A brief history of
the awards given at the
Cannes Film Festival
1946 - 2013
From 1946 to 1954, before the creation of the Palme d’or, the Jury awarded the "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film".
1946: every one of the selected films picked up a prize. The "Grand Prix " was awarded to eleven films including The Lost Week-end by Billy Wilder and Roberto Rossellini's Roma Citta Aperta. The Battle of the Rails by René Clément garnered the Jury International prize. (>>> The list of winners in 1946)
1947: six films picked up awards in various genres: prizes were given for the best animated film, musical comedy, social film, adventure and detective film and documentaries (>>> The list of winners in 1947)
1949: The Third Man by Carol Reed
From 1951 to 1954, the Grand Prix took the form of a certificate and a work of art signed by an artist in vogue.
1951: Spiegel Van Holland (Mirror of Hollande) by Bert Haanstra
Fröken Julie by Alf Sjöberg
Miracolo a Milano by Vittorio De Sica
1952: The Tragedy of Othello : The Moor of Venice by Orson Welles
Due Soldi di Speranza by Renato Castellani
1953: Le Salaire de la peur by Henri-Georges Clouzot
1954: Jigoku-Mon by Teinosuke Kinugaza
The Palme d’or was created in 1954 on the instigation of Robert Favre Le Bret. It was awarded for the first time in 1955.
1955: Marty by Delbert Mann
1956: The Silent World by Jean-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
1957: Friendly Persuasion by William Weyler
1958: Letiat Jouravly (The Cranes are flying) by Mikhaïl Kalatozov
1959: Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) by Marcel Camus
1960: La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
1961: Viridiana by Luis Bunuel
Une aussi longue absence (The Long Absence) by Henri Colpi
1962: O Pagador de Promessas (The Promise) by Anselmo Duarte
1963: Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) by Luschino Visconti
1964: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
1965: The Knack and How to Get it by Richard Lester
1955: Marty by Delbert Mann
1956: The Silent World by Jean-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
1957: Friendly Persuasion by William Weyler
1958: Letiat Jouravly (The Cranes are flying) by Mikhaïl Kalatozov
1959: Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) by Marcel Camus
1960: La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
1961: Viridiana by Luis Bunuel
Une aussi longue absence (The Long Absence) by Henri Colpi
1962: O Pagador de Promessas (The Promise) by Anselmo Duarte
1963: Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) by Luschino Visconti
1964: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
1965: The Knack and How to Get it by Richard Lester
From 1964 to 1974 the Festival de Cannes decided to return to awarding a Grand Prix rather than a Palme d’Or.
1966: Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) by Claude Lelouch
Signore e Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians) de Pietro Germi
1967: Blow up by Michelangelo Antonioni
1969: If by Lindsay Anderson
1970: M.A.S.H. by Robert Altman
1971: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
1972: La classe operaia va in paradiso (The Working Class Goes to Heaven) by Elio Petri
1973: Il Caso Mattei (The Mattei Affair) de Francesco Rosi
1973: Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
The Hireling by Alan Bridges
1974: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
1966: Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) by Claude Lelouch
Signore e Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians) de Pietro Germi
1967: Blow up by Michelangelo Antonioni
1969: If by Lindsay Anderson
1970: M.A.S.H. by Robert Altman
1971: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
1972: La classe operaia va in paradiso (The Working Class Goes to Heaven) by Elio Petri
1973: Il Caso Mattei (The Mattei Affair) de Francesco Rosi
1973: Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
The Hireling by Alan Bridges
1974: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
In 1975, la Palme d’or was reintroduced. It remains to this day the most prestigious prize of all and is seen as one of the most important prizes in the international cinema world.
1975: Chronique des années de braise (Chronicle of the Burning Years) by Mohammed
Lakhdar-Hamina
1976: Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese
1977: Padre Padrone by Vittorio and Paolo Taviani
1978: L’Arbero Degli Zoccoli (The Tree of Wooden Clogs)by Ermanno Olmi
1979: Apocalypse Now by Francis ford Coppola
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) by Volker Schlondorff
1980: All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
Kagemusha by Akira Kurusawa
1981: Czlowiek Z Zelaza (Man of Iron) by Andrezj Wajda
1982: Missing by Costa Gavras
Yol by Yilmaz Guney
1983: Narayama-Bushi-ko (Ballad of Narayama) by Shohei Imamura
1984: Paris Texas by Wim Wenders
1985: Otac Na Sluzbenom Putu (When Father Was Away on Business) by Emir Kusturica
1986: Mission (The Mission) by Roland Joffé
1987: Sous le soleil de Satan (Under the Sun of Satan) by Maurice Pialat
1988: Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror) by Bille August
1989: Sex, Lies and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
1990: Wild at Heart by David Lynch
1991: Barton Fink by Ethan and Joël Coen
1992: Den Goda Viljan (The Best Intentions) by Bille August
1993: Bawang Bieji (Farewell my Concubine) by Kaige Chen
The Piano by Jane Campion
1994: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
1995: Underground by Emir Kusturica
1996: Secrets and Lies by Mike Leigh
1997: Unagi (The Eel) by Inamura Shohei
Tam’e Guilass (Taste of Cherry) by Abbas Kiarostami
1998: Mia Eoniotita Ke Mia Mera (Eternity and a Day) by Theo Angelopoulos
1999: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
2000: Dancer in the Dark by Lars Von Trier
2001: La Stanza de Figlio (The Son’s Room) by Nanni Moretti
2002: The Pianist by Roman Polanski
2003: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
2004: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Mickael Moore
2005: L’Enfant (The Child) by Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
2006: The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach
2007: 4 Luni, 3 Saptamini si 2 Zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) by Christian Mungiu
2008: Entre les murs (The Class) by Laurent Cantet
2009: Das Weiss Band (The White Ribbon) by Michael Haneke
2010: Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2011: The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
2012: Love by Michael Haneke
2013: Blue is the Warmest Color by Abdellatif Kechiche. For the first time in the history of the Festival, the Palme d'or was awarded both to the director and to his two leading actresses: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux.
the awards given at the
Cannes Film Festival
1946 - 2013
From 1946 to 1954, before the creation of the Palme d’or, the Jury awarded the "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film".
1946: every one of the selected films picked up a prize. The "Grand Prix " was awarded to eleven films including The Lost Week-end by Billy Wilder and Roberto Rossellini's Roma Citta Aperta. The Battle of the Rails by René Clément garnered the Jury International prize. (>>> The list of winners in 1946)
1947: six films picked up awards in various genres: prizes were given for the best animated film, musical comedy, social film, adventure and detective film and documentaries (>>> The list of winners in 1947)
1949: The Third Man by Carol Reed
From 1951 to 1954, the Grand Prix took the form of a certificate and a work of art signed by an artist in vogue.
1951: Spiegel Van Holland (Mirror of Hollande) by Bert Haanstra
Fröken Julie by Alf Sjöberg
Miracolo a Milano by Vittorio De Sica
1952: The Tragedy of Othello : The Moor of Venice by Orson Welles
Due Soldi di Speranza by Renato Castellani
1953: Le Salaire de la peur by Henri-Georges Clouzot
1954: Jigoku-Mon by Teinosuke Kinugaza
The Palme d’or was created in 1954 on the instigation of Robert Favre Le Bret. It was awarded for the first time in 1955.
1955: Marty by Delbert Mann
1956: The Silent World by Jean-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
1957: Friendly Persuasion by William Weyler
1958: Letiat Jouravly (The Cranes are flying) by Mikhaïl Kalatozov
1959: Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) by Marcel Camus
1960: La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
1961: Viridiana by Luis Bunuel
Une aussi longue absence (The Long Absence) by Henri Colpi
1962: O Pagador de Promessas (The Promise) by Anselmo Duarte
1963: Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) by Luschino Visconti
1964: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
1965: The Knack and How to Get it by Richard Lester
1955: Marty by Delbert Mann
1956: The Silent World by Jean-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
1957: Friendly Persuasion by William Weyler
1958: Letiat Jouravly (The Cranes are flying) by Mikhaïl Kalatozov
1959: Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) by Marcel Camus
1960: La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
1961: Viridiana by Luis Bunuel
Une aussi longue absence (The Long Absence) by Henri Colpi
1962: O Pagador de Promessas (The Promise) by Anselmo Duarte
1963: Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) by Luschino Visconti
1964: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
1965: The Knack and How to Get it by Richard Lester
From 1964 to 1974 the Festival de Cannes decided to return to awarding a Grand Prix rather than a Palme d’Or.
1966: Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) by Claude Lelouch
Signore e Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians) de Pietro Germi
1967: Blow up by Michelangelo Antonioni
1969: If by Lindsay Anderson
1970: M.A.S.H. by Robert Altman
1971: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
1972: La classe operaia va in paradiso (The Working Class Goes to Heaven) by Elio Petri
1973: Il Caso Mattei (The Mattei Affair) de Francesco Rosi
1973: Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
The Hireling by Alan Bridges
1974: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
1966: Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) by Claude Lelouch
Signore e Signori (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians) de Pietro Germi
1967: Blow up by Michelangelo Antonioni
1969: If by Lindsay Anderson
1970: M.A.S.H. by Robert Altman
1971: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
1972: La classe operaia va in paradiso (The Working Class Goes to Heaven) by Elio Petri
1973: Il Caso Mattei (The Mattei Affair) de Francesco Rosi
1973: Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
The Hireling by Alan Bridges
1974: The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola
In 1975, la Palme d’or was reintroduced. It remains to this day the most prestigious prize of all and is seen as one of the most important prizes in the international cinema world.
1975: Chronique des années de braise (Chronicle of the Burning Years) by Mohammed
Lakhdar-Hamina
1976: Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese
1977: Padre Padrone by Vittorio and Paolo Taviani
1978: L’Arbero Degli Zoccoli (The Tree of Wooden Clogs)by Ermanno Olmi
1979: Apocalypse Now by Francis ford Coppola
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) by Volker Schlondorff
1980: All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
Kagemusha by Akira Kurusawa
1981: Czlowiek Z Zelaza (Man of Iron) by Andrezj Wajda
1982: Missing by Costa Gavras
Yol by Yilmaz Guney
1983: Narayama-Bushi-ko (Ballad of Narayama) by Shohei Imamura
1984: Paris Texas by Wim Wenders
1985: Otac Na Sluzbenom Putu (When Father Was Away on Business) by Emir Kusturica
1986: Mission (The Mission) by Roland Joffé
1987: Sous le soleil de Satan (Under the Sun of Satan) by Maurice Pialat
1988: Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror) by Bille August
1989: Sex, Lies and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
1990: Wild at Heart by David Lynch
1991: Barton Fink by Ethan and Joël Coen
1992: Den Goda Viljan (The Best Intentions) by Bille August
1993: Bawang Bieji (Farewell my Concubine) by Kaige Chen
The Piano by Jane Campion
1994: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
1995: Underground by Emir Kusturica
1996: Secrets and Lies by Mike Leigh
1997: Unagi (The Eel) by Inamura Shohei
Tam’e Guilass (Taste of Cherry) by Abbas Kiarostami
1998: Mia Eoniotita Ke Mia Mera (Eternity and a Day) by Theo Angelopoulos
1999: Rosetta by Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
2000: Dancer in the Dark by Lars Von Trier
2001: La Stanza de Figlio (The Son’s Room) by Nanni Moretti
2002: The Pianist by Roman Polanski
2003: Elephant by Gus Van Sant
2004: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Mickael Moore
2005: L’Enfant (The Child) by Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
2006: The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach
2007: 4 Luni, 3 Saptamini si 2 Zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) by Christian Mungiu
2008: Entre les murs (The Class) by Laurent Cantet
2009: Das Weiss Band (The White Ribbon) by Michael Haneke
2010: Lung Boonmee Raluek Chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2011: The Tree of Life by Terrence Malick
2012: Love by Michael Haneke
2013: Blue is the Warmest Color by Abdellatif Kechiche. For the first time in the history of the Festival, the Palme d'or was awarded both to the director and to his two leading actresses: Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux.
