Academy Awards

Best Original Song (”Al Otro Lado del Río” Jorge Drexler)

Independent Spirit Awards

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Debut Performance (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)

BAFTA Awards

Winner of Two Awards

• Best Film Not in the English Language
• Best Music (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Village Voice Film Critics' Poll

Cited among the YEAR'S Best Cinematographers (#5 on list – Eric Gautier)

indieWIRE's Foreign-Language Film Poll

Three Citations

• Cited as Best Supporting Actor (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Cited among Best Directors (#3 on list – Walter Salles) and Best Actors (#3 on list – Gael García Bernal [in tandem with his performance in ”Bad Education”])

New York Film CRITICS' Online Awards

Winner for Best Foreign-Language Film

Hollywood Awards

Winner for Best World Film of the Year

Goya Awards

[Spain's equivalent of the Academy Awards]

Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)

London Film CRITICS' Circle

Winner of the award for Best Foreign-Language Film

2005 Palm Springs International Film Festival

Honored with the International Filmmaker Award (Walter Salles)

Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics

Named one of the YEAR'S 5 Best Foreign-Language Films (#2 on list)

National Board of Review

Named one of the YEAR'S 5 Best Foreign-Language Films (#5 on list)

New York Film Critics Online

Named one of the YEAR'S 10 Best Films (#8 on list)

Independent Spirit Awards

Nominated for Best Director (Walter Salles)

Writers Guild of America Awards

Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)

César Awards

[France's equivalent of the Academy Awards]

Nominated for Best Foreign Film

Cinematographic Critics Association Awards

Nominated for Ten Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Walter Salles)
• Best Actor (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)
• Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)
• Best Editing (Daniel Rezende)
• Best Music (Gustavo Santaolalla)
• Best Costume Design (Beatriz Di Benedetto and Marisa Urruti)
• Best Sound (Jean-Claude Brisson)
• Best Art Direction (Laurent Ott, Coca Oderigo, María Eugenia Sueiro)

BAFTA Awards

Nominated for Five Awards

• Best Film
• Best Actor (Gael García Bernal)
• Best Supporting Actor (Rodrigo de la Serna)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)
• Best Cinematography (Eric Gautier)

London Film Critics' Circle Awards

Nominated for Two Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director (Walter Salles)

BBC Four

Nominated for the World Cinema Prize

Golden Globe Awards

Nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film

Critics' Choice Awards

Nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Nominated for Two Awards

• Best Foreign-Language Film
• Best Adapted Screenplay (José Rivera)

Satellite Awards

Nominated for Two Awards

• Best Actor [Drama] (Gael García Bernal)
• Best Foreign Film

European Film Academy Awards

Nominated for the Prix Screen International (for Best Non-European Film of the Year)

British Independent Film Awards

Nominated for Best Foreign Film

Cinemarati Awards

Nominated for Best Musical Score (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Utah Film Critics Awards

Nominated for Best Foreign-Language Film