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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, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week).[1] The prize, created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob,[2] is awarded during the Festival's Closing Ceremony by an independent jury.[3]
| Caméra d'Or | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Awarded for | Best first feature film |
| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Cannes Film Festival |
| First awarded | 1978 |
| Currently held by | Armand |
| Website | http://www.festival-cannes.com/ |
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."[4]
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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 |
| The Birth | പിറവി | Shaji N. Karun |  India | |
| 1990 | Time of the Servants | Čas sluhů | Irena Pavlásková |  Czechoslovakia |
| Farendj | Sabine Prenczina |  France | ||
| 1991 | Proof | Jocelyn Moorhouse |  Australia | |
| Sam & Me | Deepa Mehta | India | ||
| 1993 | Friends | Elaine Proctor |  South Africa | |
| 1994 | The Silences of the Palace | صمت القصور | Moufida Tlatli |  Tunisia |
| 1995 | Denise Calls Up | Hal Salwen |  United States | |
| 1997 | The Life of Jesus | La Vie de Jésus | Bruno Dumont | France |
| 2002 | Japón | Carlos Reygadas |  Mexico | |
| 2003 | Osama | Siddiq Barmak |  Afghanistan | |
| 2004 | Passages | 路程 | Yang Chao |  China |
| Bitter Dream | خواب تلخ | Mohsen Amiryoussefi |  Iran | |
| 2007 | 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 | Chie Hayakawa |  Japan | |
| 2024 | Mongrel | 白衣蒼狗 | Wei Liang Chiang, You Qiao Yin |  Taiwan |
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