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1 Jury  





2 Feature film competition  





3 Short film competition  





4 Awards  



4.1  Official awards  





4.2  Independent awards  







5 References  





6 Media  





7 External links  














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1956 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 9th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Marcel Huet.[1]
Opening filmMarie-Antoinette reine de France
Closing filmIl tetto
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (The Silent World)[2]
No. of films39 (In Competition)[3]
37 (Short Film)
Festival date23 April 1956 (1956-04-23) – 10 May 1956 (1956-05-10)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

1957

1955

The 9th Cannes Film Festival was held from 23 April to 10 May 1956.[4] The Palme d'Or went to The Silent WorldbyJacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle.[5] The festival opened with Marie-Antoinette reine de France, directed by Jean Delannoy and closed with Il tettobyVittorio De Sica.[6][7]

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Americans (who gave financial assistance to the festival) which displeased the Eastern Bloc, a decision to have films withdrawn under certain conditions had been put in place. This decision in turn had become a divisive issue in the festival, as it was seen as censorship. In 1956 it was decided to eliminate all such censorship from the selection and thereby start a new era in the festival.[8]

Jury[edit]

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1956 competition:[9]

Feature films

Short films

Feature film competition[edit]

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

  • Christ in Bronze (Seido no Kirisuto) by Minoru Shibuya
  • DaliborbyVáclav Krška
  • The Girl in Black (To Koritsi me ta mavra) by Michael Cacoyannis
  • HankabySlavko Vorkapić
  • The Harder They FallbyMark Robson
  • The Hidden One (La escondida) by Roberto Gavaldón
  • I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku) by Akira Kurosawa
  • I'll Cry TomorrowbyDaniel Mann
  • Item One (Tochka parva) by Boyan Danovski
  • The Leech (Shabab emraa) by Salah Abu Seif
  • The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitbyNunnally Johnson
  • The Man Who Knew Too MuchbyAlfred Hitchcock
  • The Man Who Never WasbyRonald Neame
  • Marie Antoinette Queen of France (Marie-Antoinette reine de France) by Jean Delannoy
  • Merry-Go-Round (Körhinta)' by Zoltán Fábri
  • Mother (Mat) by Mark Donskoi
  • MozartbyKarl Hartl
  • The Mystery of Picasso (Le mystère Picasso) by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • OthellobySergei Yutkevich
  • Pather PanchalibySatyajit Ray
  • The Phantom Horse (Maboroshi no uma) by Koji Shima
  • The Protar Affair (Afacerea Protar) by Haralambie Boros
  • The Railroad Man (Il ferroviere) by Pietro Germi
  • Road to Life (Pedagogicheskaya poema) by Aleksei Maslyukov and Mechislava Mayevskaya
  • The Roof (Il tetto) by Vittorio De Sica
  • Seagulls Die in the Harbour (Meeuwen sterven in de haven) by Roland Verhavert, Ivo Michiels and Rik Kuypers
  • Seven Years in TibetbyHans Nieter
  • Shadow (Cien) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
  • Shevagyachya ShengabyShantaram Athavale
  • The Silent World (Le Monde du silence) by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) by Ingmar Bergman
  • Sob o Céu da BahiabyErnesto Remani
  • TalpabyAlfredo B. Crevenna
  • El Último perrobyLucas Demare
  • The Unwilling Doctor (Toubib el affia) by Henry Jacques
  • Walk Into ParadisebyLee Robinson
  • Wild Love (Gli innamorati) by Mauro Bolognini
  • Yield to the NightbyJ. Lee Thompson
  • Short film competition[edit]

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

    • Aéroport de Luxembourg by Philippe Schneider
  • Andre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy
  • Le ballon rougebyAlbert Lamorisse
  • Bwana KitokobyAndré Cauvin
  • Ciganytanc by Tamas Banovich
  • Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Manhattan by Harry Foster
  • La corsa delle rocchebyGian Luigi Polidoro
  • Crne vodebyRudolf Sremec
  • En de zee was niet meerbyBert Haanstra
  • The Face of Lincoln by Edward Freed
  • Festival Melody (Melodii festivalia) by Jerzy Bossak, R. Grigoriev, Ilya Kopalin, Iosif Poselski
  • Fuji wa ikiteiru by Kenji Shimomura
  • Gateway To the Antarctic by Duncan Carse
  • Gerald McBoing on Planet MooorGerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo by Robert Cannon
  • Growing Coconuts by Fali Bilimoria
  • Horizons nouveaux by Kurt Baum
  • Karius and Bactus (Karius og Baktus) by Ivo Caprino
  • Kati és a vadmacska by Ágoston Kollányi
  • Katsura rikyu by Minoru Kuribayashi
  • Loutky Jiriho Trnky by Bruno Sefranek
  • Magdana's Donkey (Lurdzha Magdany) by Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Chkheidze
  • MarinicabyIon Popescu-Gopo
  • Nicolae GrigorescubyIon Bostan
  • Parabola d'orobyVittorio De Seta
  • Les pécheurs du cap by Errol Hinds
  • Portrait of Soutland by Peter Roger Hunt
  • Povest za tirnovgrad by Yuri Arnaudov
  • Salut à la France by Ric Eyrich, Thomas L. Rowe
  • Salzburger Impressionen by Prof. Hanns Wagula
  • The ShepherdbyJulian Biggs
  • Stvoreni syeta by E. Hofman
  • Svedocanstva o teslibyVladimir Pogacic
  • Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes by Braissai
  • Teatr lalek by Marian Ussorowski
  • TogetherbyLorenza Mazzetti
  • Tovarishch ukhodit v more by Nikita Kurikhin
  • Vand fra eufrat by Theodor Christensen
  • Awards[edit]

    Maurice Lehmann, Jury President
    Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Palme d'Or winner

    Official awards[edit]

    The following films and people received the 1956 awards:[2][5]

    Short films

    Independent awards[edit]

    OCIC Award[10]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Posters 1956". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  • ^ a b "Awards 1956: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  • ^ a b c "Official Selection 1956: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  • ^ "1956 - Sous le ciel de Cannes (Under the sky of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  • ^ a b "9ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  • ^ "Opening of the 1956 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  • ^ "Closing evening of the 1956 Festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  • ^ "From 1939 to the present/ Disputes under the palm trees". cannes.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  • ^ "Juries 1956 : All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  • ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1956". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  • Media[edit]

  • British Pathé: Originals Cannes Film Festival 1956 footage
  • British Pathé: "Stars in the sun" 1956 Festival footage
  • INA: Atmosphere at the 1956 Festival (commentary in French)
  • INA: Opening of the 1956 festival (commentary in French)
  • INA: Closing evening of the 1956 Festival (commentary in French)
  • External links[edit]


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