The movie premiered in North America on 7 September 2008 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 . It won the ARRI-Zeiss Award at the Munich Film Festival . The film was selected by the '' Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive e Multimediali '' to represent Italy in contention for Best Foreign Language Film at the 81st Academy Awards . Despite the earlier success at Cannes , and defying expectations , it failed to be short-listed . On 11 December '' Gomorra '' was given a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film . '' Gomorra '' won five awards at the 2008 European Film Awards , including Best European Film in Copenhagen on 6 December 2008
Cannes Film Festival in 2008
2008 Cannes Film Festival
Gomorrah (film)