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). The prize was created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, and is awarded during the festival's closing ceremony by an independent jury.
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".
Winners
1970s Year English title Original title Director Production country 1978 Alambrista! Robert M. YoungUnited States 1979 Northern Lights Aurora Boreal John Hanson and Rob Nilsson
1980s Year English title Original title Director Production country 1980 Adrien's Story Histoire d'Adrien Jean-Pierre Denis France 1981 Desperado City Vadim Glowna West Germany 1982 Half a Life Mourir à 30 ans Romain Goupil France 1983 The Princess Adj király katonát Pál Erdőss Hungary 1984 Stranger Than Paradise Jim Jarmusch United States 1985 Oriana Fina Torres Venezuela 1986 Noir et Blanc Claire Devers France 1987 Robinson Crusoe in Georgia Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa Nana Dzhordzhadze Soviet Union 1988 Salaam Bombay! Mira Nair India 1989 My 20th Century Az én XX. századom Ildikó Enyedi Hungary
1990s Year English title Original title Director Production country 1990 Freeze Die Come to Life Замри, умри, воскресни! Vitali KanevskySoviet Union 1991 Toto the Hero Toto le Héros Jaco Van DormaelBelgium 1992 Mac John Turturro United States 1993 The Scent of Green Papaya Mùi đu đủ xanh Tran Anh Hung Vietnam 1994 Coming to Terms with the Dead Petits arrangements avec les morts Pascale Ferran France 1995 The White Balloon Jafar Panahi Iran 1996 Love Serenade Shirley Barrett Australia 1997 Suzaku Naomi Kawase Japan 1998 Slam Marc Levin United States 1999 Marana Simhasanam Murali Nair India
2000s Year English title Original title Director Production country 2000 Djomeh Hassan Yektapanah Iran A Time for Drunken Horses Bahman Ghobadi 2001 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk Canada 2002 Seaside Bord de mer Julie Lopes-Curval France 2003 Reconstruction Christoffer Boe Denmark 2004 Or (My Treasure) Keren Yedaya Israel 2005 Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda JulyUnited States The Forsaken Land සුළඟ එනු පිණිස Vimukthi Jayasundara Sri Lanka 2006 12:08 East of Bucharest A fost sau n-a fost? Corneliu Porumboiu Romania 2007 Jellyfish מדוזות Etgar Keret, Shira GeffenIsrael 2008 Hunger Steve McQueenUnited Kingdom 2009 Samson and Delilah Warwick ThorntonAustralia
2010s Year English title Original title Director Production country 2010 Año Bisiesto Michael Rowe Mexico 2011 Las Acacias Pablo GiorgelliArgentina 2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh ZeitlinUnited States 2013 Ilo Ilo 爸媽不在家 Anthony ChenSingapore 2014 Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel TheisFrance 2015 Land and Shade La tierra y la sombra César Augusto AcevedoColombia 2016 Divines Houda BenyaminaFrance 2017 Montparnasse Bienvenue Jeune femme Léonor Serraille 2018 Girl Lukas DhontBelgium 2019 Our MothersNuestras madres César DiazGuatemala
2020s Year English title Original title Director Production country 2021 Murina Antoneta Alamat KusijanovićCroatia2022War PonyRiley Keough and Gina GammellUnited States 2023 Inside the Yellow Cocoon ShellBên trong vỏ kén vàng Pham Thien AnVietnam 2024ArmandHalfdan Ullmann TøndelNorway2025The President's Cakeمملكة القصبHasan HadiIraq, Qatar, United States2026Ben'ImanaMarie Clémentine DusabejamboRwanda, Gabon, France, Norway, Ivory Coast
Special Mention winners (Mention Spéciale)
Some years, some films that did not 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)Production country 1989 Waller's Last Trip Wallers letzter Gang Christian WagnerGermany The Birth പിറവി Shaji N. KarunIndia 1990 Time of the Servants Čas sluhů Irena PavláskováCzechoslovakia Farendj Sabine Prenczina France 1991 Proof Jocelyn MoorhouseAustralia Sam & Me Deepa Mehta India 1993 Friends Elaine Proctor South Africa 1994 The Silences of the Palace Moufida Tlatli Tunisia 1995 Denise Calls Up Hal Salwen United States 1997 The Life of Jesus La Vie de Jésus Bruno Dumont France 2002 Japón Carlos Reygadas Mexico 2003 Osama Siddiq Barmak Afghanistan 2004 Passages 路程 Yang ChaoChina Bitter Dream Mohsen Amiryoussefi Iran 2007 Control Anton Corbijn Netherlands 2008 Everybody Dies but Me Все умрут, а я останусь Valeriya Gai Germanika Russia 2009 Ajami Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Israel2022 Plan 75 Chie Hayakawa Japan2024Mongrel白衣蒼狗Wei Liang Chiang and You Qiao YinTaiwan2025My Father's ShadowAkinola Davies Jr.United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria
References
External links Cannes Film Festival official website Cannes Film Festival at IMDb .