The Palme d'Or is one of the most prestigious awards a movie can get, but the process of choosing the prize's winner each year is not so well-known. The highest honor of the annual Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or was established in 1955. Every year, a handful of movies are chosen to take part in the festival's competition, and these titles, submitted from all over the world, generally end up being among the most discussed works among film critics and other cineaste circles.

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