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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, Director's Fortnight or International Critic's Week).1 The prize, created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob2, is awarded during the Festival's Closing Ceremony by an independent jury3.
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Caméra d'Or winners
Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale
Some years, some films that didn't win the award have received a special mention for their outstading quality as first features in Cannes. Also called Caméra d'Or — Mention or Caméra d'Or — Mention d'honneur.
| 1989 | Waller's Last Trip (Wallers letzter Gang) | Christian Wagner |
| The Birth (Piravi) | Shaji N. Karun | |
| 1990 | A Time of Debts (Cas dluhu) | Irena Pavlásková |
| Farendj | Sabine Prenczina | |
| 1991 | Proof | Jocelyn Moorhouse |
| Sam & Me | Deepa Mehta | |
| 1993 | Friends | Elaine Proctor |
| 1994 | The Silences of the Palace (Samt el qusur) | Moufida Tlatli |
| 1995 | Denise Calls Up | Hal Salwen |
| 1997 | The Life of Jesus (La Vie de Jésus) | Bruno Dumont |
| 2002 | Japón | Carlos Reygadas |
| 2003 | Osama (أسامة) | Siddiq Barmak |
| 2004 | Passages (Lu Cheng) | Yang Chao |
| Bitter Dream (Khab-e talkh) | Mohsen Amiryoussefi | |
| 2007 | Control | Anton Corbijn |
| 2008 | Vse umrut, a ya ostanus (Everybody Dies but Me) | Valeriya Gai Germanika |
References
- ^ Caméra d'Or page in English Cannes's official website
- ^ Spanish interview with Gilles Jacob before the 60th festival El Cultural.es
- ^ Caméra d'Or Jury Cannes Festival Official Site
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