Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week).[1] The prize, created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob,[2] is awarded during the Festival's Closing Ceremony by an independent jury.[3]
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Awarded for | Best first feature film |
Location | Cannes |
Country | France |
Presented by | Festival de Cannes |
First awarded | 1978 |
Website | http://www.festival-cannes.com/ |
Criteria
The rules define first film as "the first feature film for theatrical screening (whatever the format; fiction, documentary or animation) of 60 minutes or more in length, by a director who has not made another film of 60 minutes or more in length and released theatrically." Directors who have previously made only student thesis films or TV films can still compete in this category. The stated aim is to reveal a film "whose qualities emphasize the need to encourage the director to undertake a second film."[4]
Caméra d'Or winners
Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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1978 | Alambrista! | Robert M. Young | ![]() | |
1979 | Northern Lights | Aurora Boreal | John Hanson, Rob Nilsson | |
1980 | Adrien's Story | Histoire d'Adrien | Jean-Pierre Denis | ![]() |
1981 | Desperado City | Vadim Glowna | ![]() | |
1982 | Half a Life | Mourir à 30 ans | Romain Goupil | ![]() |
1983 | The Princess | Adj király katonát | Pál Erdőss | ![]() |
1984 | Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch | ![]() | |
1985 | Oriana | Fina Torres | ![]() | |
1986 | Noir et Blanc | Claire Devers | ![]() | |
1987 | Robinson Crusoe in Georgia | Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa | Nana Dzhordzhadze | ![]() |
1988 | Salaam Bombay! | Mira Nair | ![]() | |
1989 | My 20th Century | Az én XX. századom | Ildikó Enyedi | ![]() |
1990 | Freeze Die Come to Life | Замри, умри, воскресни! | Vitali Kanevsky | ![]() |
1991 | Toto the Hero | Toto le Héros | Jaco Van Dormael | ![]() |
1992 | Mac | John Turturro | ![]() | |
1993 | The Scent of Green Papaya | Mùi đu đủ xanh | Tran Anh Hung | ![]() |
1994 | Coming to Terms with the Dead | Petits arrangements avec les morts | Pascale Ferran | ![]() |
1995 | The White Balloon | بادکنک سفيد | Jafar Panahi | ![]() |
1996 | Love Serenade | Shirley Barrett | ![]() | |
1997 | Suzaku | 萌の朱雀 | Naomi Kawase | ![]() |
1998 | Slam | Marc Levin | ![]() | |
1999 | Marana Simhasanam | Murali Nair | ![]() | |
2000 | Djomeh | Hassan Yektapanah | ![]() | |
A Time for Drunken Horses | زمانی برای مستی اسبها | Bahman Ghobadi | ||
2001 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Zacharias Kunuk | ![]() | |
2002 | Seaside | Bord de mer | Julie Lopes-Curval | ![]() |
2003 | Reconstruction | Christoffer Boe | ![]() | |
2004 | Or (My Treasure) | Keren Yedaya | ![]() | |
2005 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July | ![]() | |
The Forsaken Land[5] | සුළඟ එනු පිණිස | Vimukthi Jayasundara | ![]() | |
2006 | 12:08 East of Bucharest | A fost sau n-a fost? | Corneliu Porumboiu | ![]() |
2007 | Jellyfish | מדוזות | Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen | ![]() |
2008 | Hunger | Steve McQueen | ![]() | |
2009 | Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | ![]() | |
2010 | Año Bisiesto | Michael Rowe | ![]() | |
2011 | Las Acacias | Pablo Giorgelli | ![]() | |
2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin | ![]() | |
2013 | Ilo Ilo | 爸媽不在家 | Anthony Chen | ![]() |
2014 | Party Girl | Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis | ![]() | |
2015 | Land and Shade | La tierra y la sombra | César Augusto Acevedo | ![]() |
2016 | Divines | Houda Benyamina | ![]() | |
2017 | Montparnasse Bienvenue | Jeune femme | Léonor Serraille | |
2018 | Girl[6] | Lukas Dhont | ![]() | |
2019 | Our Mothers[7][8] | Nuestras madres | César Diaz | ![]() |
2021 | Murina[9] | Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović | ![]() | |
2022 | War Pony[10] | Riley Keough, Gina Gammell | ![]() | |
2023 | Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell[11] | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Pham Thien An | ![]() |
Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale
Some years, some films that didn't win the award have received a special mention for their outstanding quality as first features in Cannes. Also called Caméra d'Or — Mention or Caméra d'Or — Mention d'honneur.
Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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1989 | Waller's Last Trip | Wallers letzter Gang | Christian Wagner | ![]() |
The Birth | പിറവി | Shaji N. Karun | ![]() | |
1990 | Time of the Servants | Čas sluhů | Irena Pavlásková | ![]() |
Farendj | Sabine Prenczina | ![]() | ||
1991 | Proof | Jocelyn Moorhouse | ![]() | |
Sam & Me | Deepa Mehta | ![]() | ||
1993 | Friends | Elaine Proctor | ![]() | |
1994 | The Silences of the Palace | Samt el qusur | Moufida Tlatli | ![]() |
1995 | Denise Calls Up | Hal Salwen | ![]() | |
1997 | The Life of Jesus | La Vie de Jésus | Bruno Dumont | ![]() |
2002 | Japón | Carlos Reygadas | ![]() | |
2003 | Osama | Siddiq Barmak | ![]() | |
2004 | Passages | Lu Cheng | Yang Chao | ![]() |
Bitter Dream | Khab-e talkh | Mohsen Amiryoussefi | ![]() | |
2007 | Control | Anton Corbijn | ![]() | |
2008 | Everybody Dies but Me | Vse umrut, a ya ostanus | Valeriya Gai Germanika | ![]() |
2009 | Ajami | Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | ![]() |
References
- Caméra d'Or page in English Cannes's official website
- Spanish interview with Gilles Jacob before the 60th festival Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine El Cultural.es
- Caméra d'Or Jury Cannes Festival Official Site
- Caméra d'Or Rules & Regulations 2011 Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine.
- Cannes Prizewinner Vimukthi Jayasundara Sets France-Sri Lanka Project ‘Turtle’s Gaze on Spying Stars’ (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety
- ‘Close’: Behind the Scenes of the Most Heartbreaking Coming-of-Age Story of the Year|IndieWire
- Actress Rossy de Palma, President of the Jury of the Camera d'Or at the 75th Festival de Cannes - Festival de Cannes
- Rossy de Palma to lead Cannes 2022 Camera d’Or jury|News|Screen Daily
- “Murina” by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović wins Camera d’Or award at Cannes Film Festival|Croatia Week
- 'Triangle of Sadness' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Fest : NPR
- Debruge, Peter (27 May 2023). "Cannes Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Takes Palme d'Or, 'The Zone of Interest' and 'The Pot au Feu' Among Winners". Variety. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
External links
- Cannes Film Festival official website
- Cannes Film Festival at IMDb Archived 2010-04-11 at the Wayback Machine.