Palme d’Or

E12908

Cannes Film Festival award film award

The Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, recognizing the best feature film in the festival’s official selection.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Palme d'Or	116
Palme d’Or canonical	18
Golden Palm	2
Palme d'Or for I, Daniel Blake	2
Palme d'Or for The Wind That Shakes the Barley	2
Palme d’Or for Best Film	2
1969 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or	1
Palme d'Or (honorary)	1
Palme d'Or (shared, The Knack ...and How to Get It)	1
Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival	1
Palme d'Or for Dheepan	1
Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival	1
Palme d’Or d’Honneur	1
Scarecrow won the Palme d'Or at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118306 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Palme d’Or
Context triple: [Cannes Film Festival, awards, Palme d’Or]

A. Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival is one of the world's most prestigious and influential international film festivals, renowned for premiering major films and awarding the coveted Palme d'Or.
B. Viareggio Prize
The Viareggio Prize is one of Italy’s most prestigious literary awards, honoring outstanding works of Italian literature across multiple genres.
C. Campiello Prize
The Campiello Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award established in 1962 that honors outstanding works of contemporary Italian fiction.
D. Ariel Award
The Ariel Award is Mexico’s premier national film award, presented annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences to honor excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a global organization that recognizes excellence in television programming produced and initially aired outside the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Palme d’Or
Target entity description: The Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, recognizing the best feature film in the festival’s official selection.

A. Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival is one of the world's most prestigious and influential international film festivals, renowned for premiering major films and awarding the coveted Palme d'Or.
B. Viareggio Prize
The Viareggio Prize is one of Italy’s most prestigious literary awards, honoring outstanding works of Italian literature across multiple genres.
C. Campiello Prize
The Campiello Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award established in 1962 that honors outstanding works of contemporary Italian fiction.
D. Ariel Award
The Ariel Award is Mexico’s premier national film award, presented annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences to honor excellence in cinematic achievements.
E. Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cannes Film Festival award ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Palme d’Or ⓘ surface form: Golden Palm
associatedEvent	closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
awardedBy	jury of the Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
awardedDuring	Cannes Film Festival closing night ⓘ
awardedFor	best feature film in the official selection ⓘ
awardedTo	film director ⓘ winning film ⓘ
awardFor	best feature film ⓘ
awardingBody	Cannes Film Festival ⓘ surface form: Festival de Cannes
category	top prize ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
decisionMethod	jury deliberation ⓘ
eligibility	films in the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
festivalSection	Official Selection ⓘ
field	cinema ⓘ film industry ⓘ
firstAwarded	1955 Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genreScope	feature-length narrative films ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	international films ⓘ
hasSpecialVersion	Palme d’Or self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Palme d’Or d’Honneur Short Film Palme d’Or ⓘ
inception	1955 ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Cannes ⓘ Palais des Festivals et des Congrès ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ
namedAfter	palm branch on the coat of arms of Cannes ⓘ
nameMeaning	Palme d’Or self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Golden Palm
notAwardedIn	1964 ⓘ 1967 ⓘ
organizer	Festival de Cannes organization ⓘ
partOf	Official Selection awards of the Cannes Film Festival ⓘ surface form: Cannes Film Festival official selection awards
presentedBy	Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
ranking	one of the most prestigious film awards in the world ⓘ
reintroduced	1975 ⓘ
replaces	Cannes Film Festival ⓘ surface form: Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
selectionCriteria	artistic merit ⓘ directorial achievement ⓘ
selectionType	competition ⓘ
significance	highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
symbolizes	artistic excellence in cinema ⓘ highest recognition at Cannes ⓘ
trophyBaseMaterial	crystal ⓘ
trophyMaker	Chopard ⓘ
trophyShape	palm frond ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (150)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Out of Competition → notEligibleFor → Palme d’Or ⓘ

Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival → followsInRank → Palme d’Or ⓘ

subject surface form: Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)

Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival → relatedAward → Palme d’Or ⓘ

subject surface form: Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)

Wings of Desire → nominatedFor → Palme d’Or ⓘ