List of Big Three film festivals winners

This list holds these three most prestigious film festivals in Europe, collectively known as the Big Three:

• Venice Film Festival – held in Venice, a city in Veneto, Italy; from 1932.
• Cannes Film Festival – held in Cannes, a city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; from 1939.
• Berlin International Film Festival – held in Berlin, Germany; from 1951.

Top prizes

As of 2025, only five filmmakers have won the Golden Lion, Palme d'Or and Golden Bear.

• Jean-Luc Godard was given a Special Palme d'Or as an homage to his career. The other prizes on this list were all competitive prizes.
• Henri-Georges Clouzot got two prizes on this list for a single film. The other prizes on this list are all for different films.

Two prizes

Filmmakers who have won two out of three:

• Leopold Lindtberg (1946–1951; 5 years)
• The Last Chance – Palme d'Or (1946)
• Four in a Jeep – Golden Bear (1951)
• David Lean (1946–1954; 8 years)
• Brief Encounter – Palme d'Or (1946)
• Hobson's Choice – Golden Bear (1954)
• Roberto Rossellini (1946–1959; 13 years)
• Rome, Open City – Palme d'Or (1946)
• General Della Rovere – Golden Lion (1959)
• René Clément (1947–1952; 5 years)
• The Damned – Palme d'Or (1947)
• Forbidden Games – Golden Lion (1952)
• André Cayatte (1951–1960; 9 years)
• Justice Is Done – Golden Bear (1951)
• Tomorrow Is My Turn – Golden Lion (1960)
• Vittorio De Sica (1951–1971; 20 years)
• Miracle in Milan – Palme d'Or (1951)
• The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Golden Bear (1971)
• Renato Castellani (1952–1954; 2 years)
• Two Cents Worth of Hope – Palme d'Or (1952)
• Romeo and Juliet – Golden Lion (1954)
• Louis Malle (1956–1980; 24 years)
• The Silent World – Palme d'Or (1956)
• Atlantic City (1980) and Goodbye, Children (1987) – Golden Lion
• Satyajit Ray (1957–1973; 16 years)
• Aparajito – Golden Lion (1957)
• Ashani Sanket – Golden Bear (1973)
• Luis Buñuel (1961–1967; 6 years)
• Viridiana – Palme d'Or (1961)
• Belle de Jour – Golden Lion (1967)
• Luchino Visconti (1963–1965; 2 years)
• The Leopard – Palme d'Or (1963)
• Sandra – Golden Lion (1965)
• Francesco Rosi (1963–1972; 9 years)
• Hands over the City – Golden Lion (1963)
• The Mattei Affair – Palme d'Or (1972)
• Roman Polanski (1966–2002; 36 years)
• Cul-de-sac – Golden Bear (1966)
• The Pianist – Palme d'Or (2002)
• Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (1977–2012; 35 years)
• Padre Padrone – Palme d'Or (1977)
• Caesar Must Die – Golden Bear (2012)
• Ermanno Olmi (1978–1988; 10 years)
• The Tree of Wooden Clogs – Palme d'Or (1978)
• The Legend of the Holy Drinker – Golden Lion (1988)
• John Cassavetes (1980–1984; 4 years)
• Gloria – Golden Lion (1980)
• Love Streams – Golden Bear (1984)
• Akira Kurosawa (1980–1985; 5 years)
• Kagemusha – Palme d'Or (1980)
• Rashomon – Golden Lion (1985)
• Wim Wenders (1982–1984; 2 years)
• The State of Things – Golden Lion (1982)
• Paris, Texas – Palme d'Or (1984)
• Costa-Gavras (1982–1989; 7 years)
• Missing – Palme d'Or (1982)
• Music Box – Golden Bear (1989)
• Zhang Yimou (1988–1992; 4 years)
• Red Sorghum – Golden Bear (1988)
• The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) and Not One Less (1999) – Golden Lion
• Ang Lee (1993–2005; 12 years)
• The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Sense and Sensibility (1995) – Golden Bear
• Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Lust, Caution (2007) – Golden Lion
• Mike Leigh (1996–2004; 8 years)
• Secrets & Lies – Palme d'Or (1996)
• Vera Drake – Golden Lion (2004)
• Terrence Malick (1999–2011; 12 years)
• The Thin Red Line – Golden Bear (1999)
• The Tree of Life – Palme d'Or (2011)
• Gianfranco Rosi (2013–2016; 3 years)
• Sacro GRA – Golden Lion (2013)
• Fire at Sea – Golden Bear (2016)

Runner-up prizes

Each second place or runner-up winners consist Venice's Grand Jury Prize, Cannes's Grand Prix and Berlin's Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. As of 2025, Pier Paolo Pasolini is the only filmmaker to have won all the prizes.

Two prizes

Filmmakers who have won two out of three:

• Roman Polanski (1965–2019; 54 years)
• Repulsion – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1965)
• An Officer and a Spy – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (2019)
• Éric Rohmer (1967–1976; 9 years)
• La Collectionneuse – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1967)
• The Marquise of O – Grand Prix (1976)
• Marco Bellocchio (1967–1991; 24 years)
• China Is Near – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (1967)
• The Conviction – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1991)
• Werner Herzog (1968–1975; 7 years)
• Signs of Life – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1968)
• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser – Grand Prix (1975)
• Marco Ferreri (1978–1980; 2 years)
• Bye Bye Monkey – Grand Prix (1978)
• Seeking Asylum – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1980)
• Jerzy Skolimowski (1978–2010; 32 years)
• The Shout – Grand Prix (1978)
• Essential Killing – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (2010)
• Andrei Konchalovsky (1979–2002; 23 years)
• Siberiade – Grand Prix (1979)
• House of Fools – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (2002)
• Nanni Moretti (1981–1986; 5 years)
• Sweet Dreams – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (1981)
• The Mass Is Ended – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1986)
• Giuseppe Tornatore (1989–1995; 6 years)
• Cinema Paradiso – Grand Prix (1989)
• The Star Maker – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (1995)
• Zhang Yimou (1994–2000; 6 years)
• To Live – Grand Prix (1994)
• The Road Home – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (2000)
• Tsai Ming-liang (1997–2013; 16 years)
• The River – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (1997)
• Stray Dogs – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (2013)
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2021–2023; 2 years)
• Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy – Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (2021)
• Evil Does Not Exist – Venice Film Festival for Grand Jury Prize (2023)

Directing prizes

Each directorial winners consist Venice's Silver Lion for Best Direction, Cannes's Award for Best Director and Berlin's Silver Bear for Best Director. As of 2026, American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is the only person to have won all the prizes, in addition of Academy Award for Best Director win from One Battle After Another (2025).

Two prizes

Filmmakers who have won two out of three as director:

• Akira Kurosawa (1954–1959; 5 years)
• Seven Samurai – Silver Lion for Best Direction (1954)
• The Hidden Fortress – Silver Bear for Best Director (1959)
• Robert Aldrich (1955–1956; 1 year)
• The Big Knife – Silver Lion for Best Direction (1955)
• Autumn Leaves – Silver Bear for Best Director (1956)
• Ettore Scola (1976–1984; 8 years)
• Down and Dirty – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director (1976)
• Le Bal – Silver Bear for Best Director (1984)
• Martin Scorsese (1986–1990; 4 years)
• After Hours – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director (1986)
• Goodfellas – Silver Lion for Best Direction (1990)
• Emir Kusturica (1989–1998; 9 years)
• Time of the Gypsies – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director (1989)
• Black Cat, White Cat – Silver Lion for Best Direction (1998)
• Philippe Garrel (1991–2023; 32 years)
• J'entends plus la guitare (1991) and Regular Lovers (2005) – Silver Lion for Best Direction
• The Plough – Silver Bear for Best Director (2023)
• Kim Ki-duk (2004)
• 3-Iron – Silver Lion for Best Direction (2004)
• Samaritan Girl – Silver Bear for Best Director (2004)
• Amat Escalante (2013–2016; 3 years)
• Heli – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director (2013)
• The Untamed – Silver Lion for Best Direction (2016)

Acting prizes

All four have trifecta prizes are also Academy Award winners.

Male

Actors who have won two out of three for best acting performance as a lead:

• Frederic March (1932–1960; 28 years)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) and Death of a Salesman (1952) – Volpi Cup for Best Actor
• Inherit The Wind – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1960)
• Jean Gabin (1951–1959; 8 years)
• The Night Is My Kingdom (1951), The Air of Paris (1954) and Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) – Volpi Cup for Best Actor
• Archimède le clochard (1959) and Le Chat (1971) – Silver Bear for Best Actor
• Paul Newman (1958–1995; 37 years)
• The Long, Hot Summer – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (1958)
• Nobody's Fool – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1995)
• James Stewart (1959–1962; 3 years)
• Anatomy of a Murder – Volpi Cup for Best Actor (1959)
• Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1962)
• Burt Lancaster (1956–1962; 6 years)
• Trapeze – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1956)
• Birdman of Alcatraz – Volpi Cup for Best Actor (1962)
• Albert Finney (1963–1984; 21 years)
• Tom Jones – Volpi Cup for Best Actor (1963)
• The Dresser – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1984)
• Tom Courtenay (1964–2015; 51 years)
• King & Country – Volpi Cup for Best Actor (1964)
• 45 Years – Silver Bear for Best Actor (2015)
• Jean-Louis Trintignant (1968–1969; 1 year)
• The Man Who Lies – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1968)
• Z – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (1969)
• Marcello Mastroianni (1970–1989; 19 years)
• The Pizza Triangle (1970) and Dark Eyes (1987) – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
• What Time Is It? (1989) and 1, 2, 3, Sun (1993) – Volpi Cup for Best Actor
• Michel Piccoli (1980–1982; 2 years)
• A Leap in the Dark – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (1980)
• Strange Affair – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1982)
• Gian Maria Volonté (1983–1987; 4 years)
• The Death of Mario Ricci – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (1983)
• The Moro Affair – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1987)
• Bruce Dern (1983–2014; 31 years)
• That Championship Season – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1983)
• Nebraska – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2014)
• Gérard Depardieu (1985–1990; 5 years)
• Police – Volpi Cup for Best Actor (1985)
• Cyrano de Bergerac – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (1990)
• Samuel L. Jackson (1991–1998; 7 years)
• Jungle Fever – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (1991)
• Jackie Brown – Silver Bear for Best Actor (1998)
• Javier Bardem (2000–2010; 10 years)
• Before Night Falls (2000) and The Sea Inside (2004) – Volpi Cup for Best Actor
• Biutiful – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2010)
• Benicio del Toro (2001–2008; 7 years)
• Traffic – Silver Bear for Best Actor (2001)
• Che – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2008)
• Elio Germano (2010–2020; 10 years)
• La nostra vita – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2010)
• Hidden Away – Silver Bear for Best Actor (2020)
• Shahab Hosseini (2011–2016; 5 years)
• A Separation – Silver Bear for Best Actor (2011)
• The Salesman – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2016)
• Joaquin Phoenix (2012–2017; 5 years)
• The Master – Volpi Cup for Best Actor (2012)
• You Were Never Really Here – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2017)
• Vincent Lindon (2015–2024; 9 years)
• The Measure of a Man – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor (2015)
• The Quiet Son – Volpi Cup for Best Actor (2024)

Female

Actresses who have won two out of three for best acting performance as a lead:

• Katharine Hepburn (1934–1962; 28 years)
• Little Women – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (1934)
• Long Day's Journey into Night – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1962)
• Bette Davis (1937–1951; 14 years)
• Marked Woman (1937) and Kid Galahad (1937) – Volpi Cup for Best Actress
• All About Eve – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1951)
• Anna Magnani (1947–1958; 11 years)
• Angelina – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (1947)
• Wild Is the Wind – Silver Bear for Best Actress (1958)
• Sophia Loren (1958–1961; 3 years)
• The Black Orchid – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (1958)
• Two Women – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1961)
• Bibi Andersson (1958–1963; 5 years)
• Brink of Life – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1958)
• The Mistress – Silver Bear for Best Actress (1963)
• Shirley MacLaine (1959–1960; 1 year)
• Ask Any Girl (1959) and Desperate Characters (1971) – Silver Bear for Best Actress
• The Apartment (1960) and Madame Sousatzka (1988) – Volpi Cup for Best Actress
• Simone Signoret (1959–1971; 12 years)
• Room at the Top – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1959)
• Le Chat – Silver Bear for Best Actress (1971)
• Vanessa Redgrave (1966–1994; 28 years)
• Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) and Isadora (1969) – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
• Little Odessa – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (1994)
• Isabelle Huppert (1978–1988; 10 years)
• Violette Nozière (1978) and The Piano Teacher (2001) – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
• Story of Women (1988) and La Cérémonie (1995) – Volpi Cup for Best Actress
• Hanna Schygulla (1979–1983; 4 years)
• The Marriage of Maria Braun – Silver Bear for Best Actress (1979)
• The Story of Piera – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1983)
• Barbara Sukowa (1981–1986; 5 years)
• Marianne and Juliane – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (1981)
• Rosa Luxemburg – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1986)
• Isabelle Adjani (1981–1989; 8 years)
• Possession (1981) and Quartet (1981) – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
• Camille Claudel – Silver Bear for Best Actress (1989)
• Helen Mirren (1984–2006; 22 years)
• Cal (1984) and The Madness of King George (1995) – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
• The Queen – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (2006)
• Holly Hunter (1988–1993; 5 years)
• Broadcast News – Silver Bear for Best Actress (1988)
• The Piano – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1993)
• Meryl Streep (1989–2003; 14 years)
• Evil Angels – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (1989)
• The Hours – Silver Bear for Best Actress (2003)
• Maggie Cheung (1992–2004; 12 years)
• Center Stage – Silver Bear for Best Actress (1992)
• Clean – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (2004)
• Rose Byrne (2000–2025; 25 years)
• The Goddess of 1967 – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (2000)
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You – Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance (2025)
• Nicole Kidman (2003–2024; 21 years)
• The Hours – Silver Bear for Best Actress (2003)
• Babygirl – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (2024)
• Penélope Cruz (2006–2021; 15 years)
• Volver – Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress (2006)
• Parallel Mothers – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (2021)
• Charlotte Rampling (2015–2017; 2 years)
• 45 Years – Silver Bear for Best Actress (2015)
• Hannah – Volpi Cup for Best Actress (2017)

Independent prizes

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

Notes

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