Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na filifilia foi Mortensen mo le Academy Award mo le Best Actor i le 80th Academy Awards, ae na ia taʻu atu i le Associated Press: "Afai e i ai se osofaiga o le a ou le alu". <unk> o se faasino i le osofaiga a le Writers Guild of America. I le aso 12 o Fepuari 2008, na
na faaiʻuina le faigaʻai, ma na auai o ia i le sauniga, e ui lava na manumalo Daniel Day-Lewis i le taui mo le "There Will Be Blood". "Eastern Promises" na mauaina ni filifiliga se sefulu lua i le 28th Genie Awards, ma faʻatasi ai ma le ata "Shake Hands with the Devil" mo le tele o filifiliga, ma manumalo i le fitu, Best Supporting Actor (Mueller-Stahl), Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Musical Score, Overall Sound, Sound Editing.