The Louis Delluc Prize (French: Prix Louis-Delluc in French pronounced as /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]
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Les Bas-fonds | The Lower Depths | Jean Renoir[2] |
| 1938 | Le Puritain | The Puritan | Jeff Musso |
| 1939 | Le Quai des brumes | Port of Shadows | Marcel Carné |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | not awarded | ||
| 1941 | |||
| 1942 | |||
| 1943 | |||
| 1944 | |||
| 1945 | Espoir, sierra de Teruel | L'Espoir | André Malraux |
| 1946 | La Belle et la Bête | Beauty and the Beast | Jean Cocteau |
| 1947 | Paris 1900 | Nicole Védrès | |
| 1948 | Les Casse Pieds | The Spice of Life | Jean Dréville |
| 1949 | Rendez-vous de juillet | Rendezvous in July | Jacques Becker |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Journal d'un curé de campagne | Diary of a Country Priest | Robert Bresson |
| 1951 | not awarded | ||
| 1952 | Le Rideau cramoisi | The Crimson Curtain | Alexandre Astruc |
| 1953 | Les Vacances de M. Hulot± | Monsieur Hulot's Holiday | Jacques Tati |
| 1954 | Les Diaboliques | Diabolique | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
| 1955 | Les Grandes Manœuvres | The Grand Maneuver | René Clair |
| 1956 | Le Ballon rouge≠ | The Red Balloon | Albert Lamorisse |
| 1957 | Ascenseur pour l'échafaud | Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle |
| 1958 | Moi, un noir | I, a Negro | Jean Rouch |
| 1959 | On n'enterre pas le dimanche | One Does Not Bury Sunday | Michel Drach |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Une aussi longue absence≈ | The Long Absence | Henri Colpi |
| 1961 | Un cœur gros comme ça | The Winner | François Reichenbach |
| 1962 | L'Immortelle | Alain Robbe-Grillet | |
| Le Soupirant | The Suitor | Pierre Étaix | |
| 1963 | Les Parapluies de Cherbourg±≈ | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | Jacques Demy |
| 1964 | Le Bonheur | Happiness | Agnès Varda[3] |
| 1965 | La Vie de château | A Matter of Resistance | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| 1966 | La Guerre est finie | The War Is Over | |
| 1967 | Benjamin | Michel Deville | |
| 1968 | Baisers volés | Stolen Kisses | |
| 1969 | Les Choses de la vie | The Things of Life | Claude Sautet |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Le Genou de Claire | Claire's Knee | |
| 1971 | Rendez-vous à Bray | Rendezvous at Bray | André Delvaux |
| 1972 | État de siège | State of Siege | Costa-Gavras |
| 1973 | L'Horloger de Saint-Paul | The Clockmaker | Bertrand Tavernier |
| 1974 | La Gifle | The Slap | Claude Pinoteau |
| 1975 | Cousin, cousine | Jean-Charles Tacchella | |
| 1976 | Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff | Le Sheriff | Yves Boisset |
| 1977 | Diabolo menthe | Peppermint Soda | Diane Kurys |
| 1978 | L'Argent des autres | Other People's Money / Dirty Money | Christian de Chalonge |
| 1979 | Le Roi et l'Oiseau | The King and the Mockingbird | Paul Grimault |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Un étrange voyage | Alain Cavalier | |
| 1981 | Une étrange affaire | Strange Affair | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
| 1982 | Danton | Andrzej Wajda | |
| 1983 | À Nos Amours | To Our Loves | Maurice Pialat |
| 1984 | La Diagonale du fou | Dangerous Moves | Richard Dembo |
| 1985 | L'Effrontée | An Impudent Girl | Claude Miller |
| 1986 | Mauvais Sang | The Night Is Young | Léos Carax |
| 1987 | Soigne ta droite | Keep Your Right Up | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Au revoir les enfants | |||
| 1988 | La Lectrice | The Reader | |
| 1989 | Un monde sans pitié | Love Without Pity | Éric Rochant |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Le Petit Criminel | The Little Gangster | Jacques Doillon |
| Le Mari de la coiffeuse | The Hairdresser's Husband | Patrice Leconte | |
| 1991 | Tous les matins du monde | All the Mornings of the World | Alain Corneau |
| 1992 | Le Petit Prince a dit | Christine Pascal | |
| 1993 | Smoking / No Smoking | ||
| 1994 | Les Roseaux sauvages | Wild Reeds | |
| 1995 | Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud | Nelly and Mr. Arnaud | |
| 1996 | Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ? | Will It Snow for Christmas? | |
| 1997 | On connaît la chanson | Same Old Song | Alain Resnais |
| Marius et Jeannette | Marius and Jeannette | ||
| 1998 | L'Ennui | Cédric Kahn | |
| 1999 | Adieu, plancher des vaches ! | Farewell, Home Sweet Home | |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Merci pour le chocolat | ||
| 2001 | Intimité | Intimacy | |
| 2002 | Être et avoir | To Be and to Have | |
| 2003 | Trilogy: Cavale / Un couple épatant / Après la vie | Trilogy: One (On the Run) / Trilogy: Two (An Amazing Couple) / Trilogy: Three (After the Life) | Lucas Belvaux |
| Les Sentiments | Feelings | Noémie Lvovsky | |
| 2004 | Rois et Reine | Kings and Queen | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2005 | Les Amants réguliers | Regular Lovers | Philippe Garrel |
| 2006 | Lady Chatterley | Pascale Ferran | |
| 2007 | La Graine et le Mulet | The Secret of the Grain | Abdellatif Kechiche |
| 2008 | La Vie moderne | Modern Life | Raymond Depardon |
| 2009 | Un prophète± | A Prophet | Jacques Audiard |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mistérios de Lisboa (Mystères de Lisbonne) | Mysteries of Lisbon | Raúl Ruiz |
| 2011 | Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | |
| 2012 | Les Adieux à la reine | Farewell, My Queen | Benoît Jacquot |
| 2013 | La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2≈ | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Abdellatif Kechiche[4] |
| 2014 | Sils Maria | Clouds of Sils Maria | Olivier Assayas |
| 2015 | Fatima | Philippe Faucon[5] | |
| 2016 | Une vie | A Woman's Life | Stéphane Brizé |
| 2017 | Barbara | Mathieu Amalric[6] | |
| 2018 | Plaire, aimer et courir vite | Sorry Angel | Christophe Honoré[7] |
| 2019 | Jeanne | Joan of Arc | Bruno Dumont[8] |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Adolescentes | Adolescents | Sébastien Lifshitz[9] |
| 2021 | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Arthur Harari[10] |
| 2022 | Pacifiction | Albert Serra[11] | |
| Saint Omer | Alice Diop | ||
| 2023 | Le Règne animal | The Animal Kingdom | Thomas Cailley[12] |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ressources humaines | Human Resources | Laurent Cantet |
| 2001 | Toutes les nuits | Eugène Green | |
| 2002 | Wesh wesh, qu'est-ce qui se passe? | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | |
| 2003 | Il est plus facile pour un chameau... | It's Easier for a Camel... | Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi |
| 2004 | Quand la mer monte... | When the Sea Rises | Yolande Moreau and Gilles Porte |
| 2005 | Douches froides | Cold Showers | Antony Cordier |
| 2006 | Le Pressentiment | Premonition | Jean-Pierre Darroussin |
| 2007 | Naissance des pieuvres | Water Lilies | Céline Sciamma |
| Tout est pardonné | All Is Forgiven | Mia Hansen-Løve | |
| 2008 | L'Apprenti | The Apprentice | Samuel Collardey |
| 2009 | Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront | Silent Voice / Silent Voices | Léa Fehner |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Belle Épine | Rebecca Zlotowski[13] | |
| 2011 | Donoma | Djinn Carrénard | |
| 2012 | Louise Wimmer | Cyril Mennugun | |
| 2013 | Vandal | Hélier Cisterne | |
| 2014 | Les Combattants | Love at First Fight / Fighters | Thomas Cailley |
| 2015 | Le Grand Jeu | The Great Game | Nicolas Pariser[14] |
| 2016 | Gorge cœur ventre | Still Life | Maud Alpi |
| 2017 | Grave | Raw | Julia Ducournau |
| 2018 | Jusqu'à la garde / Les Garçons sauvages (joint winners) | (i) Custody / (ii) The Wild Boys | (i) Xavier Legrand / (ii) Bertrand Mandico[15] |
| 2019 | Vif-Argent | Burning Ghost | Stéphane Batut |
| Year | Original title | English title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Josep | Aurel | |
| 2021 | Vers le bataille | Towards the Battle | Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux |
| 2022 | Falcon Lake | Charlotte Le Bon | |
| 2023 | Le Ravissement | The Rapture | Iris Kaltenbäck |