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The Kite Runner (2007)

Awards

The Kite Runner

6 wins & 25 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2008 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
    • Alberto Iglesias

BAFTA Awards

  • David Benioff at an event for Game of Thrones (2011)
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • David Benioff
  • William Horberg
    2008 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
    • William Horberg
    • Walter F. Parkes
    • Rebecca Yeldham
    • Marc Forster
  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2008 Nominee Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
    • Alberto Iglesias

Critics Choice Awards

  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Picture
  • Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada in The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Winner Critics Choice Award
    • Best Young Actor
    • Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada

Christopher Awards

  • Marc Forster
    2008 Winner Christopher Award
    • Feature Films
    • Marc Forster (director)
    • David Benioff (screenwriter)
    • William Horberg (producer)
    • Walter F. Parkes (producer)
    • Rebecca Yeldham (producer)
    • E. Bennett Walsh (producer)
    • Sidney Kimmel (executive producer)
    • Laurie MacDonald (executive producer)
    • Sam Mendes (executive producer)
    • Jeff Skoll (executive producer)
    • Bruce Toll (co-executive producer)

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2007 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Picture

Golden Globes, USA

  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2008 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • Alberto Iglesias
  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    USA

Satellite Awards

  • David Benioff at an event for Game of Thrones (2011)
    2007 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • David Benioff
  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2007 Winner Satellite Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Alberto Iglesias

National Board of Review, USA

  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2007 Winner NBR Award
    • Top Ten Films

Art Directors Guild

  • Karen Murphy, February 2023
    2008 Nominee Excellence in Production Design Award
    • Contemporary Film
    • Carlos Conti (production designer)
    • Karen Murphy (art director)
    • Michael Turner (assistant art director)
    • Douglas Cumming (art director san francisco)

Young Artist Awards

  • Zekeria Ebrahimi in The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Nominee Young Artist Award
    • Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer
    • Zekeria Ebrahimi
  • Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada in The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Nominee Young Artist Award
    • Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performer
    • Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada

World Soundtrack Awards

  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2008 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
    • Soundtrack Composer of the Year
    • Alberto Iglesias
  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2008 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
    • Best Original Soundtrack of the Year
    • Alberto Iglesias

Visual Effects Society Awards

  • David Ebner
    2008 Nominee VES Award
    • Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
    • David Ebner
    • Les G. Jones
    • Todd Sheridan Perry
    • Leif Einarsson

Hollywood Post Alliance, US

  • Mike Sowa
    2008 Nominee HPA Award
    • Outstanding Color Grading - Feature Film in a DI Process
    • Mike Sowa

North Texas Film Critics Association, US

  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Winner NTFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Persia / Russia

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Film
  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    Afghanistan
  • 2007 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Roberto Schaefer

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2007 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for a Drama Film
    • Alberto Iglesias

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

International Online Film Critics' Poll

  • Alberto Iglesias at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
    2009 Winner IOFCP Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Alberto Iglesias

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Homayoun Ershadi at an event for Agora (2009)
    2008 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Homayoun Ershadi
  • The Kite Runner (2007)
    2008 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Movie for Grownups

Il Festival Nazionale del Doppiaggio Voci nell'Ombra

  • 2008 Nominee Film Award
    • Best Overall Dubbing
    • Marco Mete

Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio

  • 2008 Nominee Film Award
    • Best dubbing mixing
    • Danilo Moroni

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