Grand Prix – Golden Gentian

• 2023
  Polaris by Ainara Vera Esparza (France, Greenland)
• 2022
  GAUCHO AMERICANO by Nicolàs Molina (Chile)
• 2021
  ANCHE STANOTTE LE MUCCHE DANZERANNO SUL TETTO by Aldo Gugolz (Switzerland)
• 2020
  A TUNNEL by Nino Orjonikidze / Vano Arsenishvili (Georgia, Germany)
• 2019
  LA GRAND-MESSE by Valéry Rosier / Méryl Fortunat-Rossi (Belgium, France)
• 2018
  SEÑORITA MARÌA, LA FALDA DE LA MONTAÑA by Ruben Mendoza (Colombia)
• 2017
  SAMUEL IN THE CLOUDS by Pieter Van Eecke (Belgium)
• 2016
  LA MONTAGNE MAGIQUE by Anca Damian (France, Romania, Poland)
• 2015
  COMING OF AGE by Teboho Edkins (South Africa, Germany, Lesotho)
• 2014
  METAMORPHOSEN by Sebastian Mez (Germany)
• 2013
  EXPEDITION TO THE END OF THE WORLD by Daniel Dencik (Denmark)
• 2012
  ¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! by Victor Kossakovsky (Germany, Argentina, Chile)
• 2011
  SUMMER PASTURE by Lynn True / Nelson Walker (United States)
• 2010
  HIMALAYA, LE CHEMIN DU CIEL by Marianne Chaud (France)
• 2009
  SONBAHAR by Alper Özcan (Turkey, Germany)
• 2008
  4 ELEMENTS by Jiska Rickels (Netherlands)
• 2007
  PRIMAVERA IN KURDISTAN by Stefano Savona (France, Italy)
• 2006
  CONFLICT TIGER by Sasha Snow (United Kingdom)
• 2005
  EXTREMO SUL by Monica Schmiedt / Sylvestre Campe (Brazil)
• 2004
  TOUCHING THE VOID by Kevin Macdonald (United Kingdom)
• 2003
  YOUR HIMALAYAS by Alberto Iñurrategi (Spain)
• 2002
  LE PEUPLE MIGRATEUR by Jacques Perrin (France)
• 2001
  ANTARCTICA.ORG by Michel De Wouters / Annick Pippelart (Belgium)
• 2000
  HIMALAYA, L'ENFANCE D'UN CHEF by Eric Valli (France)
• 1999
  118 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY OF ICE by Pavol Bàrabaš (Slovakia)
• 1998
  DER BESUCH by Karl Prossliner (Austria)
• 1997
  BERGKRISTALL - PAUL MEMBRINI EIN STRAHLENSUCHER AUF EXTREMEN WEGEN by Gerhard Baur (Germany)
• 1996
  SCHLAFES BRUDER by Joseph Vilsmaier (Germany)
• 1995
  BARNABO DELLE MONTAGNE by Mario Brenta (Italy)
• 1994
  LA DERNIERE SAISON by Pierre Beccu (France)
• 1993
  EVEREST - SEA TO SUMMIT by Michael Dillon (Australia)
• 1992
  LE SEIGNEUR DES AIGLES by Frederic Fougea (France)
• 1991
  CHASSEURS DES TÉNÈBRES by Alain Majani (France)
• 1990
  VERKAUFTE HEIMAT 1 - BRENNENDE LIEB' by Karin Brandauer (Austria)
• 1989
  K2 - TRAUM UND SCHICKSAL (VORSTOSS INS UNBEKANNTE) by Kurt Diemberger (Germany)
• 1988
  THE BONE BREAKER'S MOUNTAIN by Jeremy Bradshaw (United Kingdom)

  LA FACE DE L'OGRE by Bernard Giraudeau (France)
• 1987
  LES CONQUERANTS DE L'IMPOSSIBLE "BONATTI" by Bernard Choquet (France)
• 1986
  TASIO by Montxo Armendariz (Spain)
• 1985
  LA TRACE by Bernard Favre (France)
• 1984
  GASPARD DE LA MEIJE by Bernard Choquet (France)
• 1983
  LE CONCERTO D'ALASKA by Bernard Germain (France)

  Les noces de Glace by Michel Strobino (Switzerland)
• 1982
  KANGCHENJUNGA by Jan Piroh (Czechoslovakia)

  Ama Dablam - La Montanya Sagrada Dels Xerpes by Jordi Pons Sanjines (Spain)
• 1981
  AVENTURE AU CERVIN by Jean-Marc Boivin (France)
• 1980
  FROM THE OCEAN TO THE SKY by Michael Dillon (New Zealand)

  Operation Survie Solitaire Huascaran - 60 jours a' 6700m d'altitude by Nicolas Jaeger (France)
• 1979
  ROSE DE PINSEC by Jacques Thevoz (Switzerland)
• 1978
  EL CAPITAN by Fred Padula (United States)
• 1977
  BELYJ PAROCHOD by Bolotbek Sciamsciev (U.R.S.S.)
• 1976
  KANGCHENDZÖNGA - DEUTSCH - ÖSTERREICHISCHE KANTSCH - EXPEDITION by Gerhard Baur (Germany)

  L'accidenté de Montagne by René Vernadet (France)
• 1975
  MORT D'UN GUIDE by Jacques Ertaud (France)
• 1974
  DIE WAND by Lothar Brandler (Germany)
• 1973
  SOLO by Mike Hoover (United States)
• 1971
  THE LAST OF THE CUIVAS by Brian Moser (United Kingdom)
• 1970
  LE TERRITOIRE DES AUTRES by François Bel (France)
• 1969
  FITZ ROY, FIRST ASCENT OF THE SOUTH-WEST BUTTRESS by Lito Tejada Flores (United States)
• 1968
  LES NEIGES DE GRENOBLE by Jacques Ertaud / Jean Jacques Languepin (France)

  LES NEIGES DE GRENOBLE by Jacques Ertaud / Jean Jacques Languepin (France)
• 1967
  SENSATION ALPEN by Lothar Brandler (Germany)
• 1966
  ANATOMIE D’UNE PREMIERE by Jacques Ertaud (France)
• 1965
  GORA by Wladyslaw Slesicki (Poland)
• 1964
  UNA CORDATA EUROPEA by Lothar Brandler (Germany)
• 1963
  LES OCEANAUTES by Pierre Goupil (France)
• 1962
  GALAPAGOS - LANDUNG IN EDEN by Heinz Sielmann (Germany)
• 1961
  BANDITI A ORGOSOLO by Vittorio De Seta (Italy)
• 1960
  LE PILIER DE LA SOLITUDE by Hélène Dassonville (France)

  LE PILIER DE LA SOLITUDE by Hélène Dassonville (France)
• 1959
  LES ÈTOILES DE MIDI by Marcel Ichac (France)

  LES ÈTOILES DE MIDI by Marcel Ichac (France)
• 1958
  LA MURAGLIA CINESE by Carlo Lizzani (Italy)
• 1957
  HOMMES ET CIMES DU PEROU by Lionel Terray (France)
• 1956
  MAKALU 8500 by Guido Magnone / Lionel Terray / Pierre Leroux (France)
• 1955
  ETOILES ET TEMPETES by Gaston Rebuffat (France)
• 1954
  Not assigned
• 1953
  MOUNT EVEREST 1952 by André Roch / Norman G. Dyhrenfurth (Switzerland)
• 1952
  CIMES ET MERVEILLES by Samivel (France)