This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Asghar Farhadi.
Asghar Farhadi is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He has received various accolades including a César Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Farhadi has won prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival.
In addition to these awards, Farhadi has received awards and nominations from film festivals and organizations all around the world. Farhadi started his career his directorial debut Dancing in the Dust (2003) followed by The Beautiful City (2004) and Fireworks Wednesday (2006). He received acclaim for the drama About Elly (2009) earning the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was also Iran's official submission for the competition in the Foreign Film section at the 82nd Academy Awards.
Farhadi received widespread acclaim with the family drama-mystery thriller A Separation (2011) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film as well as the César Award, the Critics' Choice Movie Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best International Feature Film as well as a nomination for the BAFTA Award. The film also won two prizes at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden Bear and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. He then directed the French-Iranian film The Past (2013), which was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
With the Iranian drama The Salesman (2016), he directed his second film to win the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also earned the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the Spanish-language crime drama Everybody Knows (2018) which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. His most recent film, A Hero (2021) won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 Best Original ScreenplayA Separation Best Foreign Language Film 2016 Best Foreign Language Film The Salesman
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2011Best Foreign Language Film A Separation 2013 The Past 2016 The Salesman 2021 A Hero
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011Best Foreign Language Film A Separation 2013 The Past 2016 The Salesman 2022 A Hero
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Berlin International Film Festival 2009 Golden BearAbout Elly Silver Bear for Best Director 2011 Golden BearA Separation Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes Film Festival 2013 Palme d'OrThe Past Prize of the Ecumenical Jury 2016 Palme d'OrThe Salesman Best Screenplay 2018Palme d'Or Everybody Knows 2021A Hero Grand Prix César Awards 2012 Best Foreign Film A Separation 2014 Best FilmThe Past Best Director Best Original Screenplay Goya Awards 2019 Best FilmEverybody Knows Best Director Best Original Screenplay Independent Spirit Awards2012 Best International Film A Separation Toronto International Film Festival 2011 People's Choice Awards A Separation Tribeca Film Festival 2009 Best Narrative Feature About Elly
Honorary awards Organizations Year Award Result Sarajevo Film Festival 2026 Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award
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