The “Palme d’Or” is the highest prize award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the highest prize at the festival was the “Grand Prix du Festival International du Film” In 1964, The “Palme d’Or” was replaced again by the “Grand Prix”, before being reintroduced in 1975.
The “Palme d’Or” is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.
In the past festival was cancelled several times from various reasons:
1940–1945 due to World War II
1948 due to budgetary problems
1950 due to budgetary problems
1968 — No award because the festival was cancelled midway through to show solidarity with…
The “Palme d’Or” is the highest prize award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the highest prize at the festival was the “Grand Prix du Festival International du Film” In 1964, The “Palme d’Or” was replaced again by the “Grand Prix”, before being reintroduced in 1975.
The “Palme d’Or” is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.
In the past festival was cancelled several times from various reasons:
1940–1945 due to World War II
1948 due to budgetary problems
1950 due to budgetary problems
1968 — No award because the festival was cancelled midway through to show solidarity with the students and workers who were demonstrating in what became known as the May 68 movement
2020 — No festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Directors who have won the award twice:
Alf Sjöberg — 1946 • 1951
Francis Ford Coppola — 1974 • 1979
Bille August — 1988 • 1992‡
Emir Kusturica — 1985 • 1995
Shôhei Imamura — 1983 • 1997
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne — 1999 • 2005
Michael Haneke — 2009 • 2012‡
Ken Loach — 2006 • 2016
Ruben Östlund — 2017 • 2022‡
‡ — have won for consecutive films
In 1997, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Festival, the Cannes jury awarded Ingmar Bergman with “Palme des Palmes”.
In 2002 the festival began to sporadically award a non-competitive “Honorary Palme d'Or” to directors or actors who had achieved a notable body of work but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or.
2002 — Woody Allen
2003 — Jeanne Moreau
2005 — Catherine Deneuve
2007 — Jane Fonda
2008 — Manoel de Oliveira
2009 — Clint Eastwood
2011 — Jean-Paul Belmondo
2011 — Bernardo Bertolucci
2015 — Agnès Varda
2016 — Jean-Pierre Léaud
2017 — Jeffrey Katzenberg
2019 — Alain Delon
2021 — Jodie Foster
2021 — Marco Bellocchio
2022 — Forest Whitaker
2022 — Tom Cruise
2023 — Michael Douglas
2023 — Harrison Ford
Other international lists:
Letterboxd's Top 250 International Films
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Top 100 Serbian Films
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Top Polish Films
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Top 100 Italian Films
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Top 100 Turkish Films
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Top 100 German Films
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Top 100 British Films
