1966 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 19th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Rene Ferracci.[1] | |
| Opening film | Modesty Blaise |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Faraon |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Signore & Signori)[2] |
| No. of films | 25 (In Competition)[3] 16 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 5 May 1966 – 20 May 1966 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 May 1966. To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given.[4]
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Signore & Signori by Pietro Germi, in tie with Un homme et une femme by Claude Lelouch.[2] The festival opened with Modesty Blaise, directed by Joseph Losey and closed with Faraon, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.[5]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1966 film competition:[6][2]
Feature films
- Sophia Loren (Italy) Jury President
- Marcel Achard (France)
- Vinicius de Moraes (Brazil)
- Tetsurō Furukaki (Japan) (author)
- Maurice Genevoix (France)
- Jean Giono (France)
- Maurice Lehmann (France)
- Richard Lester (UK)
- Denis Marion (Belgium)
- André Maurois (France)
- Marcel Pagnol (France)
- Yuli Raizman (Soviet Union)
- Armand Salacrou (France)
- Peter Ustinov (UK)
Short films
- Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
- Charles Ford (France) (author)
- Marcel Ichac (France)
- Jean Vivie (France) (CST official)
- Bo Widerberg (Sweden)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]
- Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
- L'armata Brancaleone by Mario Monicelli
- The Ashes (Popioly) by Andrzej Wajda
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore & Signori) by Pietro Germi
- Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
- Doctor Zhivago by David Lean
- The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Hello, That's Me! (Barev, yes em) by Frunze Dovlatyan
- The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga) by Roberto Santos
- Hunger (Sult) by Henning Carlsen
- It (Es) by Ulrich Schamoni
- Lenin in Poland (Lenin v Polshe) by Sergei Yutkevich
- Mademoiselle by Tony Richardson
- A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) by Claude Lelouch
- Modesty Blaise by Joseph Losey
- Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment by Karel Reisz
- The Nun (La Religieuse) by Jacques Rivette
- Ön by Alf Sjöberg
- Pharaoh (Faraon) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- The Pipes (Dýmky) by Vojtěch Jasný
- Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
- The Round-Up (Szegénylegények) by Miklós Jancsó
- Seconds by John Frankenheimer
- With the East Wind (Con el viento solano) by Mario Camus
- Young Törless (Der junge Törless) by Volker Schlöndorff
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix:[3]
- 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
- Nô 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):[7]
- 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)
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1966 Official selection awards:[2]
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore & Signori) by Pietro Germi
- A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) by Claude Lelouch
- Prix spécial du Jury: Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
- Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Lenin in Poland (Lenin v Polshe)
- Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
- Best Actor: Per Oscarsson for Sult
- Best First Work: Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
- 20th Anniversary Prize: Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
Short films
- Short Film Gran Prix: Skaterdater by Noel Black
- Technical Grand Prize: Skaterdater by Noel Black
Independent awards
- FIPRESCI Prize: Young Törless (Der junge Törless) by Volker Schlöndorff
- Special Mention: Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
Commission Supérieure Technique[2]
- Technical Grand Prize: Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
- A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) by Claude Lelouch
Other awards
- Special Mention: Totò, for his acting performance in The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini)
References
- ^ "Po:-$tersp P Amazon fire TV L;-;-)\(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ♬(( ◝( ﾟ∀ ﾟ )◟ )) 1966". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "19ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Official Selection 1966: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "1966 - A film and a (half) Palme". cannes-fest.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Modern baby boy names Hindu". atlasfilm.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1966: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "5e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1966". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1966". fipresci.org. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967". imdb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
Media
External links
- 1966 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1966 Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival:1966 Archived 2009-06-06 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database