Grand prix du cinéma français
The Grand prix du cinéma français ( German : "Grand Prize of French Cinema" ) was a French film prize that was awarded from 1934 to 1984 and was also known under the name Prix Louis Lumière . The award was launched on the initiative of the inventor of the cinématograph , Louis Lumière (1864–1948), and the Société d'encouragement à l'art et à l'industrie (SEAI) and is awarded to the best French film production (including French co-productions) of the year awarded. Up until the last award in 1984, the Grand prix du cinéma français was the oldest film award in France, before it was superseded by the César national film award founded in 1975 a year later .
Award winners
Among the winners were well-known filmmakers such as the renowned auteur filmmakers Jacques Tati , René Clair , Alain Resnais and François Truffaut , as well as François Leterrier , whose films have each received two awards. 1946 with Georges Rouquiers Farrébique and 1964 with Jacques-Yves Cousteau later Oscar -gekrönten World Without Sun documentaries voted best French film of the year. In 1956, Albert Lamorisse's The Red Ballon (1956), a short film that shared the victory with Alain Resnais' Nacht und Nebel (1955), was also a documentary.
* = In 1956, the two winning films were each awarded a gold medal instead of the Grand prix du cinéma français.
literature
- Hammer, Tad B .: International film prizes: an encyclopedia . Chicago [u. a.]: St. James Press, 1991. pp. 148–149 (English edition)