List of Indian winners and nominees at the Cannes Film Festival

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Template:Infobox film festival The Cinema of India pavilion has garnered recognition at the Cannes Film Festival since its inception in 1946.[1][2] The 1946 social-realistic film Neecha Nagar became the first Indian film to gain recognition at the Cannes, after it was awarded Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the festival's highest prize, at the first Cannes. In 1955, Baby Naaz received Special Mention (child actress) for her work in Boot Polish by Prakash Aurora.[3]

In 1956, Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali won the Best Human Document Award. In the same year Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna, won Special mention for Best direction. In 1983 Mrinal Sen's directorial Kharij, won the Jury Prize. In 1988, Mira Nair's Oscar Nominated film Salaam Bombay! won the Caméra d'Or ("Golden Camera"). In 1989, Shaji N. Karun's, Piravi has garnered the Caméra d'Or - Mention Spéciale. The 1999 film Marana Simhasanam directed by Murali Nair also received the Caméra d'Or.

On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema, India was the Official Guest Country at the 66th Cannes. The first Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Republic of India was inaugurated by Indian actor Chiranjeevi.[4][5][6]

Competitive awards

Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Film Category Result Template:Tooltip
[[1946 Cannes Film Festival|1946
Template:Small]] 		Chetan Anand Neecha Nagar Grand Prix du Festival International du Film Template:Won [7]
[[1952 Cannes Film Festival|1952
Template:Small]] 		V. Shantaram Amar Bhoopali Grand Prix Template:Nom [8]
[[1953 Cannes Film Festival|1953
Template:Small]] 		Raj Kapoor Awaara Grand Prix Template:Nom [9]
[[1954 Cannes Film Festival|1954
Template:Small]] 		Bimal Roy Do Bigha Zamin International Prize Template:Won [1]
[[1955 Cannes Film Festival|1955
Template:Small]] 		Baby Naaz Boot Polish Special Mention - Child Artist Template:Won [10]
[[1956 Cannes Film Festival|1956
Template:Small]] 		Satyajit Ray Pather Panchali Best Human Document Award Template:Won [11]
[[1957 Cannes Film Festival|1957
Template:Small]] 		Rajbans Khanna Gotoma the Buddha Special Mention (Short Film) - Director Template:Won [12]
Palme d'Or (Short) Template:Nom
[[1958 Cannes Film Festival|1958
Template:Small]] 		Satyajit Ray Parash Pathar Palme d'Or Template:Nom [13]
[[1962 Cannes Film Festival|1962
Template:Small]] 		Satyajit Ray Devi Palme d'Or Template:Nom [14]
[[1974 Cannes Film Festival|1974
Template:Small]] 		M. S. Sathyu Garm Hava Grand Prix du Festival International du Film Template:Nom [9]
[[1983 Cannes Film Festival|1983
Template:Small]] 		Mrinal Sen Kharij Jury Prize Template:Won [15]
Palme d'Or Template:Nom [15]
[[1984 Cannes Film Festival|1984
Template:Small]] 		Satyajit Ray Ghare Baire Palme d'Or Template:Nom [16]
[[1988 Cannes Film Festival|1988
Template:Small]] 		Mira Nair Salaam Bombay! Caméra d'Or
Audience Award 		Template:Won [17]
[[1989 Cannes Film Festival|1989
Template:Small]] 		Shaji N. Karun Piravi Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale Template:Won [18]
[[1991 Cannes Film Festival|1991
Template:Small]] 		Deepa Mehta Sam & Me Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale Template:Won [19][20]
Aribam Syam Sharma Ishanou Un Certain Regard Award Template:Nom [21]
[[1994 Cannes Film Festival|1994
Template:Small]] 		Shaji N. Karun Swaham Palme d'Or Template:Nom [22]
Sandip Ray Uttoran Un Certain Regard Award Template:Nom [23]
[[1999 Cannes Film Festival|1999
Template:Small]] 		Murali Nair Marana Simhasanam Caméra d'Or Template:Won [24]
[[2002 Cannes Film Festival|2002
Template:Small]] 		Manish Jha A Very Very Silent Film Jury Prize (Short Film) Template:Won [25]
[[2006 Cannes Film Festival|2006
Template:Small]] 		Gitanjali Rao Printed Rainbow Grand Rail d’Or Audience Award
Kodak Discovery Award
Young Critics Award for Best Short Film 		Template:Won [26]
[[2013 Cannes Film Festival|2013
Template:Small]] 		Ritesh Batra The Lunchbox Grand Rail d’Or Audience Award Template:Won [27]
Karan Johar Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh
(Bombay Talkies) 		Queer Palm Template:Nom [28]
2014
[[67th Cannes Film Festival|Template:Small]] 		Kanu Behl Titli Caméra d'Or Template:Nom [29]
[[2015 Cannes Film Festival|2015
Template:Small]] 		Neeraj Ghaywan Masaan FIPRESCI Prize (Un Certain Regard)
Prix de l'Avenir (Un Certain Regard) 		Template:Won [30][31]
Gurvinder Singh Chauthi Koot Un Certain Regard Award Template:Nom [32]
[[2016 Cannes Film Festival|2016
Template:Small]] 		Shirley Abraham
Amit Madheshiya 		The Cinema Travelers L'Œil d'or Special Mention Template:Won [33]
[[2018 Cannes Film Festival|2018
Template:Small]] 		Nandita Das Manto Un Certain Regard Award Template:Nom [34]
[[2020 Cannes Film Festival|2020
Template:Small]] 		Ashmita Guha Neogi CatDog Cinéfondation Premier Prix Template:Won [35]
[[2021 Cannes Film Festival|2021
Template:Small]] 		Payal Kapadia A Night of Knowing Nothing Golden Eye Template:Won [36]
Caméra d'Or Template:Nom
[[2022 Cannes Film Festival|2022
Template:Small]] 		Shaunak Sen All That Breathes Golden Eye Template:Won [37]
[[2024 Cannes Film Festival|2024
Template:Small]] 		Payal Kapadia All We Imagine as Light Palme d'Or Template:Nom [38]
Grand Prix Template:Won [39]
[[2024 Cannes Film Festival|2024
Template:Small]] 		Chidananda S Naik Sunflowers were the first ones to know… La Cinef (Premier Prix) Template:Won [40]
[[2024 Cannes Film Festival|2024
Template:Small]] 		Anasuya Sengupta The Shameless Best Actress (Un Certain Regard) Template:Won [41]

Technical awards

Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Craft Category Result Template:Tooltip
[[1952 Cannes Film Festival|1952
Template:Small]] 		V. Shantaram Direction Technical Grand Prize Template:Won [8]
[[2019 Cannes Film Festival|2019
Template:Small]] 		Modhura Palit Cinematography Pierre Angénieux Excellens-Promising Cinematographer Template:Won [42]
[[2024 Cannes Film Festival|2024
Template:Small]] 		Santosh Sivan Cinematography Pierre Angénieux Tribute in Cinematography Template:Won [43]

Indian Jury Members at Cannes

Year Name Note(s)
35th Mrinal Sen[44][45] Director
43rd Mira Nair[44][45] Director
53rd Arundhati Roy[44][45] Writer
56th Aishwarya Rai[44][45] Actress
58th Nandita Das[44][45] Actress and Director
62nd Sharmila Tagore[44][45] Actress
63rd Shekhar Kapur[44][45] Director
66th Vidya Balan[44][45] Actress
75th Deepika Padukone[44][45] Actress
76th Meenakshi Shedde[46] Film critic
78th Payal Kapadia[47] Director

Special events and honors

Satyajit Ray's works Pather Panchali, Charulata, and Pratidwandi have been part of the Cannes Classics.[48]

Hommage à Satyajit Ray (1982)

At the 35th Cannes, Satyajit Ray received the 35th Anniversary Trophy signed by Igor Mitoraj, and an Hommage à Satyajit Ray was hosted in his honour.[49]

Tous Les Cinemas du Monde (2007)

Tous Les Cinemas du Monde (World Cinema) began in 2005 to showcase films from a variety of different countries.[50][51] At the 60th Cannes, the first two days of this program held during 19 May to 25 May 2007 featured special screening of Indian films; Saira (2005), Missed Call (2005), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Dosar (2006), Veyil (2006), Guru (2007), Goal (2007), and Dharm (2007).[52]

Official Guest Country (2013)

India was the Official Guest Country at the 66th Cannes.[53] The event featured special screening of Indian films; Bombay Talkies (Gala screenings), Monsoon Shootout (Midnight screenings), Charulata (Cannes classics), Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (Beach screenings), The Lunchbox (Critic's week), Ugly (Director's fortnight), Eega (Film market), and Tau Seru (Shorts).[54][55]

Country of Honor - Marché du Film (2022)

On the occasion of 75 years of diplomatic ties between India and France, India was announced as the Official Country of Honour at the 2022 Cannes Film Market.[56][57] The first of its kind event featured special beach screenings of Six Indian feature films; Pratidwandi (1970), Godavari (2021), Alpha Beta Gamma (2021), Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022), Dhuin (2022), Boomba Ride (2022), and Nirae Thathakalulla Maramy (2022).[58]

Under the Goes to Cannes Section; five parallel films were featured in the Work in Progress Lab - Baghjan by Jaicheng Jai Dohutia; Bailadila by Shailendra Sahu; Ek Jagah Apni (A Space of Our Own) by Ektara Collective; Follower by Harshad Nalawade; Shivamma by Jai Shankar.[56] In addition, India - Content Hub of the World Pavilion was inaugurated at the venue on 18 May 2022.[56][57][58]

Cannes XR

Cannes XR is a program from the Marché du Film dedicated to immersive technologies and cinematographic content
  • 2017 - Indian epic film duology Baahubali was featured at the VR exhibition.[59][60]
  • 2022 - Indian virtual reality film Le Musk was featured at the VR exhibition.[58]

World Classic (2023)

In 2023, Template:Langnf, a 1990 Meitei language film, was recognised as a "World Classic" by the Cannes Film Festival 2023 and it was the only film selected from India for the event for that year.[61][62][63] In the past, it was featured in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[21]

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See also

References

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  2. ↑ India @ CANNES 2019. Ficci-frames.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. ↑ Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939-54)
  4. ↑ Chiranjeevi to inaugurate Incredible India exhibition at Cannes. The Times Of India(20 May 2013). Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Chiranjeevi offers wide opportunities to foreign film producers in India, ANI. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Vidya Balan in Cannes Film Festival's jury(24 April 2013). Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Maker of innovative, meaningful movies(15 June 2007).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 AMAR BHOOPALI. Festival de Cannes.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Festival de Cannes: Garam Hawa. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  10. ↑ BOOT POLISH. Festival de Cannes.
  11. ↑ Awards 1956 : All Awards. Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  12. ↑ GOTOMA THE BUDDHA. Festival de Cannes.
  13. ↑ PARASH PATHAR. Festival de Cannes.
  14. ↑ DEVI. Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 KHARIJ. Festival de Cannes.
  16. ↑ GHARE BAIRE. Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  17. ↑ The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made. The New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  18. ↑ Piravi received the Camera d' Or-Mention - Times of India. The Times of India(11 February 2013).
  19. ↑ SAM AND ME. Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  20. ↑ Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Deepa Mehta. cfe.tiff.net. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Festival de Cannes: The Chosen One. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  22. ↑ Festival de Cannes: Swaham. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  23. ↑ UTTORAN. Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  24. ↑ MARANA SIMHASANAM. Festival de Cannes.
  25. ↑ If anybody can, Manish Cannes! - Times of India. The Times of India(23 June 2002).
  26. ↑ Cannes International Critics' Week Edition 2006. unifrance.org. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  27. ↑ Ritesh Batra's Lunchbox wins Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes Film Festival 2013. India Today(24 May 2013). Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  28. ↑ Ritesh Batra's Lunchbox wins Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes Film Festival 2013. India Today(24 May 2013). Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  29. ↑ ‘Titli’: Cannes Review, Staff, T. H. R.(20 May 2014).
  30. ↑ Cannes: 'Son of Saul,' 'Masaan' Take Fipresci Prizes(23 May 2015). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  31. ↑ Cannes: 'Rams' Wins Un Certain Regard Prize(23 May 2015). Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  32. ↑ Indian films Masaan, Chauthi Koot selected for Cannes Film Festival(17 April 2015). Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  33. ↑ 2016: Cinema Novo wins the Œil d'or for best documentary(21 May 2016). Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  34. ↑ MANTO - Festival de Cannes.
  35. ↑ Fabien Lemercier, "The short film Palme d'Or goes to I Am Afraid To Forget Your Face". Cineuropa, 30 October 2020.
  36. ↑ Cannes 2021: Payal Kapadia's A Night of Knowing Nothing Wins Best Documentary. the quint(18 July 2021). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  37. ↑ Shaunak Sen's documentary 'All That Breathes' wins L'Oeil d'or at Cannes. The Times Of India(28 May 2022). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  38. ↑ Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light is first Indian film in 30 years to make it to Cannes’ competition section, Sahani, Alaka. The Indian Express(2024-04-11). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  39. ↑ Cannes Film Festival: All We Imagine As Light scripts history, becomes first Indian film to win Grand Prix. Hindustan Times(2024-05-25). Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  40. ↑ Le Palmarès de la 27e édition de La Cinef. Festival de Cannes(2024-05-23). Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  41. ↑ Un Certain Regard Winners List 2024. Festival de Cannes(2024-05-24). Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  42. ↑ Young Indian cinematographer Modhura Palit to receive the 2nd Angenieux "special encouragement" award at the Cannes Film Festival. blog.angenieux.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  43. ↑ Santosh Sivan to receive Angénieux award at Cannes, Williams, Tom. British Cinematographer(2024-05-01). Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 44.2 44.3 44.4 44.5 44.6 44.7 44.8 Indian celebs who made it to the Cannes jury at some point in time. News Nation English.
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.6 45.7 45.8 Before Deepika Padukone, these Indian stars were part of the Cannes jury. Firstpost(18 May 2022).
  46. ↑ 'Triangle of Sadness' Director Ruben Östlund to Preside Over Cannes Jury, Keslassy, Elsa. Variety(27 February 2023).
  47. ↑ The Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes. Festival de Cannes(2025-04-28). Retrieved 2025-04-28.
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  50. ↑ Preview: Acceptance in Cannes bestows prestige and honour(15 May 2007).
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  52. ↑ The Sun Rises on the East. The Times(24 May 2007).
  53. ↑ Who Wore What: Indian stars at Cannes 2013. Vogue India(27 May 2013).
  54. ↑ Cannes Film Festival: India guest country, Vidya Balan on jury, 24 April 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  55. ↑ SS Rajamouli's Eega to be screened at Cannes, Shanghai film festivals. bollywoodlife.com(15 May 2013). Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 India to be 'Country of Honour' at Cannes Marche' Du Film in France, Arora, Sumit(6 May 2022).
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 India chosen as first Country of Honour ever at Cannes Film Market. pib.gov.in.
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 Indian Artists, Films At Cannes Film Festival 2022, Kaushal, Sweta. Forbes.
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