The 7th Cannes Film Festival took place from 25 March to 9 April 1954. French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau served as jury president for the main competition. This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury.
 Official poster of the 7th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Piva.[1] | |
| Opening film | Le Grand Jeu |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Grand Prix: Gate of Hell[2] |
| No. of films | 43 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 25 March 1954 – 9 April 1954 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Grand Prix was awarded, as the highest prize of the Festival, to Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa.[4]
As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the Simone Silva affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the destruction of her career as an actress and her premature death, three years later.[5]
The festival opened with Flesh and the Woman by Robert Siodmak.[6]
Juries
editMain Competition
edit- Jean Cocteau, French writer and filmmaker - Jury President[7]
- Jean Aurenche, French writer
- André Bazin, French film critic
- Luis Buñuel, Spanish filmmaker
- Henri Calef, French fimmaker
- Guy Desson, French MP official
- Philippe Erlanger, French
- Michel Fourre-Cormeray, French
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French CNC official
- Jacques Ibert, French composer
- Georges Lamousse, French Senate official
- André Lang, French
- Noël-Noël, French actor
- Georges Raguis, French union official
Short Films Competition
edit- Henning Jensen, Danish filmmaker, actor and editor
- Albert Lamorisse, French filmmaker
- Jean Queval, French journalist
- Jean Tedesco, French filmmaker
- Jean Vivie, French CST official
Official Sections
editIn Competition
editThe following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:[3]
Short Films Competition
editThe following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Apollon kai Dafni by Thanassis Meritzis
- Aptenodytes forsteri (Les Pingouins) by Mario Marret
- Aquarium by Ágoston Kollányi
- The Blakes Slept Here by Jacques Bernard Brunius
- Christophe Plantin, imprimeur des humanistes du XVIeme siècle by Gaston Vermaillen
- Der dom zu Koeln by Ulrich Kayser
- El Greco en su obra maestra : El entierro del Conde Orgaz by Juan Serra
- Er is altijd een tockomst by Kees Stip
- Exploratieboren by Bert Haanstra
- Feminine Fashions by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
- Il fiume della vita by Enrico Castelli Gattinara
- Folk Dances of India by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
- Det gjelder livet by Titus Vibe Müller
- Una goccia d'acqua by Enzo Trovasilli
- Highlands of Iceland by Magnus Johannsson
- Hokusai by Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Jaktflygare by Helge Sahlin
- Jyske kyst by Søren Melson
- Kék vércsék erdejében by István Homoki-Nagy
- Koziołeczek by Lechosław Marszałek
- Kutna hora by Fr. Lukas
- Land of Enlightment by Mohan Wadhwani
- Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne by Johan Jacobsen
- Lumière by P. Paviot
- Miniatury kodesku behema by Stanisław Lenartowicz
- Le mystère de la Licorne by Arcady, Jean-Claude See
- Nouveaux horizons by Marcel Ichac
- Nytt land under svillene by Per Opsahl
- O kohoutkovi a slepičce by Zdenec Miler
- A Drop Too Much (O sklenicku víc) by Bretislav Pojar
- L'Ombre de St Michel by Jean Pichonnier, Paul Pichonnier
- De Opsporing van Aardolie by Bert Haanstra
- The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Brian Borthwick, John Halas
- Pik droujby by I. Goutman
- Plastik im Freien by Adalbert Baltes
- The Pleasure Garden by James Broughton
- Polyot na lunu by Vladimir Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg
- Promenade au Luxembourg by Philippe Schneider
- Rene Leriche chirurgien de la douleur by René Lucot
- River of Hope by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
- Ruban noir by Henry Jacques
- El solitario de Sayan by Enrico Gras
- Stare miasto (The Old Town of Warsaw) by Jerzy Bossak
- Stern von Bethlehem by Wilhelm Döderlein
- Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom by Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols
- Uspavana ljepotica by Rudolf Sremec
- La vie des Chamois by André Bureau, Paul Claudon, P. Dalli, Pierre Levent, André Villard
- Vieren maar by Herman van der Horst
- Viragos kalocsa by Vince Lakatos
- Vita della libellula by Alberto Ancillotto
- Wild Life Sanctuary by D.D. Reucassel
Official Awards
edit
Main Competition
edit- Grand Prix: Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa[2][8]
- International Prize
- Before the Deluge by André Cayatte
- Neapolitan Carousel by Ettore Giannini
- Chronicle of Poor Lovers by Carlo Lizzani
- Two Acres of Land by Bimal Roy
- Five Boys from Barska Street by Aleksander Ford
- The Last Bridge by Helmut Käutner
- The Living Desert by James Algar
- The Great Adventure by Arne Sucksdorff
- The Great Warrior Skanderbeg by Sergei Yutkevich
- Jury Special Prize: Knave of Hearts by René Clément
- Special Mention:[9]
- André Cayatte and Charles Spaak for Before the Deluge
- Maria Schell for her performance in The Last Bridge
- The camera crew of The Living Desert
- Aleksander Ford for Five Boys from Barska Street
- Arne Sucksdorff for The Great Adventure
- Sergei Yutkevich for The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
Independent Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ "Posters 1954". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1954: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "Official Selection 1954: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "7ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "1954 - Le Grand Jeu". "cannes-fest.com" (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1954 : All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "1954 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1954". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1954". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
Media
edit- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1954 Festival (Michèle Morgan and Robert Mitchum, commentary in French)
- INA: Opening of the 1954 Festival (Daniel Gélin and Gina Lollobrigida, commentary in French)
External links
edit- 1954 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1954 Archived 2019-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1954 at Internet Movie Database