Won Special Jury Award at Montréal World Film Festival (1981) Voted as Best Yugoslav Movie of 1947–95 Period by members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) (1996). Screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
Won Best Director at Cannes Film Festival (1989) *Nominated for Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at Cannes Film Festival (1989) Won Best Foreign Film at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden (1991)Nominated for Best Foreign Film at César Awards in France (1990)