- ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- WINNER – European Film Awards: Best European Film of 2009, Best European Director, Best European Director
- WINNER – Lose Angeles Film Critics Award: Best Cinematography
- WINNER – New York Film Criticas Awards: Best Foreign Language Picture
- WINNER – The White Ribbon: Best Foreign Film
- WINNER – NYFCC 2009 Awards: Best Cinematographer–Christian Berger
- WINNER – NYFCC 2009 Awards: Best Cinematographer–Christian Berger
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Winner Golden Palm Official Selection CANNES FILM FESTIVALOfficial Selection TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVALOfficial Selection TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALOfficial Selection NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
- GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE – Best Foreign Language Film
- CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NOMINEE – Best Foreign Language Film
- WINNER – Toronto Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Language Film
- WINNER Best Picture Not in the English Language – Online Film Critics Society
- WINNER Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics
- London Film Critics Circle Nominee – Film of the Year, Foreign Language Film of the Year, Director of the Year, Screenwriter of the Year
- BAFTA AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- WINNER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
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- David Germain, AP “One of the ten best films of the year.”
- Richard Corliss, Time “One of the ten best films of the year.”
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- MSN Movies “One of the ten best films of the year.”
- Lisa Kenny, Denver Post “One of the ten best films of the year.”