1946 Cannes Film Festival
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The 1st Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946.[1]
Jury
The following were the Jury for the Feature films and Shorts:[2]
- 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[3]
- 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 afdøde directed by Johan Jacobsen
- Brief Encounter directed by David Lean
- Caesar and Cleopatra directed by Gabriel Pascal
- Camões directed by José Leitão de Barros
- Chelovek No. 217 directed by Mikhail Romm
- De Røde Enge directed by Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
- Die Letzte Chance directed by Léopold 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 löjtnantshjärta directed by Alf Sjöberg
- Il bandito directed by Alberto Lattuada
- Kamennyy tsvetok directed by Aleksandr Ptouchko
- La Bataille du Rail directed by René Clement
- La Belle et La Bête directed by Jean Cocteau
- La symphonie pastorale directed by Jean Delannoy
- Le Miserie del Signor Travet directed by Mario Soldati
- Le Père tranquille directed by René 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 Fernández
- Muzi bez krídel directed by Frantisek Cap
- Neecha Nagar directed by Chetan Anand
- Nezbedný bakalár 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
- Três 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[3]
- A City Sings by Gudrun Parker
- Aubervilliers by Eli Lotar
- Aubusson by Pierre Biro & Pierre Hirsch
- Bambini in città by Luigi Comencini
- Belyy klyk by Aleksandr Zguridi
- Fall of Berlin – 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
- Épaves 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 Painlevé
- L'Homme by Gilles Margaritis
- La cité des abeilles by Andrev Winnitski
- La Flûte magique by Paul Grimault
- La Locomotive by Stanisław Urbanowicz
- Le Goéland by Willy Peters
- Le Retour à 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 Protubérance 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 & João Mendes
- Partie de campagne by Jean Renoir
- Springman and the SS by Jiří Trnka
- Prisonnier de guerre by Kurt Früh
- Rapsodia rustica by Jean Mihail
- Réseau x by Mahuzier
- Steel by Frank Bundy
- Suite Varsovienne by Tadeusz Makarczyński
- 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
- Vánoční sen by Karel Zeman
- Wet Paint by Walt Disney
- World Of Plenty by Paul Rotha
- Your Children's eyes by Alex Strasser
- Zvírátka a petrovstí by Jiří Trnka
Awards
- Feature Films[4]
- Grand Prize of the Festival:
- Brief Encounter by David Lean
- Iris och löjtnantshjärta by Alf Sjöberg
- The Last Chance by Leopold Lindtberg
- The Lost Weekend by Billy Wilder
- María Candelaria (Xochimilco) by Emilio Fernández
- Men Without Wings by Frantisek Cáp
- 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 René Clément
- Best Actor: Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend
- Best Actress: Michèle Morgan for La symphonie pastorale
- Best Director: René Clément for La Bataille du rail
- Best Cinematography: Gabriel Figueroa for María 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: fr by Georges Rouquier
- Short Films[4]
- Vánoční sen by Karel Zeman
- Zvírátka a petrovstí by Jiří Trnka
- Molodost Nasej Strany by Sergei Yutkevich
- Les mines de sel de Wieliczka by J. Brzozowski
- La cité des abeilles by Andrev Winnitski
- Épaves by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Fall of Berlin – 1945 by Yuli Raizman
