Caméra d'Or

Caméra d'Or
2025 recipient: Hasan Hadi
Awarded forBest first feature film
Presented byCannes Film Festival
First award1978
Currently held byThe President's Cake by Hasan Hadi (2025)
Websitehttp://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 Critics' Week).[1]

The prize was created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob,[2] and is awarded during the festival's closing ceremony by an independent jury.[3]

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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".[4]

Winners

Jim Jarmusch won for Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Nana Dzhordzhadze won for Robinson Crusoe in Georgia (1987)
Ildikó Enyedi won for My 20th Century (1989)
Tran Anh Hung won for The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
Jafar Panahi won for The White Balloon (1995)
Naomi Kawase won for Suzaku (1997)
Steve McQueen won for Hunger (2008)
Benh Zeitlin won for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

1970s

Year English title Original title Director Production country
1978 Alambrista! Robert M. Young United 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 Kanevsky Soviet Union
1991 Toto the Hero Toto le Héros Jaco Van Dormael Belgium
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 بادکنک سفيد Jafar Panahi Iran
1996 Love Serenade Shirley Barrett Australia
1997 Suzaku 萌の朱雀 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 زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها 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 July United States
The Forsaken Land[5] 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 Geffen Israel
2008 Hunger Steve McQueen United Kingdom
2009 Samson and Delilah Warwick Thornton Australia

2010s

Year English title Original title Director Production country
2010 Año Bisiesto Michael Rowe Mexico
2011 Las Acacias Pablo Giorgelli Argentina
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin United States
2013 Ilo Ilo 爸媽不在家 Anthony Chen Singapore
2014 Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis France
2015 Land and Shade La tierra y la sombra César Augusto Acevedo Colombia
2016 Divines Houda Benyamina France
2017 Montparnasse Bienvenue Jeune femme Léonor Serraille
2018 Girl[6] Lukas Dhont Belgium
2019 Our Mothers[7][8] Nuestras madres César Diaz Guatemala

2020s

Year English title Original title Director Production country
2021 Murina[9] Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Croatia
2022 War Pony[10] Riley Keough and Gina Gammell United States
2023 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell[11] Bên trong vỏ kén vàng Pham Thien An Vietnam
2024 Armand[12] Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Norway
2025 The President's Cake مملكة القصب Hasan Hadi Iraq, Qatar, United States

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 Wagner Germany
The Birth പിറവി Shaji N. Karun India
1990 Time of the Servants Čas sluhů Irena Pavlásková Czechoslovakia
Farendj Sabine Prenczina France
1991 Proof Jocelyn Moorhouse Australia
Sam & Me Deepa Mehta India
1993 Friends Elaine Proctor South Africa
1994 The Silences of the Palace صمت القصور 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 Chao China
Bitter Dream خواب تلخ Mohsen Amiryoussefi Iran
2007 Control Anton Corbijn Netherlands
2008 Everybody Dies but Me Все умрут, а я останусь Valeriya Gai Germanika Russia
2009 Ajami عجمي Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani Israel
2022 Plan 75 Chie Hayakawa Japan
2024 Mongrel 白衣蒼狗 Wei Liang Chiang and You Qiao Yin Taiwan
2025 My Father's Shadow Akinola Davies Jr. United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria

References

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  2. ^ "Cannes cumple los 60: Gilles Jacob, Director del festival: "La palabra Festival está deshonrada. Hay una abundancia ridícula"". www.elcultural.es. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes : Camera d'Or jury". www.festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  4. ^ "Camera d'Or Rules & Regulations 2017". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
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  6. ^ Kohn, Eric (2022-12-14). "'Close': Behind the Scenes of the Most Heartbreaking Coming-of-Age Story of the Year". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  7. ^ "Actress Rossy de Palma, President of the Jury of the Caméra d'or at the 75th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  8. ^ Dalton, Ben. "Rossy de Palma to lead Cannes 2022 Camera d'Or jury". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  9. ^ ""Murina" by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović wins Camera d'Or award at Cannes Film Festival". Croatia Week. 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  10. ^ Coyle, Jake (May 29, 2022). "'Triangle of Sadness' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Fest". The Associated Press. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  11. ^ Debruge, Peter (27 May 2023). "Cannes Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Takes Palme d'Or, 'The Zone of Interest' and 'The Pot au Feu' Among Winners". Variety. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  12. ^ Parfitt, Orlando (25 May 2024). "Cannes Film Festival 2024: follow the winners live". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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