The CST Award for Best Artist-Technician () is an independent film award created in 2003. It rewards the work of a technician for his or her collaboration in the creation of a film from the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It is awarded by a special jury, appointed by the Superior Technical Commission of Image and Sound ( or CST).
History In 1951, the CST created the Technical Grand Prize () of the CST, awarded during the Cannes Film Festival. That prize existed until 2000.
In 2003, Pierre-William Glenn, president of the CST, struggled to once again have a prize awarded to a technician during the Cannes Film Festival. Thus, the Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist was born as a part of the festival roster and approved by the festival's president Gilles Jacob.
In 2019, it was renamed the « CST Award for Best Artist-Technician ».
Since 2021, the CST has also been awarding the CST Award for Best Young Female Film Technician, to highlight a young female head of station in French cinema.
The trophy The actual trophy is awarded to the winner in Paris, during a special evening following the festival.
It is inspired by an image from Jean-Luc Godard's movie Le Mépris (Contempt) (1963) and represents a movie camera with analog and numeric elements.
Award winners
CST Award for Best Artist-Technician (since 2019) YearAwarded Artist(s)Work AwardedFilmDirector(s) 2019 Flora Volpelière Editing Les Misérables Ladj LyJulien PoupardCinematography 2021 Vladislav Opelyants Cinematography Petrov's Flu Kirill Serebrennikov 2022 Andreas Franck, Bent Holm, Jacob Ilgner and Jonas Rudels Sound Crew Triangle of Sadness Ruben Ostlund 2023Johnnie BurnSound DesignThe Zone of InterestJonathan Glazer2024Daria D'AntonioCinematographyParthenopePaolo Sorrentino 2025Ruben ImpensCinematography Alpha Julia DucournauStephane ThiébautSound Design 2026Nicolas RumplEditingA Man of His TimeEmmanuel Marre
Vulcan Award (2003–2018) YearAwarded Artist(s)Work AwardedFilmDirector(s)2003Tom SternCinematographyMystic RiverClint Eastwood2004Eric GautierCleanOlivier AssayasThe Motorcycle DiariesWalter Salles2005Leslie ShatzSound designLast DaysGus Van SantRobert RodriguezVisual processingSin CityRobert Rodriguez 2006 Stephen Mirrione Editing Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu 2007 Janusz Kamiński Cinematography The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Julian Schnabel 2008 Luca Bigazzi Il Divo Paolo SorrentinoAngelo RaguseoSound mixing 2009 Aïtor Berenguer Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Isabel Coixet 2010 Jon Taylor and Bob Beemer Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu 2011 José Luis Alcaine Cinematography The Skin I Live In Pedro Almodóvar 2012 Charlotte Bruus Christensen The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg 2013 Antoine Heberlé GriGris Mahamat Saleh Haroun 2014 Dick Pope Mr. Turner Mike Leigh 2015 Tamás Zányi Sound design Son of Saul László Nemes 2016 Ryu Seong-hie Art direction The Handmaiden Park Chan-wook 2017 Josefin Åsberg Set decoration The Square Ruben Östlund 2018 Shin Jeom-hee Art direction Burning Lee Chang-dong
Technical Grand Prize (1951–2000) YearFilmAwarded Artist(s)Director(s) 2002 No award 2001 No award 2000 In the Mood for Love Christopher Doyle, Ping Bin Lee, William Chang Wong Kar-wai 1999 The Emperor and the Assassin Tu Juhua Chen Kaige 1998 Tango Vittorio Storaro Carlos Saura 1997 She's So Lovely Thierry Arbogast Nick Cassavetes The Fifth Element Luc Besson 1996 Microcosmos Whole technical team Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou 1995 Shanghai Triad Lü Yue, Olivier Chiavassa, Bruno Patin Zhang Yimou 1994 Dead Tired Pitof Michel Blanc 1993 Mazeppa Jean Gargonne, Vincent Arnadi Bartabas 1992 El Viaje Fernando Solanas Fernando Solanas 1991 Europa Lars von Trier Lars von Trier 1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Pierre Lhomme Jean-Paul Rappeneau 1989 Black Rain Shōhei Imamura 1988 Bird Clint Eastwood 1987 Le Cinéma dans les Yeux Gilles and Laurent Jacob 1986 The Mission Roland Joffé 1985 Insignificance Nicolas Roeg 1984 The Element of Crime Lars von Trier 1983 Carmen Carlos Saura 1982 Passion Jean-Luc Godard 1981 Les Uns et les Autres Claude Lelouch 1980 The Risk of Living Gérald Calderon 1979 Norma Rae Martin Ritt 1978 Pretty Baby Louis Malle 1977 Car Wash Michael Schultz 1976 Fang and Claw Michel Fano 1975 A Touch of Zen King Hu Don't Robin Lehman 1974 Mahler Ken Russell 1973 Cries and Whispers Ingmar Bergman 1972 Laurent Coderre 1971 The Hellstrom Chronicle Walon Green, Ed Spiegel 1970 The Territory of Others François Bel, Michel Fano 1969 No award 1968 The festival was interrupted. No awards this year. 1967 Sky Over Holland John Fernhout 1966 Chimes at Midnight Orson Welles Skaterdater Noel Black A Man and a Woman Pierre Uytterhoeven Claude Lelouch 1965 Ban ye ji jiao Yeou Lei Circus Angel Albert Lamorisse Une Danse Éternelle Tamás Banovich Overture János Vadászd 1964 No award 1963 Yachting Hattum Hoving Codine Henri Colpi The Cassandra Cat Vojtěch Jasný 1962 Electra Michael Cacoyannis Oczekiwanie Witold Giersz The Lovers of Teruel Raymond Rouleau Les Dieux du Feu Henri Storck The Magnificent Concubine Han Hsiang Li 1961 No award 1960 Paw Astrid Henning-Jensen 1959 Luna de Miel Michael Powell A Midsummer Night's Dream Jiří Trnka Araya Margot Benacerraf 1958 The Flute and the Arrow Arne Sucksdorff Mon Oncle Jacques Tati The Cranes are Flying Mikhail Kalatozov 1957 Wiesensommer Heinz Sielmann Toute la mémoire du monde Alain Resnais Il Sogno dei Gonzaga Antonio Petrucci Bölcsők Ágoston Kollányi The Bachelor Party Delbert Mann 1956 Sob o Céu da Bahia Ernesto Remani Tovarichtch Oukhodit v More Nikita Kurikhin Crne Vode Rudolf Sremec 1955 No award 1954 The Great Adventure Arne Sucksdorff Nouveaux Horizons Marcel Ichac The Great Warrior Skanderbeg Sergei Yutkevich Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols 1953 Green Magic Gian Gaspare Napolitano La Montagna di Cenere Giovanni Paolucci Pescatori di Laguna Antonio Petrucci Water Birds Ben Sharpsteen 1952 The Immortal Song V. Shantaram 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Carnet de plongée Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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References
Sources Award Winners list on the CST Website
External links Official Website of the CST Cannes Film Festival's Official Website