The Finnish 2006 Entry for the Academy Awards
Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film, USA 2005
Audience Award, Palm Springs International FF, CA, USA 2006
Jury Grand Prix in Free to Fly Series, Giffoni FF, Italy, 2006
Baltic Film Prize at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck, Germany 2005
Audience Prize "Lübecker Nachrichten" at Nordic Film Days, Germany 2005
Main award - The Golden Pyramid, Cairo International FF, Egypt 2005
Best Director, Cairo International FF, Egypt 2005
Best film "Golden Taiga", International FF Khanty-Mansiisk, Russia 2006
The Hand o Humanity, Film Prize, Viitasaari Filmweek, Finland 2005
Film & Literature award, Film by the Sea, Vlissingen, Holland 2006
Youth award, Filmák Int. FF, Dobran & Klatovy, Czech Republic 2006
Crystal Heart, Heartland Film Festival, Indianapolis, USA 2006
(and more...)
The Finnish Film Prize "Jussi" for Best Actress, Cinematography and Set Design
2003 Elina (Elina – Som om jag inte fanns)
Prod: Filmlance International (Sweden), Kinoproduction (Finland)
Starring: Bibi Andersson, Natalie Minnevik, Marjaana Maijala
The Finnish 2004 Entry for the Academy Awards
Crystal Bear at the Berlinale/Kinderfilmfest, Germany 2003
Special Mention by the International Jury, Berlinale/Kinderfilmfest 2003
Grand Prix de Montreal, Best Feature Film, Canada 2003
Prize of Excellence, Chicago International Children's FF, USA 2003
Best Children’s and Young People’s film at BUFF, Malmö, Sweden 2003
Special Mention by the Young People’s Jury at Laon FF, France 2003
Young Peoples Jury Award, Sprockets, Toronto, Canada 2003
CIFEJ Award at ALE KINO in Poznan, Poland 2003
Golden Moon at Cinema Jove, Valencia, Spain 2003
Great Prize “Guri” at Divercine, Montevideo, Uruguay 2003
Prize for Best Feature Film at Divercine, Montevideo 2003
Award for Best Feature Film by Children’s Jury at Divercine, Montevideo 2003
Children’s Audience Award at Divercine, Montevideo 2003
Award for Best Director at Anapa Film Festival, Russia 2003
Special Mention by the International Jury, BUSTER/ Copenhagen 2003
Special Mention by the International Jury, CINEKID/ Amsterdam 2003
Best Feature Film by Children’s Jury, Wien Kinderfilm festival, Austria 2003
(and more...)
The Ingmar Bergman Award given by Mr. Bergman himself, Sweden 2004