1962 Cannes Film Festival

1962 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 15th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by A.M. Rodicq.[1]
Opening filmLes Amants de Teruel
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or
(O Pagador de Promessas)[2]
No. of films35 (In Competition)[3]
2 (Out of Competition)
27 (Short Film)
Festival date7 May 1962 (1962-05-07) – 23 May 1962 (1962-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 15th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 23 May 1962.[4] The Palme d'Or went to the O Pagador de Promessas by Anselmo Duarte.[5] The festival opened with Les Amants de Teruel, directed by Raymond Rouleau.

During the Cannes Film Festival of 1961, Robert Favre le Bret, Artistic Director of the Cannes Film Festival, with the agreement of the French Union of Film Critics, had decided to establish the International Critics' Week during the next Festival. In 1962, this parallel section of the Festival took place for the first time. Its goal was to showcase first and second works by directors from all over the world, not succumbing to commercial tendencies.[6]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1962 competition:[7]

Feature films

Short films

  • Charles Ford (author and film historian) (France) - Jury President
  • Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
  • Derek Prouse (UK)
  • Georges Rouquier (France)
  • Andréas Winding (France)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

Parallel section

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 1st International Critics' Week (1e Semaine de la Critique):[8]

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1962 Official selection awards:[2][9]

Short films[5]

Independent awards

FIPRESCI[10][5]

Commission Supérieure Technique[5]

OCIC Award[11]

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1962". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Awards 1962: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1962: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ "1962 - Le Procès de Bresson éclipse la Palme donnée (The Trial of Bresson eclipses the Palme given)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "15ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ "History". semainedelacritique.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Juries 1962". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ "1e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1962". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  9. ^ "1962 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1962". fipresci.org. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1962". imdb.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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