1952 Cannes Film Festival

Jury

Main Competition

• Maurice Genevoix, French author - Jury President
• Tony Aubin, French composer
• Pierre Billon, French filmmaker
• Suzanne Borel, French diplomat
• Chapelain-Midy, French artist
• Louis Chauvet, French journalist
• Evrard De Rouvre, French producer
• Guy Desson, French MP official
• Gabrielle Dorziat, French actress
• Jean Dréville, French filmmaker
• Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French producer
• André Lang, French journalist
• Jean Mineur, French CNCF official
• Raymond Queneau, French poet and writer
• Georges Raguis, French union official
• Charles Vildrac, French writer

Official Selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prize of the Festival:

Out of Competition

The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:

• The Crimson Curtain (Le Rideau cramoisi) by Alexandre Astruc

Short Films Competition

• Les ailes de Ariel by Gaetano De Maria
• Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
• Aperçus Sud Africain N° 5 - Afrique Préhistorique by Errol Hinds
• Apollon Musageta by Irène Dodall
• L'Art Sacre Missionnaire by Gentil Marques
• Aux frontières Yougoslaves by Djordie Vukotic
• Bambini by Francesco Maselli
• Cairo by Massimo Dallamano
• Les charmes des détails dans les tableaux des maîtres d'autrefois by Dr. Hans Curlis
• Le cordonnier et le chapelier by John Halas
• Dans les royaumes de la mer by Giovanni Roccardi
• Démonstration en matière de perception by Garett I. Johnson
• Les deux mousquetaires by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
• Diagnostiquer et guérir by Ernest Bingen
• Djerba l'île biblique by Philippe Este
• El Dorado by John Alderson (filmmaker)
• Et la noce dansait by Yehoshua Bertonov
• Indian Village (Indisk by) by Arne Sucksdorff
• Le flottage du bois by Lee Prater, Dick Mosher
• La fugue de Mahmoud by Roger Leenhardt
• Les gens du nord by René Lucot
• La gloire verte by M. Ahmed
• Le grand Boudha by Noburo Ofuji
• La grande île au cœur des Saintes Eaux by Monique Muntcho, J.K. Raymond-Millet
• La grande passion by Alphonse Stummer
• Groenland : Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin
• L'homme dans la tour by Bernard Devlin, Jean Palardy
• Inside Newfoundland (Terre neuve) by Sydney Newman
• T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
• Les joies rustiques by V.R. Sarma
• Le jour de l'independance by Victor Vicas
• Le jour promis by S.I. Shweig
• Maskerage by Max De Haas
• Masques et visages de James Ensor by Paul Haesaerts
• Moines de l'ordre de la Merci by Christian Anwander
• Paysans de l'Aures by Philippe Este
• La peinture de Boldini by Gian Luigi Rondi
• Quarante ans d'évolution Marocaine - présence Française au Maroc by Serge Debecque
• Rythmes de Rotterdam by Ytzen Brusse
• Six mille ans de civilisation by Ahmed Korshid
• Story of Steel by Jagat Murari
• Strasbourg européenne by Ernest Bingen
• Panta Rhei by Bert Haanstra
• Union infernale by Ulrich Kayser
• Victor Hugo by Roger Leenhardt & Yvonne Gerber
• La vie des fresques by Zoran Markus
• Vieux temples, vieilles statues by Sôya Mizuki

Official Awards

In Competition

• Grand Prix
  • Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
  • Othello by Orson Welles
• Best Director: Christian-Jaque for Fanfan la Tulipe
• Best Screenplay: Piero Tellini for Cops and Robbers
• Best Actress: Lee Grant for Detective Story
• Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Viva Zapata!
• Best Cinematography: The Tale of Genji by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
• Best Music: Sven Sköld for One Summer of Happiness
• Jury Special Prize: We Are All Murderers by André Cayatte
• Best Lyrical Film: The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti

Short Films Competition

• Grand Prix: T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
• Prix spécial du Jury: Indian Village by Arne Sucksdorff
• Prix pour la couleur: Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes and Joan Foldes
• Prix spécial du Jury - film scientifique ou pédagogique: Groenland: Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac and Jean-Jacques Languepin

Independent Awards

[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]

• Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani
  • Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Marcel Gibaud

References

Media

• Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1952 Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: List of award-winners at the 1952 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)

References

1. "Posters 1952". festival-cannes.fr.
2. "1952 - Viva Cannes!". cannes-fest.com.
3. "5ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
4. "Juries 1952: All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr.
5. "Official Selection 1952: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
6. "Awards 1952: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
7. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1952". imdb.com.