1953 Cannes Film Festival Explained

1953 Cannes Film Festival
Number:	35 (In Competition) 43 (Short Film)
Opening:	Horizons sans fin
Location:	Cannes, France
Awards:	Grand Prize of the Festival (The Wages of Fear)
Date:	–
Founded:	1946
Main:	Cannes Film Festival
Previous:	1952
Next:	1954

The 6th Cannes Film Festival was held from 15 to 29 April 1953.^[1] The Grand Prix of the Festival went to The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot.^[2]

The festival opened with Horizons sans fin by Jean Dréville.

During the opening ceremony, Walt Disney was awarded the "Legion of Honour" from the hands of Monsieur Hugues, Minister of Information.^[3] ^[4]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1953 competition:^[5]

Feature films

Jean Cocteau (France) - Jury President
Louis Chauvet (journalist) (France)
Titina De Filippo (France)
Guy Desson (MP official) (France)
Philippe Erlanger (France)
Renée Faure (France)
Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France)
Abel Gance (France)
André Lang (France)
Georges Raguis (union official) (France)
Edward G. Robinson (USA)
Charles Spaak (Belgium)
Georges Van Parys (France)

Short films

Bert Haanstra (Netherlands)
Roger Leenhardt (France)
René Lucot (France)
Jean Queval (journalist) (France)
Jacques Schiltz (France)
Jean Vivie (journalist) (France)

Feature film competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:^[6]

1. April 2000 by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Awaara by Raj Kapoor
The Bandit of Brazil (O Cangaceiro) by Lima Barreto
Barabbas by Alf Sjöberg
Bongolo by André Cauvin
Call Me Madam by Walter Lang
Children of Hiroshima by Kaneto Shindō
Come Back, Little Sheba by Daniel Mann
Dedication of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu kaigen) by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Doña Francisquita by Ladislao Vajda
Él by Luis Buñuel
Emergency Ward (Sala de guardia) by Tulio Demicheli
Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) by Jean Dréville
Flamenco (Duende y misterio del flamenco) by Edgar Neville
For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth (För min heta ungdoms skull) by Arne Mattsson
Gendai-jin by Minoru Shibuya
Green Magic (Magia verde) by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
The Heart of the Matter by George More O'Ferrall
I Confess by Alfred Hitchcock
Intimate Relations by Charles Frank
Light in the High Plains (Luz en el páramo) by Víctor Urruchúa
Lili by Charles Walters
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot) by Jacques Tati
Perfidy (Nevjera) by Vladimir Pogacic
Peter Pan by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson
Rossana (La red) by Emilio Fernández
The Sun Shines Bright by John Ford
Terminal Station by Vittorio De Sica
Las Tres perfectas casadas by Roberto Gavaldón
La vie passionnée de Clémenceau by Gilbert Prouteau
The Village (Sie fanden eine Heimat) by Leopold Lindtberg
The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot
The Wayward Wife (La provinciale) by Mario Soldati
Welcome Mr. Marshall! by Luis García Berlanga
The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) by Erik Blomberg

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Grand Prix:

...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
Castilla, soldado de la ley by Enrico Gras
Doderhultarn by Olle Hellbom
Doh pyi daung su by Jules Bucher
Dubrovnik by Milan Katic
Gazouly, petit oiseau by Wladyslaw Starewicz, L. Starewitcz
Houen zo! by Herman van der Horst
I cristalli by Lando Colombo
Immagini e colore by Vittorio Sala
Joy of Living by Jean Oser
Kujira by Noburô Ôhfuji
Kumaon Hills by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
La montagna di genere by Giovanni Paolucci
La pintura mural Mexicana by Francisco del Villar
Land Of The Long Day by Douglas Wilkinson
Le Luxembourg et son industrie by Philippe Schneider
Le voyage d'Abdallah by Georges Régnier
Machu-Picchu by Enrico Gras
Marionnettes de Toon by Jean Cleinge
Meister der Gegenwart by Karl von Zieglmayer
Momoyama bidsutsu by Sôya Mizuki
Naskara by José Miguel De Mora
New Lands for Old by Krishna Gopal
Pescatori di laguna by Antonio Petrucci
Peter Breughel L'Ancien by Arcady
Présentation de la beauce à Notre Dame de Chartres by Jacques Berthier
Pylone 138 by Adolphe Forter
Remnants of a Stone-Age People by Louis Knobel
Reverón by Margot Benacerraf
Royal Heritage by Diana Pine
Salut Casa! by Jean Vidal
Schatten Uner Sternen by Ernest Bingen
So ist das Saarland by Ernest Bingen
The Figurehead by John Halas
The Great Experiment by V.R. Sarma
The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low
The Settler by Bernard Devlin
The Stranger Left No Card by Wendy Toye
Varen by Gösta Werner
Victoire sur L'Annapurna by Marcel Ichac
Vincent Van Gogh by Jan Hulsker
Water Birds by Ben Sharpsteen
White Mane (Crin Blanc, Cheval Sauvage) by Albert Lamorisse

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1953 awards:^[7] ^[8]

Grand Prix

The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot

International Awards:
- Award of Visual Narration: Rosanna (La red) by Emilio Fernández
- Award of Exploration Film: Green Magic (Magia verde) by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
- Award of Fairy Tale Film: The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) by Erik Blomberg
- Award of Entertainment Film: Lili by Charles Walters
- Award of Good Humour: Welcome Mr. Marshall! (¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!) by Luis García Berlanga
- Award of Adventure Film: The Bandit of Brazil (O Cangaceiro) by Lima Barreto
- Award of Dramatic Film: Come Back, Little Sheba by Daniel Mann
Special Mention: Shirley Booth, for Come Back, Little Sheba
Special Mention: Charles Vanel, for The Wages of Fear
Jury Special Prize for his contribution to the prestige of the festival: Walt Disney
Homage: Flamenco (Duende y misterio del flamenco) by Edgar Neville

Short films

Short Film Grand Prix

White Mane by Albert Lamorisse

Best Fictional Film: The Stranger Left No Card by Wendy Toye
Best Documentary Film: Houen zo! by Herman van der Horst
Best Film on Art: Doderhultarn by Olle Hellbom
Best Animation: The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prize^[9]

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot) by Jacques Tati

OCIC Award^[10]

Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) by Jean Dréville

Other awards

Special Mention:
- Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga and Miguel Mihura, for the screenplay of Welcome Mr. Marshall! (¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!)
- Gabriel Migliori, for the score of The Bandit of Brazil (O Cangaceiro)
- For the charming acting in Lili
- For the use of colour in Green Magic (Magia verde)

Media

Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1953 festival (commentary in French)

External links

1953 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1953
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1953 at Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

Web site: 1953 - As long as there are stars ... . cannes-fest.com . 25 May 2017.
Web site: 6ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 6 June 2017.
Web site: Opening of the 1953 festival . fresques.ina.fr . 8 July 2017.
Book: Walt Disney honoured at 1953 cannes film festival . 9780813551104 . 25 May 2017. Wong . Cindy Hing-Yuk . 29 August 2011 . Rutgers University Press .
Web site: Juries 1953: All the Juries . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1953/allJury.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
Web site: Official Selection 1953: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1953/allSelections.html . 26 December 2013 . dmy.
Web site: Awards 1953: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221548/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1953/allAward.html . 26 December 2013 . dmy.
Web site: 1953 - Le Jury, Les Prix . cannes-fest.com . 25 May 2017.
Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1953 . fipresci.org . 8 July 2017.
Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1953 . imdb.com . 8 July 2017.