The Francois Chalais Prize (French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

: Prix François Chalais) is given at the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, beginning in 1997. It was created to pay tribute to French journalist and film historian François Chalais

François Chalais

François Chalais was a prominent French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian. The François Chalais Prize at the annual Cannes Film Festival is named after him....

, under the auspices of his wife Mei Chen. It rewards a film dedicated to the values of life affirmation and of journalism, and indeed this award also highlights the presence of journalists at Cannes itself.

Prize winners

• 2011: Where Do We Go Now?
  Where Do We Go Now?
  Where Do We Go Now? is a 2011 film by Lebanese director Nadine Labaki. The film premiered during the 2011 Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard . The film was selected to represent Lebanon for the 84th Academy Awards...
  
  
• 2010: Life, Above All
• 2008: Wild Blood
  Wild Blood (2008 film)
  Wild Blood is an Italian film directed in 2008 by Marco Tullio Giordana.-Synopsis:This film tells the story of two renowned actors of Fascist cinema, Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti, who were supporters of the Salò Republic...
  
  
• 2007: A Mighty Heart
  A Mighty Heart (film)
  A Mighty Heart is a 2007 drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom; It is an adaptation of Mariane Pearl's memoir, A Mighty Heart. Although initially a financial failure, A Mighty Heart was met with relatively positive reviews from both critics and viewers alike.The film was screened out of...
  
  
• 2006: Days of Glory
• 2005: Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide
  Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide
  Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. The film concerns undocumented migration to Italy via the Mediterranean.-Plot:...
  
  
• 2004: The Motorcycle Diaries
  The Motorcycle Diaries (film)
  At the end of the film, after his sojourn at the leper colony, Guevara confirms his nascent egalitarian, anti-authority impulses, while making a birthday toast, which is also his first political speech. In it he evokes a pan-Latin American identity that transcends both the arbitrary boundaries of...
  
  
• 2003: S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
  S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
  S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine is a 2003 documentary film directed by Rithy Panh. Rithy, himself a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, brought together two former prisoners of the regime with their former captors at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the former Security Prison 21 under the Khmer Rouge.-...
  
  
• 2002: Marooned in Iraq
  Marooned in Iraq
  Marooned in Iraq is a 2002 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi and produced in Iran. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
  
  
• 2001: Made in the USA
• 2000: Kippur
  Kippur
  Kippur is a 2000 Israeli drama war film directed by Amos Gitai. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme; based on Gitai's own experiences as a member of a helicopter rescue crew during the 1973 Yom Kippur War...
  
  
• 1999: The Other
  The Other (1999 film)
  The Other is a 1999 French-Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Nabila Ebeid - Margaret* Mahmoud Hemida - Khalil* Hanan Tork - Hanane...
  
  
• 1998: West Beirut
  West Beirut (film)
  West Beirut is a 1998 Lebanese drama film written and directed by Ziad Doueiri.-Plot:In April 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Muslim-Christian line and is divided into East and West Beirut. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar...
  
  
• 1997: The Perfect Circle
  The Perfect Circle
  The Perfect Circle is a 1997 Bosnian film by Ademir Kenović set in Sarajevo during the siege of 1992-1996. It was screenplayed by Kenović with Pjer Žalica and the poet Abdulah Sidran. The scenographer was Kemal Hrustanović...
  
  

External links

• Official webpage of the Cannes Film Festival
  Cannes Film Festival
  The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
  
  
• Association François Chalais