Ruben Östlund

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

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Ruben Östlund stands among a select group of directors who have won the Palme d'Or twice, a feat that underscores his unique ability to blend sharp satire with universal themes. His back-to-back wins for The Square and Triangle of Sadness are a historic achievement. Beyond Cannes, his European Film Awards haul includes three Best Film wins, cementing his status as a leading figure in European cinema.

AwardsÖstlund has won two Palme d'Or awards at the Cannes Film Festival, for The Square (2017) and Triangle of Sadness (2022), making him one of only a handful of directors to achieve this. He also won the Un Certain Regard prize for Force Majeure (2014). At the European Film Awards, he has won Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenwriter multiple times.

Honours & Distinctions

Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Director

Guldbagge Awards·2018

Won for 'The Square'

Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay

Guldbagge Awards·2018

Won for 'The Square'

Rankings & Lists

#23

Greatest Directors of the 21st Century

The Guardian·2019

Records & Feats

Second director to win back-to-back Palme d'Ors

Awards·2022

After winning for 'The Square' in 2017 and 'Triangle of Sadness' in 2022, Östlund became only the second director in history to win the Palme d'Or in consecutive years, after Maurice Pialat.