The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or.
It most recent winner was the Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev for Minotaur at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
History
The award was first presented in 1967. The prize was not awarded in 1977. The festival was not held at all in 2020. In 1968, no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the May 1968 events in France.
Also, the jury vote was tied, and the prize was shared by two films on 10 occasions (1967, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2011, and 2021–22). Andrei Tarkovsky, Bruno Dumont, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Matteo Garrone have won the most awards in this category, each winning twice. Three directing teams have shared the award: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani for The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for The Kid with a Bike (2011), and Joel and Ethan Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). Márta Mészáros was the first woman to have won the award, for 1984's Diary for My Children.
Since 1995, the official name of the award has been simply the Grand Prix, but it has had two other names since its creation in 1967: the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury (1967–1988) and the Grand Prix du Jury (1989–1994).
In addition, the award should not be confused with the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939–1954; 1964–1974), which was the highest prize of the festival and a precursor to the Palme d'Or.
Winners
1960s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1967 United Kingdom Yugoslavia 1969 Sweden
1970s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1970 Italy 1971 United States 1972 Soviet Union 1973 France 1974 Italy, France 1975 West Germany 1976 Spain France, West Germany 1978 Italy, France United Kingdom 1979 Soviet Union
1980s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1980 France 1981 France, Switzerland 1982 Italy 1983 Jonathan Trevithick on Twitter: "Monty Python's Grand Prix Special du Jury for 'The Meaning of Life', awarded at Cannes" United Kingdom 1984 Hungary 1985 Hollywood Flashback: Nicolas Cage First Came to Cannes in 1985 With 'Birdy' - The Hollywood Reporter United States 1986 Sweden, France, United Kingdom 1987 Soviet Union 1988 United Kingdom, Zimbabwe 1989 Italy France
1990s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 1990 Japan Burkina Faso, Switzerland, France, Germany, United Kingdom 1991 France, Switzerland 1992 Italy 1993 Germany 1994 Russia, France Hongkong 1995 Greece 1996 Denmark, United Kingdom 1997 Canada 1998 Italy 1999 France
2000s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 2000 China 2001 France, Austria, Germany 2002 Finland 2003 Turkey 2004 South Korea 2005 France, United States 2006 France 2007 Japan 2008 Italy 2009 France
2010s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 2010 France 2011 Dardenne brothers Belgium, France Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012 Italy, France 2013 'Inside Llewyn Davis' and 'Blue is the Warmest Color' Win Top Prizes at Cannes - ScreenCrush United States, United Kingdom, France 2014 Italy, Switzerland, Germany 2015 Hungary 2016 Canada, France 2017 France 2018 Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman wins Grand Prix award from Cannes - Entertainment Weekly United States 2019 France, Senegal, Belgium
2020s Year English title Original title DirectorProduction country 2021 Finland, Germany, Estonia, Russia Iran, France 2022 Belgium, Netherlands, France France 2023 United Kingdom, Poland2024All We Imagine as Lightപ്രഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലം Payal Kapadia India, France, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg2025Sentimental ValueAffeksjonsverdiJoachim TrierNorway, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom2026MinotaurМинотаврAndrey ZvyagintsevFrance, Latvia, Germany
Multiple winners
The following individuals received two or more Grand Prix awards:
Number of Wins Directors Nationality Films 2 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union Solaris (1972), The Sacrifice (1986) Bruno Dumont France Humanité (1999), Flanders (2006) Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey Uzak (2003), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) Matteo Garrone Italy Gomorrah (2008), Reality (2012)
See also Palme d'Or Jury Prize (third place)
References
External links Cannes Film Festival official website