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Petra Costa at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)

Awards

Petra Costa

30 wins & 31 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2020 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Joanna Natasegara · Shane Boris · Tiago Pavan

Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema

  • Elena (2012)
    2012 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Elena
  • Elena (2012)
    2012 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Directing - Documentary
    • Elena

Cairo International Film Festival

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2015 Winner Special Mention
    • Best Documentary
    • Olmo et la mouette

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2016 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Portugal/Denmark/Brazil.
    Shared with: Lea Glob
  • Elena (2012)
    2014 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
    • Elena
  • Elena (2012)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
    • Elena
  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2010 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
    • Best Short Film - Documentary (Melhor Curta-Metragem Documentário)
    • Yeux de Resac

Denver Film Festival

  • Apocalypse sous les tropiques (2024)
    2024 Nominee Maysles Brothers Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Apocalypse sous les tropiques

Gotham Awards

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Tiago Pavan · Joanna Natasegara · Shane Boris
  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee Audience Award
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Tiago Pavan · Joanna Natasegara · Shane Boris

Gramado Film Festival

  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner Audience Award
    • Short Film
    • Yeux de Resac
  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Short Film
    • Yeux de Resac

Havana Film Festival

  • Elena (2012)
    2013 Winner Grand Coral - First Prize
    • Documentary
    • Elena

International Documentary Association

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Edge of Democracy
  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee Creative Recognition Award
    • Best Writing
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Carol Pires · David Barker · Moara Passoni
  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Feature
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Joanna Natasegara · Shane Boris · Tiago Pavan

Locarno Film Festival

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2015 Nominee Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob
  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2015 Winner Junior Jury Award
    • Filmmakers of the Present Competition
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob

Miami Film Festival

  • Apocalypse sous les tropiques (2024)
    2025 Nominee Knight Documentary Achievement Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Apocalypse sous les tropiques

Peabody Awards

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2020 Winner Peabody Award
    • Documentary
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Shane Boris · Joanna Natasegara · Tiago Pavan

RiverRun International Film Festival

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2016 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Apocalypse sous les tropiques (2024)
    2024 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Best Documentary
    • Apocalypse sous les tropiques

Sundance Film Festival

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • World Cinema - Documentary
    • The Edge of Democracy

SXSW Film Festival

  • Elena (2012)
    2013 Nominee Audience Award
    • Visions
    • Elena

Vitória Cine Vídeo

  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner Marlim Azul Trophy
    • Best Editing
    • Yeux de Resac

Valdivia International Film Festival

  • Êxtase (2020)
    2021 Winner Pudu Award - Youth Feature Competition
    • Best film
    • Êxtase
    Shared with: Moara Passoni

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • Elena (2012)
    2013 Nominee Best International Documentary
    • Elena

CPH:DOX

  • Êxtase (2020)
    2020 Nominee CPH:DOX Award
    • DOX:AWARD
    • Êxtase
    Shared with: Moara Passoni
  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee CPH:DOX Award
    • DOX:AWARD
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Joanna Natasegara
  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2014 Winner Nordic Dox Award
    • Olmo et la mouette
    "A portrait of a couple at a turning point in their private and professional lives that opens out into a formally adept metacommentary on acting. This films finds a specific cinematic language to reflect upon the difficulties of juggling family and career."
    Shared with: Lea Glob

São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2020 Winner APCA Trophy
    • Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Joanna Natasegara

São Paulo International Short Film Festival

  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner New Talent Award
    • Best Film
    • Yeux de Resac
  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner Achievement Award Espaço Unibanco
    • Yeux de Resac

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee Tim Hetherington Award
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Joanna Natasegara

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2015 Winner Première Brazil
    • Best Documentary
    • Olmo et la mouette
  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner Première Brazil
    • Best Short Film (Melhor Curta-Metragem)
    • Yeux de Resac
  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner Première Brazil
    • Short Film
    • Yeux de Resac

Rio de Janeiro Curta Cinema

  • Yeux de Resac (2009)
    2009 Winner ASCINE - RJ Award
    • Yeux de Resac

Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival, US

  • Elena (2012)
    2013 Winner LABRFF Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Elena

International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra Punto de Vista

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2016 Nominee Punto de Vista Grand Prize
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2017 Nominee CinEuphoria
    • Best Documentary - National Competition
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

  • Elena (2012)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary (Melhor Documentário)
    • Elena

The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2020 Winner Platino Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Joanna Natasegara

IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2016 Nominee Grand Prize City of Lisbon
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob

Premio Platino del Cine Iberoamericano

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2020 Winner Premio Platino
    • Best Documentary (Mejor Película Documental)
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Shane Boris · Joanna Natasegara · Tiago Pavan

Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

  • Apocalypse sous les tropiques (2024)
    2024 Winner David Carr Award for Truth in Non-Fiction Filmmaking
    • Apocalypse sous les tropiques
  • Apocalypse sous les tropiques (2024)
    2024 Nominee Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature
    • Apocalypse sous les tropiques
  • Apocalypse sous les tropiques (2024)
    2024 Winner Bruce Sinofsky Prize - Special Jury Prize
    • Special Jury Prize
    • Apocalypse sous les tropiques

Millennium Docs Against Gravity

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2016 Winner Fiction Non Fiction Award
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Narration
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Carol Pires · David Barker · Moara Passoni

ZagrebDox

  • Elena (2012)
    2013 Winner Special Mention
    • International Competition
    • Elena
  • Elena (2012)
    2013 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • Elena

Prêmio Guarani

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2020 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Documentary
    • The Edge of Democracy
    Shared with: Joanna Natasegara
  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2016 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Documentary
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob
  • Elena (2012)
    2014 Nominee Premio Guarani
    • Best Director
    • Elena
  • Elena (2012)
    2014 Winner Premio Guarani
    • Best Documentary
    • Elena

La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival

  • Olmo et la mouette (2015)
    2015 Nominee Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis
    • Olmo et la mouette
    Shared with: Lea Glob

Porto/Post/Doc Film & Media Festival

  • Êxtase (2020)
    2020 Winner Prémio SPAutores - Cinema Falado
    • Best Film
    • Êxtase
    Shared with: Moara Passoni

Abraccine Prize (Brazilian Association of Film Critic Annual Prize)

  • The Edge of Democracy (2019)
    2019 Nominee Abraccine Award
    • Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro)
    • The Edge of Democracy
  • Elena (2012)
    2013 Nominee Abraccine Award
    • Best Brazilian Feature Film (Melhor Longa Brasileiro)
    • Elena

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