1958 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 11th Cannes Film Festival[1] | |
| Location | Cannes, France |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Cranes Are Flying[2] |
| No. of films | 26 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 2 May 1958 – 18 May 1958 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 11th Cannes Film Festival took place from 2 to 18 May 1958.[4] French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or was awarded to The Cranes Are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov.[5]
Juries
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1958 competition:[6]
Main Competition
[edit]- Marcel Achard, French writer - Jury President
- Tomiko Asabuki, Japanese
- Bernard Buffet, French painter
- Jean De Baroncelli, French film critic
- Helmut Käutner, West-German filmmaker
- Dudley Leslie, British writer
- Madeleine Robinson, French actress
- Ladislao Vajda, Hungarian filmmaker
- Charles Vidor, American filmmaker
- Sergei Yutkevich, Soviet filmmaker
- Cesare Zavattini, Italian writer
Short Films Competition
[edit]- Norman McLaren, Canadian animator
- Jean Mitry, French film theorist, critic and filmmaker
- Krishna Riboud, India historian
- Edmond Séchan, French cinematographer and film director
- Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film educator
Official Selections
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Out of Competition
[edit]The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
Short Films Competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- A.B.C. by John Fernhout
- Auf den Spuren des Lebens by Fritz Heydenreich
- Dubrovacki pasteli by Marijan Vajda
- Egy masodperc tortenete by Ágoston Kollányi
- Gloria dei Medici by Antonio Petrucci
- Goya, una vida apasionada by José María Ochoa
- Grafica cloveku by France Kosmac
- Horyû-Ji by Susumu Hani
- La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession by Henri Gruel
- La Seine a rencontré Paris by Joris Ivens
- Les mystères d'une goutte d'eau by Ann H. Matzner Dr.
- Log Drive by Raymond Garceau
- Mandu by Neil Gokhale
- Nagrodzone uczucia by Walerian Borowczyk & Jan Lenica
- Nez nam narostla kridla by Jiří Brdečka
- Ô saisons ô châteaux by Agnès Varda
- Perameren hylkeenpyytajat by Ulf Backstrom
- Sapte Arte by Ion Popescu-Gopo
- Sintra by João Mendes
- The Story of a Roof by Jamie Uys
- Trees And Jamaica Daddy by Lew Keller
- Voici le pays d'Israel by Jean Lehérissey
- Y gorakh salianskykh by Leonid Belokurov, Y. Przyjemski
- Zimniy prazdnik by Mikhail Slutsky
Official Awards
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or: The Cranes Are Flying by Mikhail Kalatozov[2]
- Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for Brink of Life
- Best Screenplay: Massimo Franciosa, Pasquale Festa Campanile and Pier Paolo Pasolini for Young Husbands
- Best Actress: Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Barbro Hiort af Ornäs and Ingrid Thulin for Brink of Life
- Best Actor: Paul Newman for The Long, Hot Summer
- Jury Prize:
- Goha by Jacques Baratier
- Visages de bronze by Bernard Taisant
- Jury Special Prize: Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati
- Special Mention: Tatiana Samoilova for The Cranes Are Flying
Short Films Competition
[edit]- Short Film Palme d'Or:
- La Joconde: Histoire d'une obsession by Henri Gruel and Jean Suyeux
- La Seine a rencontré Paris by Joris Ivens
- Special Prize:
- Auf den Spuren des Lebens by Fritz Heydenreich
- Nez nam narostla kridla by Jiri Brnecka
Independent Awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1958". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1958: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1958: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "1958 - Au seuil de la nouvelle vague (On the threshold of the new wave)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "11ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1958". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1958". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Media
[edit]- British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1958 footage
- British Pathé: Originals Cannes Film Festival 1958
- British Pathé: Originals Cannes Film Festival 1958
- INA: Opening of the 1958 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Celebrities at the 1958 Cannes festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Closure of the 1958 festival (commentary in French)
External links
[edit]- 1958 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1958 Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1958 at Internet Movie Database