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Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Awards

Life Is Beautiful

72 wins & 52 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Elda Ferri
    1999 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • Elda Ferri
    • Gianluigi Braschi
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Oscar
    • Best Actor in a Leading Role
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Director
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Vincenzo Cerami
    1999 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
    • Vincenzo Cerami
    • Roberto Benigni
  • 1999 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Film Editing
    • Simona Paggi

American Comedy Awards, USA

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner American Comedy Award
    • Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
    • Roberto Benigni

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film

Australian Film Institute

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Best Foreign Film Award
    • Roberto Benigni (director)
    • Arnon Milchan (producer)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

BAFTA Awards

  • Vincenzo Cerami
    1999 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • Vincenzo Cerami
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Elda Ferri
    1999 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film not in the English Language
    • Elda Ferri
    • Gianluigi Braschi
    • Roberto Benigni

British Independent Film Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language

Critics Choice Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Picture
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Foreign-Language Film

Cannes Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Grand Prize of the Jury
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Roberto Benigni

César Awards, France

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner César
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Roberto Benigni (director)
    Italy.

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Picture
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner CFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Roberto Benigni

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2000 Winner CEC Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    Italy.

Czech Lions

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2000 Nominee Czech Lion
    • Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
    • Roberto Benigni

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner DFWFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Italy
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Picture

David di Donatello Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner David
    • Best Film (Miglior Film)
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner David
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner David
    • Best Director (Migliore Regista)
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner David
    • Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
    • Roberto Benigni
    • Vincenzo Cerami
  • Tonino Delli Colli
    1998 Winner David
    • Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia)
    • Tonino Delli Colli

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • Roberto Benigni

European Film Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner European Film Award
    • European Actor
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Elda Ferri
    1998 Winner European Film Award
    • European Film
    • Gianluigi Braschi
    • Elda Ferri

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner FFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Critics Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Roberto Benigni
    Italy.

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Critic's Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • Roberto Benigni
    Tied with Happiness (1998).
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Critic's Choice Award
    • Best Actor
    • Roberto Benigni
    Tied with 'Dylan Baker' for Happiness (1998).
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Critic's Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Roberto Benigni

German Film Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Best Foreign Film
    • Roberto Benigni
    Italy.

Satellite Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
    • Roberto Benigni
    Italy

Goya Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2000 Winner Goya
    • Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
    Italy.

Grammy Awards

  • Nicola Piovani at an event for Hungry Hearts (2014)
    2000 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
    • Nicola Piovani

Guild of German Art House Cinemas

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Guild Film Award - Gold
    • Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
    • Roberto Benigni

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Director (Regista del Miglior Film)
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Original Story (Migliore Soggetto)
    • Roberto Benigni
    • Vincenzo Cerami
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
    • Roberto Benigni
    • Vincenzo Cerami
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Roberto Benigni
  • 1998 Winner Silver Ribbon
    • Best Supporting Actor (Migliore Attore Non Protagonista)
    • Giustino Durano

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    2000 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Foreign Film

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Foreign Film

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Actor
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Director
    • Roberto Benigni
    Tied with Steven Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan (1998).
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner Sierra Award
    • Best Foreign Film

AFI Fest

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Roberto Benigni

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Roberto Benigni

National Board of Review, USA

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Special Achievement Award
    • Roberto Benigni
    For special achievement in filmmaking
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Foreign Films

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Picture
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner OFCS Award
    • Top Ten Films of the Year
    3rd place

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Audience Award
    • Roberto Benigni

PGA Awards

  • Elda Ferri
    1999 Nominee PGA Award
    • Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    • Elda Ferri
    • Gianluigi Braschi

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2000 Winner Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Roberto Benigni (director)
    Tied with All About My Mother (1999).

Russian Guild of Film Critics

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee Golden Aries
    • Best Foreign Actor
    • Roberto Benigni

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner SDFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Cast
    • Roberto Benigni
    • Nicoletta Braschi
    • Horst Buchholz
    • Sergio Bini Bustric
    • Giorgio Cantarini
    • Giustino Durano
    • Amerigo Fontani
    • Giuliana Lojodice
    • Marisa Paredes

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Winner SEFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Vincenzo Cerami
    1999 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Vincenzo Cerami
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee SEFCA Award
    • Best Picture
    4th place

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner People's Choice Award
    • Roberto Benigni

Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Most Popular Film
    • Roberto Benigni

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • Roberto Benigni

Young Artist Awards

  • Giorgio Cantarini
    1999 Winner Young Artist Award
    • Jackie Coogan Award
    • Giorgio Cantarini

Athens International Film Festival

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Audience Award
    • Roberto Benigni

Harry Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Harry Award

Lumiere Awards, France

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Lumiere Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
    • Roberto Benigni

Amanda Awards, Norway

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee Amanda
    • Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm)
    • Roberto Benigni

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2000 Winner Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Roberto Benigni

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2000 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Roberto Benigni

Chlotrudis Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Movie
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Actor
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Director
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Vincenzo Cerami
    1999 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Vincenzo Cerami
    • Roberto Benigni

Golden Globes, Italy

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore)
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Film (Miglior Film)
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Vincenzo Cerami
    1998 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura)
    • Vincenzo Cerami
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Tonino Delli Colli
    1998 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Cinematography (Migliore Fotografia)
    • Tonino Delli Colli

Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1999 Nominee SIYAD Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    12th Place

Golden Ciak Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Actor (Migliore Attore Protagonista)
    • Roberto Benigni
  • Nicoletta Braschi stars as Dora
    1998 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista)
    • Nicoletta Braschi
  • Nicola Piovani at an event for Hungry Hearts (2014)
    1998 Nominee Golden Ciak
    • Best Score (Migliore Colonna Sonora)
    • Nicola Piovani
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Film (Miglior Film)
    • Roberto Benigni (director)
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Golden Ciak
    • Best Director (Migliore Regista)
    • Roberto Benigni (director)

Online Film & Television Association

  • Elda Ferri
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • Gianluigi Braschi
    • Elda Ferri
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Roberto Benigni
  • 1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Breakthrough Performance: Male
    • Francesco Guzzo
  • Elda Ferri
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Picture
    • Gianluigi Braschi
    • Elda Ferri
  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1999 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Drama Actor
    • Roberto Benigni

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, and Giorgio Cantarini in Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    1998 Winner ACCA
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Italy

20/20 Awards

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    2018 Winner Felix
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • Roberto Benigni

Premio Sergio Amidei

  • Roberto Benigni at an event for Pinocchio (2002)
    1998 Winner Premio Sergio Amidei
    • Roberto Benigni
    • Vincenzo Cerami

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