Lars von Trier awards and nominations
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Trier at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Totals
Awards won 98
Nominations 179

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Danish director and screenwriter Lars von Trier. Among the many accolades he received over the years, von Trier has won five European Film Awards, a César Award, a Palme d'Or, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. In his home country of Denmark, he has won seven Bodil Awards and fifteen Robert Awards.

Organizations

AACTA Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2012 Melancholia Best Direction – International Nominated [1]
Best Screenplay – International Nominated

Academy Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2001 Dancer in the Dark Best Original Song ("I've Seen It All") Nominated [2]

Bodil Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1985 Forbrydelsens element Best Danish Film Won [3]
1992 Europa Won [4]
1995 Riget Won [5]
1997 Breaking the Waves Won [6]
1999 Idioterne Nominated
2001 Dancer in the Dark Nominated
2004 Dogville Won [7]
2006 Manderlay Nominated [8]
2010 Antichrist Won [9]
2012 Melancholia Won [10]
2014 Nymphomaniac Nominated [11]

César Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Breaking the Waves Best Foreign Film Won [12]
2001 Dancer in the Dark Nominated
2004 Dogville Best Film from the European Union Nominated
2012 Melancholia Best Foreign Film Nominated

David di Donatello Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2004 Dogville Best European Film Won [13]
2012 Melancholia Nominated [14]

European Film Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1996 Breaking the Waves Critics Award (FIPRESCI Award) Won [15]
1998 Idioterne Best Screenwriter Nominated [16]
2000 Dancer in the Dark Audience Award Won [17]
2003 Dogville Best Director Won [18]
Best Screenwriter Nominated [19]
Audience Award Nominated
De fem benspænd Best Documentary Nominated
2008 — Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema (with Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen) Won [20]
2009 Antichrist Best Director Nominated [21]
2011 Melancholia Best Film Won [22]
Best Director Nominated [23]
Best Screenwriter Nominated
2014 Nymphomaniac Best Film Nominated [24]
Audience Award Nominated [25]

Golden Globe Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2001 Dancer in the Dark Best Original Song ("I've Seen It All") Nominated [26]

Gopo Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
2011 Antichrist Best European Film Nominated [27]
2012 Melancholia Won [28]
2015 Nymphomaniac Nominated [29]

Goya Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Breaking the Waves Best European Film Nominated [30]
2001 Dancer in the Dark Won [31]
2004 Dogville Nominated [32]
2012 Melancholia Nominated [33]

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Breaking the Waves Best Foreign Film Nominated [34]
2001 Dancer in the Dark Won [35]
2012 Melancholia Best International Film Nominated [36]

Robert Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1985 Forbrydelsens element Best Danish Film Won [37]
1992 Europa Won [37]
1995 Riget Best Screenplay Won [37]
1997 Breaking the Waves Best Danish Film Won [37]
Best Screenplay Won
2001 Dancer in the Dark Best Director Nominated
2004 Dogville Best Danish Film Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Won [37]
2006 Manderlay Best Danish Film Nominated
Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2007 Direktøren for det hele Best Screenplay Nominated
2010 Antichrist Best Danish Film Won [37]
Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won
2012 Melancholia Best Danish Film Won [37]
Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won
2015 Nymphomaniac Best Danish Film Won [37]
Best Director Won
Best Original Screenplay Won
Audience Award Nominated [38]
2019 The House That Jack Built Best Danish Film Nominated [39]
Best Director Nominated
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1997 Breaking the Waves Best Foreign Language Film Won
Best Director Nominated
2001 Dancer in the Dark Best Original Song ("I've Seen It All") Won

Other awards

Year Award Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Grimme-Preis for Best Series or Miniseries Riget Won
Amanda Award for Best Nordic Feature Film Breaking the Waves Won
1998 Czech Lion for Best Foreign Language Film Breaking the Waves Won
2001 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Language Film Dancer in the Dark Won
2008 Nordic Council Film Prize De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1 Nominated
2009 Nordic Council's Film Prize Antichrist Won
2012 Gaudí Award for Best European Film Melancholia Nominated
2014 Nordic Council's Film Prize Nymphomaniac Nominated
2015 Polish Film Award for Best European Film Nominated
Cinema Eye Honors De fem benspænd Won

Critics awards

Year Nominated work Association Category Result Ref.
1996 Breaking the Waves New York Film Critics Circle Best Director Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Best Director 2nd place
1997 National Society of Film Critics Best Director Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Director Nominated
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists European Nastro d'Argento Nominated
2001 Dancer in the Dark Chicago Film Critics Association Best Original Score Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Director Nominated
2004 Dogville Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Foreign Director Nominated
2011 Melancholia New York Film Critics Circle Best Director 3rd place
Village Voice Film Poll Best Director 2nd place
2012 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Best Foreign Film Won
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best European Director Nominated
National Society of Film Critics Best Director 3rd place
Online Film Critics Society Best Director Nominated
Russian Guild of Film Critics Best Foreign Film Nominated

Film Festivals

Cannes Film Festival

Year Nominated work Category Result Ref.
1984 Forbrydelsens element Palme d'Or Nominated
Technical Grand Prize Won
1991 Europa Palme d'Or Nominated
Best Artistic Contribution Won
Jury Prize Won
Technical Grand Prize Won
1996 Breaking the Waves Palme d'Or Nominated
Grand Prize of the Jury Won
1998 Idioterne Palme d'Or Nominated
2000 Dancer in the Dark Palme d'Or Won
2003 Dogville Palme d'Or Nominated
2005 Manderlay Palme d'Or Nominated
2009 Antichrist Palme d'Or Nominated
2011 Melancholia Palme d'Or Nominated

Other festivals

Year Nominated work Festival Category Result Ref.
1984 Forbrydelsens element Chicago International Film Festival Best Feature Film Won
International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg Josef von Sternberg Award Won
1985 Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Grand Prize Nominated
1986 Fantasporto Best Director Won
Best Film Nominated
1988 Epidemic Nominated
1990 — NatFilm Festival Night Dreamer Award Won
1991 Europa Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Grand Prix Won
Sitges Film Festival Best Film Won
Stockholm International Film Festival Best Film Won
1992 Fantasport Best Director Won
Best Film Nominated
1995 Riget Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Director Won
Grand Prix Nominated
Seattle International Film Festival Best Film Won
1996 Breaking the Waves Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Best Director Won
Lübeck Nordic Film Days Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film Won
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Won
Stockholm International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize Won
Vancouver International Film Festival Most Popular International Film Won
1997 Uruguay International Film Festival Best Film Won
1998 SESC Film Festival Best Foreign Film (Critics Award) Won
1998 Idioterne London Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize Won
Valladolid International Film Festival Golden Spike Nominated
1999 Riget Fantasporto Best Director Won
Best Screenplay Won
Best Film Nominated
2000 Dancer in the Dark Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Audience Award Won
2001 SESC Film Festival Best Foreign Film (Critics Award) Won
Best Foreign Director (Critics Award) Won
Best Foreign Film (Audience Award) Won
Best Foreign Director (Audience Award) Won
2003 Dogville Copenhagen International Film Festival Honorary Award Won
De fem benspænd Copenhagen International Documentary Festival CPH:DOX Award Nominated
2004 Motovun Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize Won
Dogville Sofia International Film Festival Best Film (Audience Award) Won
2005 SESC Film Festival Best Foreign Film (Critics Award) Won
Best Foreign Film (Audience Award) Won
Best Foreign Director (Audience Award) Won
Manderlay Valladolid International Film Festival 50th Anniversary Prize Won
Golden Spike Nominated
2006 Direktøren for det hele San Sebastián International Film Festival Golden Shell Nominated
2009 Antichrist Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival Titra Film Award Won
Best Feature Film Nominated
2012 Melancholia SESC Film Festival Best Foreign Film (Critics Award) Won

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