1961 Cannes Film Festival
Short Film) | |
| Festival date | 3 May 1961 – 18 May 1961 |
|---|---|
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 14th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 18 May 1961.[4] The Palme d'Or went to the Une aussi longue absence, directed by Henri Colpi and Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel.[5] The festival opened with Che gioia vivere, directed by René Clément.
The festival also screened
International Critics' Week the following year.[6]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1961 competition:[7]
Feature films
- Jean Giono (France) - Jury President
- Sergei Yutkevich (Soviet Union) - Jury Vice President
- Pedro Armendáriz (Mexico)
- Luigi Chiarini (Italy)
- Tonino Delli Colli (Italy)
- Claude Mauriac (France)
- Edouard Molinaro(France)
- Jean Paulhan (author) (France)
- Raoul Ploquin (France)
- Liselotte Pulver (Switzerland)
- Fred Zinnemann (USA)
Short films
- Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania) - Jury President
- Pierre Prévert (France)
- Jurgen Schildt (journalist) (Sweden)
- Jean Vidal (France)
- Jean Vivie (CST official) (France)
Feature film competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- The Brute (Dúvad) by Zoltán Fábri
- Chronicle of Flaming Years (Povest plamennykh let) by Yuliya Solntseva
- Vasili Pronin
- Darclee by Mihai Iacob
- The First Mass (A Primeira Missa) by Lima Barreto
- The Fourteenth Day (Dan četrnaesti) by Zdravko Velimirović
- Girl with a Suitcase (La Ragazza con la valigia) by Valerio Zurlini
- Goodbye Again (Aimez-vous Brahms?) by Anatole Litvak
- The Hand in the Trap (La Mano en la trampa) by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Her Brother (Otôto) by Kon Ichikawa
- Hoodlum Priest by Irvin Kershner
- I Like Mike by Peter Frye
- The Joy of Living (Che gioia vivere) by René Clément
- The Judge (Domaren) by Alf Sjöberg
- The Knife (Het Mes) by Fons Rademakers
- The Last Witness (Der Letzte Zeuge) by Wolfgang Staudte
- The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence) by Henri Colpi
- The Lovemakers (La Viaccia) by Mauro Bolognini
- Madalena by Dinos Dimopoulos
- The Mark by Guy Green
- Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od aniolów) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- The Passionate Demons (Line) by Nils Reinhardt Christensen
- Plein sud by Gaston De Gerlache
- A Raisin in the Sun by Daniel Petrie
- Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau
- A Song About the Gray Pigeon (Piesen o sivém holubovi) by Stanislav Barabáš
- René Múgica
- Two Women (La Ciociara) by Vittorio De Sica
- Viridiana by Luis Buñuel
- The Wastrel (Il Relitto) by Michael Cacoyannis
Out of competition
The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Aicha by Noureddine Mechri and Francis Warin
- Argentina paraiso de la pesca by Antonio Ber Ciani
- The Art of Lee Hsiang-Fen by Henry T.C. Wang
- Balgarski ansambal za narodni pesni i tanzi by Lada Boyadjieva
- The Black Cat by Robert Braverman
- Cattle Ranch by Guy L. Coté
- Children of the Sun by John Hubley and Faith Hubley
- The Creation of Woman by Charles F. Schwep
- Cyrus le grand by Feri Farzaneh
- The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
- Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross by Leonid Gaidai
- Fantazie pro levou ruku a lidske svedomi by Pavel Hobl
- Le Festival de Baalbeck 1960 by David McDonald
- Folkwangschulen by Herbert Vesely
- Foroyar by Jørgen Roos
- Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto) by José Val del Omar
- Giovedi: passeggiata by Vincenzo Gamna
- Gorod bolshoy sudby by Ilya Kopalin
- House of Hashimoto by Connie Rasinski
- Hudozhnikat Zlatyu Boyadzhiev by Ivan Popov
- Kangra et kulu by N.S. Thapa
- Na vez by Branko Kalacic
- Nebbia by Raffaele Andreassi
- Paul Valéry by Roger Leenhardt
- Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy
- La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó
- Robert Frost by Sidney J. Stiber
- Souvenirs from Sweden by Henning Carlsen
- Taketori Monogatari by Kazuhiko Watanabe
- W kręgu ciszy by Jerzy Ziarnik
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1961 awards:[2]
- Palme d'Or:
- The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence) by Henri Colpi
- Viridiana by Luis Buñuel
- Prix spécial du Jury: Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od aniolów) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Best Director: Yuliya Solntseva for Chronicle of Flaming Years(Povest plamennykh let)
- Best Actress: Sophia Loren for Two Women(La Ciociara)
- Best Actor: Anthony Perkins for Goodbye Again(Aimez-vous Brahms?)
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy
- Short film Technical Prize - Special mention: Folkwangschulen by Herbert Vesely & Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto) by José Val del Omar
Independent awards
FIPRESCI[8]
- FIPRESCI Prize: The Hand in the Trap (La Mano en la trampa) by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Commission Supérieure Technique[5]
- Technical Grand Prize - Feature film Special Mention:
- Her Brother (Otôto) by Kon Ichikawa
- Chronicle of Flaming Years (Povest plamennykh let) by Yuliya Solntseva
- Hoodlum Priest by Irvin Kershner
Other awards
- Gary Cooper Award: A Raisin in the Sun by Daniel Petrie
References
- ^ "Posters 1961". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1961: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1961: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "1961 - Deux palmes au soleil (Two palms in the sun)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b "14ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "History". semainedelacritique.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Juries 1961". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1961". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1961". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Media
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1961 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Eventful climbing of the steps at the 1961 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Sidney Poitier on the question of race (1961) (commentary in French)
External links
- 1961 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1961 Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival:1961 Archived 2010-03-08 at the Internet Movie Database