1959 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 12th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jouineau Bourduge.[1] | |
| Opening film | Les Quatre Cents Coups |
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| Closing film | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Orfeu Negro) |
| Number of films |
26 (In Competition)[2] 2 (Out of Competition) 22 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 30 April 1959 – 15 May 1959 |
| Website |
festival-cannes |
The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from April 30 to May 15, 1959.[3] The Palme d'Or went to the Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus.[4] The festival opened with Les Quatre Cents Coups, directed by François Truffaut and closed with The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by George Stevens.[5][6][7]
Jury
- Marcel Achard (France) (president)
- Antoni Bohdziewicz (Poland)
- Michael Cacoyannis (Greece)
- Carlos Cuenca (Spain)
- Pierre Daninos (France)
- Julien Duvivier (France)
- Max Favalelli (France)
- Gene Kelly (USA)
- Carlo Ponti (Italy)
- Micheline Presle (France)
- Sergei Vasilyev (Soviet Union)
- Philippe Agostini (France) (short films)
- Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia) (short films)
- Paula Talaskivi (Finland) (short films)
- Jean Vivie (France) (CST official) (short films)
- Véra Volmane (France) (journalist) (short films)
Feature film competition
- Araya by Margot Benacerraf
- Compulsion by Richard Fleischer
- La Cucaracha by Ismael Rodríguez
- The Diary of Anne Frank by George Stevens
- Édes Anna by Zoltán Fábri
- Fanfare by Bert Haanstra
- Fröken April by Göran Gentele
- Die Halbzarte by Rolf Thiele
- Helden by Franz Peter Wirth
- Hiroshima Mon Amour by Alain Resnais
- Jakten by Erik Løchen
- Kriegsgericht by Kurt Meisel
- Lajwanti by Narendra Suri
- Luna de Miel by Michael Powell
- Matomeno iliovasilemma by Andreas Labrinos
- Middle of the Night by Delbert Mann
- Nazarín by Luis Buñuel
- Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus
- Otchiy dom by Lev Kulidzhanov
- Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura by Mario Soldati
- Les Quatre Cents Coups by François Truffaut
- Rapsódia Portuguesa by João Mendes
- Room at the Top by Jack Clayton
- Sen noci svatojanske by Jiří Trnka
- Shirasagi by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Sterne by Konrad Wolf
- Tang fu yu sheng nu by Tien Shen
- Touha by Vojtěch Jasný
- Vlak bez voznog reda by Veljko Bulajić
- Zafra by Lucas Demare
Awards
- Palme d'Or: Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus
- Grand Prize of the Jury: Stars by Konrad Wolf
- International Prize: Nazarín by Luis Buñuel
- Best Actor: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles for Compulsion
- Best Actress: Simone Signoret for Room at the Top
- Best Director: François Truffaut for Les Quatre Cents Coups
- Special Mention: Shirasagi by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Technical Grand Prize: Luna de Miel
- Short Film Palme d'Or:
- N.Y., N.Y. by Francis Thompson
- Zmiana warty by Halina Bielińska and Wlodzimierz Haupe
- Best Selection - Short Film: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Jiří Trnka
- Best Selection: Touha by Vojtěch Jasný
- Best Hommage: La Mer et les jours by Alain Kaminker
- Best Comedy: Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura by Mario Soldati
- OCIC Award: Les Quatre Cents Coups by François Truffaut
References
- ↑ "Posters 1959". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "Official Selection 1959 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "1959 - Festival, my love". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Awards 1959 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Opening of the 1959 festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Shock: Cannes 1959". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival history". The San Francisco Chronicle. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
Note
- Hiroshima Mon Amour by Alain Resnais is excluded from official selection to avoid upsetting the American government, as the atomic bombs are a taboo subject.
External links
- 1959 Cannes Film Festival
- Cannes Film Festival 1959
- Cannes Film Festival:1959 at Internet Movie Database
- 12ème Festival International du Film - Cannes
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