# Caméra d'Or

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). The prize, created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, is awarded during the Festival's Closing Ceremony by an independent jury.

## 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."

## Caméra d'Or winners

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 1978 | Alambrista! | Alambrista! | Robert M. Young | United States |
| 1979 | Northern Lights | Aurora Boreal | John Hanson, Rob Nilsson | United States |
| 1980 | Adrien's Story | Histoire d'Adrien | Jean-Pierre Denis | France |
| 1981 | Desperado City | 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 | Stranger Than Paradise | Jim Jarmusch | United States |
| 1985 | Oriana | Oriana | Fina Torres | Venezuela |
| 1986 | Noir et Blanc | Noir et Blanc | Claire Devers | France |
| 1987 | Robinson Crusoe in Georgia | Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa | Nana Dzhordzhadze | Soviet Union |
| 1988 | Salaam Bombay! | Salaam Bombay! | Mira Nair | India |
| 1989 | My 20th Century | Az én XX. századom | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary |
| 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 | 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 | Love Serenade | Shirley Barrett | Australia |
| 1997 | Suzaku | 萌の朱雀 | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| 1998 | Slam | Slam | Marc Levin | United States |
| 1999 | Marana Simhasanam | Marana Simhasanam | Murali Nair | India |
| 2000 | Djomeh | Djomeh | Hassan Yektapanah | Iran |
| 2000 | A Time for Drunken Horses | زمانی برای مستی اسب‌ها | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran |
| 2001 | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Zacharias Kunuk | Canada |
| 2002 | Seaside | Bord de mer | Julie Lopes-Curval | France |
| 2003 | Reconstruction | Reconstruction | Christoffer Boe | Denmark |
| 2004 | Or (My Treasure) | Or (My Treasure) | Keren Yedaya | Israel |
| 2005 | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Me and You and Everyone We Know | Miranda July | United States |
| 2005 | The Forsaken Land | 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 | Hunger | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom |
| 2009 | Samson and Delilah | Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | Australia |
| 2010 | Año Bisiesto | Año Bisiesto | Michael Rowe | Mexico |
| 2011 | Las Acacias | Las Acacias | Pablo Giorgelli | Argentina |
| 2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin | United States |
| 2013 | Ilo Ilo | 爸媽不在家 | Anthony Chen | Singapore |
| 2014 | Party Girl | Party Girl | Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis | France |
| 2015 | Land and Shade | La tierra y la sombra | César Augusto Acevedo | Colombia |
| 2016 | Divines | Divines | Houda Benyamina | France |
| 2017 | Montparnasse Bienvenue | Jeune femme | Léonor Serraille | France |
| 2018 | Girl | Girl | Lukas Dhont | Belgium |
| 2019 | Our Mothers | Nuestras madres | César Diaz | Guatemala |
| 2021 | Murina | Murina | Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović | Croatia |
| 2022 | War Pony | War Pony | Riley Keough, Gina Gammell | United States |
| 2023 | Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell | Bên trong vỏ kén vàng | Pham Thien An | Vietnam |
| 2024 | Armand | Armand | Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel | Norway |

## 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 | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| 1989 | Waller's Last Trip | Wallers letzter Gang | Christian Wagner | Germany |
| 1989 | The Birth | പിറവി | Shaji N. Karun | India |
| 1990 | Time of the Servants | Čas sluhů | Irena Pavlásková | Czechoslovakia |
| 1990 | Farendj | Farendj | Sabine Prenczina | France |
| 1991 | Proof | Proof | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Australia |
| 1991 | Sam & Me | Sam & Me | Deepa Mehta | India |
| 1993 | Friends | Friends | Elaine Proctor | South Africa |
| 1994 | The Silences of the Palace | صمت القصور | Moufida Tlatli | Tunisia |
| 1995 | Denise Calls Up | Denise Calls Up | Hal Salwen | United States |
| 1997 | The Life of Jesus | La Vie de Jésus | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 2002 | Japón | Japón | Carlos Reygadas | Mexico |
| 2003 | Osama | Osama | Siddiq Barmak | Afghanistan |
| 2004 | Passages | 路程 | Yang Chao | China |
| 2004 | Bitter Dream | خواب تلخ | Mohsen Amiryoussefi | Iran |
| 2007 | Control | Control | Anton Corbijn | Netherlands |
| 2008 | Everybody Dies but Me | Все умрут, а я останусь | Valeriya Gai Germanika | Russia |
| 2009 | Ajami | عجمي | Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani | Israel |
| 2022 | Plan 75 | Plan 75 | Chie Hayakawa | Japan |
| 2024 | Mongrel | 白衣蒼狗 | Wei Liang Chiang, You Qiao Yin | Taiwan |