List of Cannes Film Festival records

With 22 minutes, ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) holds the record for longest standing ovation. == Longest screening runtime ==

• The War (2007) – 870 minutes, split into four Special Screenings from 22 to 23 May 2007. == Longest gap between first time in Official Selection and first Palme d'Or ==

42 years – Jean-Luc Godard's first film in Official Selection was ''How's it going'', screened in the section in 1976. He won his first and only Palme d'Or for The Image Book in 2018, which also marked the first time in the history of the festival that a director was awarded with a . == Directing records ==

Directors with multiple Palme d'Or wins 10 directors or co-directors have won the Palme d'Or twice. Three of these (‡) have won for consecutive films. Directors with multiple Grand Prix wins Four directors have won the Grand Prix twice. Directors with multiple Best Director wins Five directors have won two or more Best Director awards: Directors with most films in main competition With fifteen films, Ken Loach holds the record for most films in main competition at Cannes. ; 15 films: • Ken Loach ; 10 films: • Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne • Wim Wenders ; 9 films: • Carlos Saura • Lars von Trier • Nanni Moretti ; 8 films: • Ethan & Joel Coen • Ettore Scola • Hirokazu Kore-eda • Jean-Luc Godard • Jim Jarmusch • Marco Bellocchio • Marco Ferreri • Robert Altman ; 7 films: • Arnaud Desplechin • David Cronenberg • Hou Hsiao-hsien • Luis Buñuel • Michael Cacoyannis • Michael Haneke • Miklós Jancsó • Nuri Bilge Ceylan • Pedro Almodóvar • Pietro Germi ; 6 films: • Alain Resnais • André Téchiné • Andrzej Wajda • Atom Egoyan • Jacques Audiard • James Gray • James Ivory • Jerzy Skolimowski • Jia Zhangke • Károly Makk • Michelangelo Antonioni • René Clément ; 5 films: • Abbas Kiarostami • Aki Kaurismäki • Alan Parker • Alexander Sokurov • Alf Sjöberg • Asghar Farhadi • Bo Widerberg • Chen Kaige • Clint Eastwood • Cristian Mungiu • Emir Kusturica • Ingmar Bergman • Manoel de Oliveira • Mario Monicelli • Mauro Bolognini • Mike Leigh • Naomi Kawase • Olivier Assayas • Shōhei Imamura • Theo Angelopoulos ; 4 films: • Alberto Lattuada • Aleksandar Petrović • Amos Gitai • André Cayatte • Andrea Arnold • Andrei Konchalovsky • Andrey Zvyagintsev • Arne Skouen • Bertrand Blier • Bertrand Tavernier • Bruce Beresford • Bruno Dumont • David Lynch • Delbert Mann • Dino Risi • Elia Kazan • Francesco Rosi • Francis Ford Coppola • François Ozon • Gus Van Sant • Hal Ashby • Hong Sang-soo • István Szabó • Jacques Becker • Jerry Schatzberg • John Boorman • Jules Dassin • Kirill Serebrennikov • Ladislao Vajda • Leopoldo Torre Nilsson • Lindsay Anderson • Louis Malle • Luis García Berlanga • Martin Scorsese • Márton Keleti • Matteo Garrone • Michel Hazanavicius • Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina • Nagisa Ōshima • Park Chan-wook • Peter Greenaway • Quentin Tarantino • Raúl Ruiz • Robert Bresson • Satyajit Ray • Sergei Loznitsa • Sergei Yutkevich • Sidney Lumet • Steven Soderbergh • Todd Haynes • Vojtěch Jasný • Volker Schlöndorff • Werner Herzog • Wes Anderson • Wong Kar-wai • Youssef Chahine Female directors who have won the Palme d'Or Three female directors have won the Palme d'Or. • Jane Campion for The Piano in 1993. • Julia Ducournau for Titane in 2021. • Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall in 2023. Female directors in main competition in the same year In 2023, seven female directors had films competing for the Palme d'Or, a record that was matched in 2025. The 2012 festival was the last edition to feature no female directors in the Official Competition, while the 2013 festival was the last to feature only one women competing for the Palme d'Or. == Acting records ==

Actors with multiple Best Actor wins Three actors have won the Best Actor award twice: Actresses with multiple Best Actress wins Four actresses have won the Best Actress award twice: Actors who have appeared in multiple Palme d'Or winners Eighteen actors have appeared in multiple Palme d'Or winners. Max von Sydow, Robert Duvall and Harvey Keitel are tied with three films each. Actors who have appeared in multiple award-winning films in the same year • Francisco Rabal starred in both Viridiana (Palme d'Or) and The Hand in the Trap (F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I Award) in 1961. • Isabelle Adjani won the Best Actress award for both Quartet and Possession in 1981. • Sandra Hüller played a leading role in both Anatomy of a Fall (Palme d'Or), and The Zone of Interest (Grand Prix) in 2023. Actors who have appeared in most films in main competition Isabelle Huppert holds the record as the actor or actress with the most films in main competition, with a total of 22. Marcello Mastroianni is the male actor with the most films in main competition, with a total of 19. Actors who have appeared in multiple films in main competition in the same year 27 actors have appeared in multiple films in main competition in the same year. Annie Girardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Isabelle Huppert and Léa Seydoux tie for the record for the most films in competition with three films each; Girardot and Trintignant in 1969, Huppert in 1980 and Seydoux in 2021. Huppert also had two films in main competition in 2012 and 2015. Actors who have appeared in Official Selection films for the most consecutive years 9 years – Marcello Mastroianni holds the record for most consecutive years in official selection. From 1977 to 1985, Mastroianni had at least one film in official selection. 8 years – Marion Cotillard. From 2011 to 2018. 7 years – Isabelle Huppert. From 1977 to 1983. ==Films with multiple wins from the Official Competition==

• 3 wins: • Barton Fink (1991) – Palme d’Or, Best Director and Best Actor • Humanité (1999) – Grand Prix, Best Actor and Best Actress • Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) – Palme d'Or and Best Actor • The Best Intentions (1992) – Palme d'Or and Best Actress • The Player (1992) – Best Director and Best Actor • The Piano (1993) – Palme d'Or and Best Actress • Naked (1993) – Best Director and Best Actor • To Live (1994) – Grand Prix and Best Actor • Queen Margot (1994) – Jury Prize and Best Actress • Carrington (1995) – Jury Special Prize and Best Actor • Secrets & Lies (1996) – Palme d'Or and Best Actress • Rosetta (1999) – Palme d'Or and Best Actress • Dancer in the Dark (2000) – Palme d'Or and Best Actress • The Man Without a Past (2002) – Grand Prix and Best Actress • Elephant (2003) – Palme d'Or and Best Director • Uzak (2003) – Grand Prix and Best Actor • The Barbarian Invasions (2003) – Best Screenplay and Best Actress • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) – Best Screenplay and Best Actor • Volver (2006) – Best Screenplay and Best Actress • Beyond the Hills (2012) – Best Screenplay and Best Actress • The Salesman (2016) – Best Screenplay and Best Actor • You Were Never Really Here (2017) – Best Screenplay and Best Actor • Emilia Pérez (2024) – Jury Prize and Best Actress • The Secret Agent (2025) – Best Director and Best Actor ==Films that have won both the Palme d'Or and the Palm Dog Award==

• Anatomy of a Fall won the Palme d'Or and the Palm Dog in 2023. ==Palme d'Or winning films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar==

As of 2026, 20 Palme d'Or winning films have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Best Picture winners designated with ** two asterisks. ==Films that have won both the Palme d'Or and the Best Picture Oscar==

As of 2026, 4 films have won both the Palme d'Or and the Best Picture Oscar. ==Films that have won both the Palme d'Or and the Best Foreign Language Oscar==

As of 2026, 6 films have won both the Palme d'Or and the Best Foreign Language Oscar. ==Highest-grossing Palme d'Or winners==

Parasite (2019) holds the record for highest-grossing Palme d'Or winner, with a worldwide box-office gross of $262 million. ==Cannes Film Festival firsts==

• First woman and first actress to serve as jury president • Olivia de Havilland in 1965. • First and only woman to serve as jury president twice • Jeanne Moreau served as jury president in 1975 and 1995. • '''First African and Arab film to win the Palme d'Or''' • Chronicle of the Years of Fire (from Algeria) in 1975. • '''First African and Arab director to win the Palme d'Or''' • Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (from Algeria) for Chronicle of the Years of Fire in 1975. • First Black actor to win the Best Actor award • John Kitzmiller for Valley of Peace in 1957. • First Black actress and first South African to win the Best Actress award • Linda Mvusi shared the Best Actress Award with her co-stars from A World Apart in 1988. • First and only actress to win the Best Actress award two years in a row • Barbara Hershey won the Best Actress Award for Shy People in 1987 and for A World Apart in 1988 (shared with her co-stars). • First Latin American to win the Best Director award • Glauber Rocha (from Brazil) for Antonio das Mortes in 1969. • '''First documentary to win the Palme d'Or''' • The Silent World in 1956. • First Asian actress to win the Best Actress award • Maggie Cheung (from China) for Clean in 2004. • First Brazilian to win the Best Actress award • Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never in 1986. • First Korean film to win an award • Painted Fire won the award for Best Director for Im Kwon-taek in 2002. • '''First actors to win the Palme d'Or''' • In 2013, the Palme d'Or for the film Blue Is the Warmest Colour was shared between its director Abdellatif Kechiche and the film's two leading actresses, Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. The first and only time the Palme d'Or was shared with the cast. • '''First black female director to compete for the Palme d'Or''' • Mati Diop for Atlantics in 2019. • First black female director to win the Grand Prix • Mati Diop for Atlantics in 2019. • First Black person to serve as jury president • Spike Lee in 2021. • First Pakistani film to be screened in official selection • Joyland screened in the Un Certain Regard section in 2022. • First Iranian actress to win the Best Actress award • Zar Amir Ebrahimi for Holy Spider in 2022. • '''First company to win an honorary Palme d'Or''' • Studio Ghibli in 2024. • First American female director to serve as jury president • Greta Gerwig in 2024. ==Age-related records==

• Youngest Jury President • Sophia Loren, age 31, in 1966. • Oldest Jury President • René Clair, age 75, in 1974. • '''Youngest Palme d'Or winner''' • Louis Malle, age 24 (for The Silent World in 1956). • Youngest Grand Prix winner • Xavier Dolan, age 27 (for ''It's Only the End of the World'' in 2016). • Oldest Jury Prize winner • Jean-Luc Godard, age 83 (for Goodbye to Language in 2014). • Oldest Best Actress winner • Chus Lampreave, age 75 (for Volver in 2006). • Youngest Best Actor winner • Yuya Yagira, age 14 (for Nobody Knows in 2004). • Oldest Best Actor winner • Bruce Dern, age 76 (for Nebraska in 2013). ==See also==