Short Film Palme d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or
Awarded for	Best short film
Location	Cannes
Country	France
Presented by	Festival de Cannes
First award	1957
Currently held by	I'm Glad You're Dead Now
Website	www.festival-cannes.com

The Short Film Palme d'Or (French : Palme d'Or du court métrage) is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. ^{[1] [2]} Since the creation of the Cinéfondation section in 1998, a common Official Jury awards the Short Film Palme d'Or as well as the prizes for the three best films of the Cinéfondation. ^[3]

From 1952 to 1954 and from 1964 to 1974, the highest prize of the year for a short film was awarded as the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, commonly referred to as Grand Prix. It was then in 1975 that the "Palme d'Or was reintroduced and became the enduring symbol of the Festival de Cannes." ^[4]

Other short film awards

Before 1952, various prizes were awarded to short films, including a Grand Prix for Documentaries in 1947, five specific prizes in 1949, and a Grand Prix for Best Scientific Film in 1951.

During some years, short films are awarded the Prix du Jury, the Prix spécial du Jury, the Mention Spéciale, Hommage, and various prizes from the CST (Commission Supérieure Technique de l’Image et du Son), including the Grand Prix Technique.

Winners

The following list shows the short films that won the Short Film Palme d'Or, or the Grand Prix for the years that this was the highest prize awarded:

Joris Ivens won for The Seine Meets Paris (1958)

Serge Bourguignon won for Le sourire (1960)

Jane Campion won for Peel (1986)

Jim Jarmusch won for Coffee and Cigarettes (Somewhere in California) (1993)

Carlos Carrera won for El héroe (1994)

Xavier Giannoli won for L'Interview (1998)

Simón Mesa Soto won for Leidi (2014)

Ely Dagher won for Waves '98 (2015)

Juanjo Giménez won for Timecode (2016)

Sameh Alaa won for I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face (2020)

Flóra Anna Buda won for 27 (2023)

Nebojša Slijepčević won for The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (2024)

1950s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country
Awarded as "Grand Prix"
1952	’t Schot is te boord!		Herman van der Horst	Netherlands
1953	White Mane	Crin-Blanc: Le cheval sauvage	Albert Lamorisse	France
Awarded as "Palme d'Or"
1955	Blinkity Blank		Norman McLaren [5]	United Kingdom, Canada
1956	The Red Balloon	Le Ballon rouge	Albert Lamorisse	France
1957	A Brief History	Scurtă Istorie	Ion Popescu-Gopo	Romania
1958	The Seine Meets Paris	La Seine a recontré Paris	Joris Ivens	Netherlands
	La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession		Henri Gruel	France
1959	Butterflies Don't Live Here	Motýli tady nežijí	Miro Bernat	Czechoslovakia

1960s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country
1960	Le sourire		Serge Bourguignon	France
1961	La Petite Cuillère	A Colher Egípcia	Carlos Vilardebó	Portugal
1962	An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge	La Rivière du Hibou	Robert Enrico	France
Awarded as "Grand Prix" or "Grand Prix International du Festival"
1963	A fleur d'eau	In wechselndem Gefälle	Alexander J. Seiler	Switzerland
	Le Haricot		Edmond Séchan	France
1964	La douceur du village		François Reichenbach
	The Price of Victory	挑戦	Nobuko Shibuya	Japan
1965	Overture	Nyitány	János Vadász	Hungary [6]
1966	Skaterdater		Noel Black	United States [7]
1967	Sky Over Holland		John Fernhout	Netherlands
1969	Cântecele Renașterii		Mirel Ilieșiu	Romania

1970s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country
1972	Le Fusil à Lunette		Jean Chapot	France
1973	Balablok		Břetislav Pojar	Czechoslovakia
1974	Ostrov	Остров	Fyodor Khitruk	Soviet Union [6]
Awarded as "Palme d'Or"
1975	Lautrec		Geoff Dunbar	United Kingdom
1976	Metamorphosis		Barry Greenwald	Canada
1977	The Struggle	Küzdők	Marcell Jankovics	Hungary
1978	Rowing Across the Atlantic	La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame	Jean-François Laguionie	France
1979	Harpya		Raoul Servais	Belgium [6]

1980s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country
1980	Seaside Woman		Oscar Grillo	Argentina
1981	Moto Perpetuo		Béla Vajda	Hungary
1982	Merlin ou le cours de l'or		Arthur Joffé	France
1983	Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose		Pierre Levy
1984	Le Cheval de fer		Gérald Frydman, Pierre Levie	Belgium
1985	Marriage	Женитба	Slav Bakalov, Rumen Petkov	Bulgaria
1986	Peel		Jane Campion	New Zealand [6]
1987	Palisade		Laurie McInnes	Australia
1988	Vykrutasy	Выкрутасы	Garri Bardin [6]	Soviet Union
1989	50 ans		Gilles Carle	Canada

1990s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country
1990	The Lunch Date		Adam Davidson	United States
1991	With Hands Raised	Со кренати раце	Mitko Panov	Republic of Macedonia
1992	Omnibus		Sam Karmann	France
1993	Coffee and Cigarettes (Somewhere in California)		Jim Jarmusch	United States [6]
1994	El héroe		Carlos Carrera	Mexico
1995	Gagarin	Гагарин	Aleksey Kharitidi	Russia
1996	Szél		Marcell Iványi	Hungary
1997	Is It the Design on the Wrapper?		Tessa Sheridan	United Kingdom
1998	L'Interview		Xavier Giannoli	France
1999	When the Day Breaks		Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis [6]	Canada

2000s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country
2000	Shadows	Anino	Raymond Red	Philippines
2001	Bean Cake		David Greenspan	United States
2002	After Rain	Esö után	Péter Mészáros	Hungary
2003	Cracker Bag		Glendyn Ivin	Australia
2004	Trafic		Cătălin Mitulescu	Romania
2005	Wayfarers	Подорожні	Igor Strembitskyy	Ukraine
2006	Sniffer		Bobbie Peers	Norway
2007	Ver Llover		Elisa Miller	Mexico
2008	Megatron		Marian Crișan	Romania
2009	Arena		João Salaviza	Portugal

2010s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country
2010	Chienne d'Histoire		Serge Avedikian	France
2011	Cross-Country	Крос	Maryna Vroda	France, Ukraine
2012	Silent	Sessiz	L. Rezan Yeşilbaş [8]	Turkey
2013	Safe	세이프	Moon Byoung-gon	South Korea
2014	Leidi		Simón Mesa Soto	Colombia
2015	Waves '98	موج ۹۸	Ely Dagher [9]	Lebanon, Qatar
2016	Timecode		Juanjo Giménez	Spain
2017	A Gentle Night	小城二月	Qiu Yang [10]	China
2018	All These Creatures		Charles Williams [11]	Australia
2019	The Distance Between Us and the Sky	Η απόσταση ανάμεσα στον ουρανό κι εμάς	Vasilis Kekatos [12]	Greece, France

2020s

Year	English Title	Original Title	Director	Production Country	Ref
2020	I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face	ستاشر	Sameh Alaa	Egypt	[13]
2021	All the Crows in the World	天下烏鴉	Tang Yi	Hong Kong	[14]
2022	The Water Murmurs	海边升起一座悬崖	Jianying Chen	China	[15]
2023	27		Flóra Anna Buda	Hungary, France	[16]
2024	The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent	Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti	Nebojša Slijepčević	Croatia, France, Slovenia, Bulgaria
2025	I'm Glad You're Dead Now		Tawfeek Barhom	Palestine, France, Greece	[17]

List of other awards

Year	Film	Director	Award
1940s
1947	Inondations en Pologne	Jerzy Bossak, Wacław Kaźmierczak	Grand Prix - Documentaires
1949	Palle Alene i Verden	Astrid Henning-Jensen	Prix pour le Sujet
	Pacific 231 [18]	Jean Mitry	Prix pour le Montage
	Biały redyk	Stanisław Możdżeński	Prix pour la Photographie
	Images Médiévales	William Novik	Prix pour la Couleur
	Seal Island	James Algar	Prix pour le Reportage Filmé
1950s
1951	L'Eruption de l'Etna	Domenico Paolella	Grand Prix pour le Meilleur Film Scientifique
	La Voie Est-Ouest	K. Gordon Murray	Prix Spécial du Jury
	Ukraine en Fleurs	Mikhail Slutsky
	Lettonie Soviètique	F. Kissiliov
	Esthonie Soviètique	V. Tomber, I. Guidine
	Azerbaidjan Soviètique	F. Kissiliov, M. Dadachev
1952	Indisk By	Arne Sucksdorff	Prix Spécial du Jury
	Animated Genesis	Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes	Prix pour la Couleur
	Groenland: Vingt Mille Lieux sur les Glace	Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin	Prix Spécial du Jury - Film Scientifique ou Pédagogique
1953	Houen zo!	Herman van der Horst	Prix du Film de Realité
	The Stranger Left No Card	Wendy Toye	Prix du Film de Fiction
	Doderhultarn	Olle Hellbom	Prix du Film d'Art
	The Romance of Transportation in Canada	Colin Low	Prix du Film d'Animation [19]
1954	Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom	Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols	Prix du Film de Divertissement
	A Drop Too Much (O sklenicku víc)	Břetislav Pojar	Prix du Film de Marionettes
	Stare Miasto	Jerzy Bossak	Prix du Film de Realité
	The Pleasure Garden	James Broughton	Prix du Film de Fantaisie Poetique
	Aptenodytes Forsteri	Mario Marret	Prix du Film de Nature
1955	Isola di Fuoco	Vittorio De Seta	Prix du Meilleur Documentaire
	La grande pêche	Henri Fabiani	Prix du Reportage Filmé
	Zolotaia Antilopa	Lev Atamanov	Mention Spéciale
1956	La Corsa delle Roche	Gian Luigi Polidoro	Prix du Documentaire
	André Modeste Grétry	Lucien Deroisy
	Magdana's Donkey (Lurdzha Magdany)	Tengiz Abuladze, Rezo Chkheidze	Prix du Film de Fiction
	The Puppets of Jiri Trnka (Loutky Jiriho Trnky)	Bruno Sefranek	Mention Spéciale
	Together	Lorenza Mazzetti	Mention au Film de Recherche
	Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes	Braissai
1957	City of Gold	Colin Low, Wolf Koenig	Prix du Documentaire [19]
	Wiesemsommer	Heinz Sielmann	Prix du Film de Nature
	Ochotniki Iujnikh Morey	S. Kogan	Mention Spéciale
1958	Auf den Spuren des Lebens	Fritz Heydenreich	Prix Spécial Ex-aequo
	Nez nam narostla kridla	Jiří Brdečka
1959	Histoire d'un poisson rouge	Edmond Sechan	Prix Spécial du Jury
	New York, New York	Francis Thompson	Prix Ex-aequo
	Zmiana warty (The Changing of the Guard)	Włodzimierz Haupe
	Le petit pecheur de la Mer de Chine	Serge Hanin	Mention
	La mer et les jours	Alain Kaminker	Hommage
1960s
1960	Paris la belle	Pierre Prévert	Prix Ex-aequo
	A City Called Copenhagen	Jørgen Roos
	Universe (French version: Notre univers)	Roman Kroitor, Colin Low
	Dagen Mijner Jaren	Max De Haas	Mention d'Honneur
	Enfants des Courants d'Air	Édouard Luntz	Hommage
	Paris la belle	Pierre Prévert
	Le sourire	Serge Bourguignon
1961	Párbaj	Gyula Macskássy	Prix Spécial
	Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto)	José Val del Omar	Mention Spéciale de la CST
	Folkwangschulen	Herbert Vesely
1962	Oczekiwanie	Witold Giersz, Ludwik Perski	Prix Spécial du Jury Ex-aequo
	Pan	Herman van der Horst
	Oczekiwanie	Witold Giersz, Ludwik Perski	Prix de la CST du Cinéma Français
	Les Dieux du Feu	Henri Storck
1963	Moj Stan	Zvonimir Berković	Prix Spécial du Jury
	Di Domenica	Luigi Bazzoni	Mention Spéciale du Jury
	You	István Szabó
	Zeilen	Hattum Hoving	Prix de la CST
1964	Help! My Snowman's Burning Down	Carson Davidson	Prix Spécial du Jury Ex-aequo
	Sillages	Serge Roullet
	Dawn of the Capricorn	Ahmad Faroughy-Kadjar	Prix de la CST
1965	Monsieur Plateau	Jean Brismée	Prix Spécial du Jury
	Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor	Jan Švankmajer	Troisième Prix
	Overture (Nyitany)	János Vadász	Prix de la CST
	Ban ye ji jiao (Le Coq Chante à Minuit)	Yeou Lei
1966	Skaterdater	Noel Black	Prix de la CST
1967	Gloire à Félix Tournachon	André Martin	Prix Spécial du Jury Ex-aequo
	Jedan plus jedan jeste tri	Branko Ranitovic
	Sky Over Holland	John Fernhout	Prix de la CST
	Versailles	Albert Lamorisse	Mention Spéciale de la CST
1969	La Pince à ongles	Jean-Claude Carrière	Prix Spécial du Jury
	Toccata	Herman van der Horst	Mention Spéciale de la CST
	Cîntecele Renasterii	Mirel Ilieşiu
1970s
1970	The Magic Machines	Bob Curtis	Prix du Jury
	Et Salammbo?	Jean-Pierre Richard	Prix du Jury avec mention
1971	Stuiter	Jan Oonk	Prix du Jury Ex-æquo
	Une Statuette	Carlos Vilardebó
	Star Spangled Banner	Roger Flint	Prix spécial du Jury
1972	Operation X-70	Raoul Servais	Prix Spécial du Jury
	Zikkaron	Laurent Coderre	Grand Prix de la CST
1973	Az 1812-es év	Sándor Reisenbüchler	Prix Spécial du Jury
1974	Hunger	Peter Foldes	Prix du Jury
1975	Daryu tebe zvezdu	Fyodor Khitruk	Prix Spécial du Jury
1976	Agulana	Gérald Frydman	Premier Prix du Jury
	Nightlife	Robin Lehman	Deuxième Prix du Jury
1977	Di Cavalcanti	Glauber Rocha	Prix Spécial du Jury
1978	Oh My Darling	Børge Ring	Prix du Jury Ex-aequo
	A Doonesbury Special	John Hubley, Faith Hubley, Garry Trudeau
1979	La Festa dels bojos	Lluis Racionero Grau	Prix du court métrage - Fiction
	Bum	Břetislav Pojar	Prix du court métrage - Animation
1980s
1980	Krychle	Zdenek Smetana	Prix du Jury Ex-aequo
	Canada Vignettes: The Performer	Norma Bailey
1981	Le Rat	Elisabeth Huppert
	Zea	André Leduc
	Zea	André Leduc	Premier Prix du Jury
1982	Meow	Marcos Magalhães	Prix du Jury - Animation
1983	Too Much Oregano	Kerry Feltham	Prix du Jury Ex-æquo
	The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca	Charly Weller
1984	Tchouma	David Takaichvili (USSR)	Premier Prix
1986	Gaidouk	Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov	Prix du Jury - Animation
	Les Petites Magiciennes	Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert	Prix du Jury - Fiction
1987	Academy Leader Variations	David Ehrlich	Deuxième Prix
	Iznenadna I Prerana Smrt Pukovnika K.K.	Milos Radovic	Troisième Prix
1988	Traces of Sand (Ab Ovo / Homoknyomok)	Ferenc Cako	Prix du court métrage - Animation
	Physical Sculpture (Sculpture Physique)	Yann Piquer, Jean Marie Maddeddu	Prix du court métrage - Fiction
1989	Yes We Can	Faith Hubley	Mention Spéciale du Jury Ex-æquo
	Performance Pieces	Tom Abrams
1990s
1990	The Bedroom (De slaapkamer)	Maarten Koopman	Premier Prix du Jury
	Revestriction	Barthelemy Bompard	Deuxième Prix du Jury
1991	Push Comes to Shove	Bill Plympton	Prix Spécial du Jury
1992	La Sensation	Manuel Poutte
1994	Lemming Aid	Grant Lahood	Prix du Jury
	Syrup	Paul Unwin	Deuxième Prix
1995	Swinger	Gregor Jordan	Prix du Jury
1996	Small Deaths	Lynne Ramsay
1997	Leonie	Lieven Debrauwer	Prix du Jury Ex-æquo
	Les Vacances	Emmanuelle Bercot
1998	Horseshoe	David Lodge
	Gasman	Lynne Ramsay
1999	So-Poong	Il-Gon Song
	Stop	Rodolphe Marconi
2000s
2000	no other short film award than the Palme d'Or
2001	Daddy's Girl	Irvine Allan	Prix du Jury Ex-æquo
	Pizza Passionata	Kari Juusonen
2002	A Very Very Silent Film	Manish Jha
	The Stone of Folly	Jesse Rosensweet
2003	L'Homme Sans Tête	Juan Solanas	Prix du Jury
2004	Flatlife	Jonas Geirnaert
2005	Clara	Van Sowerwine	Mention Spéciale
2006	Primera Nieve	Pablo Aguero	Prix du Jury
	Conte de quartier	Florence Miailhe	Mention Spéciale
2007	Ah Ma	Anthony Chen (Singapore)	Mention Spéciale Ex-æquo
	Run	Mark Albiston (New Zealand)
2008	Jerrycan	Julius Avery (Australia)	Prix du Jury
2009	The Six Dollar Fifty Man	Louis Sutherland (New Zealand)	Mention Spéciale
2010s
2010	Micky Bader	Frida Kempff (Sweden)	Prix du Jury
2011	Badpakje 46	Wannes Destoop (Belgium)
2016	A moça que dançou com o diabo	João Paulo Miranda Maria (Brazil)	Mention Spéciale
2017	The Ceiling	Teppo Airaksinen (Finland)
2018	On The Border	Wei Shujun (China)
2019	Monster God	Agustina San Martín (Argentina)
2020s
2021	August Sky	Jasmin Tenucci (Brazil)	Mention Spéciale
2022	Lori (Melancholy of my Mother's Lullabies)	Abinash Bikram Shah
2023	Fár	Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter (Iceland)
2024	Bad for a Moment	Daniel Soares
2025	Ali	Adnan Al Rajeev (Bangladesh, Philippines)

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External links

• Cannes Film Festival official website
• Cannes Film Festival at IMDb