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2019 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![The Distance Between Us and the Sky Vasilis Kekatos](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-distance-between-us-and-the-sky-vasilis-kekatos-image.jpg)
The Distance Between Us and the Sky
Vasilis Kekatos
2018 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![All These Creatures Charles Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-these-creatures-charles-williams-image.jpg)
All These Creatures
Charles Williams
2017 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![A Gentle Night Qiu Yang](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-gentle-night-yang-qiu-image.jpg)
A Gentle Night
Qiu Yang
2016 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Timecode Juanjo Giménez Peña](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/timecode-juanjo-gimenez-pena-image.jpg)
Timecode
Juanjo Giménez Peña
2015 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Waves 98 Ely Dagher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/waves98-ely-dagher-image.jpg)
Waves 98
Ely Dagher
2014 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Leidi Simón Mesa Soto](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/leidi-simon-mesa-soto-image.jpg)
Leidi
Simón Mesa Soto
2013 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Safe Byoung-gon Moon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Safe
Byoung-gon Moon
2012 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Silent L. Rezan Yesilbas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/silent-l.-rezan-yesilbas-image.jpg)
Silent
L. Rezan Yesilbas
2011 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Cross Marina Vroda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cross-marina-vroda-image.jpg)
Cross
Marina Vroda
2010 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Barking Island Serge Avedikian](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Barking Island
Serge Avedikian
2009 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Arena João Salaviza](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/arena-joão-salaviza-image.jpg)
Arena
João Salaviza
2008 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Megatron Anca Puiu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/megatron-marian-crisan-image.jpg)
Megatron
Anca Puiu
2007 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Ver llover Elisa Miller](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ver-llover-elisa-miller-image.jpg)
Ver llover
Elisa Miller
2006 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Sniffer Bobbie Peers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sniffer-bobbie-peers-image.jpg)
Sniffer
Bobbie Peers
2005 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Wayfarers Ihor Strembitskyi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Wayfarers
Ihor Strembitskyi
2004 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Trafic Cãtãlin Mitulescu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/trafic-cãtãlin-mitulescu-image.jpg)
Trafic
Cãtãlin Mitulescu
2003 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Cracker Bag Glendyn Ivin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Cracker Bag
Glendyn Ivin
2002 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![After Rain Péter Mészáros](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
After Rain
Péter Mészáros
2001 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Bean Cake David Greenspan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Bean Cake
David Greenspan
2000 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Shadows Raymond Red](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Shadows
Raymond Red
1999 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Stop Rodolphe Marconi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Stop
Rodolphe Marconi
1999 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/when-the-day-breaks-image.jpg)
When the Day Breaks
Wendy Tilby
1998 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![L'interview Xavier Giannoli](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/linterview-xavier-giannoli-image.jpg)
L’interview
Xavier Giannoli
1997 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![...Is It the Design on the Wrapper? Tessa Sheridan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
…Is It the Design on the Wrapper?
Tessa Sheridan
1996 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Szél Marcell Iványi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/szel-marcell-ivanyi-image.jpg)
Szél
Marcell Iványi
1995 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Gagarin Aleksey Kharitidi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gagarin-image.jpg)
Gagarin
Aleksey Kharitidi
1994 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![El héroe Carlos Carrera](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/el-heroe-carlos-carrera-image.jpg)
El héroe
Carlos Carrera
1993 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Coffee and Cigarettes III Jim Jarmusch](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coffee-and-cigarettes-iii-jim-jarmusch-image.jpg)
Coffee and Cigarettes III
Jim Jarmusch
1992 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Omnibus Sam Karmann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Omnibus
Sam Karmann
1991 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Z podniesionymi rekami Mitko Panov](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Z podniesionymi rekami
Mitko Panov
1990 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![The Lunch Date Adam Davidson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lunch-date-image.jpg)
The Lunch Date
Adam Davidson
1989 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![50 ans Gilles Carle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
50 ans
Gilles Carle
1988 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Vykrutasy Garri Bardin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/vykrutasy-garri-bardin-image.jpg)
Vykrutasy
Garri Bardin
1987 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Palisade Laurie McInnes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Palisade
Laurie McInnes
1986 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![An Exercise in Discipline: Peel Jane Campion](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/an-exercise-in-discipline-peel-jane-campion-image.jpg)
An Exercise in Discipline: Peel
Jane Campion
1985 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Mariage Slav Bakalov](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Mariage
Slav Bakalov
1984 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Chiri Davit Takaishvili](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Chiri
Davit Takaishvili
1984 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Le cheval de fer Gérald Frydman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Le cheval de fer
Gérald Frydman
1983 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose Pierre-Oscar Lévy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Je sais que j’ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose
Pierre-Oscar Lévy
1982 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Merlin ou le cours de l'or Arthur Joffé](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/merlin-ou-le-cours-de-lor-arthur-joffe-image.jpg)
Merlin ou le cours de l’or
Arthur Joffé
1981 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Moto perpetuo Béla Vajda](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Moto perpetuo
Béla Vajda
1980 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Seaside Woman Oscar Grillo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/seaside-woman-oscar-grillo-image.jpg)
Seaside Woman
Oscar Grillo
1979 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Harpya Raoul Servais](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/harpya-raoul-servais-image.jpg)
Harpya
Raoul Servais
1978 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Rowing Across the Atlantic Jean-François Laguionie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rowing-across-the-atlantic-jean-francois-laguionie-image.jpg)
Rowing Across the Atlantic
Jean-François Laguionie
1977 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Küzdök Marcell Jankovics](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kuzdok-marcell-jankovics-image.jpg)
Küzdök
Marcell Jankovics
1976 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Metamorphosis Barry Greenwald](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Metamorphosis
Barry Greenwald
1975 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Lautrec Geoff Dunbar](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Lautrec
Geoff Dunbar
1974 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Island Fyodor Khitruk](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/island-fyodor-khitruk-image.jpg)
Island
Fyodor Khitruk
1973 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Balablok Bretislav Pojar](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Balablok
Bretislav Pojar
1972 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Le fusil à lunette Jean Chapot](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Le fusil à lunette
Jean Chapot
1969 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Cîntecele Renasterii Mirel Iliesiu](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Cîntecele Renasterii
Mirel Iliesiu
1967 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Sky Over Holland John Fernhout](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sky-over-holland-john-fernhout-image.jpg)
Sky Over Holland
John Fernhout
1966 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Skaterdater Noel Black](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Skaterdater
Noel Black
1965 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Ouverture János Vadász](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Ouverture
János Vadász
1963 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Sounding the Surface Alexander J. Seiler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Sounding the Surface
Alexander J. Seiler
1963 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![The String Bean Edmond Séchan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
The String Bean
Edmond Séchan
1962 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Robert Enrico](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/occurrence-at-owl-creek-bridge-robert-enrico-image.jpg)
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Robert Enrico
1961 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![La petite cuillère Carlos Vilardebó](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
La petite cuillère
Carlos Vilardebó
1960 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Le sourire Serge Bourguignon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Le sourire
Serge Bourguignon
1958 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession Henri Gruel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-joconde-histoire-dune-obsession-henri-gruel-image.jpg)
La Joconde: Histoire d’une obsession
Henri Gruel
1958 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![The Seine Meets Paris Joris Ivens](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-seine-meets-paris-joris-ivens-image.jpg)
The Seine Meets Paris
Joris Ivens
1957 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![A Brief History Ion Popescu-Gopo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
A Brief History
Ion Popescu-Gopo
1956 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![The Red Balloon Albert Lamorisse](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-red-balloon-image.jpg)
The Red Balloon
Albert Lamorisse
1955 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![Blinkity Blank Norman McLaren](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blinkity-blank-norman-mclaren-image.jpg)
Blinkity Blank
Norman McLaren
1953 Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or – Best Short Film
![White Mane Albert Lamorisse](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/white-mane-image.jpg)