1963 Cannes Film Festival
Short Film) | |
| Festival date | 9 May 1963 – 23 May 1963 |
|---|---|
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 16th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 May 1963.[4] The Palme d'Or went to the Il Gattopardo by Luchino Visconti.[5] The festival opened with The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.[6]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1963 film competition:[7]
Feature films
- Armand Salacrou (France) - Jury President
- Rouben Mamoulian (USA) - Jury Vice President
- Jacqueline Audry (France)
- Wilfrid Baumgartner (BDF official) (France)
- François Chavane (France)
- Jean de Baroncelli (critic) (France)
- Robert Hossein (France)
- Kashiko Kawakita (Japan)
- Steven Pallos (UK)
- Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
- Rostislav Yurenev (Soviet Union)
Short films
- Henri Alekan (France) - Jury President
- Robert Alla (France)
- Karl Schedereit (West Germany)
- Ahmed Sefrioui (Morocco)
- Semih Tugrul (journalist) (Turkey)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- Les Abysses by Nikos Papatakis
- Alvorada by Hugo Niebeling
- The Cage (La Cage) by Robert Darène
- Carom Shots (Carambolages) by Marcel Bluwal
- The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný
- Codine by Henri Colpi
- The Conjugal Bed (L'ape regina) by Marco Ferreri
- A Cozy Cottage (Kertes házak utcája) by Tamás Fejér
- Li Han Hsiang
- The Fiances (I Fidanzati) by Ermanno Olmi
- For Those Who Will Follow (Pour la suite du monde) by Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault
- Glory Sky (Ouranos) by Takis Kanellopoulos
- The Good Love (El Buen amor) by Francisco Regueiro
- Harakiri (Seppuku) by Masaki Kobayashi
- How to Be Loved (Jak być kochaną) by Wojciech Has
- The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) by Luchino Visconti
- Like Two Drops of Water (Als twee druppels water) by Fons Rademakers
- Lord of the Flies by Peter Brook
- Optimistic Tragedy (Optimisticheskaya tragediya) by Samson Samsonov
- El Otro Cristóbal by Armand Gatti
- Rat Trap (Le Rat d'Amérique) by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
- This Sporting Life by Lindsay Anderson
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan
- Tobacco (Тютюн) by Nikola Korabov
- The Venerable Ones (Los Venerables todos) by Manuel Antín
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Robert Aldrich
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- A fleur d'eau by Alex Seiler
- Bouket zvezdi by Radka Batchvarova
- Citizens Of Tomorrow by Jamie Uys
- The Critic by Ernest Pintoff
- Das Grabmal des Kaisers by Istvan V. Szots
- Di Domenica by Luigi Bazzoni
- La ferriera abbandonata by Aglauco Casadio
- Geel by Costia de Renesse
- Geschwindigkeit by Edgar Reitz
- Le Haricot by Edmond Sechan
- Images du ciel - Égypte o Égypte by Jacques Brissot
- The King's Breakfast by Wendy Toye
- My Flat (Moj stan) by Zvonimir Berkovic
- Nakymaton Kasi by Veronica Leo
- Oslo by Jørgen Roos
- Playa Insolita by Javier Aguirre
- Un Prince Belge de l'Europe, Charles Joseph de Ligne by Jacques Kupissonoff
- Sous le signe de Neptune by A.F. Sulk
- The Ride by Gerald Potterton
- You by Istvan Szabo
- Zeilen by Hattum Hoving
- Zeleznicari by Evald Schorm
Parallel section
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 2nd
International Critics' Week (2e Semaine de la Critique):[8]
- Alone or with Others (Seul ou avec d’autres) by Denys Arcand, Denis Héroux, Stéphane Venne (Canada)
- Barnvagnen by Bo Widerberg (Sweden)
- Déjà s'envole la fleur maigre by Paul Meyer (Belgium)
- Hallelujah the Hills by Adolfas Mekas (United States)
- Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme (France)
- Pelle viva by Giuseppe Fina (Italy)
- Pitfall (Otoshiana) by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)
- Porto das Caixas by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil)
- Showman by Albert Maysles, David Maysles (United States)
- The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti) by Štefan Uher (Czechoslovakia)
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1963 Official selection awards:[2]
- Palme d'Or: The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) by Luchino Visconti
- Jury Special Prize:
- The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný
- Harakiri (Seppuku) by Masaki Kobayashi
- Codine
- Best Actress: Marina Vlady for The Conjugal Bed(L'ape regina)
- Best Actor: Richard Harris for This Sporting Life
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Le Haricot by Edmond Séchan
- In wechselndem Gefälle (A fleur d'eau) by Alexander J. Seiler
- Jury Prize - Short Film: Moj Stan by Zvonimir Berković
- Special Mention - Short Film: Di Domenica by Luigi Bazzoni & You by István Szabó
- Short Film Technical Prize: Zeilen by Hattum Hoving
Independent awards
FIPRESCI[9]
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- This Sporting Life by Lindsay Anderson (In competition)
- Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme (International Critics' Week)
Commission Supérieure Technique[5]
- Technical Grand Prize:
- The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný
- Codine by Henri Colpi
- The Fiances (I Fidanzati) by Ermanno Olmi
Other awards
- Gary Cooper Award: To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan
- Best Evocation of a World-Shattering Epic: Optimistic Tragedy (Optimisticheskaya tragediya) by Samson Samsonov
References
- ^ "Posters 1963". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1963: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1963: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "1963 - Le Prix d'un Guépard (The Price of a Cheetah)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b "16ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ISBN 9780226424897. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1966 : Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "2e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1963". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1963". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1963". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Media
- British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1963 footage
- British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1963 Awards
- INA: Opening of the 1963 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of award-winners at the 1963 festival (commentary in French)
External links
- 1963 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1963 Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival:1963 Archived 2007-08-22 at the Internet Movie Database