Awards
Movies – The Payer of Promises and Black Orpheus were originally recorded, mixed, edited and assembled at the BKS studios, formerly known as AIC. Both films are Brazilian and the only ones to receive the Palme d’Or prize at Cannes and the Oscar for best foreign film.
- Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1963
- It won the Palme d’Or at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival
- Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1962 Cartagena Film Festival
- Golden Gate Award for Best Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival 1962
- Winner of the Golden Gate Award for Best Musical Score at the San Francisco International Film Festival 1962
Black Orpheus (Marcel Camus)
- The only Brazilian film to receive the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film 1960
- Won the Palme d’Or for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival
- 1960 Golden Globe Award Winner