Academy Awards, USA
1998
Nominee
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Atom Egoyan ,
20/20 Awards
2018
Nominee
Best Adapted Screenplay
Atom Egoyan ,
Atlantic Film Festival
1997
Winner
Best Canadian Film or Video over 60 Minutes
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Canadian Film or Video over 60 Minutes
Thom Fitzgerald ,
Awards Circuit Community Awards
1997
Nominee
Honorable Mentions
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1997
Winner
Best Supporting Actress
Sarah Polley ,
1997
Nominee
Best Film
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Cinematography
Paul Sarossy ,
Cannes Film Festival
1997
Winner
Atom Egoyan
1997
Nominee
Atom Egoyan
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1998
Nominee
Best Supporting Actress
Sarah Polley ,
Best Picture
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Most Promising Actress
Sarah Polley ,
Best Screenplay
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Original Score
Mychael Danna ,
Chlotrudis Awards
1998
Nominee
Best Actress
Sarah Polley ,
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Movie
Csapnivalo Awards
2000
Winner
Best Cinematography
Paul Sarossy ,
2000
Nominee
Best Original Score
Mychael Danna ,
Best Movie
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1998
Nominee
Best Picture
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
1999
Nominee
Best Foreign Film
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1998
Winner
Best Foreign Film
Atom Egoyan ,
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
1997
Winner
Genie Awards
1997
Winner
Best Motion Picture
Atom Egoyan ,
Camelia Frieberg ,
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Ian Holm ,
Best Achievement in Direction
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Paul Sarossy ,
Best Music Score
Mychael Danna ,
Best Overall Sound
Daniel Pellerin ,
Keith Elliott ,
Peter Kelly ,
Ross Redfern ,
Best Sound Editing
Steve Munro ,
Sue Conley ,
Goro Koyama ,
Andy Malcolm ,
David Drainie Taylor ,
1997
Nominee
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sarah Polley ,
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Gabrielle Rose ,
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Greenwood ,
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Tom McCamus ,
Best Screenplay
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Susan Shipton ,
Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
Phillip Barker ,
Patricia Cuccia ,
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Beth Pasternak ,
Best Original Song
Mychael Danna ,
Sarah Polley ,
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1997
Winner
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1997
Nominee
Best Picture
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Cinematography
Paul Sarossy ,
National Board of Review, USA
1997
Winner
Best Acting by an Ensemble
Ian Holm ,
Caerthan Banks ,
Sarah Polley ,
Tom McCamus ,
Gabrielle Rose ,
Alberta Watson ,
Maury Chaykin ,
Stephanie Morgenstern ,
Top Ten Films
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1998
Nominee
Best Film
Best Supporting Actress
Sarah Polley ,
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Screenplay
Atom Egoyan ,
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1997
Nominee
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Film
Online Film & Television Association
1998
Winner
Best Canadian Film
Atom Egoyan ,
Camelia Frieberg ,
1998
Nominee
Best Picture
Atom Egoyan ,
Camelia Frieberg ,
Best Drama Picture
Atom Egoyan ,
Camelia Frieberg ,
Best Drama Actor
Ian Holm ,
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1998
Winner
Top Ten Films of the Year
1998
Nominee
Best Picture
Sant Jordi Awards
1999
Winner
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Atom Egoyan ,
Satellite Awards
1998
Nominee
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Atom Egoyan ,
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards
1997
Winner
Best Film
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
1997
Nominee
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Atom Egoyan ,
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1998
Nominee
Best Adapted Screenplay
Atom Egoyan ,
Best Picture
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
1998
Winner
Best Picture
Best Canadian Film
Best Performance, Male
Ian Holm ,
Best Director
Atom Egoyan ,
1998
Nominee
Best Performance, Female
Sarah Polley ,
Toronto International Film Festival
1997
Winner
Atom Egoyan
Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards
1999
Nominee
Best Foreign Film
USC Scripter Award
1998
Nominee
Russell Banks (author)
Atom Egoyan (screenplay) ,
Valladolid International Film Festival
1997
Winner
Writers Guild of Canada
1998
Winner
Atom Egoyan
