["},"date":{"wt":"{{Start date|1956|04|23|df=y}}–{{End date|1956|05|10|df=y}}"},"founded":{"wt":"1946"},"website":{"wt":"{{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}"},"main":{"wt":"[[Cannes Film Festival]]"},"previous":{"wt":"[[1955 Cannes Film Festival|1955]]"},"next":{"wt":"[[1957 Cannes Film Festival|1957]]"}},"i":0}}]}" id="mwAg">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}]The 9th Cannes Film Festival took place from 23 April to 10 May 1956. [ 4] French actor, director and producer Maurice Lehmann served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or , the festival's top prize, was awarded to The Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle . [ 5] As of 2025, the film is the only documentary to ever win it.
In an effort to resolve some issues caused by the Cold War climate of the time, like special treatment towards Americans (who gave financial assistance to the festival) which displeased the Eastern Bloc , a rule to have films withdrawn under certain conditions was in effect until 1955, even though it had became a divisive issue within the festival directors, as it was seen as censorship. In 1956, it was officially decided to eliminate all such censorship from the selection. [ 6]
The festival opened with Marie Antoinette Queen of France by Jean Delannoy and closed with The Roof by Vittorio De Sica . [ 7] [ 8]
Juries Main Competition Maurice Lehmann , French actor, director and producer - Jury President [ 9] Arletty , French actress Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin , French writer and journalist Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French Henri Jeanson , French writer and journalist Domenico Meccoli , Italian writer Otto Preminger , Austrian-American filmmaker and actor James Quinn , British film administrator, producer and exhibitor Roger Regent, French María Romero, Chilean Sergei Vasilyev , Soviet filmmaker and actor Short Films Competition Francis Bolen, Belgian Antonin Brousil, Czechoslovakian Henri Fabiani, French Paul Grimault , French filmmaker Jean Perdrix , French filmmaker Official Selection In Competition The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [ 3]
Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or : [ 3]
Aéroport de Luxembourg by Philippe SchneiderAndre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy Le ballon rouge by Albert Lamorisse Bwana Kitoko by André Cauvin Ciganytanc by Tamas BanovichColumbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Manhattan by Harry FosterLa corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi Polidoro Crne vode by Rudolf Sremec En de zee was niet meer by Bert Haanstra The Face of Lincoln by Edward FreedFestival Melody (Melodii festivalia ) by Jerzy Bossak , R. Grigoriev, Ilya Kopalin , Iosif PoselskiFuji wa ikiteiru by Kenji ShimomuraGateway To the Antarctic by Duncan CarseGerald McBoing on Planet Moo or Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo by Robert CannonGrowing Coconuts by Fali BilimoriaHorizons nouveaux by Kurt Baum Karius and Bactus (Karius og Baktus ) by Ivo Caprino Kati és a vadmacska by Ágoston KollányiKatsura rikyu by Minoru KuribayashiLoutky Jiriho Trnky by Bruno Sefranek Magdana's Donkey (Lurdzha Magdany ) by Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Chkheidze Marinica by Ion Popescu-Gopo Nicolae Grigorescu by Ion Bostan Parabola d'oro by Vittorio De Seta Les pécheurs du cap by Errol HindsPortrait of Soutland by Peter Roger HuntPovest za tirnovgrad by Yuri ArnaudovSalut à la France by Ric Eyrich, Thomas L. RoweSalzburger Impressionen by Prof. Hanns WagulaThe Shepherd by Julian Biggs Stvoreni syeta by E. HofmanSvedocanstva o tesli by Vladimir Pogacic Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes by BraissaiTeatr lalek by Marian Ussorowski Together by Lorenza Mazzetti Tovarishch ukhodit v more by Nikita KurikhinVand fra eufrat by Theodor ChristensenExternal links
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