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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Oscar Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won BSFC Award Best Screenplay
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won FIPRESCI Prize Un Certain Regard
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini
For their original approach to fiction and reality, combining two medias, that of cinema and graphic novels, in an innovative fashion.
 
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won COFCA Award Best Screenplay, Adapted
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won CFCA Award Most Promising Filmmaker
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Nominated CFCA Award Best Actor
Paul Giamatti

Best Actress
Hope Davis

Best Picture

Best Screenplay
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Chlotrudis Award Best Screenplay - Adapted
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor
Paul Giamatti

Best Director
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Best Movie

Best Supporting Actress
Hope Davis

 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Russell Smith Award
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Deauville Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Critics Award
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Nominated Grand Special Prize
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Edinburgh International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won New Director's Award
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Flanders International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Grand Prix
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won Pauline Kael Breakout Award
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Gijón International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated Grand Prix Asturias Best Feature
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Hope Davis

 
Golden Trailer Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Golden Trailer Best Voice Over

 
Gotham Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Open Palm Award
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Director
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Best Feature
Ted Hope

Best Male Lead
Paul Giamatti

Best Screenplay
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Best Supporting Male
Judah Friedlander

 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated ALFS Award Screenwriter of the Year
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won LAFCA Award Best Picture

Best Screenplay
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Montréal Comedy Festival 'Just for Laughs'
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Festival Prize
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won NBR Award Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor
Paul Giamatti

Special Recognition
For excellence in filmmaking.
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won NSFC Award Best Film

Best Screenplay
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won NYFCC Award Best Actress
Hope Davis
Also for The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002).
Best First Film
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won OFCS Award Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Nominated OFCS Award Best Actor
Paul Giamatti

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated PFCS Award Best Film Editing
Robert Pulcini

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Paul Giamatti

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Hope Davis

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Robert Pulcini
Shari Springer Berman

Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music

 
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won SDFCS Award Best Screenplay, Adapted
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
Paul Giamatti
Also for Sideways (2004) and Cinderella Man (2005).
 
Satellite Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Director
Robert Pulcini
Shari Springer Berman

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Paul Giamatti

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Hope Davis

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Robert Pulcini
Shari Springer Berman

 
Seattle Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Seattle Film Critics Award Best Actress
Hope Davis

Best Picture

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Sundance Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
São Paulo International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated International Jury Award
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Won TFCA Award Best First Feature
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

 
Writers Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2004 Won WGA Award (Screen) Best Adapted Screenplay
Robert Pulcini
Shari Springer Berman

 

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