1947 Cannes Film Festival

Jury

The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films:

• Georges Huisman (historian) - Jury President
• Raymond Borderie (CNC official)
• Georges Carriere (cinephile)
• Jean-François Chosson (CNC official)
• Joseph Dotti (cinephile)
• Escoute (City of Cannes official)
• Jean Grémillon (director)
• Maurice Hille (cinephile)
• Robert Hubert (production designer)
• Alexandre Kamenka (producer)
• Jean Mineur (CNCF official)
• Henri Moret (cinephile)
• Jean Nery (critic)
• Maurice Perisset (cinephile)
• Georges Raguis (union official)
• René Jeanne (critic)
• Georges Rollin (actor)
• Régis Roubin (cinephile)
• Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (director)
• Segalon (cinephile)
• René Sylviano (composer)

Films in competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:

• Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean by Henri Decoin
• Antoine et Antoinette by Jacques Becker
• Boomerang! by Elia Kazan
• The Captain's Daughter (La figlia del capitano) by Mario Camerini
• The Cat (La gata) by Mario Soffici
• The Chase by Arthur Ripley
• Crossfire by Edward Dmytryk
• The Damned (Les Maudits) by René Clément
• Dumbo by Ben Sharpsteen
• Flesh Will Surrender (Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo) by Alberto Lattuada
• Ivy by Sam Wood
• The Jolson Story by Alfred E. Green
• Les jeux sont faits by Jean Delannoy
• Lost in the Dark (Sperduti nel buio) by Camillo Mastrocinque
• *Marouf, the Cairo Cobbler * (Marouf Savetier du Caire) by Jean Mauran
• Mine Own Executioner by Anthony Kimmins
• Paris 1900 by Nicole Vedres
• Possessed by Curtis Bernhardt
• A Ship Bound for India (Skeep till India land) by Ingmar Bergman
• Song of Dolores (La copla de la Dolores) by Benito Perojo
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers by Lewis Milestone
• A Tanítónő (The Teacher) by Márton Keleti
• Two Women (Två kvinnor) by Arnold Sjostrand
• Ziegfeld Follies by Vincente Minnelli

Short films

The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage:

• Aux portes du monde saharien by Robert Vernay
• Bianchi pascoli by Luciano Emmer
• Cacciatori Sottomarini by Alliata
• Caravane Boréale by Hugh Wallace
• De Stichter by Charles Dekeukeleire
• Escale Au Soleil by Henri Verneuil
• Inondations en Pologne by Jerzy Bossak, Wacław Kaźmierczak
• L'Ile Aux Morts by Norman Mclaren
• L'Oeuvre Biologique de Pasteur by Jean Painlevé
• La Petite République by Victor Vicas
• Les Danseurs D'Echternach by Evy Friedrich
• New Faces Come Back by Richard Davis
• Rhapsodie de Saturne by Jean Image
• Risveglio di Primavera by Pietro Francisci
• Symphonie Berbère by André Zwoboda
• Tea For Teacher by W. M. Larkins

Awards

The following films and people received the 1947 awards: Feature Films

• Best Musical Comedy: Ziegfeld Follies by Vincente Minnelli (Grand Prix – Comédies musicales)
• Best Psychological and Love Film: Antoine et Antoinette by Jacques Becker (Grand Prix – Films psychologiques et d'amour)
• Best Animation Design: Dumbo by Ben Sharpsteen (Grand Prix – Dessin animé)
• Best Social Film: Crossfire by Edward Dmytryk (Grand Prix – Films sociaux)
• Best Adventure and Crime Film: The Damned (Les Maudits) by René Clément (Grand Prix – Films d'aventures et policiers)

Short Films

• Best Short Film: Inondations en Pologne by Jerzy Bossak, Wacław Kaźmierczak (Grand Prix – Documentaires)
• Best Avant-garde Film: *Meshes of the Afternoon * by Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid (Grand Prix – Films d’Avant-garde)

References

Media

• Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1947 Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: Stars at the 1947 Festival (mute)
• INA: Construction of the Palais des festivals (commentary in French)

References

1. "Posters 1947". festival-cannes.fr.
2. "1938-1951: The birth of the Festival". fresques.ina.fr.
3. "2ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
4. "1947 - Éternel Mirage (Eternal mirage)". cannes-fest.com.
5. "Juries 1947: All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr.
6. "Official Selection 1947 : All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
7. "Le Jury, Les Prix 1947". cannes-fest.com.