The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the Grand Prix . It was also shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival . The film won the award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards . It is the ninth Hungarian film to be nominated for the award , and the first one since István Szabó 's '' Hanussen '' in 1988 . It is the second Hungarian film to win the award , the first one being Szabó 's '' Mephisto '' in 1981 . It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film , becoming the first Hungarian film to win the award
88th Academy Awards
88th Academy Awards
Son of Saul