WINNER
Best Documentary, the Independent Spirit Awards
BEST DOCUMENTARY OF ALL TIME
International Documentary Association in a poll of 2000
documentary filmmakers around the world.
BEST PICTURE
OF THE YEAR
San Francisco Bay Guardian * Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
* Reel.com * Real Detroit * Online Film Critics Society
(nominee) * London Film Critics Circle (nominee) * Spike
Lee * Golden Satellite Awards (nominee)
ONE OF THE 10
BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR
Over 100 film critics, including: Time Magazine * Usa
Today * Entertainment Weekly * Associated Press * Cnn
* Macleans * Village Voice * Hollywood Reporter * New
York Post * Boston Herald * Miami Herald * Chicago Tribune
* Dallas Morning News * Cleveland Plain Dealer * Toronto
Star * Indianapolis Star * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette *
Atlanta Journal Constitution * Arizona Daily Star
BEST
DOCUMENTARY OF 2002
Chicago Film Critics Association * National Board of
Review * Toronto Film Critics Association Awards * Southeastern
Film Critics Association Awards * Online Film Critics
Society * New York Society of Online Film Critics *
Kansas City Film Critics Circle * Dallas-Ft. Worth Film
Critics Association * Florida Film Critics Circle *
Las Vegas Film Critics Association * Broadcast Film
Critics' Critics Choice Awards (Nominee) * Independent
Spirit Awards (nominee) * 2003 Golden Satellite Awards
(Nominee)
2002 Cannes Film Festival -- Nominated
for Palme d'Or
"Bowling for Columbine" was the first documentary film accepted
into competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 46 years.
After its world premiere on May 17, 2002, "Bowling for Columbine"
received a thirteen minute standing ovation.
