1961 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 14th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by A.M. Rodicq.[1] | |
| Opening film | Che gioia vivere |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Une aussi longue absence and Viridiana) |
| No. of films | 31 (In Competition)[2] 2 (Out of Competition) 27 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 3 May 1961 – 18 May 1961 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 14th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 3-18, 1961.[3] The Palme d'Or went to the Une aussi longue absence, directed by Henri Colpi and Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel.[4] The festival opened with Che gioia vivere, directed by René Clément.[5]
Jury
- Jean Giono (France) (president)
- Sergei Yutkevich (Soviet Union) (vice president)
- Pedro Armendáriz (Mexico)
- Luigi Chiarini (Italy)
- Claude Mauriac (France)
- Edouard Molinaro (France)
- Jean Paulhan (France) (author)
- Raoul Ploquin (France)
- Liselotte Pulver (West Germany)
- Marcel Vertès (France)
- Fred Zinnemann (USA)
- Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania) (short films)
- Pierre Prévert (France) (short films)
- Jurgen Schildt (Sweden) (journalist) (short films)
- Jean Vidal (France) (short films)
- Jean Vivie (France) (CST official) (short films)
Feature film competition
- Une aussi longue absence by Henri Colpi
- El Centroforward murió al amanecer by René Múgica
- Che gioia vivere by René Clément
- Le Ciel et la boue by Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau
- La Ciociara by Vittorio De Sica
- Dan četrnaesti by Zdravko Velimirović
- Darclee by Mihai Iacob
- Domaren by Alf Sjöberg
- Dúvad by Zoltán Fábri
- Goodbye Again by Anatole Litvak
- Hoodlum Priest by Irvin Kershner
- I Like Mike by Peter Frye
- Kazaki by Vasili Pronin
- Der Letzte Zeuge by Wolfgang Staudte
- Line by Nils Reinhardt Christensen
- Madalena by Dinos Dimopoulos
- La Mano en la trampa by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- The Mark by Guy Green
- Matka Joanna od aniolów by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Het Mes by Fons Rademakers
- Otôto by Kon Ichikawa
- Piesen o sivém holubovi by Stanislav Barabáš
- Plein sud by Gaston De Gerlache
- Povest plamennykh let by Yuliya Solntseva
- A Primeira Missa by Lima Barreto
- La Ragazza con la valigia by Valerio Zurlini
- A Raisin in the Sun by Daniel Petrie
- Il Relitto by Michael Cacoyannis
- La Viaccia by Mauro Bolognini
- Viridiana by Luis Buñuel
Films out of competition
Short film competition
- Aicha by Noureddine Mechri and Francis Warin
- Argentina paraiso de la pesca by Antonio Ber Ciani
- The Art of Lee Hsiang-Fen by Henry T.C. Wang
- Balgarski ansambal za narodni pesni i tanzi by Lada Boyadjieva
- The Black Cat by Robert Braverman
- Cattle Ranch by Guy L. Coté
- Children of the Sun by John Hubley and Faith Hubley
- The Creation of Woman by Charles F. Schwep
- Cyrus le grand by Feri Farzaneh
- The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
- Fantazie pro levou ruku a lidske svedomi by Pavel Hobl
- Le Festival de Baalbeck 1960 by David McDonald
- Folkwangschulen by Herbert Vesely
- Foroyar by Jørgen Roos
- Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto) by José Val del Omar
- Giovedi: passeggiata by Vincenzo Gamna
- Gorod bolshoy sudby by Ilya Kopalin
- House of Hashimoto by Connie Rasinski
- Hudozhnikat Zlatyu Boyadzhiev by Ivan Popov
- Kangra et kulu by N.S. Thapa
- Medor, le chien qui rapporte bien by Leonid Gaidai
- Na vez by Branko Kalacic
- Nebbia by Raffaele Andreassi
- Paul Valéry by Roger Leenhardt
- Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy
- La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó
- Robert Frost by Sidney J. Stiber
- Souvenirs from Sweden by Henning Carlsen
- Taketori Monogatari by Kazuhiko Watanabe
- W kregu ciszy by Jerzy Ziarnik
Awards
- Palme d'Or:
- Jury Special Prize: Matka Joanna od aniolów by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Best Actor: Anthony Perkins for Goodbye Again
- Best Actress: Sophia Loren for La Ciociara
- Best Director: Yuliya Solntseva for Povest plamennykh let
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention:
- Short Film Palme d'Or: La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy
- Gary Cooper Award: A Raisin in the Sun by Daniel Petrie
- FIPRESCI Prize: La Mano en la trampa by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- OCIC Award: Hoodlum Priest by Irvin Kershner
References
- ^ "Posters 1961". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Official Selection 1961 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "1961 - Two palms in the sun". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Awards 1961 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Eventful climbing of the steps at the 1961 Cannes Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.