Veljko Bulajić – awards and recognitions
From his very first film Train without a Timetable, which was recognized with a CIDALC award as the best debut film at the Cannes International Film Festival, and all the way to Libertas, the hallmark of Veljko Bulajić’s career has been a continuous string of domestic and international awards and recognitions:
- Golden Lion, Grand Prix at the Venice International Film Festival
- Nomination for the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar award in the Best Foreign Language Film category
- UNESCO’s Kalinga prize for the most significant artistic achievement of the year
- Golden Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival
- Grand Prix at the Paris Fantastic Film Festival
- Golden Nymph Grand Prix at the Monte Carlo International Film Festival
- Golden Wheat Ear Grand Prix at the Valladolid International Film Festival
- Ajanta Arts Award by the International Jury of Film Critics, New Delhi
- Best Director Award at the San Sebastian film festival
- Golden Carnation Grand Prix at the Sitges International Film Festival
- 2 Grand Prix Teodora awards at the Niš Film Festival
- Grand Prix at the Belgrade Documentary Film Festival
- Awards for directing and screenplay at film festivals in Cairo, St. Petersburg, Cuneo, Avellino, Vancouver, Florence, Leipzig, etc.
- South-East European Film Festival award in Paris
- the Golden Camera Lifetime Achievement Award at the Manaki Brothers Film Festival in Macedonia
- 7 Golden Arena awards for best film, director and screenplay at the National Film Festival in Pula, Croatia
- Republic of Croatia’s Vladimir Nazor Lifetime Achievement Award
- Republic of Croatia’s Red Danice Hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića Award
- Republic of Montenegro’s 13 July Lifetime Achievement Award
- Yugoslavian AVNOJ Lifetime Achievement Award
- Three awards by the City of Zagreb
- Award by the City of Florence „Nastro d’Argento“
- Awards by the cities of Skopje, Berlin and former Stalingrad
- Golden Octavian for lifetime contribution to film art, March 13,2021
Veljko Bulajić was three times a member of the Cannes International Film Festival jury, a jury member at the Venezia International Film Festival, as well as a member of the jury at the Moscow Film Festival.
Nagrada publike na Pulskom festivalu za Vlak bez voznog reda
Redatelj Veljko Bulajić, njegovi filmovi i suradnici dobitnici su najvećeg broja Zlatnih i Srebrnih arena u povijesti Pulskog festvala
Zlatna medalja iz Moskve
Nagrada grada Staljingrada: Sveta zemlja Staljingrad. Grumen zemlje s Mamajeva grobnog humka, zadnje točke obrane Staljingrada
UNESCO-va nagrada Kalinga 1964. dodijeljena je Veljku Bulajiću u Parizu za film Skopje 63.
Nagrada se dodjeljuje pojedincima iz svijeta umjetnosti, kulture i znanosti koji »imaju visoko razvijenu svijest o važnoj ulozi istraživanja, znanosti i umjetnosti za društveni napredak, promociju kulturne baštine u pronalaženju rješenja za probleme čovječanstva općenito.« 
Grand Prix, Zlatni klas za najbolji film na Međunarodnom festivalu religioznog i humanističkog filma
CIDALC (Međunarodna udruga filmskih kritičara) nagrada za Skopje 63
Nagrada filmskog festivala u Leipzigu
Nagrada za najbolji film Međunarodnog festivala antifašističkog filma u Cuneu
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Nagrada Crne Gore za životno djelo »13. juli«
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nagrada za najbolju režiju Međunarodnog filmskog festivala fantastičnog filma
“Iako je formalno u žanru ratnog filma, transport mnoštva ugroženih ljudi koji traže spas i idu pre- ma cilju do kojeg je neizvjesno da li će ikada doći, film uopće nije »ratni« film. Priča o traženju spasa u stvari je saga o višenacionalnoj i religijskoj Vojvodini, pokrajni u sjevernom dijelu Jugoslavi- je. U ansamblu glumaca odlično su integrirani i američki glumci…” –
U.c., Cinema
Zlatna kamera 300, nagrada za životno djelo filmskog festivala »Braća Manaki«, Makedonija
