1961 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 14th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by A.M. Rodicq.[1] | |
| Opening film | The Joy of Living |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Long Absence Viridiana[2] |
| No. of films | 30 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 3 May 1961 – 18 May 1961 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 14th Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 18 May 1961.[4] French writer Jean Giono served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to The Long Absence by Henri Colpi and Viridiana by Luis Buñuel.[5]
The festival also screened Shirley Clarke's debut film The Connection, due to the efforts of the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. The success of the film caused the festival to create International Critics' Week the following year.[6]
The festival opened with The Joy of Living by René Clément.
Jury
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Jean Giono, French writer - Jury President[7]
- Sergei Yutkevich, Soviet filmmaker - Jury Vice President
- Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor
- Luigi Chiarini, Italian filmmaker
- Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer
- Claude Mauriac, French writer and journalist
- Édouard Molinaro, French filmmaker
- Jean Paulhan, French writer
- Raoul Ploquin, French writer and producer
- Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
- Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American filmmaker
Short Films Competition
[edit]- Ion Popescu-Gopo, Romanian artist- Jury President
- Pierre Prévert, French
- Jurgen Schildt, Swedish journalist
- Jean Vidal, French
- Jean Vivie, French CST official
Official Selection
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brute | Dúvad | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| Chronicle of Flaming Years | Повесть пламенных лет | Yuliya Solntseva | Soviet Union |
| The Cossacks | Казаки | Vasili Pronin | |
| Darclee | Mihai Iacob | Romania | |
| The First Mass | A Primeira Missa | Lima Barreto | Brazil |
| The Fourteenth Day | Дан четрнаести | Zdravko Velimirović | Yugoslavia |
| Girl with a Suitcase | La Ragazza con la valigia | Valerio Zurlini | Italy, France |
| Goodbye Again | Aimez-vous Brahms? | Anatole Litvak | United States, France |
| The Hand in the Trap | La Mano en la trampa | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Argentina |
| Her Brother | おとうと | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
| The Hoodlum Priest | Irvin Kershner | United States | |
| I Like Mike | איי לייק מייק | Peter Frye | Israel |
| The Joy of Living (opening film) | Che gioia vivere | René Clément | Italy, France |
| The Judge | Domaren | Alf Sjöberg | Sweden |
| The Knife | Het Mes | Fons Rademakers | Netherlands |
| The Last Witness | Der Letzte Zeuge | Wolfgang Staudte | West Germany |
| The Long Absence | Une aussi longue absence | Henri Colpi | France |
| The Lovemakers | La Viaccia | Mauro Bolognini | Italy |
| Madalena | Μανταλένα | Dinos Dimopoulos | Greece |
| The Mark | Guy Green | United Kingdom | |
| Mother Joan of the Angels | Matka Joanna od aniolów | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland |
| The Passionate Demons | Line | Nils Reinhardt Christensen | Norway |
| Plein sud | Gaston De Gerlache | Belgium | |
| A Raisin in the Sun | Daniel Petrie | United States | |
| Sky Above and Mud Beneath | Le Ciel et la boue | Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau | France |
| A Song About the Gray Pigeon | Pieseň o sivom holubovi | Stanislav Barabáš | Czechoslovakia |
| That Forward Center Died at Dawn | El Centroforward murió al amanecer | René Mugica | Argentina |
| Two Women | La Ciociara | Vittorio De Sica | Italy, France |
| Viridiana | Luis Buñuel | Spain, Mexico | |
| The Wastrel | Il Relitto | Michael Cacoyannis | Italy, Cyprus |
Out of Competition
[edit]The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
Short Films Competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Aicha by Noureddine Mechri and Francis Warin
- Argentina paraiso de la pesca by Antonio Ber Ciani
- The Art of Lee Hsiang-Fen by Henry T.C. Wang
- Balgarski ansambal za narodni pesni i tanzi by Lada Boyadjieva
- The Black Cat by Robert Braverman
- Cattle Ranch by Guy L. Coté
- Children of the Sun by John Hubley and Faith Hubley
- The Creation of Woman by Charles F. Schwep
- Cyrus le grand by Feri Farzaneh
- The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
- Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross by Leonid Gaidai
- Fantazie pro levou ruku a lidske svedomi by Pavel Hobl
- Le Festival de Baalbeck 1960 by David McDonald
- Folkwangschulen by Herbert Vesely
- Foroyar by Jørgen Roos
- Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto) by José Val del Omar
- Giovedi: passeggiata by Vincenzo Gamna
- Gorod bolshoy sudby by Ilya Kopalin
- House of Hashimoto by Connie Rasinski
- Hudozhnikat Zlatyu Boyadzhiev by Ivan Popov
- Kangra et kulu by N.S. Thapa
- Na vez by Branko Kalacic
- Nebbia by Raffaele Andreassi
- Paul Valéry by Roger Leenhardt
- Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy
- La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó
- Robert Frost by Sidney J. Stiber
- Souvenirs from Sweden by Henning Carlsen
- Taketori Monogatari by Kazuhiko Watanabe
- W kręgu ciszy by Jerzy Ziarnik
Official Awards
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or:
- Prix spécial du Jury: Mother Joan of the Angels by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Best Director: Yuliya Solntseva for Chronicle of Flaming Years
- Best Actress: Sophia Loren for Two Women
- Best Actor: Anthony Perkins for Goodbye Again
Short Films Competition
[edit]- Short Film Palme d'Or: La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy
- Short film Technical Prize - Special mention:
- Folkwangschulen by Herbert Vesely
- Fuego en Castilla by José Val del Omar
Independent Awards
[edit]- The Hand in the Trap by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson[8][9]
- Chronicle of a Summer by Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]- Technical Grand Prize - Feature film Special Mention:[5]
Other Awards
[edit]- Gary Cooper Award: A Raisin in the Sun by Daniel Petrie
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1961". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1961: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1961: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "1961 - Deux palmes au soleil (Two palms in the sun)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b "14ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "History". semainedelacritique.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Juries 1961". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1961". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "14th Cannes Film Festival". fipresci.org. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1961". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Media
[edit]- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1961 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Eventful climbing of the steps at the 1961 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Sidney Poitier on the question of race (1961) (commentary in French)
External links
[edit]- 1961 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1961 Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival:1961 Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database