The Jury Prize (french: Prix du Jury) is an award of the
Cannes Film Festival
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bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the third-most prestigious prize of the festival after the
Palme d'Or and the
Grand Prix
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, and it was considered a "second place" award until after the latter award was introduced. According to American film critic
Dave Kehr
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, the award is "intended to recognize an original work that embodies the spirit of inquiry."
History
The award was first presented in 1946. The prize was not awarded on 10 occasions (1947, 1949, 1953, 1967, 1974–79, 1981–82, 1984, and 2001). The festival was not held at all in 1948, 1950, and 2020. In 1968, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the
May 1968 events in France. Also, the jury vote was tied, and the prize was shared by two films on 21 occasions (1957, 1960, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1973, 1987, 1991–93, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2019, and 2021-22).
Ken Loach and
Andrea Arnold
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have won the most awards in this category, each winning three.
Irma P. Hall is the only actress to win in this category, for her role in ''
The Ladykillers'' (2004). Four directing teams have shared the award:
Enrico Gras,
Giorgio Moser
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Selected filmography
* '' Romulus and the Sabines'' (1945)
* ''Lost Continent'' (1955)
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and
Leonardo Bonzi for ''
Lost Continent
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'' (1955),
Marjane Satrapi and
Vincent Paronnaud
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for ''
Persepolis'' (2007),
Kleber Mendonça Filho
and
Juliano Dornelles for ''
Bacurau
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'' (2019), and
Felix van Groeningen and
Charlotte Vandermeersch
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for ''
The Eight Mountains'' (2022).
Samira Makhmalbaf was the first woman to have won the award, for 2000's ''
Blackboards''.
Since 1967, the official name of the award has been simply the ''Prix du Jury'', but it has had two other names since its creation in 1946: the ''International Jury Prize'', which was awarded for that year only, and the ''Prix spécial du Jury'' (1951–1967) that was given among other secondary prizes. In 1954, after facing much criticism about the whimsical nature of these awards, the Festival authorities decided to turn to a more traditional prize-giving arrangement. Since then, the ''Prix spécial du Jury'' reappeared only twice:
Christopher Hampton won that award for ''
Carrington'' along with the regular ''Prix du Jury'' given to
Xavier Beauvois
Xavier Beauvois (; born 20 March 1967) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
Career
His film ''Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.
His film '' Of Gods and ...
for ''
Don't Forget You're Going to Die'' in 1995; and
David Cronenberg won for ''
Crash
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'' in 1996, which was the only prize alloted by the International Jury for that year.
British film academic
Andrew M. Butler regards jury prizes such as Cannes' as a way of helping a film gain a
distribution deal.
Winners
; Notes
:
# Denotes Ex-aequo win
:
‡ Awarded as "Special Jury Prize", a unique award not given annually but only at the request of the official jury.
:
* Jury Prize for Acting awarded to actress
Irma P. Hall.
Multiple winners
The following individuals received two or more Jury Prize awards:
See also
*
Palme d'Or
*
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)
References
External links
Cannes Film Festival official websiteCannes Film Festivalat the
Internet Movie Database
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Lists of films by award
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