1964 Cannes Film Festival
![]() Official poster of the 17th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jean-Claude Moreau.[1] | |
Opening film | Cent mille dollars au soleil |
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Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)[2] |
No. of films | 25 (In Competition)[3] 3 (Out of Competition) 22 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 29 April 1964 | – 14 May 1964
Website | festival-cannes |
The 17th Cannes Film Festival was held from 29 April to 14 May 1964. On this occasion, the Palme d’Or was renamed "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film", a name that remained in use through 1974, after which it became the Palme d'Or again.[4]
The Grand Prix went to the Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Jacques Demy. The festival opened with Cent mille dollars au soleil, directed by Henri Verneuil.[5]
Jury[]
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The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1964 competition:[6]
Feature films
- Fritz Lang (West Germany) Jury President
- Charles Boyer (France) Vice President
- Joaquín Calvo-Sotelo (Spain)
- René Clément (France)
- Jean-Jacques Gautier (France) (journalist)
- Alexandre Karaganov (Soviet Union) (critic)
- Lorens Marmstedt (Sweden)
- Geneviève Page (France)
- Raoul Ploquin (France)
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (USA)
- Véra Volmane (France) (journalist)
Short film jury
- Jean-Jacques Languepin (France) Vice President
- Jiří Brdečka (Czechoslovakia)
- Robert Ménégoz (France)
- Hubert Seggelke (West Germany)
- Alex Seiler (Switzerland)
Official selection[]
In competition – Feature film[]
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]
- Alone Across the Pacific (Taiheiyo hitori-botchi) by Kon Ichikawa
- The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia) by Marco Ferreri
- Barren Lives (Vidas Secas) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) by Glauber Rocha
- The Cry (Krik) by Jaromil Jireš
- Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (Die Tote von Beverly Hills) by Michael Pfleghar
- Drama of the Lark (Pacsirta) by László Ranódy
- The Girl in Mourning (La niña de luto) by Manuel Summers
- Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil) by Henri Verneuil
- I Step Through Moscow (Ya shagayu po Moskve) by Georgi Daneliya
- Last Night (El laila el akhira) by Kamal El Sheikh
- Me First (Primero yo) by Fernando Ayala
- Mujhe Jeene Do by Moni Bhattacharjee
- One Potato, Two Potato by Larry Peerce
- Passenger (Pasażerka) by Andrzej Munk
- The Pumpkin Eater by Jack Clayton
- Raven's End (Kvarteret Korpen) by Bo Widerberg
- The Red Lanterns (Ta Kokkina fanaria) by Vasilis Georgiadis
- Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata) by Pietro Germi
- The Soft Skin (La Peau Douce) by François Truffaut
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
- The White Caravan (Tetri karavani) by Eldar Shengelaya and Tamaz Meliava
- The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) by Hiroshi Teshigahara
- The World of Henry Orient by George Roy Hill
- The Visit by Bernhard Wicki
Films out of competition[]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- The Fall of the Roman Empire by Anthony Mann
- Skoplje '63 by Veljko Bulajić
- White Voices (Le voci bianche) by Pasquale Festa Campanile and Massimo Franciosa
Short film 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]
- Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
- Ganga Zumba by Carlos Diégues (Brazil)
- Goldstein by Philip Kaufman, (United States)
- La Herencia by (Argentina)
- by Pavel Juracek, Jan Schmidt (Czechoslovakia)
- The Parallel Street (Die Parallelstrasse) by Ferdinand Khitti (West Germany)
- Something Different (O necem jinem) by Vera Chytilová (Czechoslovakia)
- Point of Order by Emile de Antonio (United States)
- La nuit du bossu by Farokh Ghafari (Iran)
- by Alain Jessua (France)
Awards[]
Official awards[]
The following films and people received the 1964 Official selection awards:[2]
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
- Prix spécial du Jury: The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) by Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Best Actress:
- Best Actor:
- Antal Páger for Drama of the Lark (Pacsirta)
- Saro Urzì for Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata)
- Special Mention: Andrzej Munk for Pasażerka and his entire work
Short films
- Grand Prix du Jury: Le prix de la victoire by Nobuko Shibuya & La douceur du village by François Reichenbach
- Prix spécial du Jury: Help ! My Snowman's Burning Down by Carson Davidson & Sillages by Serge Roullet
- Short film Technical Prize: Dawn Of The Capricorne by Ahmad Faroughy-Kadjar
Independent awards[]
- FIPRESCI Prize: Passenger (Pasażerka) by Andrzej Munk
Commission Supérieure Technique[5]
- Technical Grand Prize:
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
- Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (Die Tote von Beverly Hills) by Michael Pfleghar
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
- Barren Lives (Vidas Secas) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Kodak Short Film Award[9]
- Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides
References[]
- ^ "Posters 1964". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Awards 1964 : All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Official Selection 1964: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ "1964 – Les Parasols de Cannes (The Umbrellas of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "17ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1964". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "3e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1964". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1964". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1964". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Media[]
- INA: Opening of the 1964 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Arrivée des personnalités au Palais des festivals (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1964 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
External links[]
- 1964 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1964
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1964 at Internet Movie Database
- 1964 film festivals
- 1964 in France
- Cannes Film Festival