The Prix François-Chalais Prize is a prize that is annually awarded to films dedicated to journalism values at the Cannes Film Festival and emphasizes the presence of journalists at the festival. It was founded in 1997 in honor of the famous French journalist and film historian Francois Chalet under the auspices of his wife May Chen.
The Francois Chalet Prize is also awarded annually for the best screenplay at the Honfleur Russian Film Festival, where Francois Chalet served as chairman of the jury in 1995.
The first award-winning film was at the 50th Cannes Film Festival (1997) the film “A Perfect Circle ” by Ademir Kenovic, co-produced by Bosnia and Herzegovina and France.
Laureates
| Year | Film | original name | Producer | A country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 [1] | 120 beats per minute | 120 Battements par Minute | Robin Campillo | France |
| 2016 | Student | Student | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia |
| 2015 | Son of saul | Son of saul | Laszlo Nemesh | Hungary |
| 2014 | Timbuktu | Timbuktu | Abderrahman Sissako | France / Mauritania |
| 2013 | Grand Central. Love for atoms | Grand central | Rebecca Zlotowski | France / Austria |
| 2012 | Horses of God | Les chevaux de dieu | Nabil Ayush | Morocco / Belgium |
| 2011 | Where are we now? | Et maintenant, on va où? | Nadine Labaki | France / Lebanon / Egypt / Italy |
| 2010 | Life above all | Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa |
| 2009 | No one knows about Persian cats | Persian. کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | Bahman Gobadi | Iran |
| 2008 | Rabid blood | Sanguepazzo | Marco Tullio Jordana | Italy |
| 2007 | Her heart | A mighty heart | Michael Winterbottom | USA / United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Patriots | Indigènes | Rashid Bushareb | France / Morocco / Belgium / Algeria |
| 2005 | If born, no longer hide | Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti | Marco Tullio Jordana | Italy / France / United Kingdom |
| 2004 | Che Guevara: The Diaries of a Motorcyclist | Diarios de motocicleta | Walter Salles | Argentina / USA / Germany |
| 2003 | S-21: Khmer Rouge Death Machine | S-21, la machine de mort Khmère rouge | Rithi pan | France / Cambodia |
| 2002 | Lost in Iraq | Persian. گمگشتگی در عراق | Bahman Gobadi | Iran |
| 2001 | Made in the USA | Made in the USA | Solveig Anspach | France |
| 2000 | Kippur | Kippur | Amos Gitai | Israel / France |
| 1999 | Other | Arab. الآخر | Yousef Shahin | Egypt / France |
| 1998 | West Beirut | Arab. بيروت الغربية | Ziad Duery | Lebanon |
| 1997 | Perfect circle | Savršeni krug | Ademir Kenovich | Bosnia and Herzegovina / France |
Notes
Links
- Official site of the Cannes Film Festival (French) , (English) , (Russian)
- Francois Chalet Association