Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
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The Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival is a prestigious prize presented annually to recognize the most outstanding directorial achievement among the films in the festival's official competition.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) Context triple: [Jury Prize, differentFrom, Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)]
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A.
Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention
The Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention is a recognition given at the Cannes Film Festival to highlight a debut feature film that the jury considers particularly noteworthy, even if it does not win the main Caméra d'Or prize.
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B.
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
The Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress is a prestigious prize presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival to honor the most outstanding female acting performance in the festival's official selection.
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C.
Camera d’Or
The Caméra d’Or is a prestigious Cannes Film Festival prize awarded to the best first feature film presented across the festival’s selections.
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D.
Palme d’Or
The Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, recognizing the best feature film in the festival’s official selection.
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E.
FIPRESCI Prize
The FIPRESCI Prize is an international film critics’ award presented by the International Federation of Film Critics to recognize outstanding achievements in cinema at festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) Target entity description: The Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival is a prestigious prize presented annually to recognize the most outstanding directorial achievement among the films in the festival's official competition.
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A.
Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention
The Cannes Golden Camera Special Mention is a recognition given at the Cannes Film Festival to highlight a debut feature film that the jury considers particularly noteworthy, even if it does not win the main Caméra d'Or prize.
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B.
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
The Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress is a prestigious prize presented annually at the Cannes Film Festival to honor the most outstanding female acting performance in the festival's official selection.
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C.
Camera d’Or
The Caméra d’Or is a prestigious Cannes Film Festival prize awarded to the best first feature film presented across the festival’s selections.
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D.
Palme d’Or
The Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, recognizing the best feature film in the festival’s official selection.
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E.
FIPRESCI Prize
The FIPRESCI Prize is an international film critics’ award presented by the International Federation of Film Critics to recognize outstanding achievements in cinema at festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
Cannes Film Festival award
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directing award ⓘ film award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cannes Best Director Award
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Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
Prix de la mise en scène ⓘ
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Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
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| awardedFor | best directing in films in the official competition ⓘ |
| awardFor | best director ⓘ |
| awardType | competitive jury award ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| eligibility | feature films in the Cannes official competition ⓘ |
| field |
cinema
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film directing ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Awards established in 1946
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Cannes Film Festival awards ⓘ
linked to:
Cannes Film Festival
Film directing awards ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.festival-cannes.com/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1946 ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)
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Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival
Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival) ⓘ
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Cannes Jury Prize
Palme d'Or ⓘ
linked to:
Palme d’Or
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| location |
Cannes
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Palais des Festivals et des Congrès ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ Bong Joon-ho ⓘ David Lynch ⓘ Ethan Coen ⓘ Ingmar Bergman ⓘ Jacques Audiard ⓘ Joel Coen ⓘ Ken Loach ⓘ Krzysztof Kieślowski ⓘ Lars von Trier ⓘ Martin Scorsese ⓘ Michael Haneke ⓘ Nuri Bilge Ceylan ⓘ Park Chan-wook ⓘ Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ Pedro Almodóvar ⓘ Roman Polanski ⓘ Wim Wenders ⓘ |
| organizer |
Festival de Cannes
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linked to:
Cannes Film Festival
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| partOf | Official Selection awards (Cannes Film Festival) ⓘ |
| presentedAt |
Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony
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linked to:
Cannes closing ceremony
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| presentedBy | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | jury decision ⓘ |
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