1954 Cannes Film Festival

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1954 Cannes Film Festival
CFF54poster.jpg
Official poster of the 7th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Piva. [1]
Opening film Le Grand Jeu
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Grand Prize of the Festival
( Gate of Hell ) [2]
No. of films43 (In Competition) [3]
51 (Short Film)
Festival date25 March 1954 (1954-03-25) – 9 April 1954 (1954-04-09)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa. [4] The festival opened with Le Grand Jeu by Robert Siodmak. [5] This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury.

Contents

As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the Simone Silva affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the destruction of her career as an actor and her premature death, three years later. [6]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1954 competition: [7]

Feature films

Short films

Feature film competition

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

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the various short film awards: [3]

Awards

Jean Cocteau, Jury President Jean Cocteau b Meurisse 1923.jpg
Jean Cocteau, Jury President
Teinosuke Kinugasa (in the 1910s), Grand Prix winner Teinosuke Kinugasa.jpg
Teinosuke Kinugasa (in the 1910s), Grand Prix winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1954 awards: [2] [8]

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prize [9]

OCIC Award [10]

Other awards

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References

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