The Louis Delluc Prize ( ) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, consisting of a group of film critics and figures who are culturally significant. Gilles Jacob is the president. The meeting is at ''le Fouquet's'' restaurant in

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. The award was created in 1937 in view of the decision of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

to award its Grand Prix du Cinema to films that were created by French filmmakers. Twenty-four film critics including Maurice Bessy and Marcel Idzkowski established the prize to honor

Louis Delluc Louis Delluc (; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an Impressionist French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Biography Delluc was born in Cadouin in 1890. His family moved to Paris in 1903. After graduating from the university, ...

(1890–1924), the first French journalist to specialize in cinema and founder of the ciné-clubs. It is nicknamed the "

Goncourt The Goncourt brothers (, , ) were Edmond de Goncourt (1822–1896) and Jules de Goncourt (1830–1870), both France, French Naturalism (literature), naturalism writers who, as collaborative sibling authors, were inseparable in life. Background ...

of cinema".

Notes

*≠ Oscar winner *± Oscar nominee *≈ Palme d'Or winner

Winners

Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Jury

1937 edition

*Maurice Bessy *

Pierre Bost Pierre Bost (5 September 1901 – 6 December 1975) was a French screenwriter, novelist, and journalist. Primarily a novelist until the 1940s, he was known mainly as a screenwriter after 1945, often collaborating with Jean Aurenche. In his 1954 a ...

*Georges Charensol *Nino Franck *Marcel Idzkowski *Roger Régent

References

External links

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BBC podcast reviews of selected Louis Delluc Prize-winning films
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