List of Indian winners and nominees at the Cannes 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 Palme d'Or at the first Cannes. In 1955, Special Mention (child actress) was received by Naaz for her work in Boot Polish by Prakash Aurora.^[3]

Indian Cinema Pavilion

Indian actress Sharmila Tagore with the International Jury Members at the 62nd Cannes
Location	Cannes, France

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.

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.^[4][5] 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), Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007), and Dharm (2007).^[6]

Official Guest Country (2013)

 

Satyajit Ray became the first Indian to receive the Cannes "Honorary Award"^[7] in 1982. Ray's various works have been part of the Cannes Classics.

On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema, India was the Official Guest Country at the 66th Cannes.^[8] 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).^[9][10] 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.^[11][12][13]

Country of Honour - 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.^[14][15] 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).^[16]

Under the Goes to Cannes Section; five parallel films were featured in the Work in Progress Lab - Baghjan by Jaicheng Jai Dohutia - Assamese, Moran; Bailadila by Shailendra Sahu - Hindi, Chhattisgarhi; Ek Jagah Apni (A Space of Our Own) by Ektara Collective - Hindi; Follower by Harshad Nalawade - Marathi, Kannada, Hindi; Shivamma by Jai Shankar - Kannada.^[14] In addition, India - Content Hub of the World Pavilion was inaugurated at the venue on 18 May 2022.^[14][15][16]

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.^[17][18]
• 2022 - Indian virtual reality film Le Musk was featured at the VR exhibition.^[16]

Competitive Awards and Nominations

Year	Nominee(s)/recipient(s)	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
1946 (1st)	Chetan Anand	Neecha Nagar	Palme d'Or	Won	^[19]
1952 (5th)	V. Shantaram	Amar Bhoopali	Palme d'Or	Nominated	^[20]
1953 (6th)	Raj Kapoor	Awaara	Palme d'Or	Nominated	^[21]
1954 (7th)	Bimal Roy	Do Bigha Zamin	International Prize	Won	^[1]
1955 (8th)	Baby Naaz	Boot Polish	Special Mention - Child Artist	Won	^[22]
1956 (9th)	Satyajit Ray	Pather Panchali	Best Human Document Award	Won	^[23]
1957 (10th)	Rajbans Khanna	Gotoma the Buddha	Special Mention (Short Film) - Director	Won	^[24]
1957 (10th)	Rajbans Khanna	Gotoma the Buddha	Palme d'Or (Short)	Nominated	^[24]
1958 (11th)	Satyajit Ray	Parash Pathar	Palme d'Or	Nominated	^[25]
1974 (27th)	M. S. Sathyu	Garm Hava	Palme d'Or	Nominated	^[21]
1983 (36th)	Mrinal Sen	Kharij	Jury Prize Out of Competition	Won	^[26]
1983 (36th)	Mrinal Sen	Kharij	Palme d'Or	Nominated	^[26]
1988 (41st)	Mira Nair	Salaam Bombay!	Caméra d'Or Audience Award	Won	^[27]
1988 (42nd)	Shaji N. Karun	Piravi	Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale	Won	^[28]
1998 (52nd)	Murali Nair	Marana Simhasanam	Caméra d'Or	Won	^[29]
2002 (55th)	Manish Jha	A Very Very Silent Film	Jury Prize (Short Film)	Won	^[30]
2006 (61st)	Gitanjali Rao	Printed Rainbow	Grand Rail d’Or Audience Award Kodak Discovery Award Young Critics Award for Best Short Film	Won	^[31]
2013 (66th)	Ritesh Batra	The Lunchbox	Grand Rail d’Or Audience Award	Won	^[32]
2015 (68th)	Neeraj Ghaywan	Masaan	FIPRESCI Prize (Un Certain Regard) Prix de l'Avenir (Un Certain Regard)	Won	^[33]^[34]
2015 (68th)	Gurvinder Singh	Chauthi Koot	Un Certain Regard Award	Nominated	^[35]
2018 (71st)	Nandita Das	Manto	Un Certain Regard Award	Nominated	^[36]
2021 (74th)	Payal Kapadia	A Night of Knowing Nothing	Golden Eye	Won	^[37]
2021 (74th)	Payal Kapadia	A Night of Knowing Nothing	Caméra d'Or	Nominated	^[37]
2022 (75th)	Shaunak Sen	All That Breathes	Golden Eye	Won	^[38]

Technical Awards and Nominations

Year	Nominee(s)/recipient(s)	Craft	Category	Result	Ref.
2019 (72nd)	Modhura Palit	Cinematography	Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography Special Encouragement Award	Won	^[39]

Indian Jury Members at Cannes

Year	Name	Note(s)
35th	Mrinal Sen^[40]^[41]	Director
43rd	Mira Nair^[40]^[41]	Director
53rd	Arundhati Roy^[40]^[41]	Writer
56th	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan^[40]^[41]	Actress
58th	Nandita Das^[40]^[41]	Actress and Director
62nd	Sharmila Tagore^[40]^[41]	Actress
63rd	Shekhar Kapur^[40]^[41]	Director
66th	Vidya Balan^[40]^[41]	Actress
75th	Deepika Padukone^[40]^[41]	Actress

Gallery

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  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at 2008 Cannes

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  Chiranjeevi, Vidya Balan, and Ram Charan at 2013 Cannes

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  Deepika Padukone at 2018 Cannes

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  Priyanka Chopra at 2019 Cannes

See also

• List of Indian winners and nominees of the Academy Awards
• List of Indian winners and nominees of the Golden Globe Awards
• List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• List of Indian Grammy Award winners and nominees

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