1964 Cannes Film Festival

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1964 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 17th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jean-Claude Moreau. [1]
Opening film Greed in the Sun
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Grand Prix :
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [2]
No. of films25 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date29 April 1964 (1964-04-29) – 14 May 1964 (1964-05-14)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 17th Cannes Film Festival took place from 29 April to 14 May 1964. Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang served as jury president for the main competition. [4]

Contents

On this edition, the Palme d’Or was renamed "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film", a name that remained in use until 1974, after which it was renamed Palme d'Or again. [5] The Grand Prix went to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy.

The festival opened with Greed in the Sun by Henri Verneuil.

Juries

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film : [3]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Alone Across the Pacific 太平洋ひとりぼっち Kon Ichikawa Japan
The Ape Woman La donna scimmia Marco Ferreri Italy, France
Barren Lives Vidas secas Nelson Pereira dos Santos Brazil
Black God, White Devil Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol Glauber Rocha
The Cry Křik Jaromil Jireš Czechoslovakia
Dead Woman from Beverly Hills Die Tote von Beverly Hills Michael Pfleghar West Germany
Drama of the Lark Pacsirta László Ranódy Hungary
The Girl in Mourning La niña de luto Manuel Summers Spain
Greed in the Sun Cent mille dollars au soleil Henri Verneuil France, Italy
Last Night الليلة الأخيرة Kamal El Sheikh Egypt
Me First Primero yo Fernando Ayala Argentina
Mujhe Jeene Do Moni Bhattacharjee India
One Potato, Two Potato Larry Peerce United States
Passenger Pasażerka Andrzej Munk Poland
The Pumpkin Eater Jack Clayton United Kingdom
Raven's End Kvarteret Korpen Bo Widerberg Sweden
The Red Lanterns Τα κόκκινα φανάρια Vasilis Georgiadis Greece
Seduced and Abandoned Sedotta e abbandonata Pietro Germi Italy, France
The Soft Skin La Peau Douce François Truffaut France, Portugal
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Les Parapluies de Cherbourg Jacques Demy France, West Germany
Walking the Streets of Moscow Я шагаю по Москве Georgiy Daneliya Soviet Union
The White Caravan თეთრი ქარავანი Eldar Shengelaia and Tamaz Meliava
Woman in the Dunes 砂の女 Hiroshi Teshigahara Japan
The World of Henry Orient George Roy Hill United States
The Visit Bernhard Wicki United States, France, West Germany, Italy

Out of Competition

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
The Fall of the Roman Empire Anthony Mann United States
Skoplje '63 Veljko Bulajić Yugoslavia
White Voices Le voci bianche Pasquale Festa Campanile and Massimo Franciosa Italy

Short Films Competition

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

  • 1,2,3... by Gyula Macskássy, Gyorgy Varnai
  • Age Of The Buffalo by Austin Campbell
  • Clair obscur by George Sluizer
  • Dawn Of The Capricorne by Ahmad Faroughy-Kadjar
  • Flora nese smrt by Jiri Papousek
  • Help ! My Snowman's Burning Down by Carson Davidson
  • Himalayan Lakes by Dr. Gopal Datt
  • Kedd by Mark Novak
  • La douceur du village by François Reichenbach
  • La fuite en Egypte by Waley Eddin Sameh
  • Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides
  • Lamb by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
  • Las murallas de Cartagena by Francisco Norden
  • Le prix de la victoire (Défi) by Nobuko Shibuya
  • Li mali mestieri by Gianfranco Mingozzi
  • Marines Flamandes by Lucien Deroisy
  • Max Ernst Entdeckungsfahrten ins Unbewusste by Carl Lamb & Peter Schamoni
  • Medju oblacima by Dragan Mitrovic
  • Memoria Trandafirului by Sergiu Nicolaescu
  • Sillages by Serge Roullet
  • The Peaches by Michael Gill
  • The Raisin Salesman by William Melendez

Parallel section

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 3rd International Critics' Week (3e Semaine de la Critique): [7]

Fritz Lang, Jury President Fritz Lang (1969).jpg
Fritz Lang, Jury President

Official Awards

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Commission Supérieure Technique

OCIC Award

Kodak Short Film Award

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1964". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1964 : All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1964: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "17ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "1964 – Les Parasols de Cannes (The Umbrellas of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Juries 1964". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "3e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1964". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1964". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1964". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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