1946 Cannes Film Festival

The 1st Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946.

Jury

The following were the Jury for the Feature films and Shorts:

Georges Huisman (France) (historian) (president)
Iris Barry (USA)
Beaulieu (Canada)
Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia)
J.H.J. De Jong (Netherlands)
Don Tudor (Romania)
Samuel Findlater (UK)
Sergei Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
Jan Korngold (Poland)
Domingos Mascarenhas (Portugal)
Hugo Mauerhofer (Switzerland)
Filippo Mennini (Italy)
Moltke-Hansen (Norway)
Fernand Rigot (Belgium)
Kjell Stromberg (Sweden)
Rodolfo Usigli (Mexico)
Youssef Wahby (Egypt)
Helge Wamberg (Denmark)

Films in the competition

The following films were selected as In Competition:

Feature films

Amanti in fuga directed by Giacomo Gentilomo
Anna and the King of Siam directed by John Cromwell
Blod och eld directed by Anders Henrikson
Brevet fra afdÃ¸de directed by Johan Jacobsen
Brief Encounter directed by David Lean
Caesar and Cleopatra directed by Gabriel Pascal
CamÃµes directed by JosÃ© LeitÃ£o de Barros
Chelovek No. 217 directed by Mikhail Romm
De RÃ¸de Enge directed by Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
Die Letzte Chance directed by LÃ©opold Lindtberg
Dunia directed by Muhammad Karim
Floarea reginei directed by Paul Calinescu
Gaslight directed by George Cukor
Gilda directed by Charles Vidor
Glinka directed by Lev Arnchtam
Iris och lÃ¶jtnantshjÃ¤rta directed by Alf SjÃ¶berg
Il bandito directed by Alberto Lattuada
Kamennyy tsvetok directed by Aleksandr Ptouchko
La Bataille du Rail directed by RenÃ© Clement
La Belle et La BÃªte directed by Jean Cocteau
La symphonie pastorale directed by Jean Delannoy
Le Miserie del Signor Travet directed by Mario Soldati
Le PÃ¨re tranquille directed by RenÃ© Clement
Un revenant directed by Christian-Jaque
Los tres mosqueteros directed by Miguel M. Delgado
Make Mine Music directed by Joshua Meador, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bob Cormack, Hamilton Luske
Maria Candelaria directed by Emilio FernÃ¡ndez
Muzi bez krÃdel directed by Frantisek Cap
Neecha Nagar directed by Chetan Anand
NezbednÃ½ bakalÃ¡r directed by Otakar Vavra
Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Patrie directed by Louis Daquin
Rhapsody in Blue directed by Irving Rapper
Roma Citta Aperta directed by Roberto Rossellini
The Captive Heart directed by Basil Dearden
The Lost Weekend directed by Billy Wilder
The Magic Bow directed by Bernard Knowles
The Seventh Veil directed by Compton Bennet
TrÃªs Dias Sem Deus directed by Barbara Virginia
Un giorno nella vita directed by Alessandro Blasetti
Velikiy Perelom directed by Fridrikh Ermler
Wonder Man directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Zdravstvuy, Moskva! directed by Sergei Yutkevich
Zoya directed by Lev Arnchtam

Short films

A City Sings by Gudrun Parker
Aubervilliers by Eli Lotar
Aubusson by Pierre Biro & Pierre Hirsch
Bambini in cittÃ by Luigi Comencini
Belyy klyk by Aleksandr Zguridi
Fall of Berlin â€" 1945 by Yuli Raizman &Yelizaveta Svilova
Cantico Dei Marm by Pietro Benedetti & Giovanni Rossi
Chants populaires by George Dunning
Chercheurs de la mer by Jean P. Palardy
Cyprus Is an Island by Ralph Keene
Des hommes comme les autres by R. Van De Weerdt
Die Welt by Sam Winston
En Route by Otto Van Meyenhoff
Ã‰paves by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Flicker Flashbacks by Richard Fleischer
G.I'S In Switzerlandby Hermann Haller
Handling Ships by Allan Crick & John Halas
Hitler Lives by Don Siegel
Instruments of the Orchestra by Muir Mathieson
Jeux d'enfants by Jean PainlevÃ©
L'Homme by Gilles Margaritis
La citÃ© des abeilles by Andrev Winnitski
La FlÃ»te magique by Paul Grimault
La Locomotive by StanisÅ‚aw Urbanowicz
Le GoÃ©land by Willy Peters
Le Retour Ã la Vie by Dr K.M. VAallo
Les Digues en construction by Jo de Haas & Mannus Franken
Les Halles De Paris by Paul Schuitema
Les mines de sel de Wieliczka by J. Brzozowski
Les Ponts De La Meuse by Paul Schuitema
Les ProtubÃ©rance solair by M. Leclerc & M. Lyot
Lucerne Ville Musicale by Hans Trommer
Man One Family by Ivor Montagu
Me he de comer esa tune by Miguel Zacharias
Metamorphoses by Herman van der Horst
Molodost Nasej Strany by Sergei Yutkevich
Open drop ether by Basil Wrigh
Out of the Ruins by Nick Read
Parques Infantis by Aquilino Mendes & JoÃ£o Mendes
Partie de campagne by Jean Renoir
Springman and the SS by JiÅ™Ã Trnka
Prisonnier de guerre by Kurt FrÃ¼h
Rapsodia rustica by Jean Mihail
RÃ©seau x by Mahuzier
Steel by Frank Bundy
Suite Varsovienne by Tadeusz MakarczyÅ„ski
The Life Cycle of the Onion by Mary Field
The Purloined Pup by Charles August Nichols
The Way We Live by Jill Craigie
Un Port En Plein Coeur De L'Europe by Jaroslav Novotny
VÃ¡noÄnÃ sen by Karel Zeman
Wet Paint by Walt Disney
World Of Plenty by Paul Rotha
Your Children's eyes by Alex Strasser
ZvÃrÃ¡tka a petrovstÃ by JiÅ™Ã Trnka

Awards

Feature Films

Grand Prize of the Festival:
- Brief Encounter by David Lean
- Iris och lÃ¶jtnantshjÃ¤rta by Alf SjÃ¶berg
- The Last Chance by Leopold Lindtberg
- The Lost Weekend by Billy Wilder
- MarÃa Candelaria (Xochimilco) by Emilio FernÃ¡ndez
- Men Without Wings by Frantisek CÃ¡p
- Neecha Nagar by Chetan Anand
- Red Meadows by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr.
- Rome, Open City by Roberto Rossellini
- La symphonie pastorale by Jean Delannoy
- Velikiy perelom by Fridrikh Ermler
International Jury Prize: La Bataille du rail by RenÃ© ClÃ©ment
Best Actor: Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend
Best Actress: MichÃ¨le Morgan for La symphonie pastorale
Best Director: RenÃ© ClÃ©ment for La Bataille du rail
Best Cinematography: Gabriel Figueroa for MarÃa Candelaria (Xochimilco) and Los tres mosqueteros
Best Animation Design: Make Mine Music
Best Colour: The Stone Flower
International Peace Award: The Last Chance
FIPRESCI Prize: Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons by Georges Rouquier

Short Films

VÃ¡noÄnÃ sen by Karel Zeman
ZvÃrÃ¡tka a petrovstÃ by JiÅ™Ã Trnka
Molodost Nasej Strany by Sergei Yutkevich
Les mines de sel de Wieliczka by J. Brzozowski
Ã‰paves by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Fall of Berlin â€" 1945 by Yuli Raizman

References

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