Palme d'Or
Subcategory of Festival de Cannes
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Notes

  • The Palme d'Or was inaugurated in 1955 and is the highest honour awarded by the Cannes Film Festival. The award is presented to the director of the best feature film in the festival's official competition.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2018

winner form y separately published work icon All These Creatures Charles Williams , ( dir. Charles Williams ) Australia : Charles Williams , 2018 14004117 2018 single work film/TV

'An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.' (Production summary)

Year: 1993

winner form y separately published work icon The Piano Jane Campion , ( dir. Jane Campion ) Australia : Jan Chapman Productions , 1993 Z352127 1993 single work film/TV (taught in 3 units)

'Ada, her nine-year-old daughter, and her piano, arrive to an arranged marriage in the remote bush of 19th century New Zealand. Of all her belongings, her husband refuses to transport the piano and it is left behind on the beach. Unable to bear its certain destruction, Ada strikes a bargain with an illiterate neighbour. She may earn her piano back if she allows him to do certain things while she plays: one black key for every lesson. The arrangement draws all three deeper and deeper into a complex emotional, sexual bond, remarkable for its naive passion and frightening disregard for limits.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Year: 1987

winner (Best Short Film) form y separately published work icon Palisade Laurie McInnes , ( dir. Laurie McInnes ) Australia : 1987 7071634 1987 single work film/TV

A night in the life of a night-shift worker.

Works About this Award

Australian Short Film All These Creatures Wins Palme D'Or at Cannes Film Festival Dee Jefferson , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2018;

'Thirty-six year-old Sydney filmmaker Charles Williams has won the top prize in the short film category at Cannes, with his 13-minute drama All These Creatures.'

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