Un Certain Regard Best Director — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director category in CineRoll's records: 12 films across 11 years, 12 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025); the earliest on record is Goodbye (2011).

The last three winners were Once Upon a Time in Gaza (2025), On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (2024) and The Damned (2024).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.