Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci was presented with the third Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the festival . Though the award had been given out sporadically in the past the Honorary Palme d'Or was supposed to presented annually after 2011 . However it was not given again until the 2015 Cannes Film Festival . Gus Van Sant 's '' Restless '' opened the Un Certain Regard section . Jailed Iranian film directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof were honoured at the festival . '' Goodbye '' by Rasoulof and Panahi 's '' This Is Not a Film '' was screened at the festival , and Panahi was awarded the Carrosse d'Or . Four female directors featured in the main competition : Australian Julia Leigh , Japan 's Naomi Kawase , Scottish director Lynne Ramsay and France 's own Maïwenn Le Besco
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival