List of winners
editGrand Prize Winners
editOriginally called Grand Prize of Mannheim from 1962 to 1994 it was later known as International Independent Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg from 1994 to 1998, given every year for a feature film and a documentary. Renamed Cinematic Art Award Mannheim-Heidelberg in 1999, renamed again Film Art Award Mannheim-Heidelberg in 2001. These were replaced by Grand Prize Mannheim-Heidelberg in 2002, given to a single winner, later renamed Newcomer of the Year, Grand Newcomer Award and then International Newcomer Award. In 2019 the award, normally bestowed by the jury, was voted on by audience.
| ‡ | Indicates Ex-aequo winners |
|---|
| Year | Director(s) | Film | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize of Mannheim | |||
| 1962 (11th) | Henning Carlsen | A World of Strangers | Dilemma |
| 1963 (12th) | Věra Chytilová | Something Different | O něčem jiném |
| 1964 (13th) | Jan Němec | Diamonds of the Night | Démanty noci |
| 1965 (14th) | Hynek Bočan | Nobody Gets the Last Laugh | Nikdo se nebude smát |
| 1966 (15th) | Jiří Menzel | Closely Watched Trains | Ostře sledované vlaky |
| 1967 (16th) | Jim McBride | David Holzman's Diary | |
| 1968 (17th) | Not awarded | ||
| 1969 (18th) | Dušan Hanák ‡ | 322 | |
| Haskell Wexler ‡ | Medium Cool | ||
| 1970 (19th) | Jean-Pierre Lajournade ‡ | The End of the Pyrinees | La fin des Pyrénées |
| Georg Lehner ‡ | Omnia Vincit Amor | ||
| 1971 (20th) | Gerardo Vallejo | Viejo Reales' Long Way Journey to Death | El camino hacia la muerte del viejo Reales |
| 1972 (21st) | Miguel Bejo | The United Family Awaits the Visit of Hallewyn | La familia unida esperando la llegada de Hallewyn |
| 1973 (22nd) | Yoichi Takabayashi | The Water Was So Clear | Gaki zōshi |
| 1974 (23rd) | Gyula Maár | Végül | |
| 1975 (24th) | Krzysztof Kieślowski ‡ | Personnel | Personel |
| István Dárday ‡ | The Prize Trap | Jutalomutazás | |
| 1976 (25th) | Gábor Bódy | American Postcard | Amerikai Anzix |
| 1977 (26th) | German Lavrov and Stanislav Lyubshin ‡ | Call Me from Afar | Pozovi menya v dal' svetluyu |
| António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro ‡ | Trás-os-Montes | ||
| 1978 (27th) | Ahmed El Maanouni | Oh the Days! | Alyam, Alyam |
| 1979 (28th) | Béla Tarr ‡ | Family Nest | Családi tüzfészek |
| Leon Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez-Leal ‡ | El Super | ||
| 1980 (30th) | László Vitézy | Békeidö | |
| 1981 (30th) | George Tabori | Frohes Fest | |
| 1982 (31st) | Mikhail Belikov | Night Is Short | Noch korotka |
| 1983 (32nd) | Usman Saparov | The Education of a Man | Muzhskoye vospitaniye |
| 1984 (33rd) | Milan Dor | Malambo | |
| 1985 (34th) | Filip Robar-Dorin | Rams and Mammoths | Ovni in mamuti |
| 1986 (35th) | Konstantin Lopushansky | Dead Man's Letters | Pis'ma myortvogo cheloveka |
| 1987 (36th) | Dato Janelidze | Fireflies | Svetlyachki |
| 1988 (37th) | Orhan Oguz | Despite Everything | Herseye Ragmen |
| 1989 (38th) | Dieter Weihl | China Lake | |
| 1990 (39th) | Cynthia Scott | The Company of Strangers | |
| 1991 (40th) | Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | Brother | Bratan |
| 1992 (41st) | Arvo Iho | For Crazies Only | Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde |
| 1993 (42nd) | Peter Delpeut | The Forbidden Quest | |
| 1994 (43rd) | Digna Sinke | Belle van Zuylen – Madame de Charrière | |
| International Independent Award / Cinematic Art Award / Film Art Award Mannheim-Heidelberg | |||
| 1995 (44th) | Dani Kouyaté (F) | Keita! Voice of the Griot | Keïta! l'Héritage du griot |
| Hiroshi Shinomiya (D) | Scavengers | ||
| 1996 (45th) | Anders Rønnow-Klarlund (F) | The Eighteenth | Den attende |
| John Webster (D) | Different Trains | Olika tåg | |
| 1997 (46th) | Ben van Lieshout (F) | The Stowaway | De Verstekeling |
| Thomas Imbach (D) | Ghetto | ||
| 1998 (47th) | Frédéric Fonteyne (F) | Max and Bobo | Max et Bobo |
| Yoshihisa Shigeno (D) | Fatherless | Titinaki-Jidai | |
| 1999 (48th) | Caleb Lindsay (F) | Understanding Jane | |
| Anu Kuivalainen (D) | A Black Cat on the Snow | Musta kissa lumihangella | |
| 2000 (49th) | Nabil Ayouch (F) | Ali Zaoua | |
| Sophie Bruneau and Marc-Antoine Roudil (D) | Pardevant notaire | ||
| 2001 (50th) | Tómas Gislason (F) | P.O.V. | |
| Ulises Rosell (D) | Bonanza | ||
| Grand Prize Mannheim-Heidelberg | |||
| 2002 (51st) | Christophe Ruggia | The Devils | Les Diables |
| 2003 (52nd) | Eo Il-seon | Plastic Tree | |
| 2004 (53rd) | Mona J. Hoel | Chlorox, Ammonium and Coffee | Salto, salmiakk og kaffe |
| 2005 (54th) | Igor Šterk | Tuning | Uglaševanje |
| 2006 (55th) | Geoffrey Enthoven | The Only One | Vidange perdue |
| 2007 (56th) | Marius Holst | Mirush | Blodsbånd |
| 2008 (57th) | Paula Hernández | Rain | Lluvia |
| 2009 (58th) | Klaus Härö | Letters to Father Jacob | Postia pappi Jaakobille |
| Newcomer of the Year / Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg | |||
| 2010 (59th) | Daniel Grou | 10½ | |
| 2011 (60th) | Darragh Byrne | Parked | |
| 2012 (61st) | Niki Karimi | Final Whistle | Sout-e payan |
| 2013 (62nd) | Carlos Lechuga | Molasses | Melaza |
| 2014 (63rd) | Dimitry Rudakov | 23 Seconds | 23 segundos |
| 2015 (64th) | Celso R. García | The Thin Yellow Line | La delgada línea amarilla |
| 2016 (65th) | Hussein Hassan | Reseba: The Dark Wind | Reṣeba |
| 2017 (66th) | Vito Palmieri | See You in Texas | |
| 2018 (67th) | Arash Lahooti | Orange Days | Rooz-haye Narenji |
| 2019 (68th) | Miranda de Pencier ‡ | The Grizzlies | |
| Jiří Mádl ‡ | On the Roof | Na střeše | |
| 2020 (69th) | Núria Giménez Lorang | My Mexican Bretzel | |
| 2021 (70th) | Michelangelo Frammartino | The Hole | Il buco |
| 2022 (71st) | Goran Stolevski | You Won't Be Alone | |
Ciak d'oro per il miglior film
editNastro d'Argento for Best Director
editUntil 2016 the award was literally called Director of the Best Film (regista del miglior film) and was given to directors responsible for films deemed best achievements of the year, so it effectively functioned as an accolade awarding best films. In 2017 the system was reformed and the category was split into separate Best Director (miglior regista) and Best Film (miglior film) awards.
Before the reform, the award was given ex-aequo to films/directors who shared wins four times, in 1946, 1948, 1963, and 1984. After the reform, the 2022 Best Director award, won by Mario Martone, was credited to two of his films released over the preceding year.
| ‡ | Indicates shared wins |
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Multiple winners
editThe following directors have received multiple awards. The list is sorted by the number of total awards.
- 7 : Federico Fellini (1954–1984)
- 5 : Gianni Amelio (1991–2017)
- 4 : Luchino Visconti (1961–1975)
- 4 : Giuseppe Tornatore (1996–2013)
- 4 : Paolo Virzì (2008–2016)
- 3 : Michelangelo Antonioni (1956–1976)
- 3 : Nanni Moretti (1994–2011)
- 3 : Paolo Sorrentino (2009–2015)
- 2 : Vittorio De Sica (1946–1949)
- 2 : Alessandro Blasetti (1946–1951)
- 2 : Pietro Germi (1957–1959)
- 2 : Roberto Rossellini (1947–1960)
- 2 : Elio Petri (1968–1971)
- 2 : Francesco Rosi (1963–1981)
- 2 : Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1978–1983)
- 2 : Bernardo Bertolucci (1973–1988)
- 2 : Ermanno Olmi (1979–1989)
- 2 : Pupi Avati (1984–1990)
- 2 : Gabriele Salvatores (1992–2003)
- 2 : Marco Bellocchio (2002–2019)
- 2 : Matteo Garrone (2018–2020)