1964 Cannes Film Festival Explained
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.[1]
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.[2]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1964 competition:[3]
Feature films
Short film jury
- Jean-Jacques Languepin (France) - Jury 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:[4]
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
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):[5]
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1964 Official selection awards:[6]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Short films
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[7]
Commission Supérieure Technique
OCIC Award[8]
Kodak Short Film Award
- Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides
Media
External links
Notes and References
- News: 1964 – Les Parasols de Cannes (The Umbrellas of Cannes) . cannes-fest.com . fr . 25 May 2017.
- Web site: 17ème Festival International du Film – Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 6 June 2017.
- Web site: Juries 1964 . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1964/allJury.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
- Web site: Official Selection 1964: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225115924/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1964/allSelections.html . 25 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: 3e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1964 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 3 July 2017.
- News: Awards 1964 : All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225120238/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1964/allAward.html . 25 December 2013 . dmy.
- Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1964 . fipresci.org . 4 July 2017.
- Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1964 . imdb.com . 4 July 2017.