It’s the 60th birthday for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or trophy, made by Chopard

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A person poses for a photograph with a box containing the Palme d\'Or award, which will be presented on Sunday, at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 23, 2015. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

CANNES, France – As the Palme d’Or sits in its cushioned box awaiting Sunday’s Cannes winner, the film festival’s top prize might be taking stock of its own lifetime of achievements — on this, its 60th birthday.

The iconic award — with its gold palm branch that was redesigned last year by Chopard — was honoured at this year’s festival. A film directed by Alexis Veller, called “The Legend of the Palme d’Or,” was screened, including interviews with many of the award’s recipients such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and Jane Campion.

The Palm is made of massive 18-carat “Fairmined” gold, hand-cast in a plaster mould, then fixed on a cushion of unique cut crystal.

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