Editing Wings of Desire (section)

===Accolades===
The film competed for the [[Palme d'Or]] and won for [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director]] at the [[1987 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/der-himmel-uber-berlin |title=Der Himmel Uber Berlin |access-date=1 July 2017 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702030407/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/der-himmel-uber-berlin |archive-date=2 July 2017 }}</ref> In 1988, it won the prestigious [[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)|Grand Prix]] of the [[Belgian Film Critics Association]].<ref name="Belgique"/>

It was submitted by West Germany for consideration for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], a bid supported by its distribution company. It was not nominated; the academy seldom recognized West German cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinema.usc.edu/assets/101/16163.pdf |last=Dickinson |first=Robert |title=The Unbearable Weight of Winning: Garci's Trilogy of Melancholy and the Foreign Language Oscar |work=Spectator |page=13 |via=[[University of Southern California]] |access-date=2 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126053423/https://cinema.usc.edu/assets/101/16163.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2010 }}</ref>

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! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Date of ceremony
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient(s)
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
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!scope="row" | [[Belgian Film Critics Association]]
| rowspan="1" | 1988
| [[Grand Prix (Belgian Film Critics Association)|Grand Prix]]
| [[Wim Wenders]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref name="Belgique">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinematek.be/?node=17&event_id=400550402 |title=Les Ailes Du Désir |access-date=2 July 2017 |publisher=Cinémathèque royale de Belgique |language=fr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702194805/http://www.cinematek.be/?node=17&event_id=400550402 |archive-date=2 July 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row" | [[British Academy Film Awards]]
| rowspan="1" | [[42nd British Academy Film Awards|19 March 1989]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Film Not in the English Language]]
| Wim Wenders and [[Anatole Dauman]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1988/film?|title=Film in 1988|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823162235/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1988/film|archive-date=23 August 2017}}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row" | [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| rowspan="1" | [[1987 Cannes Film Festival|7 – 19 May 1987]]
| [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director]] 
| rowspan="2" | Wim Wenders
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref name="festival-cannes.com"/>
|-
!scope="row" | [[César Awards]]
| rowspan="1" | [[13th César Awards|12 March 1988]]
| [[César Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.academie-cinema.org/ceremonie/palmares.html|title=Palmarès 1988 - 13 Ème Cérémonie Des César |access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma]]|language=fr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319023652/http://www.academie-cinema.org/ceremonie/palmares.html|archive-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=4| [[European Film Awards]]
| rowspan="4" | [[1st European Film Awards|1988]]
| [[European Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] 
| rowspan="1" | Wim Wenders and Anatole Dauman 
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="4" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/1988.86.0.html|title=Nominations 1988|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[European Film Academy]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220042017/https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/1988.86.0.html|archive-date=20 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/European-Film-Awards-Winners-1988.85.0.html|title=1988 The Winners|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[European Film Academy]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527083935/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/European-Film-Awards-Winners-1988.85.0.html|archive-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> 
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] 
| rowspan="1" | Wim Wenders 
| {{won}}
|-
| [[European Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] 
| rowspan="1" | [[Curt Bois]]
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Camera
| rowspan="1" | [[Henri Alekan]]
| {{nom}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[French Syndicate of Cinema Critics]]
| rowspan="1" | 1988
| Best Foreign Film
| rowspan="2" | Wim Wenders
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | {{sfn|Riggs|2003|p=329}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[German Film Award]]
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| [[German Film Award for Best Fiction Film|Best Fiction Film]] 
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/archiv-deutscher-filmpreis/?tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Byear%5D=1988&tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=6e0ae1d09edf5d9a5cce89c5e1914def |title=Deutscher Filmpreis, 1988 |access-date=1 July 2017 |work=[[German Film Award]] |language=de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163923/http://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/archiv-deutscher-filmpreis/?tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Byear%5D=1988&tx_dfpoutput_archive%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=6e0ae1d09edf5d9a5cce89c5e1914def |archive-date=26 October 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
| Best Cinematography
| rowspan="1" | Henri Alekan 
| {{won}}
|-
!scope="row" | [[Independent Spirit Awards]]
| rowspan="1" | [[4th Independent Spirit Awards|25 March 1989]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| rowspan="2" | Wim Wenders
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | {{sfn|Riggs|2003|p=329}} 
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1988|10 December 1988]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] 
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/years/1988.html|title=14th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625144553/http://www.lafca.net/years/1988.html|archive-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Henri Alekan 
| {{won}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=2| [[National Society of Film Critics]]
| rowspan="2" | [[National Society of Film Critics Awards 1988|8 January 1989]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Wim Wenders
| {{draw|3rd place}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/01/09/unbearable-lightness-named-best-film-of-88-by-critics-group/ |title='Unbearable Lightness' Named Best Film Of '88 By Critics Group |last=Kehr |first=David |date=9 January 1989 |access-date=2 July 2017 |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729122822/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-01-09/news/8902230936_1_critics-group-los-angeles-critics-film-critics |archive-date=29 July 2017 }}</ref> 
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| rowspan="2" | Henri Alekan 
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/09/movies/unbearable-lightness-gets-film-prize.html |title='Unbearable Lightness' Gets Film Prize |date=9 January 1989 |access-date=2 July 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525113729/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/09/movies/unbearable-lightness-gets-film-prize.html |archive-date=25 May 2015 }}</ref> 
|-
!scope="row" | [[New York Film Critics Circle]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1988|15 January 1989]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="1" | <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/movies/accidental-tourist-wins-film-critics-circle-award.html?mcubz=3 |title='Accidental Tourist' Wins Film Critics' Circle Award |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=16 December 1988 |access-date=30 September 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001125953/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/movies/accidental-tourist-wins-film-critics-circle-award.html?mcubz=3 |archive-date=1 October 2017 }}</ref> 
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