Cabourg Film Festival


The Cabourg Film Festival takes place on the seaside of Normandy every year in June. With romance as its theme, the festival presents a selection of films dedicated to passion, love, and fantasies.
The festival was founded by Gonzague Saint Bris in 1983, and its director is Suzel Pietri. Today, the festival reaches several towns on the Côte Fleurie between Cabourg, Houlgate and Dives-sur-Mer. At nightfall, the festival also offers several open air screenings on the beach of Cabourg.
Both the Grand Jury, consisting of professionals from the film and cultural industries, and the Youth Jury awards prizes to the best feature films. In addition to the official competition, the Panorama section allows the public to preview a selection of French and foreign films, which are all eligible for the Audience Award.
The short film competition includes a selection of romantic French shorts that another jury will reward with the following prizes: best short film, best actress, and best actor.
During the closing ceremony, the Festival's Golden Swann Committee, composed of journalists, and film professionals, attributes the following Golden Swanns: the best romantic actress and actor, male and female breakthrough performances, the best director, and the best romantic film of the past year.
The name of the award is a reference to the novel Du côté de chez Swann by Marcel Proust.
The trophy is made by one of the festival's partners, the Monnaie de Paris workshops. The statuette is fashioned in the form of two swans in an embrace to suggest the shape of two hearts.
The Premiers Rendez-Vous section highlights a young French actor and actress in their first appearance on screen. Additionally, since 2018, the Gonzague Saint Bris Prize distinguishes each year the best film adaptation of a literary work.
During the festival, some of the most renowned names in French, European, and international cinema come to present their films to the public or to receive an award: Isabelle Adjani, Swann Arlaud, Jacques Audiard, Emmanuelle Béart, Leïla Bekhti, Juliette Binoche, Sandrine Bonnaire, Lucas Bravo, Patrick Bruel, Guillaume Canet, François Civil, Marion Cotillard, Camille Cottin, Béatrice Dalle, Catherine Deneuve, Émilie Dequenne, Anne Dorval, Léa Drucker, Gad Elmaleh, Guillaume Gallienne, Gustave Kervern, Vincent Lacoste, Sophie Marceau, Noémie Merlant, Pierre Niney, Vanessa Paradis, Léa Seydoux, Céline Sciamma, Audrey Tautou, Zhang Ziyi, Rebecca Zlotowski.
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Awards

Competition

Feature film

Panorama

  • Audience Award

Premiers Rendez-vous

Jeunesse

  • Youth Jury Prize

Ciné Swann

  • Best Feature Film
  • Best Director
  • Best Actress
  • Best Actor
  • Female Revelation
  • Male Revelation
  • Coup de Cœur

2000 edition

Feature film

Jury President: Raúl Ruiz

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Short Film: Les Aveugles
  • Best Actress: Nathalie Villeneuve – Carpe Diem
  • Best Actor: Gilberto Azevedo – ''Des morceaux de ma femme''

2001 edition

Feature film

Jury President: Claude Pinoteau

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Short Film: Jean-Fares
  • Best Actress: Alice Carel – On s'embrasse ?
  • Best Actor: Jean-Luc Abel – ''On s'embrasse ?''

2002 edition

Feature film

Jury: Nina Companéez, Évelyne Bouix, Marie Nimier

Swann d'Or

Short film

2003 edition

Feature film

Jury: Antoine de Caunes, Sacha Bourdo, Bruno Chiche, Vincent Delerm, Marie Gillain, Vincent Lannoo, Stanislas Merhar

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Short Film: L'Escalier
  • Best Actress: Nina Meurisse – L'Escalier
  • Best Actor: Moussa Maaskri – ''Quand le vent tisse les fleurs''

2004 edition

Feature film

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Short Film: Cousines
  • Best Actress: Marie-Laure Descoureaux – Hymne à la gazelle
  • Best Actor: Adrien de Van – ''Trois jeunes tambours''

2005 edition

Feature film

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Short Film: Pépins Noirs
  • Best Actress: Thérèse Roussel – Le Temps des cerises
  • Best Actor: Fred Epaud – Libre échange
  • Prix Cinecourts: After Shave directed by Hany Tamba

Jeunesse

2006 edition

Feature film

Jury: Xavier Beauvois, Soledad Bravi, Catherine Jacob, Julie Lopes-Curval, Caterina Murino, Brigitte Roüan, Pascale Roze

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Director: Maryline Canto – Fais de beaux rêves
  • Best Actress: Thérèse Roussel – Béa
  • Best Actor: Aymeric Cormerais – Béa
  • Special mention: Des putes dans les arbres
  • Prix Cinecourts: La Petite Flamme directed by Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont

Jeunesse

2007 edition

Feature film

Jury: Andrzej Żuławski, Anne Consigny, Agnès de Sacy, Yves Marmion, Roxane Mesquida, Sagamore Stévenin, Colo Tavernier O'Hagan

Swann d'Or

Short film

Jeunesse

2008 edition

Feature film

Jury: Jean-Pierre Denis, Lolita Chammah, Emmanuelle Cosso-Mérad, Hafsia Herzi, Maïwenn, Anne Le Ny, Jean-François Lepetit, Claire Nebout, Clément Sibony, Erick Zonca

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Director: Samuel Tilman – Voix de garage
  • Best Actress: Julie Gayet – S'éloigner du rivage
  • Best Actor: Dominique Wittorski – ''6ème Ciel''

Jeunesse

2009 edition

Feature film

Jury: Sam Karmann, Marie-Anne Chazel, Mélanie Doutey, Julie Gayet, François Kraus, Vahina Giocante, Jacques Fieschi, Jérôme Bonnell, Nicolas Giraud

Swann d'Or

Short film

Jury: Robin Renucci, Jeanne Cherhal, Cécile Cassel, Bouraouia Marzouk, Francois Vincentelli, Nicolas Rollinger
  • Best Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson – Two Birds
  • Best Actress: Camille Claris – En Douce
  • Best Actor: Nazmi Kirik – ''Sidewalk''

Jeunesse

Panorama

  • Audience Award: Tengri: Blue Heavens directed by Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville

Premiers Rendez-vous

2010 edition

Feature film

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Director: Amal Kateb – On ne mourra pas
  • * Special mention: Vincent Vizioz – Tremblay-en-France
  • Best Actress: Yelle – Une pute et un poussin
  • Best Actor: Joseph Malerba – ''Le Cygne''

Jeunesse

  • Youth Jury Prize: Me Too directed by Antonio Naharro and Álvaro Pastor

Panorama

Premiers Rendez-vous

2011 edition

Feature film

Jury: Radu Mihăileanu, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Audrey Dana, Virginie Despentes, Emmanuel Mouret, Tomer Sisley, Saïd Taghmaoui

Swann d'Or

Short film

Jury: Gustave Kervern, Déborah François, Isabelle Frilley, Michèle Simmonet, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu
  • Best Short Film: J'aurais pu être une pute directed by Baya Kasmi
  • * Special mention: Prochainement sur vos écrans directed by Fabrice Maruca
  • Best Actress: Vimala Pons – J'aurais pu être une pute
  • Best Actor: Franc Bruneau – ''Cheveu''

Jeunesse

Panorama

Premiers Rendez-vous

  • Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • * Ana Girardot – Lights Out
  • * Jérémie Duvall – Jo's Boy & ''Mon père est femme de ménage''

2012 edition

Feature film

Jury: Yann Samuell, Bertrand Burgalat, Pierre Aïm, Thomas Anargyros, Amira Casar, Mathieu Demy, Marie Denarnaud, Anne Marivin, Christa Theret

Swann d'Or

Short film

Jury: Pascal Greggory, Anne Azoulay, Natacha Régnier, Niels Schneider, Sarah Stern
  • Best Short Film: Les Navets blancs empêchent de dormir directed by Rachel Lang
  • Best Actress: Sophia Leboutte – A New Old Story
  • Best Actor: Sébastien Houbani – ''La Tête froide''

Jeunesse

Panorama

  • Audience Award: My Lucky Star directed by Anne Fassio

Premiers Rendez-vous

2013 edition

Feature film

Swann d'Or

Short film

  • Best Short Film: On the Beach directed by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
  • Best Actress: Joanne Nussbaum – On the Beach
  • Best Actor: Olivier Duval – ''L'Amour bègue''

Jeunesse

Panorama

Premiers Rendez-vous

  • Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • * Victoire Belezy – Fanny
  • * François Civi – ''Macadam Baby''

2014 edition

Feature film

Jury: Catherine Corsini, Martin Provost, Pauline Étienne, Gilles Henry, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Gilbert Melki, Natacha Régnier, Laura Smet, Anne-Dominique Toussaint

Swann d'Or

Short film

Jury: Guillaume Nicloux, Victoire Bélézy, Pascal Bourdiaux, Florence Loiret Caille, China Moses, Stéphanie Murat, Julien Poupard
  • Best Short Film: Bruine directed by Dénes Nagy
  • Best Cinematographer: Fiona Braillon – Solo Rex
  • Best Actress: Liv Henneguier – Loups solitaires en mode passif
  • Best Actor : Wim Willaert & Lucas Moreau – ''Solo Rex''

Jeunesse

Panorama

Premiers Rendez-vous

2015 edition

The 29th edition of the festival was held from 10–14 June 2015.

Feature film

Jury: Juliette Binoche, Mélanie Thierry, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Bonnell, Gilles Taurand, Raphaël Personnaz, Guillaume Schiffman, Luís Galvão Teles, Maxime Nucci

Swann d'Or

Short film

Jury: Christophe Barratier, Alma Jodorowsky, Félix Moati, Marie Modiano, Finnegan Oldfield, Élisabeth Perez, Serge Riaboukine
  • Best Short Film: Copain directed by Jan Roosens and Raf Roosens
  • Best Actress : Louisiane Gouverneur & Ilys Barillot – À qui la faute
  • Best Actor: Benoit Hamon – ''Monsters Into Lovers''

Jeunesse

Panorama

Premiers Rendez-vous

2016 edition

The 30th edition of the festival was held from 8–12 June 2016.

Feature film

Jury: Emmanuelle Béart, Loubna Abidar, Samuel Benchetrit, Joeystarr, Éric Reinhardt, Pierre Rochefort, Julia Roy, Céline Sciamma

Jeunesse

  • Youth Jury Prize: Departure directed by Andrew Steggall

Panorama

Short film

Jury: Pierre Schoeller, Marianne Basler, Frédérique Bel, Michel Feller, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Diane Rouxel, Karidja Touré
  • Best Short Film: Hotaru directed by William Laboury
  • * Special Mention: Gabber Lover directed by Anna Cazenave Cambet
  • Best Actress: Antonia Buresi – Que vive l'Empereur
  • Best Actor: Jonathan Couzinié – ''Que vive l'Empereur''

Swann d'Or

Premiers Rendez-vous

2017 edition

The 31st edition of the festival was held from 14–18 June 2017.

Feature film

Jury: Marion Cotillard, Aure Atika, Camille Cottin, Anne Dorval, Hugo Gélin, Nathanaël Karmitz, Camille Laurens, Ibrahim Maalouf, Manu Payet

Jeunesse

Panorama

Short film

Jury: Gabriel Le Bomin, Swann Arlaud, Olivier Chantreau, Élodie Frégé, Yaniss Lespert, Solene Rigot, Salomé Richard
  • Best Short Film: Journée Blanche directed by Félix de Givry
  • Best Actress: Adèle Simphal – L'Attente
  • Best Actor: Théo Cholbi and Zacharie Chasseriaud – ''Tropique''

Swann d'Or

Premiers Rendez-vous

2018 edition

The 32nd edition of the festival was held from 13–17 June 2018.

Feature film

Jury: André Téchiné, Pascale Arbillot, Élodie Bouchez, Olga Kurylenko, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Raphaël, Géraldine Nakache, Karine Silla-Perez, Justin Taurand
  • Grand Prix: Ága directed by Milko Azarov

Jeunesse

Panorama

Short film

Jury: Ophélie Bau, François Civil, Julia Faure, Johan Heldenbergh, Thierry Klifa, Alysson Paradis, Alice Vial
  • Best Short Film: Bye bye les Puceaux directed by Pierre Boulanger
  • Best Actress: Yafa Abu Hijleh – Bye bye les Puceaux
  • Best Actor: Jamil McCraven – ''Bye bye les Puceaux''

Swann d'Or

Premiers Rendez-vous

2019 edition

The 33rd edition of the festival was held from 12–16 June 2019.

Feature film

Jury: Sandrine Bonnaire, Naidra Ayadi, Eric Demarsan, Laetitia Dosch, Lou de Laâge, Oury Milshtein, Vincent Perez, Alice Pol, Danièle Thompson

Jeunesse

Panorama

Short film

Jury: Rebecca Zlotowski, Noée Abita, Santiago Amigorena, Shaïn Boumedine, Rahmatou Keïta, Jules Benchetrit, Lola Le Lann
  • Best Short Film: Sous l'écorce directed by Ève-Chems de Brouwer
  • * Special Mention: Elle s'appelait Baby directed by Mélanie Laleu et Baptiste Gourden
  • Best Actress: Zoé Heran – Max
  • Best Actor: Paul Nouhet – ''Les Méduses de Gouville''

Swann d'Or

Premiers Rendez-vous

  • Prix Premiers Rendez-vous:
  • * Sarah Henochsberg and Justine Lacroix – C’est ça l’amour
  • * Tom Mercier – ''Synonymes''