1953 Cannes Film Festival

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1953 Cannes Film Festival
CFF53poster.jpg
Official poster of the 6th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jean-Luc. [1]
Opening film Endless Horizons
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Grand Prize of the Festival:
The Wages of Fear [2]
No. of films35 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date15 April 1953 (1953-04-15) – 29 April 1953 (1953-04-29)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 6th Cannes Film Festival took place from 15 to 29 April 1953. [4] French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau served as jury president for the main competition.

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The Grand Prize of the Festival was awarded, as the highest prize, to The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot. [5]

During the opening ceremony, Walt Disney was awarded the "Legion of Honour" from the hands of Monsieur Hugues, Minister of Information of France. [6] [7]

The festival opened with Endless Horizons by Jean Dréville.

Juries

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

Official Selection

Main Competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix: [3]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
1. April 2000 Wolfgang Liebeneiner Austria
Awaara Awāra Raj Kapoor India
The Bandit of Brazil O Cangaceiro Lima Barreto Brazil
Barabbas Alf Sjöberg Sweden
Bongolo Bongoloet la princesse noire André Cauvin Belgium
Call Me Madam Walter Lang United States
Children of Hiroshima 原爆の子 Kaneto Shindo Japan
Come Back, Little Sheba Daniel Mann United States
Dedication of the Great Buddha 大仏開眼 Teinosuke Kinugasa Japan
Doña Francisquita Ladislao Vajda Spain
Él Luis Buñuel Mexico
Emergency Ward Sala de guardia Tulio Demicheli Argentina
Endless Horizons (opening film)Horizons sans fin Jean Dréville France
Flamenco Duende y misterio del flamenco Edgar Neville Spain
For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth För min heta ungdoms skull Arne Mattsson Sweden
Gendai-jin 現代人 Minoru Shibuya Japan
Green Magic Magia verde Gian Gaspare Napolitano Italy, Brazil
The Heart of the Matter George More O'Ferrall United Kingdom
I Confess Alfred Hitchcock United States
Intimate Relations Charles FrankUnited Kingdom
Light in the High Plains Luz en el páramo Víctor Urruchúa Venezuela
Lili Charles Walters United States
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot Jacques Tati France
Perfidy Nevjera Vladimir Pogačić Yugoslavia
Peter Pan Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson United States
Rossana La red Emilio Fernández Mexico
The Sun Shines Bright John Ford United States
Terminal Station Stazione Termini Vittorio De Sica Italy, United States
The Three Perfect Wives Las Tres perfectas casadas Roberto Gavaldón Mexico
La vie passionnée de Clémenceau Gilbert Prouteau France
The Village Sie fanden eine Heimat Leopold Lindtberg Switzerland, United Kingdom
The Wages of Fear Le Salaire de la peur Henri-Georges Clouzot France, Italy
The Wayward Wife La provinciale Mario Soldati Italy
Welcome Mr. Marshall! ¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall! Luis García Berlanga Spain
The White Reindeer Valkoinen peura Erik Blomberg Finland

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Grand Prix: [3]

Official Awards

Jean Cocteau, Jury President Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923.jpg
Jean Cocteau, Jury President
Henri-Georges (& Vera) Clouzot, Grand Prix winner Henri-Georges and Vera Clouzot 1953.jpg
Henri-Georges (& Vera) Clouzot, Grand Prix winner

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1953". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1953: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Official Selection 1953: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "1953 - As long as there are stars ..." cannes-fest.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 "6ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Opening of the 1953 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Wong, Cindy Hing-Yuk (29 August 2011). Walt Disney honoured at 1953 cannes film festival. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   9780813551104 . Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Juries 1953: All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "1953 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1953". fipresci.org. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1953". imdb.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

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