The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...

for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week). The prize was created in

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by Gilles Jacob, and is awarded during the festival's closing ceremony by an independent jury.Caméra d'Or Jury
Cannes Festival Official Site

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".
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Winners

Nana Jorjadze Odessa International Film Festival

Steve McQueen at the 2024 New York Film Festival 2

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Special Mention Winners (''Mention Spéciale'')

Some years, some films that did not 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''.

References

External links

Cannes Film Festival official website

Cannes Film Festival at IMDb
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