Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2019 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
A Hidden Life
Terrence Malick
2018 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Yomeddine
A.B. Shawky
2017 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Robin Campillo
2016 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
The Student
Kirill Serebrennikov
2015 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Son of Saul
László Nemes
2014 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Timbuktu
Abderrahmane Sissako
2013 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Grand Central
Rebecca Zlotowski
2012 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Horses of God
Nabil Ayouch
2011 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Where Do We Go Now?
Nadine Labaki
2010 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Life, Above All
Oliver Schmitz
2009 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
No One Knows About Persian Cats
Bahman Ghobadi
2008 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Wild Blood
Marco Tullio Giordana
2007 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
A Mighty Heart
Michael Winterbottom
2006 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Days of Glory
Rachid Bouchareb
2005 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Once You’re Born You Can No Longer Hide
Marco Tullio Giordana
2004 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
The Motorcycle Diaries
Walter Salles
2003 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Rithy Panh
2002 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Marooned in Iraq
Bahman Ghobadi
2001 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Made in the USA
Sólveig Anspach
2000 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
Kippur
Amos Gitai
1999 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
The Other
Youssef Chahine
1998 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
West Beirut
Ziad Doueiri
1997 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
