Caméra d'Or
Caméra d'Or | |
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Awarded for | Best first feature film |
Location | Cannes |
Country | France |
Presented by | Festival de Cannes |
First awarded | 1978 |
Official website | http://www.festival-cannes.com/ |
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 International 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]
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
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 | Film | Director |
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1989 | Waller's Last Trip (Wallers letzter Gang) | ![]() |
The Birth (പിറവി) | ![]() | |
1990 | A Time of Debts (Cas dluhu) | ![]() |
Farendj | ![]() | |
1991 | Proof | ![]() |
Sam & Me | ![]() | |
1993 | Friends | ![]() |
1994 | The Silences of the Palace (Samt el qusur) | ![]() |
1995 | Denise Calls Up | ![]() |
1997 | The Life of Jesus (La Vie de Jésus) | ![]() |
2002 | Japón | ![]() |
2003 | Osama (أسامة) | ![]() |
2004 | Passages (Lu Cheng) | ![]() |
Bitter Dream (Khab-e talkh) | ![]() | |
2007 | Control | ![]() |
2008 | Everybody Dies but Me (Vse umrut, a ya ostanus) | ![]() |
2009 | Ajami | ![]() |
References
- ↑ Caméra d'Or page in English Cannes's official website
- ↑ Spanish interview with Gilles Jacob before the 60th festival El Cultural.es
- ↑ Caméra d'Or Jury Cannes Festival Official Site
- ↑ Caméra d'Or Rules & Regulations 2011.