Holy Spider
35 Nominations & 23 Awards

23 WINS & 35 NOMINATIONS

Nominations and Awards:

Best Actress Nominee : Zar Amir | Bodil Awards 2023
Best Actor Nominee : Mehdi Bajestani | Bodil Awards 2023
Best Film Nominee : Ali Abbasi | Bodil Awards 2023
Best Screenplay Winner : Ali Abbsi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami | Bodil Awards 2023
Best Actress Winner : Zar Amir | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Palme d’Or Nominee : Ali Abbasi | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Best Feature Film Nominee, Krzysztof Kieslowski Award : Ali Abbasi | Denver International Film Festival 2022
Best European Film Nominee : Ali Abbasi &Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek | European Film Awards 2022
Best European Director Nominee : Ali Abbasi | European Film Awards 2022
Best European Actress Nominee : Zar Amir | European Film Awards 2022
Best European Screenwriter Nominee : Ali Abbasi | European Film Awards 2022
Best Direction Nominee, Film Award in Gold : Ali Abbasi | German Film Awards 2023
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominee, Film Award in Gold : Mehdi Bajestani | German Film Awards 2023
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominee, Film Award in Gold : Zar Amir | German Film Awards 2023
Outstanding Feature Film Winner, Film Award in Bronze : Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek | German Film Awards 2023
Best Motion Picture, International Nominee : Denmark | Satellite Awards 2023
The Nechama Rivilin Award for Best International Film Nominee, Award for International Cinema : Ali Abbasi | Jerusalem Film Festival 2022
Best Foreign Language Film Nominee, FIPRESCI Prize : Ali Abbasi | Palm Springs International Film Festival 2023
Best Actress Winner : Zar Amir | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Actor Nominee : Mehdi Bajestani | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Supporting Actress Nominee : Alice Rahimi | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023 
Best Supporting Actress Nominee : Forouzan Jamshidnejad | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Supporting Actor Winner : Arash Ashtiani | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Cinematography Winner : Nadim Carlsen | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Director Winner : Ali Abbasi | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Visual Effects Winner : Peter Hjorth | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Production Design Winner : Lina Nordqvist | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Make-Up Nominee : Farah Jadaane | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Film Winner : Ali Abbasi (writer/director)Afshin Kamran Bahrami (writer)Jacob Jarek (producer)Sol Bondy (producer) | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Original Screenplay Winner : Afshin Kamran & BahramiAli Abbasi | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Costume Design Nominee : Hanadi Khurma | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Editing Winner : Olivia Neergaard-HolmHayedeh Safiyari | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Sound Winner : Rasmus Winther Jensen | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Original Score Winner : Martin Dirkov | Danish Film Awards (Robert) 2023
Best Film Winner, Bronze Horse : Ali Abbasi | Stockholm Film Festival 2022
Best Actor Winner, Bronze Horse : Mehdi Bajestani | Stockholm Film Festival 2022
Best Film Nominee, Propeller of Motovun : Ali Abbasi | Motovun Film Festival 2022
Best Foreign Language Film Nominee, VFCC :  Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2023
Best Feature Nominee, Silver Mirror Award : Ali Abbasi | Oslo Films from the South Festival 2022
Honorable Mention, Silver Mirror Award : Ali Abbasi | Oslo Films from the South Festival 2022
Best International Film Nominee, AFCA Awards: Austin Film Critics Association 2023
DDA Spotlight Award Laureate : Ali Abbasi | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022
Best Director Winner, Main Competition : Ali Abbasi | Fantastic Fest 2021
Best Foreign Language Film Nominee : North Texas Film Critics Association, US 2022
Best Actress Winner: Zar Amir | Seville European Film Festival 2022
Best Film Nominee, Golden Giraldillo : Ali Abbasi | Seville European Film Festival 2022
Adrienne Shelly Award Nominee: Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2022
Narrative Feature Competition Nominee : Ali Abbasi | Montclair Film Festival (MFF) 2022
Best Music Nominee : Martin Dirkov | HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2023
Best Feature Film Nominee, Emeric Pressburger Prize : Ali Abbasi | Jameson CineFest – Miskolc International Film Festival 2022
Best Foreign Language Film Nominee : Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards 2022
Best International Feature Nominee: Online Association of Female Film Critics 2022
Best International Feature Nominee, Jury Award: DiscussingFilm Critics Awards 2023
Best Film Nominee, Audience Award : José Ignacio International Film Festival 2023
Best International Feature Nominee : Sunset Film Circle Awards 2022
Top Ten Foreign Language Film Winner, Golden Elm Award : Allywood Film Critics Association Awards 2023
Best Film Winner, Cineuropa’s Best of Year : Ali Abbasi | Cineuropa 2022
Best Poster Winner, The Ten Best Posters of Cannes : Danni Riddertoft 2022

Reviews:

Rotten Tomatoes : 83% – “An intensely stylish and appropriately troubling film, with stomach-churning murders and a pacy first half that’s reminiscent of David Fincher’s Zodiac.” –Kevin Maher, Times UK

ScreenRant : “Abbasi’s film is no easy watch, but it is a powerful entry in this subgenre that succeeds by making risky choices lesser works might have mismanaged.”

Variety : “Iranian Serial Killer Movie ‘Holy Spider’ — Which Pushes Envelope With Nudity, Sex and Graphic Strangling Scenes — Stuns Cannes”