List of awards and nominations received by Paolo Sorrentino

Last updated March 03, 2025

Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director.

His film The Great Beauty (2013) was awarded the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He was nominated again for The Hand of God (2021). He has received numerous accolades including two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento.

Major associations

César Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
2016	Best Foreign Language Film	Youth	Nominated

Nastro d'Argento

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Best New Director	One Man Up	Won
2002	Best Screenplay	One Man Up	Nominated
2005	Best Director	The Consequences of Love	Nominated
2005	Best Original Story	The Consequences of Love	Nominated
2007	Best Original Story	The Family Friend	Nominated
2009	Best Director	Il Divo	Won
2009	Best Screenplay	Il Divo	Won
2012	Best Director	This Must Be the Place	Won
2012	Best Screenplay	This Must Be the Place	Nominated
2013	Best Director	The Great Beauty	Nominated
2013	Best Screenplay	The Great Beauty	Nominated
2015	Best Director	Youth	Won
2015	Best Script	Youth	Nominated
2018	Best Film	Loro	Nominated
2018	Best Screenplay	Loro	Won

Industry awards

British Independent Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Foreign Independent Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated

David di Donatello

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2002	Best New Director	One Man Up	Nominated
2002	Best Screenplay	One Man Up	Nominated
2005	Best Director	The Consequences of Love	Won
	Best Screenplay		Won
	Best Film		Won
2009	Best Director	Il Divo	Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Best Film		Nominated
2012	Best Director	This Must Be the Place	Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Won
	Best Film		Nominated
2014	David of the Youth	The Great Beauty	Nominated
	Best Director		Won
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Best Film		Nominated
2016	Best Director	Youth	Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Best Film		Nominated

European Film Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
2005	Best Director	The Consequences of Love	Nominated
2008	Best Director	Il Divo	Nominated
2008	Best Screenwriter	Il Divo	Nominated
2013	Best Film	The Great Beauty	Won
	Best Director		Won
	Best Screenwriter		Nominated
2015	Best Film	Youth	Won
	Best Director		Won
	Best Screenwriter		Nominated

Gotham Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	Breakthrough Series - Longform	L'amica geniale	Nominated

Independent Spirit Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated

Festival awards

Association	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
Bellaria Film Festival	2002^[1]	Best Film	One Man Up	Won
Bellaria Film Festival	2002^[1]	Best Technical Contribution	One Man Up	Won
Bangkok International Film Festival	2006 ^[2]	Best Film	The Consequences of Love	Nominated
Buenos Aires International Festival	2002	Best Film	One Man Up	Nominated
Buenos Aires International Festival	2002	Youth Jury Award	One Man Up	Won
Cannes Film Festival	2004	Palme d'Or	The Consequences of Love	Nominated
	2006		The Family Friend	Nominated
	2008		Il Divo	Nominated
	2008	Jury Prize	Il Divo	Won
	2011	Palme d'Or	This Must Be the Place	Nominated
	2011	Prize of the Ecumenical Jury	This Must Be the Place	Won
	2013	Palme d'Or	The Great Beauty	Nominated
	2015	Palme d'Or	Youth	Nominated
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival	2013	Capri Visionary Award	The Great Beauty	Won
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival	2021	Best Director	The Hand of God	Won
Chicago International Film Festival	2006	Best Feature	The Family Friend	Nominated
Cinemanila International Film Festival	2014	Best Foreign-Language Film	The Great Beauty	Won
Cinemanila International Film Festival	2013	Lino Brocka Award for Best Film	The Great Beauty	Won
Dresden Film Festival	2010	Best Short Fiction Film - International	La Partita Lenta	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	2013	Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	2015	Audience Award	Youth	Won
Munich International Film Festival	2013	Best International Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Ostend Film Festival	2015	Look Prize	Youth	Nominated
Raindance Film Festival	2009	Film of the Festival	La Partita Lenta	Won
Salerno Shadowline Film Festival	2014	Best Film	One Man Up	Won
Seville European Film Festival	2008	Eurimages Award	Il Divo	Won
	2013	Best Co-Production	The Great Beauty	Won
	2013	Asecan Award (Special Mention)	The Great Beauty	Won
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival	2006	Grand Prize	The Family Friend	Nominated
	2008		Il Divo	Nominated
	2013		The Great Beauty	Won
Torino Film Festival	1998	Best Italian Fiction Film	L'amore non ha confini	Nominated
Torino Film Festival	2001	Himself	Giuseppe De Santis Award	Won
Tribeca Film Festival	2002	Best Narrative Feature	One Man Up	Nominated
Venice Film Festival	2008	SIAE Award	Il Divo	Won
	2016	SIAE Award	The Young Pope	Won
	2016	Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award	The Young Pope	Won
	2021	Golden Lion	The Hand of God	Nominated
	2021	Grand Jury Prize	The Hand of God	Won
Zurich Film Festival	2021	Lifetime Achievement	Tribute to...Award^[3]	Won

Critics awards

Association	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards	2014^[4]	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Won
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards	2015^[5]	Best Foreign Film	Youth	Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	2013	Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty	Won
Detroit Film Critics Society	2015	Best Director	Youth	Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society	2015	Best Film	Youth	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	2013	Best Foreign-Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Hollywood Film Awards	2013	Best International Film	The Great Beauty	Won
		Best Independent Film		Won
		Best New Screenplay		Won
International Cinephile Society Awards	2014	Best Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
International Cinephile Society Awards	2014	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize	2014	Best Foreign-Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
London Critics Circle Film Awards	2014	Director of the Year	The Great Beauty	Nominated
London Critics Circle Film Awards	2014	Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	2013	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society	2014	Best Foreign-Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated

Miscellaneous associations

Association	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
Amanda Awards	2014^[6]	Best Film - International	The Great Beauty	Won
ASECAN Awards	2017^[7]	Best Foreign Film	Youth	Nominated
Bodil Awards	2010	Best Non-American Film	Il Divo	Nominated
Bodil Awards	2014	Best Non-American Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
FICE Awards	2005	Best Italian Film	The Consequences of Love	Won
	2012	Best Italian Film	This Must Be the Place	Won
	2012	Best Foreign Language Film	This Must Be the Place	Won
Gold Derby Awards	2014	Best Foreign Language Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Goya Awards	2014	Best European Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Kineo Awards	2017	Best Film	This Must Be the Place	Nominated
L'Association des Critiques de Séries	2017	Best Direction	The Young Pope	Nominated
Polish Film Awards	2015	Best European Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Polish Film Awards	2016	Best European Film	Youth	Won
Prêmio Guarani	2014	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Won
Robert Awards	2014	Best Non-American Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Robert Awards	2017	Best Non-American Film	Youth	Nominated
Sant Jordi Awards	2014	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Won
Satellite Awards	2014	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Nominated
Turia Awards	2014	Best Foreign Film	The Great Beauty	Won

References

↑ "Bellaria Film Festival - 2002". bellariafilmfestival.org. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ The Nation , Headlines, February 10, 2006 Archived February 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Roxborough, Scott (2021-08-12). "Zurich Film Festival to Pay Tribute to Paolo Sorrentino With Career Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
↑ "Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards". polishdirectors.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ "Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards". polishdirectors.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ "filmfestivalen.no" (PDF). blackgirlsrock.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
↑ "ASECAN Awards 2017". asecan.org. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

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[1] "Bellaria Film Festival - 2002". bellariafilmfestival.org. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

[2] The Nation , Headlines, February 10, 2006 Archived February 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Roxborough, Scott (2021-08-12). "Zurich Film Festival to Pay Tribute to Paolo Sorrentino With Career Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-09-24.

[4] "Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards". polishdirectors.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[5] "Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards". polishdirectors.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[6] "filmfestivalen.no" (PDF). blackgirlsrock.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[7] "ASECAN Awards 2017". asecan.org. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

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Awards and nominations
Feature films	One Man Up (2001) The Consequences of Love (2004) The Family Friend (2006) Il Divo (2008) This Must Be the Place (2011) The Great Beauty (2013) Youth (2015) Loro (2018) The Hand of God (2021) Parthenope (2024)
Television series	The Young Pope (2016) The New Pope (2020)