(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films with unusual styles and non-traditional stories seeking international recognition.
Since 1998, the section has awarded the Un Certain Regard Prize to one film in the lineup, recognising emerging talent and innovative work. At the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, Killer by Darezhan Omirbaev was named the inaugural winner, while Everytime by Sandra Wollner is the most recent winner (2026).
Winners In 1998, the was introduced to the section to recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005, the prize consists of €30,000 financed by the Groupama GAN Foundation.2008 Cannes Film Festival,
1990s Year English title Original Title DirectorProduction country 1998 Killer Darezhan OmirbaevKazakhstan, France 1999 Beautiful People Jasmin DizdarUnited Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s Year English title Original Title DirectorProduction country 2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Rodrigo GarcíaUnited States 2001 Boyhood Loves Yves CaumonFrance 2002 Blissfully Yours Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand 2003 The Best of Youth Marco Tullio GiordanaItaly 2004 Ousmane SembèneSenegal 2005 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi PuiuRomania 2006 Luxury Car 江城夏日 Wang ChaoChina, France 2007 California Dreamin' Cristian NemescuRomania 2008 Tulpan Sergey DvortsevoyKazakhstan 2009 Dogtooth Yorgos LanthimosGreece
2010s Year English title Original Title DirectorProduction country 2010 Hahaha Hong Sang-sooSouth Korea 2011 Arirang Kim Ki-duk Stopped on Track Andreas DresenGermany 2012 After Lucia Michel FrancoMexico 2013 The Missing Picture Rithy PanhCambodia, France 2014 White God Kornél MundruczóHungary, Germany, Sweden 2015 Rams Grímur HákonarsonIceland, Denmark, Poland, Norway 2016 The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki Juho KuosmanenFinland, Germany, Sweden 2017 A Man of Integrity Mohammad RasoulofIran 2018 Border Ali AbbasiSweden 2019 The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão Karim AïnouzBrazil
2020s Year English title Original Title DirectorProduction country 2021 Unclenching the Fists Разжимая кулаки Kira KovalenkoRussia 2022 The Worst Ones Les pires Lise Akoka and Romane GueretFrance2023How to Have SexMolly Manning WalkerUnited Kingdom2024Black Dog狗阵Guan HuChina2025The Mysterious Gaze of the FlamingoLa misteriosa mirada del flamencoDiego CéspedesChile, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium2026EverytimeSandra WollnerAustria, Germany
Other awards
2000s Year Award English title Original title Recipient 2000 Me You Them Andrucha Waddington 2003 The first glance prize A Thousand Months Faouzi Bensaidi Crimson Gold Jafar Panahi 2004 Prize of the original glance Whisky Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo StollPrize of the glance to the future Earth and Ashes Atiq Rahimi 2005 Intimacy prize Alain Cavalier Prize of hope Delwende S. Pierre Yameogo 2006 Ten Canoes Rolf de Heer Best actress award The Way I Spent the End of the World Dorotheea Petre Best actor award The Violin Ángel Tavira Prize of the President of the jury Murderers Patrick Grandperret 2007 Actresses Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Jury's hunch The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin 2008 Tokyo Sonata Kiyoshi Kurosawa Cloud 9 Andreas Dresen Tyson James Toback Johnny Mad Dog Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire 2009 Police, Adjective Corneliu Porumboiu No One Knows About Persian Cats Bahman Ghobadi Father of My Children Mia Hansen-Løve
2010s Year Award English title Original title Recipient 2010 October Daniel Vega, Diego Vega The Lips Adela Sánchez, Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo 2011 Elena ЕленаAndrey Zvyagintsev Goodbye Mohammad Rasoulof2012 Children of Sarajevo Djeca Aida Begić Le grand soir Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine Laurence Anyways Suzanne Clément Our Children Emilie Dequenne2013 Omar Hany Abu-Assad Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie The Golden Dream Diego Quemada-Díez Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler2014 Force Majeure Ruben Östlund The Salt of the Earth Le sel de la terreWim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis Charlie's Country David Gulpilil 2015 The High Sun Zvizdan Dalibor Matanic Journey to the Shore Kiyoshi Kurosawa The Fourth Direction Gurvinder Singh Masaan Neeraj Ghaywan Nahid Ida Panahandeh The Treasure Comoara Corneliu Porumboiu2016 Harmonium Koji Fukada Captain Fantastic Matt Ross The Stopover Voir du pays Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin The Red Turtle La Tortue rouge Michael Dudok de Wit2017 April's Daughter Las Hijas de Abril Michel Franco Fortunata Jasmine Trinca Barbara Mathieu Amalric Wind River Taylor Sheridan2018 The Dead and the Others Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora Girl Victor Polster Sofia Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi Donbass Sergei Loznitsa2019 Jury Prize Fire Will Come O que arde Oliver Laxe On a Magical Night Chambre 212 Chiara Mastroianni Beanpole Дылда Kantemir Balagov The Climb Michael Angelo Covino Liberté Albert Serra
2020s Year Award English title Original title Recipient2021 Jury Prize Great Freedom Große Freiheit Sebastian Meise Ensemble Prize Good Mother Hafsia Herzi Lamb Dýrið Valdimar Jóhannsson La Civil Teodora Mihai Prayers for the Stolen Noche de fuego Tatiana Huezo 2022 Jury Prize JoylandSaim Sadiq Best Director Metronom Alexandru Belc Best Performance Corsage Vicky KriepsHarkaAdam Bessa Best Screenplay Mediterranean Fever Maha Haj Rodeo Lola Quivoron2023Jury PrizeHoundsLes MeutesKamal LazraqBest DirectorThe Mother of All LiesAsmae El MoudirFreedom PrizeGoodbye JuliaMohamed KordofaniEnsemble PrizeThe Buriti FlowerCrowrãJoão Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, Cast and CrewNew Voice Prize Omen Augure Baloji Tshiani2024Jury PrizeSouleymane's StoryL'histoire de SouleymaneBoris LojkineBest DirectorThe DamnedRoberto MinerviniOn Becoming a Guinea FowlRungano NyoniBest PerformanceThe ShamelessAnasuya SenguptaSouleymane's StoryL'histoire de SouleymaneAbou SangaréYouth PrizeHoly CowVingt DieuxLouise CourvoisierSpecial MentionNorahTawfik Alzaidi2025Jury PrizeA PoetUn PoetaSimón Mesa SotoBest DirectorOnce Upon a Time in GazaTarzan and Arab NasserBest ScreenplayPillionHarry LightonBest ActorUrchinFrank Dillane Best ActressI Only Rest in the StormO Riso e a FacaCleo Diára2026Jury PrizeElephants in the Fog (CdO) (QP)तिनीहरूAbinash Bikram ShahSpecial Jury PrizeIron BoyLe CorsetLouis ClichyBest ActorCongo BoyBradley Fiomona DembeassetBest ActressForever Your Maternal AnimalSiempre soy tu animal maternoDaniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas
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