CST Award for Best Artist-Technician
Technical award bestowed at Cannes Film Festival
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The CST Award for Best Artist-Technician (French: PRIX CST de l’Artiste Technicien) is an independent film award created in 2003. It rewards the work of a technician for his or her collaboration in the creation of a film from the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival.[1] It is awarded by a special jury, appointed by the Superior Technical Commission of Image and Sound (French: Commission Supérieure Technique de l’Image et du Son or CST).[citation needed]
| CST Award for Best Artist-Technician | |
|---|---|
CST Award for Best Artist-Technician | |
| Awarded for | The work of a technician for his collaboration to the creation of a film |
| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | CST |
| First award | 2003 (1951) |
| Website | https://prix.cst.fr/en/ |
History
In 1951, the CST created the Technical Grand Prize (French: Grand Prix Technique) of the CST, awarded during the Cannes Film Festival. That prize existed until 2000.[citation needed]
In 2003, Pierre-William Glenn, president of the CST, struggled to once again have a prize awarded to a technician during the Cannes Film Festival. Thus, the Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist was born as a part of the festival roster and approved by the festival's president Gilles Jacob.[2]
In 2019, it was renamed the « CST Award for Best Artist-Technician ».
Since 2021, the CST has also been awarding the CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician, to highlight a young female head of station in French cinema.[3]
The trophy
The actual trophy is awarded to the winner in Paris, during a special evening following the festival.[2]
It is inspired by an image from Jean-Luc Godard's movie Le Mépris (Contempt) (1963) and represents a movie camera with analog and numeric elements.[4]
Award winners
CST Award for Best Artist-Technician (since 2019)
| Year | Awarded Artist(s)[5] | Work Awarded | Film | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Flora Volpelière | Editing | Les Misérables | Ladj Ly |
| Julien Poupard | Cinematography | |||
| 2021 | Vladislav Opelyants | Cinematography | Petrov's Flu | Kirill Serebrennikov |
| 2022 | Andreas Franck, Bent Holm, Jacob Ilgner and Jonas Rudels | Sound Crew | Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Ostlund |
| 2023 | Johnnie Burn | Sound Design | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer |
| 2024 | Daria D'Antonio | Cinematography | Parthenope | Paolo Sorrentino |
| 2025 | Ruben Impens | Cinematography | Alpha | Julia Ducournau |
| Stephane Thiébaut | Sound Design | |||
| 2026 | Nicolas Rumpl | Editing | A Man of His Time | Emmanuel Marre |
Vulcan Award (2003–2018)
Technical Grand Prize (1951–2000)
Notes
- No award given. However, a special Prix du Jury à un technicien was awarded to Tu Duu-chih for Millennium Mambo and What Time Is It There?