1960 Cannes Film Festival

1960 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 13th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jean-Denis Maillart.[1]
Opening film	Ben-Hur
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or (La Dolce Vita)
Number of films	29 (In Competition)[2] 2 (Out of Competition) 31 (Short Film)
Festival date	4 May 1960 – 20 May 1960
Website	festival-cannes.com/en

The 13th Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 20 May 1960.^[3] The Palme d'Or went to the La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini.^[4] The festival opened with Ben-Hur, directed by William Wyler.^[5][6][7]

Jury

Georges Simenon, jury president

• Georges Simenon (Belgium) (president)
• Marc Allégret (France)
• Louis Chauvet (France) (journalist)
• Diego Fabbri (Italy)
• Hidemi Ima (Japan)
• Grigori Kozintsev (Soviet Union)
• Maurice Leroux (France)
• Max Lippmann (West Germany) (critic)
• Henry Miller (USA)
• Simone Renant (France)
• Ulises Petit de Murat (Argentina)
• Georges Altman (France) (journalist) (short films)
• Nicolas Hayer (France) (short films)
• Henri Storck (Belgium) (short films)
• Jean Vivie (France) (CST official) (short films)
• Dušan Vukotić (Yugoslavia) (short films)

Feature film competition

• L'Amérique insolite by François Reichenbach
• L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni
• Ballada o soldate by Grigori Chukhrai
• Ching nu yu hun by Li Han Hsiang
• Cidade Ameaçada by Roberto Farias
• Dama s sobachkoy by Iosif Kheifits
• Deveti krug by France Štiglic
• La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
• Los golfos by Carlos Saura
• Home from the Hill by Vincente Minnelli
• Jakten by Erik Løchen
• Jungfrukällan by Ingmar Bergman
• Kagi by Kon Ichikawa
• Kam čert nemůže by Zdeněk Podskalský
• Macario by Roberto Gavaldón
• Moderato Cantabile by Peter Brook
• Neotpravlennoye pismo by Mikhail Kalatozov
• Parvi urok by Rangel Vulchanov
• Paw by Astrid Henning-Jensen
• Pote tin Kyriaki by Jules Dassin
• La Procesión by Francis Lauric
• The Savage Innocents by Nicholas Ray and Baccio Bandini
• Si le vent te fait peur by Emile Degelin
• Sons and Lovers by Jack Cardiff
• Sujata by Bimal Roy
• Telegrame by Gheorghe Naghi and Aurel Miheles
• Le Trou by Jacques Becker
• The Young One by Luis Buñuel
• Zezowate szczescie by Andrzej Munk

Films out of competition

• Ben-Hur by William Wyler
• Orient-Occident by Enrico Fulchignoni

Awards

Federico Fellini, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

• Palme d'Or: La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
• Jury Prize:
  • L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Kagi by Kon Ichikawa
• Best Actress:
  • Jeanne Moreau for Moderato Cantabile
  • Melina Mercouri for Pote tin Kyriaki
• Special Mention:
  • Jungfrukällan by Ingmar Bergman
  • The Young One by Luis Buñuel
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Le Sourire by Serge Bourguignon
• Special Mention - Short Film: Paris la belle by Pierre Prévert
• OCIC Award: Paw by Astrid Henning-Jensen

References

1. "Posters 1960". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "Official Selection 1960 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "1960 - La Dolce Riviera ..?". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
4. "Awards 1960 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
5. "William Wyler discusses the difficulties in the realization of Ben-Hur". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
6. "Cannes Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
7. "Opening of the Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links

• 1960 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1960
• Cannes Film Festival:1960 at Internet Movie Database
• 13ème Festival International du Film - Cannes