Chronological order:
1) Palme dOr at Cannes Film Festival 2007
2) International Critics Prize by FIPRESCI at Cannes Film Festival
3) FIPRESCIs 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