The Louis Delluc Prize (French: Prix Louis-Delluc [pʁi lwi dɛlyk]) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, consisting of a group of film critics and figures who are culturally significant. Gilles Jacob is the president. The meeting is at le Fouquet's restaurant in Champs-Élysées.
The award was created in 1937 in view of the decision of the Académie française to award its Grand Prix du Cinema to films that were created by French filmmakers. Twenty-four film critics including Maurice Bessy and Marcel Idzkowski established the prize to honor Louis Delluc (1890–1924), the first French journalist to specialize in cinema and founder of the ciné-clubs.[1] It is nicknamed the "Goncourt of cinema".[2][3]
Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film
1930s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | The Lower Depths | Les Bas-fonds | Jean Renoir[4] |
| 1938 | The Puritan | Le Puritain | Jeff Musso |
| 1939 | Port of Shadows | Le Quai des brumes | Marcel Carné[4] |
1940s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Espoir: Sierra de Teruel | André Malraux | |
| 1946 | Beauty and the Beast | La Belle et la Bête | Jean Cocteau[4] |
| 1947 | Paris 1900 | Nicole Védrès | |
| 1948 | The Spice of Life | Les Casse Pieds | Jean Dréville |
| 1949 | Rendezvous in July | Rendez-vous de juillet | Jacques Becker[4] |
1950s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Diary of a Country Priest | Journal d'un curé de campagne | Robert Bresson |
| 1952 | The Crimson Curtain | Le Rideau cramoisi | Alexandre Astruc |
| 1953 | Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Les Vacances de M. Hulot | Jacques Tati[4] |
| 1954 | Les Diaboliques | Henri-Georges Clouzot[4] | |
| 1955 | The Grand Maneuver | Les Grandes Manœuvres | René Clair[4] |
| 1956 | The Red Balloon | Le Ballon rouge | Albert Lamorisse |
| 1957 | Elevator to the Gallows | Ascenseur pour l'échafaud | Louis Malle[4] |
| 1958 | Moi, un noir | Jean Rouch[4] | |
| 1959 | One Does Not Bury Sunday | On n'enterre pas le dimanche | Michel Drach |
1960s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Long Absence | Une aussi longue absence | Henri Colpi |
| 1961 | The Winner | Un cœur gros comme ça | François Reichenbach |
| 1962 | L'Immortelle | Alain Robbe-Grillet | |
| The Suitor | Le Soupirant | Pierre Étaix | |
| 1963 | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Les Parapluies de Cherbourg | Jacques Demy[4] |
| 1964 | Le Bonheur | Agnès Varda[5] | |
| 1965 | A Matter of Resistance | La Vie de château | Jean-Paul Rappeneau[4] |
| 1966 | The War Is Over | La Guerre est finie | Alain Resnais |
| 1967 | Benjamin | Michel Deville | |
| 1968 | Stolen Kisses | Baisers volés | François Truffaut |
| 1969 | The Things of Life | Les Choses de la vie | Claude Sautet |
1970s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Claire's Knee | Le Genou de Claire | Éric Rohmer |
| 1971 | Rendezvous at Bray | Rendez-vous à Bray | André Delvaux |
| 1972 | State of Siege | État de siège | Costa-Gavras |
| 1973 | The Clockmaker | L'Horloger de Saint-Paul | Bertrand Tavernier[4] |
| 1974 | The Slap | La Gifle | Claude Pinoteau |
| 1975 | Cousin Cousine | Jean-Charles Tacchella | |
| 1976 | Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff | Yves Boisset | |
| 1977 | Peppermint Soda | Diabolo menthe | Diane Kurys[4] |
| 1978 | L'Argent des autres | Christian de Chalonge | |
| 1979 | The King and the Mockingbird | Le Roi et l'Oiseau | Paul Grimault |
1980s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Un étrange voyage | Alain Cavalier | |
| 1981 | Strange Affair | Une étrange affaire | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
| 1982 | Danton | Andrzej Wajda | |
| 1983 | À Nos Amours | Maurice Pialat | |
| 1984 | Dangerous Moves | La Diagonale du fou | Richard Dembo |
| 1985 | An Impudent Girl | L'Effrontée | Claude Miller |
| 1986 | Mauvais Sang | Léos Carax | |
| 1987 | Keep Your Right Up | Soigne ta droite | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle | ||
| 1988 | The Reader | La Lectrice | Michel Deville |
| 1989 | Love Without Pity | Un monde sans pitié | Éric Rochant |
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Little Gangster | Le Petit Criminel | Jacques Doillon |
| The Hairdresser's Husband | Le Mari de la coiffeuse | Patrice Leconte | |
| 1991 | Tous les matins du monde | Alain Corneau[4] | |
| 1992 | Le Petit Prince a dit | Christine Pascal | |
| 1993 | Smoking / No Smoking | Alain Resnais | |
| 1994 | Wild Reeds | Les Roseaux sauvages | André Téchiné |
| 1995 | Nelly and Mr. Arnaud | Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud | Claude Sautet |
| 1996 | Will It Snow for Christmas? | Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ? | Sandrine Veysset |
| 1997 | Same Old Song | On connaît la chanson | Alain Resnais[4] |
| Marius and Jeannette | Marius et Jeannette | Robert Guédiguian | |
| 1998 | L'Ennui | Cédric Kahn | |
| 1999 | Farewell, Home Sweet Home | Adieu, plancher des vaches! | Otar Iosseliani |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Merci pour le Chocolat | Claude Chabrol | |
| 2001 | Intimacy | Intimité | Patrice Chéreau |
| 2002 | To Be and to Have | Être et avoir | Nicolas Philibert |
| 2003 | On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After the Life | Cavale / Un couple épatant / Après la vie | Lucas Belvaux |
| Feelings | Les Sentiments | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2004 | Kings and Queen | Rois et Reine | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2005 | Regular Lovers | Les Amants réguliers | Philippe Garrel |
| 2006 | Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | |
| 2007 | The Secret of the Grain | كسكسي بالبوري / La Graine et le Mulet | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2008 | Modern Life | La Vie moderne | Raymond Depardon |
| 2009 | A Prophet | Un prophète | Jacques Audiard |
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mysteries of Lisbon | Mistérios de Lisboa / Mystères de Lisbonne | Raúl Ruiz |
| 2011 | Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | |
| 2012 | Farewell, My Queen | Les Adieux à la reine | Benoît Jacquot |
| 2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 | Abdellatif Kechiche[6] |
| 2014 | Clouds of Sils Maria | Sils Maria | Olivier Assayas |
| 2015 | Fatima | Philippe Faucon[7] | |
| 2016 | A Woman's Life | Une vie | Stéphane Brizé |
| 2017 | Barbara | Mathieu Amalric[8] | |
| 2018 | Sorry Angel | Plaire, aimer et courir vite | Christophe Honoré[9] |
| 2019 | Joan of Arc | Jeanne | Bruno Dumont[10] |
2020s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Adolescents | Adolescentes | Sébastien Lifshitz[11] |
| 2021 | Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle / ONODA 一万夜を越えて | Arthur Harari[12] |
| 2022 | Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra[13] |
| Saint Omer | Alice Diop[13] | ||
| 2023 | The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | Thomas Cailley[14] |
| 2024 | Misericordia | Miséricorde | Alain Guiraudie[15] |
| 2025 | The Little Sister | La Petite Dernière | Hafsia Herzi[16] |
Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Voyages | Emmanuel Finkiel | |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Human Resources | Ressources humaines | Laurent Cantet |
| 2001 | Toutes les nuits | Eugène Green | |
| 2002 | Wesh wesh, qu'est-ce qui se passe? | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | |
| 2003 | It's Easier for a Camel... | Il est plus facile pour un chameau... | Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi |
| 2004 | When the Sea Rises | Quand la mer monte... | Yolande Moreau and Gilles Porte |
| 2005 | Cold Showers | Douches froides | Antony Cordier |
| 2006 | Premonition | Le Pressentiment | Jean-Pierre Darroussin |
| 2007 | Water Lilies | Naissance des pieuvres | Céline Sciamma |
| All Is Forgiven | Tout est pardonné | Mia Hansen-Løve | |
| 2008 | The Apprentice | L'Apprenti | Samuel Collardey |
| 2009 | Silent Voice | Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront | Léa Fehner |
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dear Prudence | Belle Épine | Rebecca Zlotowski[17] |
| 2011 | Donoma | Djinn Carrénard | |
| 2012 | Louise Wimmer | Cyril Mennegun | |
| 2013 | Vandal | Hélier Cisterne[6] | |
| 2014 | Love at First Fight | Les Combattants | Thomas Cailley |
| 2015 | The Great Game | Le Grand Jeu | Nicolas Pariser[18] |
| 2016 | Still Life | Gorge cœur ventre | Maud Alpi |
| 2017 | Raw | Grave | Julia Ducournau |
| 2018 | Custody | Jusqu'à la garde | Xavier Legrand[19] |
| The Wild Boys | Les Garçons sauvages | Bertrand Mandico | |
| 2019 | Burning Ghost | Vif-Argent | Stéphane Batut[10] |
2020s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Josep | Aurel[11] | |
| 2021 | Towards the Battle | Vers le bataille | Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux[12] |
| 2022 | Falcon Lake | Charlotte Le Bon[13] | |
| 2023 | The Rapture | Le Ravissement | Iris Kaltenbäck[14] |
| 2024 | Ghost Trail | Les Fantômes | Jonathan Millet[15] |
| 2025 | That Summer in Paris | Le rendez-vous de l'été | Valentine Cadic[16] |
Jury
1937 edition
- Maurice Bessy
- Pierre Bost
- Georges Charensol
- Nino Franck
- Marcel Idzkowski
- Roger Régent
References
- ^ Abel, Richard (1993). French Film Theory and Criticism: A History/Anthology, 1907-1939. Volume 2: 1929-1939 (1. Princeton paperback print ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. pp. 262–3. ISBN 978-0691000633.
- ^ Péron, Didier (4 December 2024). "Le prix Louis-Delluc 2024 décerné à Miséricorde d'Alain Guiraudie". Libération (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Rousset, Julien (4 December 2024). "Cinéma : les lauréats du prix Louis-Delluc 2024 sont..." Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o THE A to Z of French Cinema - Google Books (pg.359)
- ^ Editions Xavier Barral
- ^ a b Blue is the Warmest Color Adds Louis Dullac to Trophy Collection- IONCINEMA.com
- ^ Philippe Faucon's 'Fatima' wins Louis Dullac prize for best French film - Boston Herald
- ^ Mathieu Amalric's 'Barbara' Wins France's Louis Delluc Prize|Hollywood Reporter
- ^ 'Sorry Angel' Wins France's Louis Delluc Prize|Hollywood Reporter
- ^ a b Le prix Louis-Delluc 2019 décerné à Bruno Dumont pour son film "Jeanne" / Franceinfo: Culture. [Retrieved 11 December 2019].
- ^ a b "Le Prix Louis-Delluc pour Adolescentes" / Cineuropa. [Retrieved 3 February 2021]
- ^ a b Fabien Lemercier, Onoda wins the Louis-Delluc Award. Cineuropa, 13 January 2022. [Retrieved 24 January 2022].
- ^ a b c Fabien Lemercier, "Saint Omer and Pacifiction receive the Louis-Delluc prize ex-aequo". Cineuropa, 1 December 2022. [Retrieved 24 December 2022].
- ^ a b "Le Règne animal remporte le prix Louis-Delluc 2023". Libération (in French). 6 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Miséricorde, Prix Louis-Delluc 2024". Centre nationale du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC). 4 December 2024. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b Leffler, Rebecca. "Hafsia Herzi's 'The Little Sister' wins Louis Delluc prize for best French film of the year". Screen. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
- ^ Une fille facile -Directors' Fortnight
- ^ Alice et le Maire - Directors' Fortnight
- ^ Christopher Honore's 'Sorry Angel' Wins France's Louis Delluc Prize|Variety
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