Chlotrudis Awards / Best Discovery

Since 2003, the Chlotrudis Awards have honored the best cinematic discovery .

Excellent films

year	Movie	Director	Other nominees
2003	Wayd Downtown and Wendigo	Gars Burns Larry Fessenden	All or Nothing by Mike Leigh Baran by Majid Majidi Katakuri-ke no Kōfuku by Takashi Miike Swimming by Robert J. Siegel Ha-Chaverim Shel Yana by Arik Kaplun
2004	Marion Bridge	Wiebke von Carolsfeld	Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary by Guy Maddin Love and Diane by Jennifer Dworkin Melvin Goes to Dinner by Bob Odenkirk Ten by Abbas Kiarostami
2005	Nosy Parker	John O'Brien	Mou gaan dou by Wai-keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak The Rage in Placid Lake by Tony McNamara Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe Stander by Bronwen Hughes
2006	The golden years are over	Hans Weingartner	Seafood by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau Torremolinos 73 by Pablo Berger Sud pralad by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Whiskey by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll
2007	Iron Island and La nuit de la vérité	Mohammad Rasoulof Fanta Régina Nacro	El Aura by Fabián Bielinsky 51 Birch Street by Doug Block The Enemy in My Heart by Claire Denis Mutual Appreciation by Andrew Bujalski
2008	A fost sau na fost?	Corneliu Porumboiu	Cama adentro by Jorge Gaggero Romántico by Mark Becker Tears of the Black Tiger by Wisit Sasanatieng Wristcutters: A Love Story by Goran Dukic
2009	The Order of Myths	Margaret Brown	Alexandra by Alexander Nikolajewitsch Sokurow Chop Shop by Ramin Bahrani Les chansons d'amour by Christophe Honoré Patti Smith: Dream of Life by Steven Sebring Water Lilies by Céline Sciamma
2010	Bronson	Nicolas Winding Refn	Cherry Blossoms - Hanami by Doris Dörrie The New Year Parade by Tom Quinn Of Time and the City by Terence Davies Somers Town by Shane Meadows
2011	Dogtooth	Yorgos Lanthimos	Mary & Max - or: Do sheep shrink when it rains? by Adam Elliot Down Terrace by Ben Wheatley Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller Mine by Geralyn Pezanoski Terribly Happy by Henrik Ruben Genz
2012	Trigger	Bruce McDonald	The Arbor by Clio Barnard Littlerock by Mike Ott These Amazing Shadows by Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton Uncle Boonmee recalls his earlier lives by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2013	A simple life	Ann Hui	Breathing by Jessica Baum Oslo, August 31 by Joachim Trier Alpen by Giorgos Lanthimos Sound of Noise by Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson Beauty Is Embarrassing by Neil Berkeley
2014	The Broken Circle Breakdown	Felix Van Groeningen	Concussion by Stacie Passon Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan Le tableau by Jean-François Laguionie Wrong by Quentin Dupieux
2015	Rocks in My Pockets	Signe Baumane	Borgman by Alex van Warmerdam Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen The Strange Kitten by Ramon Zürcher Today I'm going home from Daniel Ribeiro alone
2016	Advantageous	Jennifer Phang	Actress by Robert Greene Appropriate Behavio by Desiree Akhavan Charlie's Country by Rolf de Heer People Places Things by James C. Strouse Victoria by Sebastian Schipper
2017	Free in deed	Jake Mahaffy	Boi Neon by Gabriel Mascaro Take Me to the River by Matt Sobel The Fits by Anna Rose Holmer Under the Shadow by Babak Anvari
2018	Patti Cake $ - Queen of Rap	Geremy Jasper	Dave Made a Maze by John Charle Meyer Mudbound by Dee Rees The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson by David France The Unknown Girl by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming by Ann Marie Fleming
2019	Support the girls	Andrew Bujalski	The Day After by Hong Sang-soo Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rohrwacher I Am Not a Witch by Rungano Nyoni Prospect by Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell Shirkers by Sandi Tan