Major International Festivals
Locarno Film Festival — Golden Leopard
2025— Golden Leopard: Two Seasons, Two Strangers — Shô Miyake
2024— Golden Leopard: Toxic — Saulé Bliuvaité
2023— Golden Leopard: Critical Zone — Ali Ahmadzadeh
San Sebastián International Film Festival — Golden Shell
2025— Golden Shell: Los Domingos — Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
2024— Golden Shell: Afternoons of Solitude — Albert Serra
2023— Golden Shell: The Rye Horn — Jaione Camborda
Cannes Film Festival
2023— Palme d’Or: Anatomy of a Fall
2022— Palme d’Or: Triangle of Sadness
2020— Modified COVID edition
2019— Palme d’Or: Parasite
2018— Palme d’Or: Shoplifters
2017— Palme d’Or: The Square
2016— Palme d’Or: I, Daniel Blake
2015— Palme d’Or: Dheepan
2014— Palme d’Or: Winter Sleep
2013— Palme d’Or: Blue Is the Warmest Colour
2011— Palme d’Or: The Tree of Life
2010— Palme d’Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2009— Palme d’Or: The White Ribbon
2008— Palme d’Or: The Class
2007— Palme d’Or: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
2006— Palme d’Or: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2005— Palme d’Or: L’Enfant
2004— Palme d’Or: Fahrenheit 9/11
2003— Palme d’Or: Elephant
2002— Palme d’Or: The Pianist
2001— Palme d’Or: The Son’s Room
2000— Palme d’Or: Dancer in the Dark
Berlinale — Berlin International Film Festival
2026— Golden Bear: Yellow Letters — &İlker; Çatak
2025— Golden Bear: Dreams (Sex Love) — Dag Johan Haugerud
2024— Golden Bear: Dahomey
2023— Golden Bear: On the Adamant
2022— Golden Bear: Alcarràs
2021— Golden Bear: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Venice Film Festival — Golden Lion
2025— Golden Lion: Father Mother Sister Brother — Jim Jarmusch
2024— Golden Lion: The Room Next Door
2023— Golden Lion: Poor Things
2022— Golden Lion: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2021— Golden Lion: Happening
North American Festivals
New York Film Festival (NYFF) — Non-competitive
2025— Opening: After the Hunt • Centerpiece: Father Mother Sister Brother
2024— Opening: Nickel Boys • Centerpiece: The Room Next Door
2023— Opening: May December • Centerpiece: Priscilla
Tribeca Film Festival — New York
2025— Intl Narrative: Happy Birthday • Documentary: Natchez
2024— U.S. Narrative: Griffin in Summer • Documentary: Hacking Hate
2023— U.S. Narrative: Cypher • Documentary: Between the Rains
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2026— Best Intl Feature: Sirát • Documentary: Natchez
2025— Best Intl Feature: I’m Still Here • Documentary: No Other Land
2024— Best Intl Feature: Four Daughters • Screenplay: The Zone of Interest
AFI Fest — Los Angeles (Short Film Jury Prizes)
2025— Live Action: Majonezë • Doc: Shanti Rides Shotgun
2024— Live Action: Two People Exchanging Saliva • Doc: Land of Lost Toys
2023— Live Action: Closing Dynasty • Doc: Nái Nái & Wài Pó
SXSW Film Festival
2025— Narrative: Slanted • Doc: Shuffle
2024— Narrative: Bob Trevino Likes It
2023— Narrative: Raging Grace
2022— Narrative: I Love My Dad
2021— Narrative: The Fallout
2020— Cancelled (COVID) • Shithouse
2019— Narrative: Alice • Doc: For Sama
2018— Narrative: Thunder Road
2017— Narrative: Most Beautiful Island
2016— Narrative: The Arbalest • Doc: Tower
2015— Narrative: Krisha • Doc: Peace Officer
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
2025— Grand Jury: Ask E. Jean
2024— Grand Jury: Zurawski v Texas
2023— Grand Jury: Between the Rains
2022— Best U.S.: Sansón and Me
2021— Intl: Cow • U.S.: North by Current
2019— U.S.: Circus of Books
Sundance Film Festival
2026— Grand Jury Prize: Josephine • Doc: Nuisance Bear
2025— Dramatic: Atropia • Doc: Seeds
2024— Grand Jury Prize: In the Summers
2023— Grand Jury Prize: A Thousand and One
2022— Grand Jury Prize: Emergency
2021— Doc Grand Jury Prize: Writing with Fire
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
2025— People’s Choice: Hamnet — Chloé Zhao
2024— People’s Choice: The Life of Chuck
2023— People’s Choice: American Fiction
2022— People’s Choice: The Banshees of Inisherin
2021— People’s Choice: Belfast
1976–79— 1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976
Asia
Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) — New Currents Award
2025— New Currents: En Route To • Busan Award: Gloaming in Luomu
2024— New Currents: The Land of Morning Calm • MA – Cry of Silence
2023— New Currents: Boli – The Wrestler • September 1923
Midwest
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF)
2025— Emerging Fiction: Beloved Tropic • Documentary: Checkpoint Zoo
2024— Emerging Fiction: Girls Will Be Girls • Documentary: Sugarcane
2023— Documentary: The Eternal Memory (later won the Oscar)
Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) — Minneapolis
2025— Best Feature: Hamnet • Documentary: We Are Pyramids
2024— Best Feature: Conclave • Documentary: Camp Ricstar
2023— Best Feature: American Fiction • Documentary: Show Her the Money
2022— Best Feature: Women Talking • Documentary: Wildcat
Wisconsin Film Festival — Madison
2025— Golden Badger: Adagio
2024— Golden Badger: February • Parallel Botany
2023— Golden Badger: Carol & Janet • Friday Night Blind • Of Wood
Oceania
New Zealand International Film Festival — Wellington
2025— Best Short: Womb • Fresh Best Film: My Father’s Shadow
2024— Spirit of the Civic: Growing Still • Best Performance: Nora Aati
2023— Best Short: Hey Brainy Man • Emerging Talent: Anu
More Festivals
IDFA — International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2025— Best Film: A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2025— Best Intl Feature: I, Poppy
2024— Best Intl Feature: Farming the Revolution
2023— Best Intl Feature: The Mountains
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
2024— Grand Jury: Hollywoodgate
2023— Festival not held (financial restructuring)
True/False Film Fest — Columbia, Missouri (Documentary)
2025— True Vision Award: Time Bomb Y2K
2024— True Vision Award: Going Varsity in Mariachi
2023— True Vision Award: Ramona
Sheffield DocFest — UK (Documentary)
2025— Grand Jury: Welded Together
2024— Grand Jury: At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking
2023— Grand Jury: In the Rearview
Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) — Tiger Award
2025— Tiger Award: Fiume o morte! — Igor Bezinović
2024— Tiger Award: Rei — Tanaka Toshihiko
2023— Tiger Award: The Spectre of Boko Haram
Telluride Film Festival
2025— Invitation only • no competitive awards
2024— Notable: The Brutalist • A Real Pain • Conclave
2023— Notable: The Holdovers • Maestro • All of Us Strangers
1974–79— 1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975 • 1974