1964 Cannes Film Festival

1964 Cannes Film Festival
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.
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.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1964 competition:
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:
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:
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:
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):
Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
Ganga Zumba by Carlos Diégues (Brazil)
Goldstein by Philip Kaufman, Benjamin Manaster (United States)
La Herencia by Ricardo Alventosa (Argentina)
Joseph Kilian by Pavel Juracek, Jan Schmidt (Czechoslovakia)
The Parallel Street (Die Parallelstrasse) by Ferdinand Khittl (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)
La vie à l’envers by Alain Jessua (France)
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1964 Official selection awards:
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:
Anne Bancroft for The Pumpkin Eater
Barbara Barrie for One Potato, Two Potato
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
FIPRESCI Prize: Passenger (Pasażerka) by Andrzej Munk
Commission Supérieure Technique
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
OCIC Award
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
Barren Lives (Vidas Secas) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Kodak Short Film Award
Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides
References
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
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