1966 Cannes Film Festival
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The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 5-20, 1966. To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given.[1]
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Signore & Signori by Pietro Germi.[2] The festival opened with Modesty Blaise, directed by Joseph Losey and closed with Faraon, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.[3][4]
Contents
Jury
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Sophia Loren, Jury President
- Sophia Loren (Italy) (president)
- Marcel Achard (France)
- Vinicius de Moraes (Brazil)
- Tetsuro Furukaki (Japan) (author)
- Maurice Genevoix (France)
- Jean Giono (France)
- Maurice Lehmann (France)
- Richard Lester (UK)
- Denis Marion (Belgium)
- André Maurois (France)
- Marcel Pagnol (France)
- Yuli Raizman (Soviet Union)
- Armand Salacrou (France)
- Peter Ustinov (UK)
- Charles Duvanel (Switzerland) (short films)
- Charles Ford (France) (author) (short films)
- Marcel Ichac (France) (short films)
- Jean Vivie (France) (CST official) (short films)
- Bo Widerberg (Sweden) (short films)
Feature film competition
- Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
- L'armata Brancaleone by Mario Monicelli
- Barev, yes em by Frunze Dovlatyan
- Campanadas a medianoche by Orson Welles
- Con el viento solano by Mario Camus
- Doctor Zhivago by David Lean
- Dýmky by Vojtěch Jasný
- Es by Ulrich Schamoni
- Faraon by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
- Un homme et une femme by Claude Lelouch
- A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga by Roberto Santos
- Der junge Törless by Volker Schlöndorff
- Lenin v Polshe by Sergei Yutkevich
- Mademoiselle by Tony Richardson
- Modesty Blaise by Joseph Losey
- Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment by Karel Reisz
- Ön by Alf Sjöberg
- Popioly by Andrzej Wajda
- Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
- La Religieuse by Jacques Rivette
- Seconds by John Frankenheimer
- Signore & Signori by Pietro Germi
- Sult by Henning Carlsen
- Szegénylegények by Miklós Jancsó
- Uccellacci e uccellini by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Short film competition
- Alberto Giacometti by Ernst Scheidegger and Peter Munger
- Bruegel et la folie des hommes - dulle griet by Jean Cleinge
- Le Chant du monde de Jean Lurcat by Pierre Biro and Victoria Mercanton
- Cislice by Pavel Prochazka
- The Dot and the Line by Chuck Jones
- The Drag by Carlos Marchiori
- Équivoque 1900 by Monique Lepeuve
- De Gewonde by Theo Van Haren Noman
- Miejsce by Edward Sturlis
- Muzikalno prase by Zlatko Grgic
- Nô by Eiji Murayama
- Reflections on Love by Joe Massot
- Les Rendez-vous de l'été by Jacques Ertaud and Raymond Zumstein
- Skaterdater by Noel Black
- L'Urlo by Camillo Bazzoni
Awards
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Pietro Germi, winner of the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the event.
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
- Jury Special Prize: Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
- Best Actor: Per Oscarsson for Sult
- Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
- Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Lenin v Polshe
- Special Mention: Totò, for his acting performance
- Technical Grand Prize:
- Best First Work: Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
- 20th Anniversary Prize: Campanadas a medianoche by Orson Welles
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Skaterdater by Noel Black
- FIPRESCI Prize: Der junge Törless by Volker Schlöndorff
- OCIC Award: Un homme et une femme by Claude Lelouch
