Awards since 1974

Since 1974, INTERFILM is represented at the International Cannes Film Festival by an Ecumenical Jury.

1974

Angst essen Seele auf (Fear Eats Out the Soul) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, FRG 1974

1975

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (Enigme de Kaspar Hauser/Every Man for Himself and God Against All) by Werner Herzog, FRG 1974

1976 No Award

1977

J.A. Martin, Photographe by Jean Beaudin, Canada 1977
ex aequo
La Dentellière (The Lacemaker) by Claude Goretta, Switzerland 1977

1978 Award

L´Albero Degli Zoccoli (Tree of Wooden Clogs/Der Holzschuhbaum /L´Arbre aux Sabots) by Ermanno Olmi, Italy 1978
Special Mention
Spirala (Spirale/La Spirale/The Spiral) by Krysztof Zanussi, Poland 1978

1979

Bez znieczulenia (Sans anesthésie/Without Anesthetic) by Andrzej Wadja, Poland 1979
Special Mention
Arven (Heritage/Das Erbe) by Anja Breien, Norway 1979

1980

Constans (Constancy/La Constance) by Krysztof Zanussi, Poland 1980
Special Award
Stalker by Andreï Tarkovsky, USSR 1980

1981

Czlowickz Zelaza (L´Homme de Fer/Man of Iron) by Andrzej Wadja, Poland 1981
Special Mentions
Chariots of Fire (Die Stunde des Siegers/Les Chariots de Feu) by Hugh Hudson, UK 1981
Looks and Smiles (Regards et Sourires) by Kenneth Loach, UK 1981

1982

La Notte di San Lorenzo (Die Nacht von San Lorenzo/La Nuit de San Lorenzo/St. Lawrence´s Night) by Paolo Taviani und Vottorio Taviani, Italy 1982
Special Mentions
Yol (Der Weg/L´Issue/The Issue) by Yilmaz Guney, Turkey 1982
L´Ombre de la Terre (The Shadow of the Earth/Sombra de la tierra) by Taieb Louhichi, Tunesie 1982

1983

Nostalghia by Andreï Tarkovsky, USSR 1983

1984

Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders, FRG 1984
Special Mention
Los Santos Inocentes (Die heiligen Narren /Les Saints Innocents/The Holy Innocents) by Mario Camus, Spain 1984

1985

La Historia Oficial (Die offizielle Geschichte /L`Histoire Officielle/The Official Version) by Luis Puenzo, Argentinia 1985
Special Mention
Le Temps d´un Instant (El Tiempo de un Instant) by Pierre Jallaud, France 1985

1986

Offret (The Sacrifice/Le Sacrifice) by Andreï Tarkovsky, USSR 1986
Special Mention
Thérèse by Alain Cavalier, France 1986

1987

Pokayaniye (Repentir/Repentance) by Tenguiz Abouladze, USSR
Special Mention
Babettes Gaestebud (Babette's Feast/Le Festin de Babette) by Gabriel Axel, Denmark 1987
Special Mention
Yeelen (Das Licht/La Lumière/Light) by Souleymane Cissé, Mali 1987

1988

A World Apart (Zwei Welten/Un Monde à Part) by Chris Menges, UK 1988
Special Mention
Les Portes Tournantes (Drehtüren/The Revolving Doors) by Francis Mankiewicz, France/Canada 1988

1989

Jésus de Montréal (Jesus von Montreal/Jesus of Montreal) by Denys Arcand, Canada 1989
Special Mentions
Kuroi Ame (Schwarzer Regen/Pluie Noire/Black Rain) by Shohei Imamura, Japan 1989
Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso 1989

1990

Stanno Tutti Bene (Allen geht´s gut/Tout le Monde Va Bien/They´re All Doing Well) by Giuseppe Tornatore, Italy 1990
Special Mentions
Hidden Agenda (Hidden Agenda – Geheimsprotokoll) by Kenneth Loach, UK 1990
Taxi Blues by Pavel Lounguine, USSR 1990

1991

La Double Vie de Véronique (The Double Life of Veronique) by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland 1991
Special Mention
La Belle Noiseuse (Die schöne Querulantin) by Jacques Rivette, France 1991

1992

Il Ladro di Bambini (The Stolen Children/Les Enfants Volés) by Gianni Amelio, Italy 1991

1993

Libera Me by Alain Cavalier, France 1993

1994

Huozhe (Living/Vivre!) by Zhang Yimou, China 1994
ex aequo
Utomlyonnye solntsem (Burnt By the Sun/Soleil Trompeur) by Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia 1994

1995

Land and Freedom by Ken Loach, UK 1995

1996

Secrets and Lies (Lügen und Geheimnisse/Secrets et Mensonges) by Mike Leigh, UK 1996
Special Mentions
Kauas Pilvet Karkaavat (Wolken ziehen vorüber/Drifting Clouds/Au Loin S´en Vont les Nuages) by Aki Kaurismäki, Finland 1996
A Drifting Life by Lin Cheng-Sheng, Taiwan 1996

1997

De Beaux Lendemains (Das süsse Jenseits/The Sweet Hereafter) by Atom Egoyan, Canada 1997
Special Mention
La Buena Estrella (Lucky Star) by Ricardo Franco, Spain 1997

1998

Eternity and a Day (L´Éternité et un Jour/Die Ewigkeit und ein Tag) by Theo Angelopoulos, Greece 1998

1999

Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother/Alles über meine Mutter/Tout Sur Ma Mère) by Pedro Almodovar, Spain 1999
Special Mention
Rosetta by Luc und Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Belgium 1999

2000

Eureka by Aoyama Shinji, Japan 2000  

2001

Safar e Ghandehar (Kandahar/Reise nach Kandahar) by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran 2001 

2002 

Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (Der Mann ohne Vergangenheit/L'Homme Sans Passé/The Man Without A Past) by Aki Kaurismäki, Finland 2002 
 

2003

Panj é asr (At Five in the Afternoon) by Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran 2003

2004

Award: Diarios de motocicleta (Motorcycle Diaries) by Walter Salles, Argentina/USA 2004
Commendation: Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène, Senegal/France/Burkina Faso/Cameroon/Morocco/Tunisia 2004

2005

Award: Caché (Hidden) by Michael Haneke, France/Austria/Germany/Italy, 2005
Commendation: Delwende (Lève-toi et marche) by S.Pierre Yameogo, Burkina Faso/France/Suisse, 2005

2006

Award: Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, France/USA/Mexico 2006
Commendation (for a film of the Un certain régard section): Z odzysku (Retrieval) by Slawomir Fabicki, Poland 2006

2007

The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) by Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey 2007

2008

Adoration by Atom Egoyan, Canada 2008