The Deauville American Film Festival (French: Festival du cinéma américain de Deauville) is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, taking place since 1975 in Deauville, France.
It was established by Lionel Chouchan, André Halimi, and then Mayor of Deauville Michel d'Ornano, with support from the Groupe Lucien Barrière in providing a luxurious setting for the Festival. Although not competitive at its origin, the festival began to award prizes in 1995, for feature films, and 1998 for short films.
Grand Prix
This award was named Grand Prix spécial Deauville from 1995 to 2007 and Grand Prix du cinéma indépendant américain in 1998 and 1999.
1995 : Living in Oblivion, directed by Tom DiCillo1996 : The Daytrippers, directed by Greg Mottola1997 : Sunday, directed by Jonathan Nossiter1998 : Next Stop Wonderland, directed by Brad Anderson1999 : Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze2000 : Girlfight, directed by Karyn Kusama2001 : Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by John Cameron Mitchell2002 : Raising Victor Vargas, directed by Peter Sollett2003 : What Alice Found, directed by A. Dean Bell2004 : Maria Full of Grace, directed by Joshua Marston2005 : Crash, directed by Paul Haggis2006 : Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton et Valerie Faris2007 : The Dead Girl, directed by Karen Moncrieff2008 : The Visitor, directed by Thomas McCarthy2009 : The Messenger, directed by Oren Moverman2010 : Mother and Child, directed by Rodrigo García2011 : Take Shelter, directed by Jeff Nichols2012 : Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin2013 : Night Moves, directed by Kelly Reichardt2014 : Whiplash, directed by Damien Chazelle2015 : 99 Homes, directed by Ramin Bahrani2016 : Little Men, directed by Ira SachsThe award was called Prix du jury spécial Deauville (Special Deauville Jury Award) from 1995 through 1997 and Prix spécial du jury du cinéma indépendant américain (Special Jury Award of American Independent Film) in 1998 and 1999.
1995 (tied):Denise Calls Up directed by Hal SalwenThe Brothers McMullen directed by Edward Burns1996 (tied):Bound directed by The WachowskisWelcome to the Dollhouse directed by Todd Solondz1997 (tied):In The Company of Men directed by Neil LaButeUlee's Gold directed by Victor Nuñez1998: High Art directed by Lisa Cholodenko1999 (tied):Twin Falls Idaho directed by Michael PolishGuinevere directed by Audrey Wells2000 (tied):Memento directed by Christopher NolanBoiler Room directed by Ben Younger2001: Ghost World directed by Terry Zwigoff2002 (tied):One Hour Photo directed by Mark RomanekL.I.E. directed by Michael Cuesta2003: Thirteen directed by Catherine Hardwicke2004: The Woodsman directed by Nicole Kassell2005 (tied):On the Outs directed by Lori Silverbush and Michael SkolnikKeane directed by Lodge Kerrigan2006: Half Nelson directed by Ryan Fleck2007: Never Forever directed by Gina Kim2008: Ballast directed by Lance Hammer2009: Precious directed by Lee Daniels2010 (tied):Winter's Bone directed by Debra GranikThe Myth of the American Sleepover directed by David Robert Mitchell2011: The Dynamiter, directed by Matthew Gordon2012: Una Noche, directed by Lucy Mulloy2013 (tied):All Is Lost directed by J.C. ChandorStand Clear of the Closing Doors directed by Sam Fleischner2014: The Good Lie directed by Philippe Falardeau2015: Tangerine directed by Sean Baker2016 (tied):Captain Fantastic directed by Matt RossWiener-Dog directed by Todd SolondzThe winner of the Deauville Audience Award is chosen by the festival attendees.
1989: Torch Song Trilogy by Paul Bogart1990 (ex-æquo):Pump Up the Volume by Allan MoyleTune in Tomorrow by Jon Amiel1991 (ex-æquo):Trust by Hal HartleyHangin' with the Homeboys by Joseph B. Vasquez1992: In the Soup by Alexandre Rockwell1993 (ex-æquo):El Mariachi by Robert RodriguezNaked in New York by Daniel AlgrantHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me by Joel Hershman1994 (ex-æquo):Go Fish by Rose TrocheClerks by Kevin Smith1995: Living in Oblivion by Tom DiCillo1997: The Myth of Fingerprints by Bart Freundlich1998: Next Stop Wonderland by Brad Anderson2000: Songcatcher by Maggie Greenwald2001: Jump Tomorrow by Joel Hopkins2002: One Hour Photo by Mark Romanek2003: Dot the i by Matthew Parkhill2004: Maria Full of Grace by Joshua Marston2013: Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler2014: Whiplash by Damien Chazelle2015: Dope by Rick Famuyiwa2016: Captain Fantastic by Matt RossThe International Critics' prize is an award presented at the festival.
1987: Hollywood Shuffle by Robert Townsend1988: Patti Rocks by David Burton Morris1989: Signs of Life by John David Coles1990 (ex-æquo):Metropolitan by Whit StillmanTune in Tomorrow by Jon Amiel1991: My Own Private Idaho by Gus Van Sant1992: Gas, Food Lodging by Allison Anders1993 (ex-æquo):Public Access by Bryan SingerThe Wedding Banquet by Ang Lee1994 (ex-æquo):Federal Hill by Michael CorrenteLittle Odessa by James Gray1995: Swimming with Sharks by George Huang1996: Bound by The Wachowskis1997: Sunday by Jonathan Nossiter1998: Gods and Monsters by Bill Condon1999: Being John Malkovich by Spike Jonze2000: Memento by Christopher Nolan2001: Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell2002: The Safety of Objects by Rose Troche2003: American Splendor by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini2004: Maria Full of Grace by Joshua Marston2005: Keane by Lodge Kerrigan2006: Sherrybaby by Laurie Collyer2007: Grace Is Gone by James C. Strouse2008: Gardens of the Night by Damian Harris2009: The Messenger by Oren Moverman2010: Buried by Rodrigo Cortés2011: Detachment by Tony Kaye2012: The We and the I by Michel Gondry2013: The Retrieval by Chris Eska2014: It Follows by David Robert Mitchell2015: Krisha by Trey Edward Schultz2016: The Fits by Anna Rose HolmerThe Prix d'Ornano-Valenti (previously "Prix Michel d'Ornano") is awarded annually to a debut French film. It carries a grant of 3,000 euros for the awarded director-writer, 3,000 euros for the film's producer, and 10,000 euros for the French distributor to help promote the film. The award, which is named in honour of the former Mayor of Deauville and co-founder of the festival, Michel d'Ornano, is supported by the Franco-American Cultural Fund.
1992: Claire Aziza for Les Aiguilleurs1993: Hélène Woillot for Quand j'ai vu la chimère1994: Marie-Hélène Saller for Les Leçons du Mardi1995: Gilles Malençon for Le Bout du fleuve1996 (ex-æquo):Christophe Mordellet for SilhouetteÉric Vernhes for Le Grand Projet1997: Gilles Malençon for L'Élue1998: Siegfried for Louise (Take 2)1999: Stéphane Brizé and Florence Vignon for Le Bleu des villes2000: Virginie Wagon and Érick Zonca for Le Secret2001: Gilles Paquet-Brenner for Pretty Things2002: Claude Duty for Filles perdues, cheveux gras2003: Julie Bertuccelli for Since Otar Left2004: Éléonore Faucher and Gaëlle Macé for A Common Thread2005: Karin Albou for Little Jerusalem2006: Julie Gavras for Blame It on Fidel2007: Marc Fitoussi for La Vie d'artiste2008: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire for Johnny Mad Dog2009: Léa Fehner for Silent Voice2010: Alix Delaporte for Angel & Tony2011: Delphine and Muriel Coulin for 17 Girls2012: Rachid Djaïdani for Hold Back2013: Guillaume Gallienne for Me, Myself and Mum2014: Jeanne Herry for Elle l'adore2015: Thomas Bidegain for The Cowboys2016: Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma, Marielle Gautier and Hugo P. Thomas for Willy 1erThe Revelation Prize is awarded by a Revelation jury composed of up-and-coming actors and filmmakers.
2006: Half Nelson by Ryan Fleck2007: Rocket Science by Jeffrey Blitz2008: Ballast by Lance Hammer2009: The Messenger by Oren Moverman2010: Holy Rollers by Kevin Asch2011: Detachment by Tony Kaye2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin2013: Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler2014: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night by Ana Lily Amirpour2015: James White by Josh Mond2016: Wiener-Dog by Todd SolondzThe Screenplay Prize was awarded three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and was subsequently discontinued.
2004: The Final Cut by Omar Naim2005: Transamerica by Duncan Tucker2006: Sherrybaby by Laurie Collyer1995 : Andrei Konchalovsky (president), Anouk Aimée, Michael Lonsdale, Claudie Ossard, René Bonnell, Valérie Kaprisky, Steven Zaillian, Mathilda May, Élie Chouraqui and Yvan Attal.1996 : Charlotte Rampling (president), Sabine Azéma, René Cleitman, Dominique Farrugia, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chiara Mastroianni, Laura Morante, Ornella Muti, Melvil Poupaud and Alain Rocca.1997 : Sophie Marceau (president), Élodie Bouchez, Philippe Carcassonne, Étienne Chatiliez, Alain Finkielkraut, John Hurt, Michèle Laroque, Inés Sastre, Nathalie Quintane and Lambert Wilson.1998 : Jean-Paul Rappeneau (president), Michèle Halberstadt, Sandrine Kiberlain, Virginie Ledoyen, Russell Banks, Maurice Bernart, Alessandro Gassman, Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Éric Serra and Christian Vincent (director).1999 : Régis Wargnier (president), Jean-Hugues Anglade, Humbert Balsan, Richard Berry, Gabriel Byrne, Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Marie Gillain, Michel Houellebecq, Marie-France Pisier and Elsa Zylberstein.2000 : Neil Jordan (president), Guillaume Canet, Clotilde Courau, Tchéky Karyo, Philippe Labro, Samuel Le Bihan, François Ozon, Vincent Perez, Danièle Thompson and Marie Trintignant.2001 : Jean-Jacques Annaud (president), Sandrine Bonnaire, Marion Cotillard, Arielle Dombasle, Gérard Darmon, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Darius Khondji, Benoît Poelvoorde and Gabriel Yared.2002 : Pierre Lescure (president), Chantal Akerman, Richard Anconina, Jean-Marc Barr, Charles Berling, Amira Casar, Julie Gayet, Irène Jacob, Cédric Kahn and Bruno Wolkowitch.2003 : Roman Polanski (president), Claudia Cardinale, Pawel Edelman, Jacques Fieschi, Ben Kingsley, Anne Parillaud, Zbigniew Preisner, Ludivine Sagnier, Fernando Trueba and Tom Tykwer.2004 : Claude Lelouch (president), Anouk Aimée, Marie-Josée Croze, Danièle Heymann, Diane Kurys, Jeanne Labrune, Lio, Claudie Ossard, Bettina Rheims and Mathilde Seigner.2005 : Alain Corneau (president), Enki Bilal, Dominique Blanc, Romane Bohringer, Rachida Brakni, Christophe, Dominik Moll, Melvil Poupaud and Brigitte Roüan.2006 : Nicole Garcia (president), Maurice Barthélémy, Guillaume Canet, Amira Casar, Emmanuelle Castro, Antoine de Caunes, Julien Clerc, Philippe Djian and Marthe Keller.2007 : André Téchiné (president), Odile Barski, Xavier Beauvois, Nicolas Cazalé, Charlélie Couture, Émilie Deleuze, Anouk Grinberg and Marie-France Pisier.2008 : Carole Bouquet (president), Édouard Baer, Ronit Elkabetz, Diane Fleri, Pierre Jolivet, Cédric Kahn, Cristian Mungiu, Leonor Silveira and Dean Tavoularis.2009 : Jean-Pierre Jeunet (president), Hiam Abbass, Dany Boon, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Émilie Dequenne, Déborah François, Sandrine Kiberlain, Patrice Leconte, Géraldine Pailhas and Bruno Podalydès.2010 : Emmanuelle Béart (president), Lucas Belvaux, Jeanne Balibar, Faouzi Bensaïdi, Christine Citti, Fabrice Du Welz, Tony Gatlif, Denis Lavant and Abderrahmane Sissako.2011 : Olivier Assayas (president), Nathalie Baye, Claire Denis, Nicolas Godin, Chiara Mastroianni, Angelin Preljocaj, Jean Rolin et Bruno Todeschini.2012 : Sandrine Bonnaire (president), Clotilde Courau, Sami Bouajila, Christophe Honoré, Anaïs Demoustier, Alice Taglioni, Philippe Decouflé, Joann Sfar and Florent Emilio Siri.2013 : Vincent Lindon (president), Lou Doillon, Jean Echenoz, Hélène Fillières, Xavier Giannoli, Famke Janssen, Pierre Lescure, Bruno Nuytten and Rebecca Zlotowski.2014 : Costa-Gavras (president), Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Claude Lelouch, Pierre Lescure, Vincent Lindon, André Téchiné, Marie-Claude Pietragalla2015 : Benoît Jacquot (president), Pascal Bonitzer, Louise Bourgoin, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Marc Dugain, Marie Gillain, Julien Hirsch, Sophie Fillières and Marthe Keller2016 : Frédéric Mitterrand (president), Françoise Arnoul, Eric Elmosnino, Sara Forestier, Ana Girardot, Douglas Kennedy, Radu Mihăileanu, Emmanuel Mouret and Marjane Satrapi2006: Christophe Honoré (president), Lou Doillon, Audrey Marnay, Olivier Py, Émilie Simon and Gilles Taurand2007: Gaël Morel (president), Clotilde Hesme, Olivia Magnani, Mélanie Thierry and Florian Zeller2008: Zoe Cassavetes (president), Diastème, Léa Drucker, Jalil Lespert and Ara Starck2009: Maïwenn (president), Romane Bohringer, Nicolas Fargues, Aïssa Maïga, Louise Monot and Raphaël2010: Manuel Pradal (president), Jonathan Lambert, Emma Luchini, Roxane Mesquida and Sébastien Thiéry2011: Samuel Benchetrit (president), Leila Hatami, Sabrina Ouazani, Elisa Sednaoui and Benjamin Siksou2012: Frédéric Beigbeder (president), Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Mélanie Bernier, Ana Girardot and Félix Moati2013: Valérie Donzelli (president), Laurence Arné, Vincent Lacoste, Géraldine Maillet and Woodkid2014: Audrey Dana (president), Anne Berest, Lola Bessis, Christine and the Queens, Freddie Highmore and Clémence Poésy2015: Zabou Breitman (president), Alice Isaaz, Géraldine Nakache, Stanley Weber and Rachelle Lefevre2016: Audrey Pulvar (president), Cédric Anger, Jérôme Bonnell, Kheiron, Diane Rouxel and Christa Théret
