1963 Cannes Film Festival

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1963 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 16th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jean-Denis Maillart. [1]
Opening film The Birds
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
The Leopard [2]
No. of films26 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date9 May 1963 (1963-05-09) – 23 May 1963 (1963-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 16th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1963. [4] French writer Armand Salacrou served as jury president for the main competition.

Contents

The Palme d'Or was awarded to The Leopard by Luchino Visconti. [5]

The festival opened with The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. [6]

Juries

Mainc Competition

Short Films Competition

Official selection

In Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Les Abysses Nikos Papatakis France
Alvorada - Brazil's Changing FaceAlvorada – Aufbruch in Brasilien Hugo Niebeling West Germany
The Cage La Cage Robert Darène France
Carom Shots Carambolages Marcel Bluwal
The Cassandra Cat Až přijde kocour Vojtěch Jasný Czechoslovakia
Codine Henri Colpi France, Romania
The Conjugal Bed L'ape regina Marco Ferreri Italy
A Cozy Cottage Kertes házak utcája Tamás Fejér Hungary
Empress Wu Tse-Tien 武則天 Li Han-hsiang Hong Kong
The Fiances I Fidanzati Ermanno Olmi Italy
For Those Who Will Follow Pour la suite du monde Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault Canada
Glory Sky Ouranos Takis Kanellopoulos Greece
The Good Love El Buen amor Francisco Regueiro Spain
Harakiri 切腹 Masaki Kobayashi Japan
How to Be Loved Jak być kochaną Wojciech Has Poland
The Leopard Il Gattopardo Luchino Visconti Italy, France
Like Two Drops of Water Als twee druppels water Fons Rademakers Netherlands
Lord of the Flies Peter Brook United Kingdom
Optimistic Tragedy Оптимистическая трагедия Samson Samsonov Soviet Union
El Otro Cristóbal Armand Gatti Cuba
Rat Trap Le Rat d'Amérique Jean-Gabriel Albicocco France
This Sporting Life Lindsay Anderson United Kingdom
To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan United States
Tobacco Тютюн Nikola Korabov Bulgaria
The Venerable Ones Los Venerables todos Manuel Antín Argentina
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Robert Aldrich United States

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
8½ Otto e mezzo Federico Fellini Italy, France
The Birds (opening film) Alfred Hitchcock United States

Short film competition

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

Parallel section

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 2nd International Critics' Week (2e Semaine de la Critique): [8]

Official Awards

Luchino Visconti, winner of the Palme d'Or Luchino Visconti 5.jpg
Luchino Visconti, winner of the Palme d'Or

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Commission Supérieure Technique

OCIC Award

Other awards

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1963". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1963: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1963: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "1963 - Le Prix d'un Guépard (The Price of a Cheetah)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 "16ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Kapsis, Robert E. (1992). "1963 Cannes Film Festival opening film". ISBN   9780226424897 . Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Juries 1966 : Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "2e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1963". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1963". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1963". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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