1959 Cannes Film Festival
{{Infobox Film Festival
| name = 1959 Cannes Film Festival
| image = CFF59poster.jpg
| caption = Official poster of the 12th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jouineau Bourduge.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/posters.html |title=Posters 1959 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225140240/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/posters.html |archive-date=25 December 2013 |df=dmy}}
| host =
| number = 29 (In Competition)
| opening = The 400 Blows
| closing = The Diary of Anne Frank
| awards = Palme d'Or:
Black Orpheus
| date = {{Start date|1959|04|30|df=y}} – {{End date|1959|05|15|df=y}}
| founded = 1946
| website = {{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}
| main = Cannes Film Festival
| previous = 1958
| next = 1960
}}
The 12th Cannes Film Festival took place from 30 April to 15 May 1959.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1959.htm |title=1959 - Festival, mon amour (Festival, my love) |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=25 May 2017}} French writer Marcel Achard served as Jury President for the main competition.{{cite news |title=Cannes Film Festival history |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Cannes-Film-Festival-history-2361790.php#photo-1884716 |access-date=25 May 2017 |work=sfgate.com}} The Palme d'Or went to the Black Orpheus by Marcel Camus.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1959.htm |title=12ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=6 June 2017}}
In 1959, the Marché du Film (lit. Film Market) was established as the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival, with the aim of helping meet the needs of film industry professionals. Before this year the market was held unofficially in the cinemas of the rue d'Antibes in Cannes. Another important development of that year for the Festival, was that the French cinema moved away from the Ministry of Industry and became part of Ministry of Cultural Affairs.{{cite news|url=http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/parcours/0002/1952-1959-celebrities-politics-and-the-film-world.html |title=1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world / "The 400 Blows" |work=fresques.ina.fr |access-date=6 July 2017}}
The festival opened with The 400 Blows by François Truffaut, and closed with The Diary of Anne Frank by George Stevens.{{cite news |title=Opening of the 1959 festival |url=http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00054/opening-of-the-1959-festival.html |access-date=25 May 2017 |work=fresques.ina.fr}}{{cite news |title=Shock: Cannes 1959 |url=http://www.ina.fr/video/VDD10007925/le-choc-cannes-1959-video.html |access-date=25 May 2017 |work=ina.fr}}
Juries
= Main Competition =
- Marcel Achard, French writer - Jury President{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/allJury.html |title=Juries 1959 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/allJury.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}
- Antoni Bohdziewicz, Polish filmmaker
- Michael Cacoyannis, Greek filmmaker
- Carlos Cuenca, Spanish
- Pierre Daninos, French writer
- Julien Duvivier, French filmmaker
- Max Favalelli, French
- Gene Kelly, American actor and filmmaker
- Carlo Ponti, Italian producer
- Micheline Presle, French actress
- Sergei Vasilyev, Soviet filmmaker
= Short Films Competition =
- Philippe Agostini, French cinematographer and filmmaker
- Antonin Brousil, Czechoslovakian
- Paula Talaskivi, Finnish
- Jean Vivie, French CST official
- Véra Volmane, French journalist
Official Selection
= In Competition =
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1959: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/allSelections.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}
| class="wikitable"
!English Title !Original Title !Director(s) !Production Country |
| The 400 Blows (opening film)
|Les Quatre Cents Coups |France |
| colspan="2" |Araya
|Venezuela |
| Arms and the Man
|Helden |West Germany |
| style="background:#FFDEAD;"
|Orfeu Negro |France, Brazil, Italy |
| Bloody Twilight
|Matomeno iliovasilemma |Andreas Labrinos |Greece |
| colspan="2" |Compulsion
|United States |
| Court Martial
|Kriegsgericht |West Germany |
| Desire
|Touha |Czechoslovakia |
| colspan="2" |The Diary of Anne Frank (closing film)
|United States |
| colspan="2" |Édes Anna
|Hungary |
| Eva
|Die Halbzarte |Austria |
| colspan="2" |Fanfare
|Netherlands |
| colspan="2" |Hiroshima mon amour
|France, Japan |
| A Home for Tanya
|Отчий дом |Soviet Union |
| Honeymoon
|Luna de Miel |United Kingdom, Spain |
| colspan="2" |Lajwanti
|India |
| colspan="2" |Middle of the Night
|United States |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream
|Sen noci svatojánské |Czechoslovakia |
| Miss April
|Fröken April |Sweden |
| colspan="2" |Nazarín
|Mexico |
| Policarpo
|Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura |Italy |
| Portuguese Rhapsody
|Rapsódia Portuguesa |Portugal |
| colspan="2" |Room at the Top
|United Kingdom |
| The Sinner
|蕩婦與聖女 |Shen Tien |Taiwan |
| The Snowy Heron
|白鷺 |Japan |
| The Soldiers of Pancho Villa
|La Cucaracha |Mexico |
| Stars
|Sterne |East Germany, Bulgaria |
| Sugar Harvest
|Zafra |Argentina |
| Train Without a Timetable
|Vlak bez voznog reda |Yugoslavia |
= Short Films Competition =
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
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- A Telhetetlen mehecske by Gyula Macskássy
- Cinématographier or Préhistoire du cinema by Emile Degelin
- Corrida interdite by Denys Colomb Daunant
- Deca sa granice by Purisa Djordjevic
- Eine Stadt feiert Geburtstag by Ferdinand Khittl
- Espana 1.800 by Jesús Fernández Santos
- Fartsfeber by Finn Carlsby
- Histoire d'un poisson rouge by Edmond Sechan
- Hsi yu chi by Tei Yang
- La mer et les jours by Alain Kaminker, Raymond Vogel
- La primera fundacion de Buenos Aires by Fernando Birri
- Le petit pecheur de la Mer de Chine by Serge Hanin
- Le Seigneur Julius by Khaled Abdul Wahab
- Ligeud ad luftvejen by Henning Carlsen
- Butterflies Don't Live Here (Motyli zde neziji) by Miro Bernat
- Neobjknovennie vstretchi by Archa Ovanessova
- New York, New York by Francis Thompson
- Paese d'America by Gian Luigi Polidoro
- Pecheurs de Sozopol by Nikolay Borovishki
- See Pakistan by W.J. Moylan
- Sinn im Sinnlosen by Bernhard Von Peithner-Lichtenfels
- Taj Mahal (short film) by Shri Mushir Ahmed
- Ten Men in a Boat by Sydney Latter
- The Fox Has Four Eyes by Jamie Uys
- The Living Stone by John Feeney
- Tussenspel bij kaarslicht by Charles Huguenot Van Der Linden
- Zmiana warty (The Changing of the Guard) by Włodzimierz Haupe
{{div col end}}
Official Awards
=Main Competition=
- Palme d'Or: Black Orpheus by Marcel Camus{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/allAward.html |title=Awards 1959: All Awards |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225135648/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1959/allAward.html |archive-date=25 December 2013 |df=dmy}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1959.htm |title=1959 - Le Jury, Les Prix |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=5 July 2017}}
- Prix spécial du jury: Stars by Konrad Wolf
- Best Director: François Truffaut for The 400 Blows
- Best Actress: Simone Signoret for Room at the Top
- Best Actor: Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles for Compulsion
- Best Comedy Award: Policarpo by Mario Soldati
- International Award: Nazarín by Luis Buñuel
- Special Mention: The Snowy Heron by Teinosuke Kinugasa
- Award of the best selection to Czechoslovakia:
- Desire by Vojtěch Jasný
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by Jiří Trnka
= Short Films Competition =
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Butterflies Don't Live Here by Miro Bernat
- Short film Jury Prize:
- New York, New York by Francis Thompson
- The Changing of the Guard by Włodzimierz Haupe
- Prix spécial du Jury: Histoire d'un poisson rouge by Edmond Sechan
- Special mention: Le petit pecheur de la Mer de Chine by Serge Hanin
- Hommage: La mer et les jours by Alain Kaminker, Raymond Vogel
Independent Awards
= [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]] =
= Commission Supérieure Technique =
= [[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]] =
References
{{Reflist}}
Media
- [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00054/opening-of-the-1959-festival.html Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1959 festival]
- [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00052/arrival-of-the-celebrities-in-cannes.html INA: Arrival of the celebrities in Cannes] (commentary in French)
- [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00056/list-of-winners-of-the-1959-festival.html INA: List of winners of the 1959 Festival] (commentary in French)
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141411/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1959/inCompetition.html 1959 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
- [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1959/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 1959] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902231720/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1959/selection/in-competition-feature-films |date=2019-09-02 }}
- [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1959 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1959] at Internet Movie Database
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