The Grand Prix is an award of the

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bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the

Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

History

The award was first presented in 1967. The prize was not awarded in 1977. The festival was not held at all in 2020. In 1968, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the

May 1968 events in France May 68 () was a period of widespread protests, strikes, and civil unrest in France that began in May 1968 and became one of the most significant social uprisings in modern European history. Initially sparked by student demonstrations agains ...

. Also, the jury vote was tied, and the prize was shared by two films on 10 occasions (1967, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2011, and 2021–22).

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Bruno Dumont Bruno Dumont (; born 14 March 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter. To date, he has directed twelve feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the C ...

Nuri Bilge Ceylan Nuri Bilge Ceylan (; born 26 January 1959) is a Turkish director, screenwriter, photographer and actor. His film ''Winter Sleep (film), Winter Sleep'' (2014) won the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, 67th Cannes Film Festival, while s ...

, and Matteo Garrone have won the most awards in this category, each winning twice. Three directing teams have shared the award:

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Paolo Taviani (; 8 November 1931 – 29 February 2024) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on numerous fi ...

for '' The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (1982), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for '' The Kid with a Bike'' (2011), and Joel and Ethan Coen for '' Inside Llewyn Davis'' (2013). Márta Mészáros was the first woman to have won the award, for 1984's '' Diary for My Children''. Since 1995, the official name of the award has been simply the ''Grand Prix'', but it has had two other names since its creation in 1967: the ''Grand Prix Spécial du Jury'' (1967–1988) and the ''Grand Prix du Jury'' (1989–1994). In addition, the award should not be confused with the ''Grand Prix du Festival International du Film'' (1939–1954; 1964–1974), which was the highest prize of the festival and a precursor to the ''Palme d'Or''.

Winners

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple winners

The following individuals received two or more Grand Prix awards:

References

External links

Cannes Film Festival official website
{{Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix * Lists of films by award