Chronological order:
1) Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival 2007
2) International Critics Prize by FIPRESCI at Cannes Film Festival
3) FIPRESCI's Grand Prix - Best Film of the Year 2007 - awarded at San Sebastian Film Festival
4) The French National Education Administration Prize at Cannes Film Festival
5) Hollywood Film Award
6) 18th Stockholm International Film Festival - Best film & Best Actress - Anamaria Marinca
8) European Film Academy - Best European Film 2007 & Best European Director
9) Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best foreign language film & Best supporting actor Vlad Ivanov
10) Chicago Film Critics Awards - Best Foreign Language Film
11) US National Society of Film Critics - Best Foreign Language Film
12) Times and Sunday Times critics - Best film of the year 2007
13) Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Foreign Language Film
14) Flemish Film Critics Association - Best film of the year 2007
15) 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Award Best Actress for Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu
16) Polish Film Critics - Best Foreign Film screened in Poland in 2007
17) Vancouver Film Critics - Best Foreign Language Film
18) GOPO Awards - Romanian Film Promotion Association
- Best film of the year
- Best actress: Anamaria Marinca
- Best supporting actress: Laura Vasiliu
- Best supporting actor: Vlad Ivanov
- Best photographer
- Best sound
- Best production designer
- Audience award - Greatest box-office of the year
- Orange Award for Best Performance of the year: Cristian Mungiu
19) Premiile Uniunii Cineastilor din Romania
- Grand Prix and Trophy - Cristian Mungiu
- Cinematography (ex-aequo) - Oleg Mutu
- Best actress - Anamaria Marinca
- Best supporting actress - Laura Vasiliu
- Best supporting actor - Vlad Ivanov
- Edit - Dana Bunescu
20) Sofia International Film Festival - Best Balkan Film
21) NY FILM CRITICS CIRCLE - Best Foreign Film
22) 2008 New York Film Critics Online - Best Foreign Film
23) BBC FOUR World Cinema Award 2009
24) Spanish Film Academy - Goya Award 2008 - Best Foreign Film