Critics' Week

Critics' Week (), until 2008 called International Critics' Week (), is a parallel section to the Cannes Film Festival organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics.

History Critics' week was created in 1962, after the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics' successful campaign for Shirley Clarke's The Connection to be screened at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It is the oldest non-official Cannes sidebar.

Critics' Week's objective is to discover and support new talents, showcasing first and second feature films by directors worldwide. Bernardo Bertolucci, Philip Kaufman, Ken Loach, Tony Scott, Agnieszka Holland, Leos Carax, Wong Kar-wai, Guillermo del Toro, Jacques Audiard, Arnaud Desplechin, Gaspar Noé, François Ozon, Andrea Arnold, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Julia Ducournau, Justine Triet, all began at Critics' Week.

Since its creation in 1990 and until 2010, there was no jury at Critics' Week. Journalists of all nationalities were invited to vote at the end of each screening of the films in competition, after which the Grand Prize was awarded. In 2011, on the occasion of its 50th edition, Critics' Week formed an international jury made up of four critics and chaired by Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong. Thereafter, the jury has been presided over by a director and consists of four members with writing, filmmaking, acting or programming backgrounds. Notable jury presidents have included Bertrand Bonello, Miguel Gomes, Andrea Arnold, Ronit Elkabetz, Valérie Donzelli, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Joachim Trier, Ciro Guerra and Cristian Mungiu.

Description Critics' Week presents a selective program of seven feature films and ten short films in competition. There are also special screenings which are kept few in number in order to provide them greater visibility. Feature films compete for Grand Prize, the SACD Prize, which is awarded for best screenplay, and the Gan Foundation Award, which helps films get distribution. Short films can receive the Canal+ Award and the Discovery Award. Debut feature films are eligible for the Caméra d'Or, which is open to all first films in Official Selection and the parallel sections at Cannes.

Main awards Feature films Feature film awards include:

Grand Prize () Rising Star Award () Award for Distribution () SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques) () Short films Short film awards include:

Canal+ Award for Short Film () Discovery Prize for Short Film () Discontinued awards Prize of the Jury (Prix French Touch du jury) (?–2025) Visionary Award () (2012–2017)

Grand Prize winners The Grand Prize () is the top prize of Critics' Week. In 2001, the prize was sponsored by the French energy company Primagaz. Between 2011 and 2021, the Grand Prize was known as the Nespresso Grand Prize, named for its sponsor Nespresso. Since 2025, its officially named AMI Paris Grand Prize.

Below is a list of films and filmmakers that won the award, and the respective edition:

Year English title Original title Director(s) Production country 2001 Under the Moonlight Reza Mirkarimi Iran 2002Respiro Emanuele Crialese Italy, France 2003 Since Otar Left Julie Bertuccelli France, Belgium 2004 A Common Thread Éléonore Faucher France Or (My Treasure) Keren Yedaya France, Israel 2005Me and You and Everyone We Know Miranda July United States 2006 Poison Friends Emmanuel Bourdieu France 2007XXY Lucía Puenzo Argentina, Spain, France 2008 Snow Aida Begić Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran 2009Adieu Gary Nassim Amaouche France 2010Armadillo Janus Metz Pedersen Denmark 2011Take Shelter Jeff Nichols United States 2012 Here and There Antonio Méndez Esparza Spain, United States, Mexico 2013Salvo Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Italy, France 2014 The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi Ukraine 2015 Paulina Santiago Mitre Argentina, Brazil, France 2016Mimosas Oliver Laxe Spain, Morocco, Franace, Qatar 2017Makala Emmanuel Gras France 2018Diamantino Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt Portugal, France, Brazil 2019 I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin France 2021 Feathers Omar El Zohairy France, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece 2022 The Pack Andrés Ramirez Pulido Colombia, France 2023Tiger Stripes Amanda Nell Eu Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar 2024Simon of the MountainSimon de la montaña Federico LuisArgentina, Chile, Uruguay2025 A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Thailand, France, Germany, Singapore2026La GradivaMarine AtlanFrance, Italy

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