David Cronenberg's "Crash" (1996) won the "Special Jury Prize" award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was said that some people in the jury didn't support such recognition. Francis Ford Coppola, the Jury president that year, described the film as "original, daring and audacious". According to David Cronenberg, it was Francis Ford Coppola who was totally against the movie. Cronenberg believed that the award was the attempt of the other Jury members to get around the negativity of Coppola, since they had the power to present such award without the president's approval. Coppola did not hand over the award to Cronenberg. He made other Jury members to do it. Cronenberg didn't like it and felt it wasn't gracious. Whenever Cronenberg met Coppola after the festival, Coppola would always say, “Remember, we gave you this award.” Cronenberg swore to himself that the next time Coppola said that, he would remind Coppola that he was not amongst those who wanted to give the award. ("Q-and-A: David Cronenberg reflects on ‘Crash’ and the future of COVID filmmaking", David Friend, Toronto City News, 2020) P.S: On this day, 30 years ago, "Crash" (1996) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.