1966 Cannes Film Festival
{{Infobox Film Festival
| name = 1966 Cannes Film Festival
| image = CFF66poster.jpg
| caption = Official poster of the 19th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Rene Ferracci.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1966/posters.html |title=Po:-$tersp P Amazon fire TV L;-;-)\(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ♬(( ◝( ﾟ∀ ﾟ )◟ )) 1966 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111632/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1966/posters.html |archive-date=24 December 2013 |df=dmy}}
| host =
| number = 25 (In Competition)
| opening = Modesty Blaise
| closing = Pharaoh
| awards = Grand Prix:
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians
A Man and a Woman
| date = {{Start date|1966|05|05|df=y}} – {{End date|1966|05|20|df=y}}
| founded = 1946
| website = {{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}
| main = Cannes Film Festival
| previous = 1965
| next = 1967
}}
The 19th Cannes Film Festival took place from 5 to 20 May 1966. Italian actress Sophia Loren served as jury president for the main competition.
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the fetival's main prize, was jointly awarded to The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Germi and A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch.{{cite news |title=19ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1966.htm |access-date=4 June 2017 |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr}}
To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given to Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1966.htm |title=1966 - A film and a (half) Palme |work=cannes-fest.com |access-date=25 May 2017}}
The festival opened with Modesty Blaise by Joseph Losey, and closed with Pharaoh by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.{{cite news|url=http://www.namesstarting.com/ |title= Modern baby boy names Hindu |work=atlasfilm.com |access-date=25 May 2017}}
Juries
= Main Competition =
- Sophia Loren, Italian actress - Jury President{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1966/juryLongFilm.html |title=Juries 1966: Long film |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1966/juryLongFilm.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}
- Marcel Achard, French writer
- Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian writer and musician
- Tetsurō Furukaki, Japanese writer and diplomat
- Maurice Genevoix, French writer
- Jean Giono, French writer
- Maurice Lehmann, French actor
- Richard Lester, British filmmaker
- Denis Marion, Belgian journalist
- André Maurois, French writer
- Marcel Pagnol, French writer and filmmaker
- Yuli Raizman, Soviet filmmaker
- Armand Salacrou, French writer
- Peter Ustinov, Biritsh actor and filmmaker
= Short Films Competition =
- Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
- Charles Ford (France) (author)
- Marcel Ichac (France)
- Jean Vivie (France) (CST official)
- Bo Widerberg (Sweden)
Official selection
=In Competition=
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1966/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1966: 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/1966/allSelections.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}
| class="wikitable"
!English Title !Original Title !Director(s) !Production Country |
| colspan="2" |Alfie
|United Kingdom |
| The Ashes
|Popioly |Poland |
| style="background:#FFDEAD;"
|The Birds, the Bees and the Italians |Signore & Signori |Italy, France |
| Chimes at Midnight
|Campanadas a medianoche |Spain, France, Switzerland |
| colspan="2" |Doctor Zhivago
|United Kingdom, Italy, United States |
| For Love and Gold or The Incredible Army of Brancaleone
| rowspan="2" |Italy |
| The Hawks and the Sparrows
|Uccellacci e uccellini |
| Hello, That's Me!
|Բարև, ես եմ |Soviet Union |
| The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga
|A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga |Brazil |
| Hunger
|Svält |Denmark, Norway, Sweden |
| It
|Es |West Germany |
| Lenin in Poland
|Ленин в Польше |Soviet Union |
| colspan="2" |Mademoiselle
|United Kingdom, France |
| style="background:#FFDEAD;"
|Un homme et une femme |France |
| colspan="2" |Modesty Blaise (opening film)
| rowspan="2" |United Kingdom |
| colspan="2" |Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment |
| The Nun
|La Religieuse |France |
| colspan="2" |Ön
|Sweden |
| Pharaoh (closing film)
|Faraon |Poland |
| The Pipes
|Dýmky |Czechoslovakia |
| colspan="2" |Răscoala
|Romania |
| The Round-Up
|Szegénylegények |Hungary |
| colspan="2" |Seconds
|United States |
| With the East Wind
|Con el viento solano |Spain |
| Young Törless
|Der junge Törless |West Germany, France |
=Short Films Competition=
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix:
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- 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
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Parallel section
=International Critics' Week=
The following feature films were screened for the 5th International Critics' Week (5e Semaine de la Critique):{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1966/1966_selection.php |title= 5e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1966 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |access-date=3 July 2017}}
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- Black Girl (La Noire de...) by Ousmane Sembene (France, Senegal)
- Bloko by Ado Kyrou (Greece)
- Children's Sicknesses (Gyerekbetegségek) by Ferenc Kardos, János Rózsa (Hungary)
- Du courage pour chaque jour by Evald Schorm (Czechoslovakia)
- O desafio by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil)
- Fata morgana by Vicente Aranda (Spain)
- Man Is Not a Bird (Čovek nije tica) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
- Nicht versöhnt by Jean-Marie Straub (West Germany)
- Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus by Jean Eustache (France)
- Winter Kept Us Warm by David Secter (Canada)
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Official Awards
File:Pietro Germi.jpg, Grand Prix winner]]
=Main Competition=
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
- The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Germi
- A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch
- Prix spécial du Jury: Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
- Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Lenin in Poland
- Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment
- Best Actor: Per Oscarsson for Hunger
- Best First Work: Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
- 20th Anniversary Prize: Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles
- Special Mention: Totò, for his acting performance in The Hawks and the Sparrows
= Short Films Competition =
- Short Film Gran Prix: Skaterdater by Noel Black
- Technical Grand Prize: Skaterdater by Noel Black
Independent Awards
= [[FIPRESCI Prize]] =
= Commission Supérieure Technique =
= [[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]] =
References
{{Reflist}}
Media
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- [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/cannes-film-festival-1966 British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 footage]
- [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/cannes-aka-cannes-film-festival British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 footage]
- [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/selected-originals-cannes-film-festival British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 Originals]
- [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00104/opening-of-the-1966-festival.html INA: Opening of the 1966 festival] (commentary in French)
- [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00108/list-of-winners-of-the-1966-festival.html INA: List of winners of the 1966 festival] (commentary in French)
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141411/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1966/inCompetition.html 1966 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
- [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1966/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 1966] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113082708/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1966/selection/in-competition-feature-films |date=2019-01-13 }}
- [https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/1966 Cannes Film Festival:1966] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606081356/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/1966 |date=2009-06-06 }} at Internet Movie Database
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