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List of accolades received by I'm Still Here (2024 film)
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I'm Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui) is a 2024 political biographical drama film directed by Walter Salles from a screenplay by Murilo Hauser and Heitor Lorega, based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's 2015 memoir of the same name. It stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva, a mother and activist coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil.[1]
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The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 1 September 2024, where it won Best Screenplay.[2][3] It was released in Brazil on 7 November 2024, and in France on 15 January 2025.[4] The film received acclaim from critics, particularly for Torres' performance.[5] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 188 reviews.[6] Metacritic calculated a weighted average score of 85/100 based on 43 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]
I'm Still Here has received several awards and nominations from critical and industry groups. It received three nominations at the 97th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, becoming the first time a Brazilian film is nominated in the category.[8] At the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, Torres won Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, becoming the first Brazilian actress to win a Golden Globe in an acting category, while the film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.[9] It also was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 78th British Academy Film Awards.
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