'' Breaking the Waves '' won the Grand Prix at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival , the César Award for Best Foreign Film , and three awards at the 1996 European Film Awards , including Film of the Year , International Film Journalists Award , and European Actress of the Year ( Watson ) . Emily Watson was also nominated for the 1996 Academy Award for Best Actress , the 1996 British Academy of Film and Television Arts award and the National Society of Film Critics prize
1996 Cannes Film Festival
1996 Cannes Film Festival
Breaking the Waves