1965 Cannes Film Festival Explained
The 18th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 16 May 1965. Olivia de Havilland became the first woman president of the jury.[1]
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to The Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard Lester. The festival opened with The Collector, directed by William Wyler and closed with Tōkyō Orinpikku, directed by Kon Ichikawa.[2]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1965 film competition:[3] [4]
Feature films
Short films
- Gérardot (France) - Jury President
- Istvan Dosai (Hungary) (Cinématographie official)
- Jacques Ledoux (Belgium)
- Herman van der Horst (Netherlands)
- Carlos Vilardebó (France)
Official selection
In competition – Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[5]
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Aah... Tamara by Pim de la Parra
- Anamniseis apo tin Ellada by Francis Carabott
- Asinus by Vasil Mirchev
- Au bord de la route by Chou-Tchen Wang
- Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei
- Le Crocodile majuscule by Eddy Ryssack
- Évariste Galois by Alexandre Astruc
- Féerie du cuivre by Herbert E. Meyer
- I videl sam daljine meglene i kalne by Zlatko Bourek
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan Švankmajer
- Los Junqueros by Oscar Kantor
- The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes by Robert Clouse
- Monsieur Plateau by Jean Brismée
- Noworoczna noc by Jerzy Zitzman
- Ohrid Express by Jean Dasque and Robert Legrand
- Overture by János Vadász
- Petrol-Carburant-Kraftstoff by Hugo Niebeling
- Poprannii obet by Guénrikh Markarian
- Processioni in Sicilia by Michele Gandin
- Sanawat el magd by Atef Salem
Parallel section
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 4th International Critics' Week (4e Semaine de la Critique):[6]
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1965 Official selection awards:[7]
The Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard Lester
Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi
Liviu Ciulei for Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraţilor)
Samantha Eggar for The Collector
Terence Stamp for The Collector
- Special Mention for actors:
Short films
Overture by János Vadász
- Prix du Jury: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan Švankmajer
- Prix spécial du Jury: Monsieur Plateau by Jean Brismée
- Short film Technical Prize: Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei & Overture by János Vadász
Independent awards
FIPRESCI[8]
Always Further On (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)) by Luis AlcorizaCommission Supérieure Technique
OCIC Award[9]
Best Film for the Youth
Media
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 1965 – God saves the Cannes . cannes-fest.com . fr . 25 May 2017.
- Web site: 18ème Festival International du Film – Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 6 June 2017.
- Web site: Juries 1965 : Long film . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1965/juryLongFilm.html . 4 March 2016 .
- News: 1965 – Le Jury, Les Prix . cannes-fest.com . fr . 25 May 2017.
- Web site: Official Selection 1965 : All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1965/allSelections.html . 26 December 2013 .
- Web site: 4e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1965 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 3 July 2017.
- News: Awards 1965 : All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225114153/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1965/allAward.html . 25 December 2013 .
- Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1965 . fipresci.org . 3 July 2017.
- Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1965 . imdb.com . 3 July 2017.
