Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present. Mom and Dad don't hesitate to sit down and dig in, but Chihiro senses danger and refuses. As night falls, she is terrified to see the area fill with faceless spirits, but when she runs to find her parents, she discovers that they have been turned into pigs. She is found by a mysterious boy named Haku, who promises to help her. He gets her a job working in a nearby building, which turns out to be a bathhouse for the thousands of Japan's gods and spirits. Though the work is hard and the people strange, she does as well as she can. Her parents, however, are still waiting in the hotel's stockyard, and Chihiro must find a way to break the spell on them before they end up as the main course of some guest's dinner.
AWARDS FOR SEN TO CHIHIRO NO KAMIKAKUSHI (2001):
- Academy Awards, USA
2003
Won
Oscar
Best Animated Feature
Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki was not present at the awards ceremony.
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2003
Won
Saturn Award
Best Animated Film
Nominated
Saturn Award
Best Music
Joe Hisaishi
Best Writing
Hayao Miyazaki
Cindy Davis Hewitt (english version)
Donald H. Hewitt (english version)
- Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
2003
Won
Silver Scream Award
Hayao Miyazaki
- Annie Awards
2003
Won
Annie
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Hayao Miyazaki
Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production
Joe Hisaishi
Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Hayao Miyazaki
- Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
2004
Nominated
Silver Condor
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Pelнcula Extranjera)
Hayao Miyazaki
- Awards of the Japanese Academy
2002
Won
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Film
Best Song
Youmi Kimura
- BAFTA Awards
2004
Nominated
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film not in the English Language
Toshio Suzuki
Hayao Miyazaki
- Berlin International Film Festival
2002
Won
Golden Berlin Bear
Hayao Miyazaki
Tied with Bloody Sunday (2002).
- Blue Ribbon Awards
2002
Won
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Film
Hayao Miyazaki
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2002
Won
Special Commendation
For artistic contribution to the field of animation.
- British Independent Film Awards
2003
Nominated
British Independent Film Award
Best Foreign Film
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
2003
Won
BFCA Award
Best Animated Feature
- Cambridge Film Festival
2003
Won
Audience Award
Best Film
Hayao Miyazaki
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2003
Nominated
CFCA Award
Best Foreign Language Film
Japan.
Best Original Score
Joe Hisaishi
- Cinekid
2002
Won
Cinekid Film Award
Hayao Miyazaki
Tied with Parandeh baz-e kouchak (2002).
- Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
2003
Nominated
CEC Award
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Pelнcula Extranjera)
Japan.
- Cйsar Awards, France
2003
Nominated
Cйsar
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film йtranger)
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan.
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2003
Won
DFWFCA Award
Best Animated Film
- Durban International Film Festival
2002
Won
Best Film
Hayao Miyazaki
- European Film Awards
2002
Nominated
Screen International Award
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan.
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
2003
Won
FCCA Award
Best Foreign-Language Film
- Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2003
Won
FFCC Award
Best Animation
- Golden Trailer Awards
2003
Won
Golden Trailer
Best Animation/Family
- Hong Kong Film Awards
2002
Won
Hong Kong Film Award
Best Asian Film
Japan.
- Hugo Awards
2003
Nominated
Hugo
Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- International Horror Guild
2003
Nominated
IHG Award
Best Movie
- Kinema Junpo Awards
2002
Won
Readers' Choice Award
Best Film
Hayao Miyazaki
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2002
Won
LAFCA Award
Best Animation
- Mainichi Film Concours
2002
Won
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Animated Film
Hayao Miyazaki
Best Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Best Film
Hayao Miyazaki
Best Music Score
Joe Hisaishi
Reader's Choice Award
Best Film
Hayao Miyazaki
- Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
2003
Nominated
Golden Reel Award
Best Sound Editing in Animated Features
Petra Bach (supervising adr editor)
Michihiro Ito (sound effects editor)
Toru Noguci (sound effects editor)
Robert L. Sephton (sound effects editor)
- National Board of Review, USA
2002
Won
NBR Award
Best Animated Feature
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2002
Won
NYFCC Award
Best Animated Film
- Nikkan Sports Film Awards
2001
Won
Nikkan Sports Film Award
Best Film
- Online Film Critics Society Awards
2003
Won
OFCS Award
Best Animated Feature
Nominated
OFCS Award
Best Foreign Language Film
- San Francisco International Film Festival
2002
Won
Audience Award
Best Narrative Feature
Hayao Miyazaki
- Satellite Awards
2003
Won
Golden Satellite Award
Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
2004
Nominated
Nebula Award
Best Script
Hayao Miyazaki
Cindy Davis Hewitt
Donald H. Hewitt
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
2002
Won
Special Mention
Hayao Miyazaki
Nominated
Best Film
Hayao Miyazaki
- Young Artist Awards
2003
Nominated
Young Artist Award
Best Family Feature Film - Animation
