L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire — Cannes ([lœj dɔʁ], "The Golden Eye, The Documentary Prize — Cannes") is a documentary film award created in 2015. It is awarded to the best documentary presented in one of the sections of the Cannes Film Festival (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight, Critics' Week and Cannes Classics).[1]
| L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire – Cannes | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Civil Society of Multimedia Authors Institut national de l'audiovisuel Cannes Film Festival |
| First awarded | 2015 |
| Website | https://loeildor.scam.fr/en/ |
History
editInitiated by the Civil Society of Multimedia Authors (SCAM - Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia) and its President Julie Bertuccelli, the prize is awarded in partnership with the Institut national de l'audiovisuel and with the support of Cannes Film Festival and its General Delegate Thierry Frémaux.[2] Since 2017, the Audiens Cultural Personal Joint Group has also been a partner.[3]
The prize, which consists of €5,000, is presented to the director of the winning film at an official ceremony in Cannes.[4] It was presented for the first time on 23 May 2015 at the Palais des Festivals.[4]
Winners
edit| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Country of Production | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Beyond My Grandfather Allende | Allende, mi abuelo Allende | Marcia Tambutti Allende | Chile, Mexico | [5][6] |
| 2016 | Cinema Novo | Eryk Rocha | Brazil | [7] | |
| 2017 | Faces Places | Visages Villages | Agnès Varda and JR | France | [8] |
| 2018 | Samouni Road | La strada dei Samouni | Stefano Savona | Italy | [9] |
| 2019 | For Sama | من أجل سما | Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts | Syria, United Kingdom | [10] |
| The Cordillera of Dreams | La Cordillère des songes | Patricio Guzmán | France, Chile | ||
| 2021 | A Night of Knowing Nothing | Payal Kapadia | India | [11] | |
| 2022 | All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen | [12] | ||
| 2023 | Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France, Germany | [13] |
| The Mother of All Lies | كذب أبيض | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | ||
| 2024 | Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | Raoul Peck | France, United States | [14] | |
| The Brink of Dreams | رفعت عيني للسما | Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir | Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia | ||
Special Mention
editIn addition to the main winners of L'Œil d'or, some films have received a special mention:
| Year | English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Country of Production | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Jag är Ingrid | Stig Björkman | Sweden | [5][6] |
| 2016 | The Cinema Travelers | Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya | India | [7] | |
| 2017 | Makala | Emmanuel Gras | France | [8] | |
| 2018 | Libre | Michel Toesca | [9] | ||
| The Eyes of Orson Welles | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | |||
Jury Presidents
edit| Year | Name | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rithy Panh | Cambodia |
| 2016 | Gianfranco Rosi | Italy |
| 2017 | Sandrine Bonnaire | France |
| 2018 | Emmanuel Finkiel | |
| 2019 | Yolande Zauberman | |
| 2021 | Ezra Edelman | United States |
| 2022 | Agnieszka Holland | Poland |
| 2023 | Kirsten Johnson | United States |
| 2024 | Nicolas Philibert | France |
References
edit- ^ "Cannes 2015 : Création d'un prix du documentaire". Canal+.
- ^ "Une nouveauté pour cette 68e édition du festival de Cannes !". La Scam.
- ^ "Pour la première année, un Œil d'or sur la Croisette". Télérama (in French). 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: L'Œil d'or récompensera le meilleur documentaire". 20 minutes. 29 April 2015.
- ^ a b "L'Œil d'or, premier prix du documentaire à Cannes, pour "Au-delà d'Allende, mon grand-père"". Télérama. 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b "L'œil d'Or 2015 est attribué à Marcia Tambutti Allende". La Scam. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
- ^ a b "2016: Cinema Novo wins the Œil d'or for best documentary". Ecran Noir. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Cannes: Agnes Varda's 'Faces Places' Takes Golden Eye Documentary Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Cannes 2018 : « Samouni Road », Oeil d'or du documentaire". Ecran total. 19 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Cannes' Golden Eye award goes to The Cordillera of Dreams and to For Sama". Cineuropa. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Cannes' Golden Eye award goes to A Night of Knowing Nothing". Hindustan Times. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Indian film All That Breathes wins top documentary award at Cannes 2022". The Indian Express. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (27 May 2023). "Four Daughters and The Mother of All Lies scoop Cannes' Golden Eye". Cineuropa.
- ^ "L'Œil d'or 2024 est décerné à Raoul Peck et Nada Riyadh & Ayman El Amir". Scam : Société civile des auteurs multimédia (in French). 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
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