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1966 Cannes Film Festival

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1966 Cannes Film Festival

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name1966 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF66poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 19th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Rene Ferracci.
number25 (In Competition)
openingModesty Blaise
closingPharaoh
locationCannes, France
awardsGrand Prix:
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
A Man and a Woman
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous1965
next1967

The Birds, the Bees and the Italians A Man and a Woman

The 19th Cannes Film Festival took place from 5 to 20 May 1966. Italian actress Sophia Loren served as jury president for the main competition.

The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was jointly awarded to The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Germi and A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch.

To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given to Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles.

The festival opened with Modesty Blaise by Joseph Losey, and closed with Pharaoh by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.

Juries

Main Competition

Sophia Loren, Jury President
  • Sophia Loren, Italian actress - Jury President
  • Marcel Achard, French writer
  • Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian writer and musician
  • Tetsurō Furukaki, Japanese writer and diplomat
  • Maurice Genevoix, French writer
  • Jean Giono, French writer
  • Maurice Lehmann, French actor
  • Richard Lester, British filmmaker
  • Denis Marion, Belgian journalist
  • André Maurois, French writer
  • Marcel Pagnol, French writer and filmmaker
  • Yuli Raizman, Soviet filmmaker
  • Armand Salacrou, French writer
  • Peter Ustinov, Biritsh actor and filmmaker

Short Films Competition

  • Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
  • Charles Ford (France) (author)
  • Marcel Ichac (France)
  • Jean Vivie (France) (CST official)
  • Bo Widerberg (Sweden)

Official selection

In Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
AlfieLewis GilbertUnited Kingdom
The AshesPopiolyAndrzej WajdaPoland
*The Birds, the Bees and the Italians**Signore & Signori*Pietro GermiItaly, France
Chimes at MidnightCampanadas a medianocheOrson WellesSpain, France, Switzerland
Doctor ZhivagoDavid LeanUnited Kingdom, Italy, United States
For Love and Gold or The Incredible Army of BrancaleoneL'armata BrancaleoneMario MonicelliItaly
The Hawks and the SparrowsUccellacci e uccelliniPier Paolo Pasolini
Hello, That's Me!Բարև, ես եմFrunze DovlatyanSoviet Union
The Hour and Turn of Augusto MatragaA Hora e Vez de Augusto MatragaRoberto SantosBrazil
HungerSvältHenning CarlsenDenmark, Norway, Sweden
ItEsUlrich SchamoniWest Germany
Lenin in PolandЛенин в ПольшеSergei YutkevichSoviet Union
MademoiselleTony RichardsonUnited Kingdom, France
*A Man and a Woman**Un homme et une femme*Claude LelouchFrance
Modesty Blaise (opening film)Joseph LoseyUnited Kingdom
Morgan – A Suitable Case for TreatmentKarel Reisz
The NunLa ReligieuseJacques RivetteFrance
ÖnAlf SjöbergSweden
Pharaoh (closing film)FaraonJerzy KawalerowiczPoland
The PipesDýmkyVojtěch JasnýCzechoslovakia
RăscoalaMircea MureșanRomania
The Round-UpSzegénylegényekMiklós JancsóHungary
SecondsJohn FrankenheimerUnited States
With the East WindCon el viento solanoMario CamusSpain
Young TörlessDer junge TörlessVolker SchlöndorffWest Germany, France

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Grand Prix:

  • Alberto Giacometti by Ernst Scheidegger and Peter Munger
  • Bruegel et la folie des hommes - dulle griet by Jean Cleinge
  • Le Chant du monde de Jean Lurcat by Pierre Biro and Victoria Mercanton
  • Cislice by Pavel Prochazka
  • The Dot and the Line by Chuck Jones
  • The Drag by Carlos Marchiori
  • Équivoque 1900 by Monique Lepeuve
  • De Gewonde by Theo Van Haren Noman
  • Miejsce by Edward Sturlis
  • Muzikalno prase by Zlatko Grgic
  • by Eiji Murayama
  • Reflections on Love by Joe Massot
  • Les Rendez-vous de l'été by Jacques Ertaud and Raymond Zumstein
  • Skaterdater by Noel Black
  • L'Urlo by Camillo Bazzoni

Parallel section

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 5th International Critics' Week (5e Semaine de la Critique):

  • Black Girl (La Noire de...) by Ousmane Sembene (France, Senegal)
  • Bloko by Ado Kyrou (Greece)
  • Children's Sicknesses (Gyerekbetegségek) by Ferenc Kardos, János Rózsa (Hungary)
  • Du courage pour chaque jour by Evald Schorm (Czechoslovakia)
  • O desafio by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil)
  • Fata morgana by Vicente Aranda (Spain)
  • Man Is Not a Bird (Čovek nije tica) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
  • Nicht versöhnt by Jean-Marie Straub (West Germany)
  • Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus by Jean Eustache (France)
  • Winter Kept Us Warm by David Secter (Canada)

Official Awards

Main Competition

  • Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
    • The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Germi
    • A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch
  • Prix spécial du Jury: Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
  • Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Lenin in Poland
  • Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment
  • Best Actor: Per Oscarsson for Hunger
  • Best First Work: Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
  • 20th Anniversary Prize: Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles
  • Special Mention: Totò, for his acting performance in The Hawks and the Sparrows

Short Films Competition

  • Short Film Gran Prix: Skaterdater by Noel Black
  • Technical Grand Prize: Skaterdater by Noel Black

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI Prize]]

  • Young Törless by Volker Schlöndorff
    • Special Mention: Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles

Commission Supérieure Technique

  • Technical Grand Prize: Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles

[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]

  • A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch

References

Media

References

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  2. "19ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
  3. "1966 - A film and a (half) Palme". cannes-fest.com.
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  7. "5e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1966". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
  8. "FIPRESCI Awards 1966". fipresci.org.
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