix France Culture Cinéma Consécration	Himself	Won	[51]

Prix Jean-Zay

Main article: fr:Prix Jean-Zay

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Prix Jean-Zay	Himself	Won	[52]

Pune International Film Festival

Main article: Pune International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best International Director	The Axe	Won
2020	Best International Film	Himself	Nominated	[7]

SACD Awards

Main article: Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2002	Grand Prize	Himself	Won	[53]

San Sebastián Film Festival

Main article: San Sebastián International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Golden Shell	Capital	Nominated	[5]
	Silver Shell for Best Director		Nominated
	Special Jury Prize		Nominated
	Solidarity Award		Won	[7]
2019	Donostia Award	Himself	Won	[54][55]

Sant Jordi Awards

Main article: Sant Jordi Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1971	Best Foreign Film	The Confession	Won	[46]

Sofia International Film Festival

Main article: Sofia International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Sofia Prize	Himself	Won	[56]

Terenci Moix International Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Film Prize	Himself	Won	[57]

Trophées du Film français

Main article: Le Film français

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Trophée d'honneur	Himself	Won	[5]

Turkish Film Critics Association

Main article: Turkish Film Critics Association

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Best Foreign Film	Amen.	Nominated	[58]

Valladolid International Film Festival

Main article: Valladolid International Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1986	Golden Spike (Best Film)	Family Business	Nominated	[7]

Venice Film Festival

Main article: Venice Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Golden Lion	Hanna K.	Nominated	[59]
2019	Glory to the Filmmaker Award		Won	[60]

Writers Guild of America Awards

Main article: Writers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Best Adapted Screenplay	Missing	Won	[7]

Zurich Film Festival

Main article: Zurich Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Tribute Award	Himself	Won	[7]

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1. ↑ "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
2. ↑ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. ↑ Hestsveen, Amund (18 August 2006). "Her er Amanda-vinnerne". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
4. ↑ "Οι Νύχτες Πρεμιέρας τίμησαν τον Κώστα Γαβρά" (in Greek). CNN.gr. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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10. ↑ "Film in 1974 / BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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30. ↑ "Globo d' oro a Bellocchio". la Repubblica (in Italian). 28 June 2002. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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33. ↑ "Gopo Awards, Romania (2007)". IMDb. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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39. ↑ "Pardo alla carriera Ascona-Locarno". locarnofestival.ch. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
40. ↑ "Costa-Gavras : cinéaste de toutes les libertés" (in French). lesmagritteducinema.com. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
41. ↑ "Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". imdb.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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43. ↑ "Una odisea en patera, Palma de Oro en la Mostra de Valencia". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 24 October 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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45. ↑ "The Sleeping Car Murder ("Compartiment tueurs"), by Costa-Gavras". Institut Français. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
46. 1 2 "L'aveu - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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49. ↑ "État de siège - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
50. ↑ "Online Film & Television Association (2019)". IMDb. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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53. ↑ "SACD Awards (2002)". IMDb. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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56. ↑ "17th Sofia International Film Festival". altcine.com. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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