1960 Cannes Film Festival

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1960 Cannes Film Festival
CFF60poster.jpg
Official poster of the 13th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jean-Denis Maillart. [1]
Opening film Ben-Hur
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or ( La Dolce Vita ) [2]
No. of films29 (In Competition) [3]
2 (Out of Competition)
31 (Short Film)
Festival date4 May 1960 (1960-05-04) – 20 May 1960 (1960-05-20)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 13th Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 20 May 1960. [4] The Palme d'Or went to the La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini. [5] The festival opened with Ben-Hur , directed by William Wyler. [6]

Contents

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1960 competition: [7]

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

Georges Simenon, Jury President Georges Simenon (1963) without hat by Erling Mandelmann.jpg
Georges Simenon, Jury President
Federico Fellini, Palme d'Or winner Federico Fellini.jpg
Federico Fellini, Palme d'Or winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1960 awards: [2]

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI [8]

OCIC Award [9]

Other awards

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References

  1. "Posters 1960". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1960: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1960: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  4. "1960 - La Dolce Riviera ..?". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 "13ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. "William Wyler discusses the difficulties in the realization of Ben-Hur". ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. "Juries 1960". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. "FIPRESCI Awards 1960". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1960". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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