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A World Apart
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BAFTA Awards (2)
Cannes Film Festival (4)
Evening Standard British Film Awards (1)
Guldbagge Awards (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (4)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (4)
Political Film Society, USA (1)
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards (1)
7 wins & 12 nominations
BAFTA Awards
1989 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
David Suchet
1989 Winner
BAFTA Film Award
Best Screenplay - Original
Shawn Slovo
Cannes Film Festival
1988 Winner
Grand Prize of the Jury
Chris Menges
1988 Winner
Best Actress
Barbara Hershey
Jodhi May
Linda Mvusi
Ex aequo.
1988 Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Chris Menges
1988 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Chris Menges
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1989 Winner
Evening Standard British Film Award
Most Promising Newcomer
Jodhi May
Tied with
Kristin Scott Thomas
for
A Handful of Dust (1988)
.
Guldbagge Awards
1990 Winner
Guldbagge
Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film)
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1989 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Chris Menges
UK.
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1989 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Screenplay
Shawn Slovo
1989 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
Chris Menges
1989 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Actress
Barbara Hershey
Tied with
Melanie Griffith
for
Working Girl (1988)
in 3rd place.
1989 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Film
Tied with
Wings of Desire (1987)
in 3rd place.
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1988 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Director
Chris Menges
1988 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Film
2nd place
1988 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Supporting Actress
Jodhi May
2nd place
1988 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Screenplay
Shawn Slovo
2nd place
Political Film Society, USA
1989 Nominee
PFS Award
Human Rights
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
1989 Nominee
SIYAD Award
Best Foreign Film
8th Place
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