The François Chalais Prize (French: Prix François Chalais) is awarded on the eve of the official competition awards ceremony and rewards films dedicated to the values of journalism.[1]
| François Chalais Prize | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) 2026 recipient: Cristian Mungiu | |
| Native name | Prix François Chalais |
| Awarded for | A film dedicated to the values of journalism |
| Country | France |
| First award | 1997 |
| Currently held by | Cristian Mungiu for Fjord (2026) |
Its first winner was the Bosnian war drama film The Perfect Circle by Ademir Kenović at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. While its most recent winner was the drama film Fjord by Cristian Mungiu.
History
editThe prize is awarded at two main events, the Cannes Film Festival (since 1997)[2] and the Young Reporters' Awards (since 1999).[3] It has also offered awards for the Film Festival of Sarlat (2006–2009),[4] and for the Scénario Honfleur (2006–2009).[5]
The François Chalais Prize was created in 1996 by his wife Mei-Chen Chalais to pay tribute to the work of the great reporter and film-maker who covered nearly fifty editions of the Festival.[1]
Winners
edit1990s
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Perfect Circle | Savršeni krug | Ademir Kenović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1998 | West Beirut | بيروت الغربية | Ziad Doueiri | Lebanon |
| 1999 | The Other | الآخر | Youssef Chahine | Egypt, France |
2000s
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Kippur | כיפור | Amos Gitai | Israel |
| 2001 | Made in the USA | Sólveig Anspach | Belgium, France | |
| 2002 | Marooned in Iraq | گمگشتهای در عراق | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran |
| 2003 | S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine | S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
| 2004 | The Motorcycle Diaries | Diarios de motocicleta | Walter Salles | Argentina, Brazil, United States, Chile, Peru, United Kingdom, Germany, France |
| 2005 | Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide | Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy, France, United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Babel | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States, Mexico, Morocco, France | |
| 2007 | A Mighty Heart | Michael Winterbottom | United States | |
| 2008 | Wild Blood | Sanguepazzo | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| 2009 | No One Knows About Persian Cats | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | Bahman Ghobadi | Iran |
2010s
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa | |
| 2011 | Where Do We Go Now? | وهلأ لوين؟ | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon, France, Egypt, Italy |
| 2012 | Horses of God | يا خيل الله | Nabil Ayouch | Morocco, Belgium |
| 2013 | Grand Central | Rebecca Zlotowski | France, Austria | |
| 2014 | Timbuktu | Abderrahmane Sissako | Mauritania, France | |
| 2015 | Son of Saul | Saul fia | László Nemes | Hungary |
| 2016 | The Student | Ученик | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia |
| 2017 | BPM (Beats per Minute) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo | France |
| 2018 | Yomeddine | يوم الدين | Abu Bakr Shawky | Egypt |
| 2019 | A Hidden Life | Terrence Malick | Germany, United States | |
2020s
edit| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | A Hero | قهرمان | Asghar Farhadi | Iran, France |
| 2022 | Boy from Heaven | صبي من الجنة | Tarik Saleh | Sweden, France, Finland |
| 2023 | Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia |
| 2024 | The Seed of the Sacred Fig | دانهی انجیر معابد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France[6] |
| 2025 | Two Prosecutors | Zwei Staatsanwälte | Sergei Loznitsa | Latvia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania |
| 2026 | Fjord | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, Norway, Denmark, France, Sweden | |
References
edit- 1 2 Bensignor, François (2015-10-01). "Le Raï fête ses 30 ans". Hommes & Migrations (1312): 150–155. doi:10.4000/hommesmigrations.3536. ISSN 1142-852X.
- ↑ "Prix François Chalais Cannes". francois-chalais.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "Prix des Jeunes Reporters". francois-chalais.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "Prix Francois Chalais Sarlat". Prix des Jeunes Reporters (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "Prix du scénario Honfleur". Prix des Jeunes Reporters (in French). Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ↑ "Au Festival de Cannes, il n'y a pas que la Palme d'or, voici les autres films primés sur la Croisette". France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). 2024-05-25. Retrieved 2024-05-26.