Honorary Palme d'Or

Honorary Palme d'Or
LocationCannes
CountryFrance
Presented byCannes Film Festival
Currently held byDenzel Washington and
Robert De Niro (2025)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Honorary Palme d'Or (French: Palme d'honneur) is an award given at the Cannes Film Festival. It is awarded to directors, actors and other personalities from the world of cinema who have distinguished themselves in the art. It joins the Palme d'Or as the festival's highest prize.

The prize was introduced at the 1997 edition by the festival's organizing committee on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Festival as the "Palme des Palmes", being also an homage to Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman who had never been awarded a competitive Palme.[1]

Only in 2002, the festival began to award it regularly to individuals who have achieved a notable body of work in the global cinema industry, but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or.[2] In 2024, Studio Ghibli became the first and only studio to win it.[3]

Some past main competition jury presidents have won the prize, including:

As of 2026, Studio Ghibli is the only non-Western winner of the prize. Most of the winners are Europeans or Americans filmmakers, actors or producers. Ghibli was also the first production company to receive the award, at the 2024 edition.

Recipients

1990s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
1997 Ingmar Bergman Filmmaker Sweden [1]

2000s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2002 Woody Allen Filmmaker and actor United States [4]
2003 Jeanne Moreau Actress France [5]
2005 Catherine Deneuve [6]
2007 Jane Fonda Actress and producer United States [7]
2008 Manoel de Oliveira Filmmaker Portugal [8]
2009 Clint Eastwood Actor and filmmaker United States [9]

2010s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2011 Jean-Paul Belmondo Actor France [10]
Bernardo Bertolucci Filmmaker Italy [11]
2015 Agnès Varda Filmmaker France [12]
2016 Jean-Pierre Léaud Actor [13]
2017 Jeffrey Katzenberg Producer United States [14]
2019 Alain Delon Actor France [15]

2020s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2021 Marco Bellocchio Filmmaker Italy [16]
Jodie Foster Actress and filmmaker United States [17]
2022 Forest Whitaker Actor and producer [18]
Tom Cruise [19]
2023 Michael Douglas [20]
Harrison Ford [21]
2024 Meryl Streep Actress [22]
George Lucas Filmmaker and producer [23]
Studio Ghibli Animation studio Japan [3]
2025 Robert De Niro Actor and producer United States [24]
Denzel Washington Actor, director, and producer [25]
2026 Peter Jackson Filmmaker and producer New Zealand [26]
Barbra Streisand Actress, singer and filmmaker United States [27]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "A Honorary Palme at the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d'or of the 77th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 2024-04-17. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  4. ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2018). The Woody Allen Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 340. ISBN 978-1538110676.
  5. ^ Dagan, Carmel; Natale, Richard (31 July 2017). "Jeanne Moreau, Star of French Film Classics, Dies at 89". Variety. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. ^ Singerman, Alan J.; Bissière, Michèle (2018). Contemporary French Cinema: A Student's Book. Hackett Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-1585108947.
  7. ^ "Producers Guild To Honors Jane Fonda With 2019 Stanley Kramer Award". Producers Guild of America. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  8. ^ Lee, Benjamin (2 April 2015). "Manoel de Oliveira, legendary Portuguese director, dies aged 106". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Clint Eastwood gets honorary Palme d'Or". CBC News. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Monica Bellucci, Jean-Paul Belmondo to Be Honored at France's Lumiere Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 17 January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Bernardo Bertolucci to receive Palme d'Or honour". BBC. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Director Agnes Varda to receive honorary Palme d'Or". BBC News. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  13. ^ Szalai, Georg (10 May 2016). "Cannes: Jean-Pierre Leaud to Get Honorary Palme d'Or". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  14. ^ Richford, Rhonda (19 May 2017). "Cannes: Jeffrey Katzenberg Feted With Honorary Palme d'Or". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Cannes: Alain Delon to Receive Honorary Palme d'Or". Variety. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Marx Can Wait: a new film and an Honorary Palme d'or for Marco Bellocchio". festival-cannes.com. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Jodie Foster To Receive Honorary Cannes Palme d'Or". Deadline Hollywood. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Forest Whitaker to be awarded the Honorary Palme d'or at the 75th Festival de Cannes – Festival de Cannes". www.festival-cannes.com. 5 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  19. ^ Coyle, Jake (18 May 2022). "Tom Cruise awarded surprise honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes". AP News. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  20. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (16 May 2023). "Cannes Kicks Off With Michael Douglas Honor, Catherine Deneuve Tribute To Ukraine & Johnny Depp's 'Jeanne Du Barry'". Deadline. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  21. ^ "'Indiana Jones' swings into Cannes Film Festival; Harrison Ford to be honored". AP News. 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Meryl Streep Guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the 77th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 2024-05-02. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  23. ^ "George Lucas Honorary Palme d'or of the 77th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 2024-04-09. Archived from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  24. ^ "Robert de Niro to Receive Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or". Variety. 7 April 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  25. ^ "Denzel Washington Surprised With Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
  26. ^ "Peter Jackson, Palme d'or d'honneur du 79e Festival de Cannes". festival-cannes.com. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  27. ^ Roxborough, Scott (2026-03-11). "Barbra Streisand to Receive Honorary Palme d'Or in Cannes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
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