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2019 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![A Hidden Life Terrence Malick](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-hidden-life-terrence-malick-image.jpg)
A Hidden Life
Terrence Malick
2018 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Yomeddine A.B. Shawky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/yomeddine-image.jpg)
Yomeddine
A.B. Shawky
2017 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![BPM (Beats Per Minute) Robin Campillo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bpm-beats-per-minute-robin-campillo-image.jpg)
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Robin Campillo
2016 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![The Student Kirill Serebrennikov](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-student-kirill-serebrennikov-image.jpg)
The Student
Kirill Serebrennikov
2015 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Son of Saul László Nemes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/son-of-saul-laszlo-nemes-image.jpg)
Son of Saul
László Nemes
2014 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Timbuktu Abderrahmane Sissako](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/timbuktu-image.jpg)
Timbuktu
Abderrahmane Sissako
2013 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Grand Central Rebecca Zlotowski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/grand-central-rebecca-zlotowski-image.jpg)
Grand Central
Rebecca Zlotowski
2012 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Horses of God Nabil Ayouch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/horses-of-god-nabil-ayouch-image.jpg)
Horses of God
Nabil Ayouch
2011 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Where Do We Go Now? Nadine Labaki](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/where-do-we-go-now-nadine-labaki-image.jpg)
Where Do We Go Now?
Nadine Labaki
2010 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Life, Above All Oliver Schmitz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/life-above-all-oliver-schmitz-image.jpg)
Life, Above All
Oliver Schmitz
2009 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![No One Knows About Persian Cats Bahman Ghobadi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-one-knows-about-persian-cats-image.jpg)
No One Knows About Persian Cats
Bahman Ghobadi
2008 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Wild Blood Marco Tullio Giordana](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wild-blood-marco-tullio-giordana-image.jpg)
Wild Blood
Marco Tullio Giordana
2007 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![A Mighty Heart Michael Winterbottom](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-mighty-heart-michael-winterbottom-image.jpg)
A Mighty Heart
Michael Winterbottom
2006 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Days of Glory Rachid Bouchareb](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/days-of-glory-rachid-bouchareb-image.jpg)
Days of Glory
Rachid Bouchareb
2005 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide Marco Tullio Giordana](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/once-youre-born-you-can-no-longer-hide-marco-tullio-giordana-image.jpg)
Once You’re Born You Can No Longer Hide
Marco Tullio Giordana
2004 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![The Motorcycle Diaries Walter Salles](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-motorcycle-diaries-walter-salles-image.jpg)
The Motorcycle Diaries
Walter Salles
2003 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine Rithy Panh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/s21-the-khmer-rouge-death-machine-rithy-panh-image.jpg)
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Rithy Panh
2002 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Marooned in Iraq Bahman Ghobadi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marooned-in-iraq-bahman-ghobadi-image.jpg)
Marooned in Iraq
Bahman Ghobadi
2001 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Made in the USA Sólveig Anspach](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Made in the USA
Sólveig Anspach
2000 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![Kippur Amos Gitai](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kippur-amos-gitai-image.jpg)
Kippur
Amos Gitai
1999 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![The Other Youssef Chahine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-other-youssef-chahine-image.jpg)
The Other
Youssef Chahine
1998 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![West Beirut Ziad Doueiri](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/west-beirut-ziad-doueiri-image.jpg)
West Beirut
Ziad Doueiri
1997 Cannes Film Festival – François Chalais Award
![The Perfect Circle Ademir Kenovic](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-perfect-circle-image.jpg)