Nadine Labaki
Films from diverse countries have won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Most films having won the award are from European countries, with Italy, Germany and Poland dominating. Andrei Tarkovsky is the only director to have won three times. Samira Makhmalbaf was the first woman to win the award (followed by Naomi Kawase and Nadine Labaki). Samira's father Mohsen Makhmalbaf was the first director from a predominantly Muslim country. Countries that are not predominantly Christian that have won the award are Japan and the People's Republic of China. In 1998 a special award was given to Ingmar Bergman at Cannes film festival for his whole body of work.