1955 Cannes Film Festival

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1955 Cannes Film Festival
CFF55poster.jpg
Official poster of the 8th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Marcel Huet [1]
Opening film Du rififi chez les hommes
Closing film Carmen Jones
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Golden Palm ( Marty ) [2]
No. of films33 (In Competition) [3]
2 (Out of Competition)
40 (Short Film)
Festival date26 April 1955 (1955-04-26) – 10 May 1955 (1955-05-10)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 8th Cannes Film Festival was held from 26 April to 10 May 1955. [4] The Golden Palm went to the US film Marty by Delbert Mann. [5] The festival opened with Du rififi chez les hommes by Jules Dassin [6] and closed with Carmen Jones by Otto Preminger.

Contents

Until the 1954 Festival, the whimsical way various prizes were being awarded had drawn much criticism. In answer to this, from 1955 onwards, the Jury was composed of foreign celebrities from the film industry. [7] In 1955, the first Palme d'Or was awarded, as the highest prize of the Festival.

Jury

Marcel Pagnol, Jury President Marcel Pagnol 1931.jpg
Marcel Pagnol, Jury President

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1955 competition: [8]

Feature films

Short films

Feature film competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]

Awards


Official awards

The following films and people received the 1955 awards: [2]

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prize [9]

OCIC Award [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1955". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1955: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1955: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "1955 - L'Or de Cannes (The Gold of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "8ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Opening of the 1955 Festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "The History of the Festival / The 1950s". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Juries 1955: All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1955". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1955". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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