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Whale Rider
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (1)
Australian Film Institute (1)
BAFTA Awards (1)
British Independent Film Awards (1)
Critics Choice Awards (2)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (3)
Chicago International Children's Film Festival (1)
Cinemanila International Film Festival (1)
Environmental Media Awards, USA (1)
Satellite Awards (4)
Humanitas Prize (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (2)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA (1)
National Board of Review, USA (1)
New Zealand Film and TV Awards (I) (15)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Rotterdam International Film Festival (1)
San Francisco International Film Festival (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (1)
Seattle International Film Festival (2)
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Teen Choice Awards (1)
Toronto International Film Festival (1)
Young Artist Awards (2)
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Chlotrudis Awards (2)
Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (1)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (1)
International Cinephile Society Awards (1)
Online Film & Television Association (3)
Golden Schmoes Awards (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Gold Derby Awards (2)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (1)
33 wins & 35 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2004 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
2003 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Foreign Film - English Language
Australian Film Institute
2003 Nominee
Best Foreign Film Award
John Barnett
Frank Hübner
Tim Sanders
BAFTA Awards
2003 Winner
BAFTA Children's Award
Best Feature Film
Tim Sanders
John Barnett
Frank Hübner
Niki Caro
British Independent Film Awards
2003 Nominee
British Independent Film Award
Best Foreign Independent Film
Critics Choice Awards
2004 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Young Actor/Actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes
2004 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Family Film - Live Action
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes
2004 Winner
CFCA Award
Most Promising Performer
Keisha Castle-Hughes
2004 Nominee
CFCA Award
Most Promising Filmmaker
Niki Caro
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2003 Winner
Children's Jury Award
Live-Action Feature Film or Video
Niki Caro
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Niki Caro
Environmental Media Awards, USA
2003 Winner
EMA Award
Feature Film
Satellite Awards
2004 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Drama
2004 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Director
Niki Caro
2004 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Niki Caro
2004 Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Art Direction/Production Design
Grant Major
Grace Mok
Humanitas Prize
2003 Winner
Humanitas Prize
Sundance Film Category
Niki Caro
Image Awards (NAACP)
2004 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Motion Picture
2004 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2004 Winner
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Niki Caro
New Zealand.
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2004 Nominee
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features
Stephan Colli
(supervising sound editor)
Chris Burt
(supervising adr editor)
Josef Steinbüchel
(sound effects editor)
Mirko Reinhard
(sound effects editor)
Markus Wimmer
(sound effects editor)
André Zimmerman
(sound effects editor)
Sven Neumann
(dialogue editor)
Luigi Rensinghoff
(dialogue editor)
National Board of Review, USA
2003 Winner
Special Recognition
For excellence in filmmaking.
New Zealand Film and TV Awards (I)
2003 Winner
Film Award
Best Film
Tim Sanders
John Barnett
2003 Winner
Film Award
Best Director
Niki Caro
2003 Nominee
Film Award
Best Actor
Rawiri Paratene
2003 Winner
Film Award
Best Actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes
2003 Winner
Film Award
Best Supporting Actor
Cliff Curtis
10 more
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Online Film Critics Society Awards
2004 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
Niki Caro
2004 Winner
OFCS Award
Best Breakthrough Performance
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Rotterdam International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Niki Caro
San Francisco International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Best Narrative Feature
Niki Caro
Tied with
The Cuckoo (2002)
.
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2002 Nominee
Golden Seashell
Niki Caro
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2004 Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Seattle International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Film
2003 Winner
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Director
Niki Caro
Sundance Film Festival
2003 Winner
Audience Award
World Cinema
Niki Caro
São Paulo International Film Festival
2003 Winner
International Jury Award
Best Feature Film
Niki Caro
Teen Choice Awards
2004 Nominee
Teen Choice Award
Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Toronto International Film Festival
2002 Winner
People's Choice Award
Niki Caro
Young Artist Awards
2004 Winner
Young Artist Award
Best International Feature Film
2004 Winner
Young Artist Award
Best Young Actress in an International Film
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Golden Trailer Awards
2004 Nominee
Golden Trailer
Best Voice Over
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2004 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Chlotrudis Awards
2004 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes
2004 Nominee
Chlotrudis Award
Best Adapted Screenplay
Niki Caro
Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival
2004 Winner
Special Award
Best Humanitarian Content
Niki Caro
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2004 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Score
Lisa Gerrard
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2003 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes
International Cinephile Society Awards
2004 Nominee
ICS Award
Best Picture
8th place
Online Film & Television Association
2004 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best Youth Performance
Keisha Castle-Hughes
2004 Winner
OFTA Film Award
Best Breakthrough Performance: Female
Keisha Castle-Hughes
2004 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Music, Original Score
Lisa Gerrard
Golden Schmoes Awards
2003 Nominee
Golden Schmoes
Breakthrough Performance of the Year
Keisha Castle-Hughes
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2004 Winner
INOCA
Best Breakthrough
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Gold Derby Awards
2004 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Lead Actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes
As Paikea
2004 Winner
Gold Derby Film Award
Breakthrough Performance
Keisha Castle-Hughes
As Paikea
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2004 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Intergenerational Film
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