Caméra D'or

The prize, created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, is awarded during the Festival's Closing Ceremony by an independent jury.

Caméra d'Or
Awarded for	Best first feature film
Location	Cannes
Country	France
Presented by	Festival de Cannes
First awarded	1978
Website	http://www.festival-cannes.com/

The rules define first film as "the first feature film for theatrical screening (whatever the format; fiction, documentary or animation) of 60 minutes or more in length, by a director who has not made another film of 60 minutes or more in length and released theatrically." Directors who have previously made only student thesis films or TV films can still compete in this category. The stated aim is to reveal a film "whose qualities emphasize the need to encourage the director to undertake a second film."

Some years, some films that didn't win the award have received a special mention for their outstanding quality as first features in Cannes. Also called Caméra d'Or — Mention or Caméra d'Or — Mention d'honneur.

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
1989	Waller's Last Trip	Wallers letzter Gang	Christian Wagner	Germany
	The Birth	പിറവി	Shaji N. Karun	India
1990	Time of the Servants	Čas sluhů	Irena Pavlásková	Czechoslovakia
	Farendj		Sabine Prenczina	France
1991	Proof		Jocelyn Moorhouse	Australia
	Sam & Me		Deepa Mehta	India
1993	Friends		Elaine Proctor	South Africa
1994	The Silences of the Palace	Samt el qusur	Moufida Tlatli	Tunisia
1995	Denise Calls Up		Hal Salwen	United States
1997	The Life of Jesus	La Vie de Jésus	Bruno Dumont	France
2002	Japón		Carlos Reygadas	Mexico
2003	Osama		Siddiq Barmak	Afghanistan
2004	Passages	Lu Cheng	Yang Chao	China
	Bitter Dream	Khab-e talkh	Mohsen Amiryoussefi	Iran
2007	Control		Anton Corbijn	Netherlands
2008	Everybody Dies but Me	Vse umrut, a ya ostanus	Valeriya Gai Germanika	Russia
2009	Ajami		Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani	Israel