The last 10 winners of the top prize at Cannes

PARIS: The Cannes film festival -- the world's biggest -- starts Tuesday in the French Riviera resort. Here are the past 10 winners of its top prize, the Palme d'Or:

2017: "The Square" by Ruben Ostlund (Sweden)

2016: "I, Daniel Blake" by Ken Loach (Britain)

2015: "Dheepan" by Jacques Audiard (France)

2014: "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)

2013: "Blue is the Warmest Colour" by Abdellatif Kechiche (France)

2012: "Amour" by Michael Haneke (Austria)

2011: "The Tree of Life" by Terrence Malick (US)

2010: "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)

2009: "The White Ribbon" by Michael Haneke (Austria)

2008: "The Class" by Laurent Cantet (France)