Un Certain Regard
| Un Certain Regard | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 2026 winner: Sandra Wollner | |
| Date | 1978–present |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Cannes Film Festival |
| First award | 1998 |
| Currently held by | Sandra Wollner Everytime (2026) |
| Website | festival-cannes.com |
Un Certain Regard (French: [œ̃ sɛʁtɛ̃ ʁəɡaʁ]; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.
The section usually presents 20 films from upcoming filmmakers and innovative work.
History
The section was introduced by Gilles Jacob in 1978, initially as a non-competitive parallel section for upcoming and established filmmakers.
Since 1998, the section was turned into a parallel competition, awarding the Un Certain Regard Prize and collateral prizes, such as Best Actress or Best Director.
Kazakh filmmaker Darezhan Omirbaev was the first winner for Killer (1998), at the 51st Cannes Film Festival. Austrian filmmaker Sandra Wollner is the most recent winner for Everytime (2026), at the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
Winners
In 1998, the Prix un certain regard was introduced to the section to recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005, the prize consists of €30,000 financed by the Groupama GAN Foundation.
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1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Killer | Tueur à gages | Darezhan Omirbaev | Kazakhstan, France |
| 1999 | Beautiful People | Jasmin Dizdar | United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rodrigo García | United States | |
| 2001 | Boyhood Loves | Amour d'enfance | Yves Caumon | France |
| 2002 | Blissfully Yours | สุดเสน่หา | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 2003 | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| 2004 | Moolaadé | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal | |
| 2005 | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu | Moartea domnului Lăzărescu | Cristi Puiu | Romania |
| 2006 | Luxury Car | 江城夏日 | Wang Chao | China, France |
| 2007 | California Dreamin' | Cristian Nemescu | Romania | |
| 2008 | Tulpan | Sergey Dvortsevoy | Kazakhstan | |
| 2009 | Dogtooth | Κυνόδοντας | Yorgos Lanthimos | Greece |
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hahaha | 하하하 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2011 | Arirang | 아리랑 | Kim Ki-duk | |
| Stopped on Track | Halt auf freier Strecke | Andreas Dresen | Germany | |
| 2012 | After Lucia | Después de Lucía | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| 2013 | The Missing Picture | L'image manquante | Rithy Panh | Cambodia, France |
| 2014 | White God | Fehér isten | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary, Germany, Sweden |
| 2015 | Rams | Hrútar | Grímur Hákonarson | Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Norway |
| 2016 | The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki | Hymyilevä mies | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland, Germany, Sweden |
| 2017 | A Man of Integrity | لِرد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| 2018 | Border | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | Sweden |
| 2019 | The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
2020s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Unclenching the Fists | Разжимая кулаки | Kira Kovalenko | Russia |
| 2022 | The Worst Ones | Les pires | Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret | France |
| 2023 | How to Have Sex | Molly Manning Walker | United Kingdom | |
| 2024 | Black Dog | 狗阵 | Guan Hu | China |
| 2025 | The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo | La misteriosa mirada del flamenco | Diego Céspedes | Chile, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium |
| 2026 | Everytime | Sandra Wollner | Austria, Germany | |
Other awards
2000s
| Year | Award | English title | Original title | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Special Mention | Me You Them | Eu Tu Eles | Andrucha Waddington |
| 2003 | Jury Prize | Crimson Gold | طلای سرخ | Jafar Panahi |
| Prix le premier regard | A Thousand Months | Mille mois | Faouzi Bensaïdi | |
| 2004 | Prix du regard original | Whisky | Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll | |
| Prix du regard vers l'avenir | Earth and Ashes | خاکستر و خاک | Atiq Rahimi | |
| 2005 | Prix de l'intimité | Le filmeur | Alain Cavalier | |
| Prix de l'espoir | Delwende | Saint Pierre Yaméogo | ||
| 2006 | Best Actress | The Way I Spent the End of the World | Cum mi-am petrecut sfârșitul lumii | Dorotheea Petre |
| Best Actor | The Violin | El violín | Ángel Tavira | |
| Special Jury Prize | Ten Canoes | Rolf de Heer | ||
| Prix du président du jury | Murderers | Meurtrières | Patrick Grandperret | |
| 2007 | Special Jury Prize | Actresses | Actrices | Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi |
| Coup de cœur du jury | The Band's Visit | ביקור התזמורת | Eran Kolirin | |
| 2008 | Jury Prize | Tokyo Sonata | トウキョウソナタ | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Coup de cœur du jury | Cloud 9 | Wolke Neun | Andreas Dresen | |
| Le K.O. du certain regard | Tyson | James Toback | ||
| Prix de l'espoir | Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | ||
| 2009 | Jury Prize | Police, Adjective | Polițist, adjectiv | Corneliu Porumboiu |
| Special Jury Prize | No One Knows About Persian Cats | کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره | Bahman Ghobadi | |
| Father of My Children | Le père de mes enfants | Mia Hansen-Løve | ||
2010s
2020s
| Year | Award | English title | Original title | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Jury Prize | Great Freedom | Große Freiheit | Sebastian Meise |
| Ensemble Prize | Good Mother | Bonne Mère | Hafsia Herzi | |
| Prix de l'originalité | Lamb | Dýrið | Valdimar Jóhannsson | |
| Prix du Courage | La Civil | Teodora Mihai | ||
| Special Mention | Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego | Tatiana Huezo | |
| 2022 | Jury Prize | Joyland | جوائے لینڈ | Saim Sadiq |
| Best Director | Metronom | Alexandru Belc | ||
| Best Performance | Corsage | Vicky Krieps | ||
| Harka | Adam Bessa | |||
| Best Screenplay | Mediterranean Fever | حمى البحر المتوسط | Maha Haj | |
| Coup de cœur | Rodeo | Lola Quivoron | ||
| 2023 | Jury Prize | Hounds | Les Meutes | Kamal Lazraq |
| Best Director | The Mother of All Lies | كذب أبيض | Asmae El Moudir | |
| Freedom Prize | Goodbye Julia | وداعاً جوليا | Mohamed Kordofani | |
| Ensemble Prize | The Buriti Flower | Crowrã | João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, cast and crew | |
| New Voice Prize | Omen | Augure | Baloji | |
| 2024 | Jury Prize | Souleymane's Story | L'histoire de Souleymane | Boris Lojkine |
| Best Director | The Damned | I Dannati | Roberto Minervini | |
| On Becoming a Guinea Fowl | Rungano Nyoni | |||
| Best Performance | The Shameless | Anasuya Sengupta | ||
| Souleymane's Story | L'histoire de Souleymane | Abou Sangaré | ||
| Youth Prize | Holy Cow | Vingt Dieux | Louise Courvoisier | |
| Special Mention | Norah | نورة | Tawfik Alzaidi | |
| 2025 | Jury Prize | A Poet | Un Poeta | Simón Mesa Soto |
| Best Director | Once Upon a Time in Gaza | Tarzan and Arab Nasser | ||
| Best Screenplay | Pillion | Harry Lighton | ||
| Best Actor | Urchin | Frank Dillane | ||
| Best Actress | I Only Rest in the Storm | O Riso e a Faca | Cleo Diára | |
| 2026 | Jury Prize | Elephants in the Fog | तिनीहरू | Abinash Bikram Shah |
| Best Actor | Congo Boy | Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset | ||
| Best Actress | Forever Your Maternal Animal | Siempre soy tu animal materno | Daniela Marín Navarro, Marina de Tavira and Mariangel Villegas | |
| Special Jury Prize | Iron Boy | Le Corset | Louis Clichy | |
References and notes
- 1 2 "Everything You Need to Know About the Cannes Film Festival". Backstage. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- 1 2 "Festival de Cannes: Un Certain Regard Prize". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007.
- ↑ 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Fondation Groupama GAN
- ↑ "2009 awards / Un certain regard". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011.
- ↑ Hernandez, Eugene (2009-05-23). ""Dogtooth" Wins Top Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize". IndieWIRE. www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- 1 2 "Un Certain Regard Winners List 2022". festival-cannes.com. 27 May 2022.
- 1 2 "Un Certain Regard Winners List 2023". festival-cannes.com. 26 May 2023.
- ↑ Ntim, Zac (2025-05-23). "Chilean Drama 'The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo' Wins Top Un Certain Regard Prize — Cannes". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ Ross, Rafa Sales (2026-05-22). "Sandra Wollner's 'Everytime' Wins Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes". Variety. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
- ↑ The first glance prize
- ↑ Prize of the original glance
- ↑ Prize of the glance to the future
- ↑ Intimacy prize
- ↑ Prize of hope
- ↑ Best actress award
- ↑ Best actor award
- ↑ Prize of the President of the jury
- ↑ Jury's hunch
- ↑ "Gulpilil wins a best actor award at Cannes Film Festival". Abc.net.au. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ Bunbury, Stephanie (24 May 2014). "Australian actor David Gulpilil wins best actor award at Cannes Film Festival". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 January 2018.