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Un Certain Regard facts for kids
Un Certain Regard (which means 'a certain glance' in French) is a special section of the famous Cannes Film Festival in France. It happens at the same time as the main competition for the top prize, the Palme d'Or. This section was started in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
Un Certain Regard shows about 20 films each year. These movies often have unique styles and tell stories in new ways. They are looking to become well-known around the world.
Prix Un Certain Regard Winners
In 1998, a special award called the Prix un certain regard was created. This prize helps celebrate new and exciting filmmakers. It also encourages movies that are brave and different. The winning film gets money to help it be shown in France.
Since 2005, the prize has been €30,000 (about $32,000 USD). This money comes from the Groupama GAN Foundation.
| Year | English / International Title | Original Title | Director | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Killer | Tueur à gages | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan, France |
| 1999 | Beautiful People | Jasmin Dizdar | United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rodrigo García | United States | |
| 2001 | Boyhood Loves | Amour d'enfance | Yves Caumon | France |
| 2002 | Blissfully Yours | สุดเสน่หา | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 2003 | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| 2004 | Moolaadé | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal | |
| 2005 | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lăzărescu | Cristi Puiu | Romania |
| 2006 | Luxury Car | 江城夏日 | Wang Chao | China, France |
| 2007 | California Dreamin' | Cristian Nemescu | Romania | |
| 2008 | Tulpan | Sergey Dvortsevoy | Kazakhstan | |
| 2009 | Dogtooth | Κυνόδοντας | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
| 2010 | Hahaha | 하하하 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2011 | Arirang | 아리랑 | Kim Ki-duk | |
| Stopped on Track | Halt auf freier Strecke | Andreas Dresen | Germany | |
| 2012 | After Lucia | Después de Lucía | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| 2013 | The Missing Picture | L'image manquante | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
| 2014 | White God | Fehér isten | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary, Germany, Sweden |
| 2015 | Rams | Hrútar | Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Norway |
| 2016 | The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Hymyilevä mies | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland, Germany, Sweden |
| 2017 | A Man of Integrity | لِرد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| 2018 | Border | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | Sweden |
| 2019 | The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
| 2021 | Unclenching the Fists | Разжимая кулаки | Kira Kovalenko | Russia |
| 2022 | The Worst Ones | Les pires | Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret | France |
| 2023 | How to ... | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom | |
| 2024 | Black Dog | 狗阵 | Guan Hu | China |
Other Un Certain Regard Awards
Besides the main prize, other special awards are given out in the Un Certain Regard section. These awards celebrate different aspects of filmmaking, like acting, directing, or unique storytelling.
| Year | Award | English Title | Original Title | Recipient | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Mention spéciale (Special Mention) | Me You Them | Eu Tu Eles | Andrucha Waddington | Brazil |
| 2003 | Prix le premier regard (First Look Prize) | A Thousand Months | Mille mois | Faouzi Bensaidi | Morocco |
| Prix du jury (Jury Prize) | Crimson Gold | طلای سرخ | Jafar Panahi | Iran | |
| 2004 | Prix du regard original (Original Look Prize) | Whisky | Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Uruguay | |
| Prix du regard vers l'avenir (Future Look Prize) | Earth and Ashes | خاکستر و خاک | Atiq Rahimi | Afghanistan | |
| 2005 | Prix de l'intimité (Intimacy Prize) | Le filmeur | Alain Cavalier | France | |
| Prix de l'espoir (Prize of Hope) | Delwende | S. Pierre Yameogo | Burkina Faso | ||
| 2006 | Prix spécial du jury (Special Jury Prize) | Ten Canoes | Rolf de Heer | Netherlands, Australia | |
| Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) | The Way I Spent the End of the World | Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii | Dorotheea Petre | Romania | |
| Prix d'interprétation masculine (Best Actor) | The Violin | El violín | Ángel Tavira | Mexico | |
| Prix du président du jury (Jury President's Prize) | Murderers | Meurtrières | Patrick Grandperret | France | |
| 2007 | Prix spécial du jury (Special Jury Prize) | Actresses | Actrices | Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi | France, Italy |
| Coup de cœur du jury (Jury's Favorite) | The Band's Visit | ביקור התזמורת | Eran Kolirin | Israel | |
| 2008 | Prix du jury (Jury Prize) | Tokyo Sonata | トウキョウソナタ | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Coup de cœur du jury (Jury's Favorite) | Cloud 9 | Wolke Neun | Andreas Dresen | Germany | |
| Le K.O. du certain regard (Knockout of Un Certain Regard) | Tyson | James Toback | United States | ||
| Prix de l'espoir (Prize of Hope) | Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | France | ||
| 2009 | Prix du jury (Jury Prize) | Police, Adjective | Polițist, adjectiv | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania |
| Prix spécial du jury ex-aequo (Special Jury Prize, tied) | No One Knows About Persian Cats | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran | |
| Father of My Children | Le père de mes enfants | Mia Hansen-Løve | France | ||
| 2010 | Prix du jury (Jury Prize) | October | Octubre | Daniel Vega, Diego Vega | Peru |
| Prix d’interprétation féminine (Best Actress) | The Lips | Los Labios | Adela Sánchez, Eva Bianco, Victoria Raposo | Argentina | |
| 2011 | Prix spécial du jury (Special Jury Prize) | Elena | Елена | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director) | Goodbye | به امید دیدار | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran | |
| 2012 | Mention spéciale (Special Mention) | Children of Sarajevo | Djeca | Aida Begić | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Prix spécial du Jury (Special Jury Prize) | Le grand soir | Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine | France | ||
| Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) | Laurence Anyways | Suzanne Clément | Canada | ||
| Our Children | À Perdre la Raison | Emilie Dequenne | Belgium | ||
| 2013 | Prix spécial du jury (Special Jury Prize) | Omar | عمر | Hany Abu-Assad | Palestine |
| Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director) | Stranger by the Lake | L'Inconnu du lac | Alain Guiraudie | France | |
| Prix un talent certain pour l'ensemble des comédiens (Talent Prize for the Ensemble Cast) | The Golden Dream | La jaula de oro | Diego Quemada-Díez | Mexico | |
| Prix de l’avenir (Future Prize) | Fruitvale Station | Ryan Coogler | United States | ||
| 2014 | Prix du jury (Jury Prize) | Force Majeure | Ruben Östlund | Sweden | |
| Prix spécial du certain regard (Un Certain Regard Special Prize) | The Salt of the Earth | Le sel de la terre | Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | Germany, Brazil | |
| Prix d'ensemble (Ensemble Prize) | Party Girl | Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis | France | ||
| Prix du meilleur acteur (Best Actor) | Charlie's Country | David Gulpilil | Australia | ||
| 2015 | Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) | The High Sun | Zvizdan | Dalibor Matanic | Croatia |
| Prix de la mise-en-scene (Best Director) | Journey to the Shore | 岸辺の旅 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | |
| Prix avenir prometteur (Promising Future Prize) | The Fourth Direction | Gurvinder Singh | India | ||
| Masaan | Neeraj Ghaywan | ||||
| Nahid | Ida Panahandeh | Iran | |||
| Prix un certain talent (Un Certain Talent Prize) | The Treasure | Comoara | Corneliu Porumboiu | Romania | |
| 2016 | Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) | Harmonium | 淵に立つ | Koji Fukada | Japan |
| Prix de la mise-en-scène (Best Director) | Captain Fantastic | Matt Ross | United States | ||
| Prix du meilleur scénario (Best Screenplay) | The Stopover | Voir du pays | Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin | France | |
| Prix spécial du certain regard (Un Certain Regard Special Prize) | The Red Turtle | La Tortue rouge | Michael Dudok de Wit | Netherlands | |
| 2017 | Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) | April's Daughter | Las Hijas de Abril | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) | Fortunata | Jasmine Trinca | Italy | ||
| Prix de la poésie du cinéma (Poetry of Cinema Prize) | Barbara | Mathieu Amalric | France | ||
| Prix de la mise-en-scène (Best Director) | Wind River | Taylor Sheridan | United States | ||
| 2018 | Prix du Jury (Jury Prize) | The Dead and the Others | Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos | João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora | Brazil, Portugal |
| Prix du meilleur acteur (Best Actor) | Girl | Victor Polster | Belgium | ||
| Prix du scénario (Best Screenplay) | Sofia | Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi | |||
| Prix de la mise-en-scène (Best Director) | Donbass | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine | ||
| 2019 | Jury Prize | Fire Will Come | O que arde | Oliver Laxe | Spain |
| Prix d'interprétation féminine (Best Actress) | On a Magical Night | Chambre 212 | Chiara Mastroianni | France | |
| Prix du meilleur directeur (Best Director) | Beanpole | Дылда | Kantemir Balagov | Russia | |
| Prix Coup de cœur du jury (Jury's Favorite) | The Climb | Michael Angelo Covino | United States | ||
| Prix spécial du jury (Special Jury Prize) | Liberté | Albert Serra | Spain | ||
| 2021 | Jury Prize | Great Freedom | Große Freiheit | Sebastian Meise | Austria |
| Ensemble Prize | Bonne Mère | Hafsia Herzi | France | ||
| Prix de l'originalité (Originality Prize) | Lamb | Dýrið | Valdimar Jóhannsson | Iceland | |
| Prix du Courage (Courage Prize) | La Civil | Teodora Mihai | Belgium, Mexico, Romania | ||
| Mention spéciale (Special Mention) | Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico | |
| 2022 | Jury Prize | Joyland | Saim Sadiq | Pakistan | |
| Best Director | Metronom | Alexandru Belc | Romania | ||
| Best Performance | Corsage | Vicky Krieps | Luxembourg | ||
| Harka | Adam Bessa | France | |||
| Best Screenplay | Mediterranean Fever | Maha Haj | Palestine | ||
| Coup de cœur (Jury's Favorite) | Rodeo | Lola Quivoron | France | ||
| 2023 | Jury Prize | Hounds | Les Meutes | Kamal Lazraq | Morocco |
| Best Director | The Mother of All Lies | Kadib Abyad | Asmae El Moudir | ||
| Freedom Prize | Goodbye Julia | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan | ||
| Ensemble Prize | The Buriti Flower | Crowrã | João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, Cast and Crew | Brazil, Portugal | |
| New Voice Prize | Omen | Augure | Baloji Tshiani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 2024 | Jury Prize | The Story of Souleymane | L'histoire de Souleymane | Boris Lojkine | France |
| Best Director | The Damned | Roberto Minervini | Italy, United States, Belgium | ||
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia | |||
| Best Performance | The Shameless | Anasuya Sengupta | India, Switzerland. France, Bulgaria, Taiwan | ||
| The Story of Souleymane | L'histoire de Souleymane | Abou Sangare | France | ||
| Youth Prize | Holy Cow | Vingt Dieux | Louise Courvoisier | ||
| Special Mention | Norah | نورة | Tawfik Alzaidi | Saudi Arabia | |
See also
In Spanish: Un certain regard para niños