Films that Mike has been involved in have won awards at film festivals all over the world.
The key events in which Film and Music Entertainment’s films have been selected include major international events such as the Berlinale, Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Tribeca, Mar del Plata, Montreal, Toronto, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastian, Goa, and Tokyo.
Annie for Best Animated Independent Feature, Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in an Animated Feature Production, Annie Awards, United States, 2019
Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, Satellite Awards, United States, 2019
SkyArte Award for Best Film, Trieste Film Festival, Trieste, Italy, 2019
CFCA Award for Best Animated Feature, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, United States, 2018
Variety Piazza Grande Award, Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland, 2018
Best Screenplay, Seville European Film Festival, Seville, Spain, 2018
Best Film, Seville European Film Festival, Seville, Spain, 2018
Best Screenplay - VOICES Festival, Vologda, Russia, 2015
Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor Award - Nashville Film Festival, USA, 2015
Grand Jury Prize - Festival of Eastern and Central European Film, Rouen, France, 2015
Special Mention for Best Script, Monte Carlo Comedy Film Festival 2015
Eastern European Film Award - Santa Barbara International Film festival, USA, 2015
Grand Prix NAISA for Best Actor Achievement, FIPRESCI Award - Nis Film Festival of Actors’ Achievements, Serbia, 2014
"Golden Mimosa" Grand Prix - Montenegro Film Festival, 2014
Honorable Mention of the Jury - Let’s CEE Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, 2014 Nominated for the East of West Award, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Nominated at the George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Film Competition, Cleveland International Film Festival
Nominated for Best Film and Best Supporting Actress (Anne Sophie Byder), Bodil Awards, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006
Nominated for Best Actor (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), Best Cinematography, Best Make-up, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Robert Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Award, USA, 1995
Silver Condor, Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1997
Best Foreign Film, Independent Spirit Awards, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996
Best Foreign Film, Golden Bug Awards, Santa Monica, USA, 1996
Audience Award, SESC Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1996
Critics Award, SESC Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1996
Special David, David di Donatello Awards, Rome, Italy, 1995
Audience Award, Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 1995
Best Directorial debut, Stockholm Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 1994
‘Cinem Avvenire’ Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
FIPRESCI Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
OCIC Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
Best Actor, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
Audience Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
Kodak Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
UNESCO Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
Catholic Cinema Clubs Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
Audience Award, Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1994
Nominated Best Foreign Director, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Rome, Italy, 1995
Nominated Best Foreign Language Film, Awards Circuit Community Awards, USA, 1994
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