L'Œil d'or

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L'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire – Cannes
LocationCannes
CountryFrance
Presented byCivil Society of Multimedia Authors
Institut national de l'audiovisuel
Cannes Film Festival
First award2015
Websitehttps://loeildor.scam.fr/en/

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]

History

Initiated 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

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

In 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 Travellers 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

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

  1. ^ "Cannes 2015 : Création d'un prix du documentaire". Canal+.
  2. ^ "Une nouveauté pour cette 68e édition du festival de Cannes !". La Scam.
  3. ^ "Pour la première année, un Œil d'or sur la Croisette". Télérama (in French). 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  4. ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: L'Œil d'or récompensera le meilleur documentaire". 20 minutes. 29 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b "L'Œil d'or, premier prix du documentaire à Cannes, pour "Au-delà d'Allende, mon grand-père"". Télérama. 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "2016: Cinema Novo wins the Œil d'or for best documentary". Ecran Noir. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Cannes: Agnes Varda's 'Faces Places' Takes Golden Eye Documentary Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Cannes' Golden Eye award goes to The Cordillera of Dreams and to For Sama". Cineuropa. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Cannes' Golden Eye award goes to A Night of Knowing Nothing". Hindustan Times. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Indian film All That Breathes wins top documentary award at Cannes 2022". The Indian Express. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  13. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (27 May 2023). "Four Daughters and The Mother of All Lies scoop Cannes' Golden Eye". Cineuropa.
  14. ^ "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.