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CST Award for Best Artist-Technician

The CST Award for Best Artist-Technician (French: PRIX CST de l’Artiste Technicien) 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.[1] It is awarded by a special jury, appointed by the Superior Technical Commission of Image and Sound (French: Commission Supérieure Technique de l’Image et du Son or CST).[citation needed]

History

In 1951, the CST created the Technical Grand Prize (French: Grand Prix Technique) of the CST, awarded during the Cannes Film Festival. That prize existed until 2000.[citation needed]

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.[2]

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.[3]

The trophy

The actual trophy is awarded to the winner in Paris, during a special evening following the festival.[2]

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.[4]

Award winners

CST Award for Best Artist-Technician (since 2019)

Vulcan Award (2003–2018)

Technical Grand Prize (1951–2000)

Notes

  1. ^ No award given. However, a special Prix du Jury à un technicien was awarded to Tu Duu-chih for Millennium Mambo and What Time Is It There?

References

  1. ^ "Prix de l'artiste technicien – Prix VULCAIN". Récompenses de l'excellence. CST. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Un peu d'histoire". Récompenses de l'excellence. CST. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ Klimberg, Par Nathalie (2021-06-17). "Mediakwest - Un Prix CST de la Jeune Technicienne à Cannes !". Mediakwest (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  4. ^ "Le Trophée du Prix Vulcain de l'Artiste Technicien". Récompenses de l'excellence. CST. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Les lauréats". Récompenses de l'excellence. CST. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Prix Vulcain 2017 : La CST récompense Josefin ÅSBERG, décoratrice de The Square" [Vulcan Award 2017: CST rewards Josefin Åsberg, decorator of The Square]. CST (in French). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Josefin Åsberg". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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