List of awards and nominations received by Asghar Farhadi
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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
[edit]| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Best Original Screenplay | A Separation | Nominated | [1] |
| Best Foreign Language Film[a] | Won | |||
| 2016 | Best Foreign Language Film[b] | The Salesman | Won | [2] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 2012 | Best Film Not in the English Language | A Separation | Nominated | [3] |
| 2018 | The Salesman | Nominated | [4] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | ||||
| 2011 | Best Foreign Language Film | A Separation | Won | [5] |
| 2013 | The Past | Nominated | [6] | |
| 2016 | The Salesman | Nominated | [7] | |
| 2021 | A Hero | Nominated | [8] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Best Foreign Language Film | A Separation | Won | [9] |
| 2013 | The Past | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2016 | The Salesman | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2022 | A Hero | Nominated | [9] |
Miscellaneous awards
[edit]| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin International Film Festival | 2009 | Golden Bear | About Elly | Nominated | |
| Silver Bear for Best Director | Won | ||||
| 2011 | Golden Bear | A Separation | Won | ||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Won | ||||
| Cannes Film Festival | 2013 | Palme d'Or | The Past | Nominated | |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Won | ||||
| 2016 | Palme d'Or | The Salesman | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Won | ||||
| 2018 | Palme d'Or | Everybody Knows | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | A Hero | Nominated | |||
| Grand Prix | Won | ||||
| César Awards | 2012 | Best Foreign Film | A Separation | Won | |
| 2014 | Best Film | The Past | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| Goya Awards | 2019 | Best Film | Everybody Knows | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2012 | Best International Film | A Separation | Won | [10] |
| Toronto International Film Festival | 2011 | People's Choice Awards | A Separation | Nominated | |
| Tribeca Film Festival | 2009 | Best Narrative Feature | About Elly | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ "OSCARS: 84th Academy Award Nominations; Only 9 Best Picture Nods". Deadline Hollywood. 24 January 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ "Oscar Winners 2017: See the Complete List!". abc news. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ "Film in 2011". Bafta.org. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ "2016 BAFTA Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 February 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012: List of winners". CBS News. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Critics' Choice Awards: The Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Critics' Choice Awards 2017 nominees announced". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Critics Choice Awards 2022: 'The Power of the Dog,' 'Ted Lasso,' 'Succession' Win Big (Full Winners List)". Variety. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Asghar Farhadi - Golden Globes". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Asghar Farhadi". IMDB. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ While Farhadi's film was nominated and won, he himself didn't qualify due to the Academy's rules for International Features, the country receives the award, not the director. He accepted the award at the ceremony
- ^ While Farhadi's film was nominated and won, he himself didn't qualify due to the Academy's rules for International Features, the country receives the award, not the director