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1964 Cannes Film Festival

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name1964 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF64poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 17th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jean-Claude Moreau.
number25 (In Competition)
openingGreed in the Sun
locationCannes, France
awardsGrand Prix:
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous1963
next1965

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The 17th Cannes Film Festival took place from 29 April to 14 May 1964. Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang served as jury president for the main competition.

On this edition, the Palme d’Or was renamed "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film", a name that remained in use until 1974, after which it was renamed Palme d'Or again. The Grand Prix went to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy.

The festival opened with Greed in the Sun by Henri Verneuil.

Juries

Main Competition

  • Fritz Lang, Austrian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Charles Boyer, French-American actor - Vice President
  • Joaquín Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish
  • René Clément, French filmmaker
  • Jean-Jacques Gautier, French writer and journalist
  • Alexandre Karaganov, Soviet film critic
  • Lorens Marmstedt, Swedish producer
  • Geneviève Page, French actress
  • Raoul Ploquin, French producer and writer
  • Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American writer
  • Véra Volmane, French journalist

Short Films Competition

  • Jean-Jacques Languepin, French - Vice President
  • Jiří Brdečka, Czechoslovakian filmmaker
  • Robert Ménégoz, French
  • Hubert Seggelke, West-German
  • Alex Seiler, Swiss

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Alone Across the Pacific太平洋ひとりぼっちKon IchikawaJapan
The Ape WomanLa donna scimmiaMarco FerreriItaly, France
Barren LivesVidas secasNelson Pereira dos SantosBrazil
Black God, White DevilDeus e o Diabo na Terra do SolGlauber Rocha
The CryKřikJaromil JirešCzechoslovakia
Dead Woman from Beverly HillsDie Tote von Beverly HillsMichael PflegharWest Germany
Drama of the LarkPacsirtaLászló RanódyHungary
The Girl in MourningLa niña de lutoManuel SummersSpain
*Greed in the Sun**Cent mille dollars au soleil*Henri VerneuilFrance, Italy
Last Nightالليلة الأخيرةKamal El SheikhEgypt
Me FirstPrimero yoFernando AyalaArgentina
Mujhe Jeene DoMoni BhattacharjeeIndia
One Potato, Two PotatoLarry PeerceUnited States
PassengerPasażerkaAndrzej MunkPoland
The Pumpkin EaterJack ClaytonUnited Kingdom
Raven's EndKvarteret KorpenBo WiderbergSweden
The Red LanternsΤα κόκκινα φανάριαVasilis GeorgiadisGreece
Seduced and AbandonedSedotta e abbandonataPietro GermiItaly, France
The Soft SkinLa Peau DouceFrançois TruffautFrance, Portugal
The Umbrellas of CherbourgLes Parapluies de CherbourgJacques DemyFrance, West Germany
Walking the Streets of MoscowЯ шагаю по МосквеGeorgiy DaneliyaSoviet Union
The White Caravanთეთრი ქარავანიEldar Shengelaia and Tamaz Meliava
Woman in the Dunes砂の女Hiroshi TeshigaharaJapan
The World of Henry OrientGeorge Roy HillUnited States
The VisitBernhard WickiUnited States, France, West Germany, Italy

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Fall of the Roman EmpireAnthony MannUnited States
Skoplje '63Veljko BulajićYugoslavia
White VoicesLe voci bianchePasquale Festa Campanile and Massimo FranciosaItaly

Short Films 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)
  • ** (Die Parallelstrasse) by (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 Farrokh Ghaffari (Iran)
  • La vie à l’envers by Alain Jessua (France)

Official Awards

Main Competition

  • Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy
  • Prix spécial du Jury: The Woman in the Dunes 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
    • Saro Urzì for Seduced and Abandoned
  • Special Mention: Andrzej Munk for Passenger and his entire work

Short Films Competition

  • 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]] Prize

  • Passenger by Andrzej Munk

Commission Supérieure Technique

  • Technical Grand Prize:
    • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy
    • Dead Woman from Beverly Hills by Michael Pfleghar

[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]

  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy
  • Vidas secas by Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Kodak Short Film Award

  • Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides

References

Media

References

  1. "Posters 1964". festival-cannes.fr.
  2. "17ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
  3. "1964 – Les Parasols de Cannes (The Umbrellas of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com.
  4. "Juries 1964". festival-cannes.fr.
  5. "Official Selection 1964: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
  6. "3e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1964". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
  7. "Awards 1964 : All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
  8. "FIPRESCI Awards 1964". fipresci.org.
  9. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1964". imdb.com.
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