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

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.
Georges Clouzot, completed in 1953.
Antonioni, completed in 1967.
Godard, completed in 2018; the longest gap between first and last prizes he received in 53 years.
Altman, completed in 1993.
Panahi, completed in 2025.
Name Golden Lion Year Awarded Palme d'Or Year Awarded Golden Bear Year Awarded Year Completed
France Henri-Georges Clouzot Manon 1949 The Wages of Fear 1953 The Wages of Fear 1953 1949–1953
(4 years)
Italy Michelangelo Antonioni[a] Red Desert 1964 Blowup 1967 La Notte 1961 1961–1967
(6 years)
France Jean-Luc Godard First Name: Carmen 1983 The Image Book[b] 2018 Alphaville 1965 1965–2018
(53 years)
United States Robert Altman Short Cuts 1993 M*A*S*H 1970 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson 1976 1970–1993
(23 years)
Iran Jafar Panâhi[a] The Circle 2000 It Was Just an Accident 2025 Taxi 2015 2000–2025[1]
(25 years)

Two prizes

Filmmakers who have won two out of three:

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.

Pasolini, completed in 1974.
Name Grand Jury Prize of Venice Film Festival Year Awarded Grand Prix Year Awarded Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize Year Awarded Year Completed
Italy Pier Paolo Pasolini The Gospel According to St. Matthew 1964 Arabian Nights 1974 Il Decameron 1971 1964–1974
(10 years)

Two prizes

Filmmakers who have won two out of three:

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 2025, American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson is the only person to have won all the prizes.

Anderson, completed in 2012.
Name Silver Lion for Best Direction Year Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director Year Awarded Silver Bear for Best Director Year Awarded Year Completed
United States Paul Thomas Anderson The Master 2012 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 There Will Be Blood 2008 2002–2012[2]
(10 years)

Two prizes

Filmmakers who have won two out of three as director:

Screenplay prizes

As of 2025, no one has won all three festivals' screenplay prizes yet. However, screenwriters who have won two out of three prizes are listed below.

Acting prizes

As of 2025, only four actors have won all three film festivals' acting prizes as for their leading performances.

Male

Lemmon, completed in 1992.
Penn, completed in 1998.
Name Venice Year Awarded Cannes Year Awarded Berlin[c] Year Awarded Year Completed
United States Jack Lemmon Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 The China Syndrome
Missing		 1979
1982		 Tribute 1981 1979–1992
(13 years)
United States Sean Penn Hurlyburly
21 Grams		 1998
2003		 She's So Lovely 1997 Dead Man Walking 1996 1996–1998
(2 years)

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

Female

Binoche, completed in 2010.
Moore, completed in 2014.
Name Venice Year Awarded Cannes Year Awarded Berlin[c] Year Awarded Year Completed
France Juliette Binoche Three Colors: Blue 1993 Certified Copy 2010 The English Patient 1997 1993–2010
(17 years)
United States Julianne Moore Far from Heaven 2002 Maps to the Stars 2014 The Hours 2003[d] 2002–2014
(12 years)

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 Also won the Golden Leopard
  2. ↑ Awarded as Special Palme d'Or
  3. 1 2 Starting with the 71st Berlin International Film Festival (2021), the Best Actor and Best Actress categories were consolidated into a single Best Leading Performance category.[3]
  4. ↑ Shared with Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep

References

  1. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (2025-05-24). "Jafar Panahi Wins Cannes Palme d'Or for 'It Was Just an Accident'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Day-Lewis's final cut is the deepest". Henley Standard. February 5, 2018. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Aug 24, 2020 Berlinale 2021: Festival Planned as Physical Event / New: Gender-Neutral Performance Awards". Berlin Film Festival. Berlin Film Festival. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Big_Three_film_festivals_winners