Honorary Palme d'Or

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LocationCannes
CountryFrance
Presented byCannes Film Festival
Currently held byDenzel Washington and
Robert De Niro (2025)
Honorary Palme d'Or
LocationCannes
CountryFrance
Presented byCannes Film Festival
Currently held byDenzel Washington and
Robert De Niro (2025)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Honorary Palme d'Or (French: Palme d'honneur) is an award given at the Cannes Film Festival. It is awarded to directors, actors and other personalities from the world of cinema who have distinguished themselves in the art. It joins the Palme d'Or as the festival's highest prize.

The prize was introduced at the 1997 edition by the festival's organizing committee on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Festival as the "Palme des Palmes", being also an homage to Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman who had never been awarded a competitive Palme.[1]

Only in 2002, the festival began to award it regularly to individuals who have achieved a notable body of work in the global cinema industry, but who had never won a competitive Palme d'Or.[2] In 2024, Studio Ghibli became the first and only studio to win it.[3]

Some past main competition jury presidents have won the prize, including:

As of 2026, Studio Ghibli is the only non-Western winner of the prize. Most of the winners are Europeans or Americans filmmakers, actors or producers. Ghibli was also the first production company to receive the award, at the 2024 edition.

1990s

Ingmar Bergman won in 1997.
Jeanne Moreau won in 2003.
Manoel de Oliveira won in 2008.
Clint Eastwood won in 2009.
Jean-Paul Belmondo won in 2011.
Agnès Varda won in 2015.
Jean-Pierre Léaud won in 2016.
Alain Delon won in 2019.
Jodie Foster won in 2021.
Studio Ghibli won in 2024.
Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
1997 Ingmar BergmanFilmmakerSweden [1]

2000s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2002 Woody AllenFilmmaker and actorUnited States[4]
2003 Jeanne MoreauActressFrance[5]
2005 Catherine Deneuve[6]
2007 Jane Fonda Actress and producerUnited States[7]
2008 Manoel de OliveiraFilmmakerPortugal[8]
2009 Clint EastwoodActor and filmmakerUnited States[9]

2010s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2011 Jean-Paul BelmondoActorFrance[10]
Bernardo BertolucciFilmmaker Italy[11]
2015 Agnès VardaFilmmakerFrance[12]
2016 Jean-Pierre LéaudActor[13]
2017 Jeffrey KatzenbergProducerUnited States[14]
2019 Alain DelonActorFrance[15]

2020s

Year Recipient Profession Nationality of Recipient Ref.
2021 Marco BellocchioFilmmakerItaly[16]
Jodie FosterActress and filmmakerUnited States[17]
2022 Forest WhitakerActor and producer[18]
Tom Cruise[19]
2023 Michael Douglas[20]
Harrison Ford[21]
2024 Meryl Streep Actress [22]
George Lucas Filmmaker and producer [23]
Studio Ghibli Animation studio Japan [3]
2025 Robert De Niro Actor and producer United States [24]
Denzel Washington Actor, director, and producer [25]
2026 Peter Jackson Filmmaker and producer New Zealand [26]
Barbra Streisand Actress, singer and filmmaker United States [27]

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