`` Le monde du silence '' becomes first ever documentary to win in 1956 . The film was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Golden Globe award as Best Documentary Feature. Coppola won a Golden Globe for Best Director , and the film picked up two Academy Awards for sound and cinematography . Jane Campion is the only female director to win Palme d'Or , for `` The Piano '' `` Pulp Fiction '' starts Tarantino 's life-long love affair with Cannes in 1994 .
`` Le monde du silence '' becomes first ever documentary to win in 1956 . The film was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Golden Globe award as Best Documentary Feature. Jane Campion is the only female director to win Palme d'Or , for `` The Piano '' `` Pulp Fiction '' starts Tarantino 's life-long love affair with Cannes in 1994 .