1946 Cannes Film Festival

The 1st Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946.^[1]

Jury

The following were the Jury for the Feature films and Shorts:^[2]

• Georges Huisman (France) (historian) (president)
• Iris Barry (USA)
• Beaulieu (Canada)
• Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia)
• J.H.J. De Jong (Netherlands)
• Don Tudor (Romania)
• Samuel Findlater (UK)
• Sergei Gerasimov (Soviet Union)
• Jan Korngold (Poland)
• Domingos Mascarenhas (Portugal)
• Hugo Mauerhofer (Switzerland)
• Filippo Mennini (Italy)
• Moltke-Hansen (Norway)
• Fernand Rigot (Belgium)
• Kjell Stromberg (Sweden)
• Rodolfo Usigli (Mexico)
• Youssef Wahby (Egypt)
• Helge Wamberg (Denmark)

Films in the competition

The following films were selected as In Competition:

Feature films^[3]

• Amanti in fuga directed by Giacomo Gentilomo
• Anna and the King of Siam directed by John Cromwell
• Blod och eld directed by Anders Henrikson
• Brevet fra afdøde directed by Johan Jacobsen
• Brief Encounter directed by David Lean
• Caesar and Cleopatra directed by Gabriel Pascal
• Camões directed by José Leitão de Barros
• Chelovek No. 217 directed by Mikhail Romm
• De Røde Enge directed by Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
• Die Letzte Chance directed by Léopold Lindtberg
• Dunia directed by Muhammad Karim
• Floarea reginei directed by Paul Calinescu
• Gaslight directed by George Cukor
• Gilda directed by Charles Vidor
• Glinka directed by Lev Arnchtam
• Iris och löjtnantshjärta directed by Alf Sjöberg
• Il bandito directed by Alberto Lattuada
• Kamennyy tsvetok directed by Aleksandr Ptouchko
• La Bataille du Rail directed by René Clement
• La Belle et La Bête directed by Jean Cocteau
• La symphonie pastorale directed by Jean Delannoy
• Le Miserie del Signor Travet directed by Mario Soldati
• Le Père tranquille directed by René Clement
• Un revenant directed by Christian-Jaque
• Los tres mosqueteros directed by Miguel M. Delgado
• Make Mine Music directed by Joshua Meador, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bob Cormack, Hamilton Luske
• Maria Candelaria directed by Emilio Fernández
• Muzi bez krídel directed by Frantisek Cap
• Neecha Nagar directed by Chetan Anand
• Nezbedný bakalár directed by Otakar Vavra
• Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Patrie directed by Louis Daquin
• Rhapsody in Blue directed by Irving Rapper
• Roma Citta Aperta directed by Roberto Rossellini
• The Captive Heart directed by Basil Dearden
• The Lost Weekend directed by Billy Wilder
• The Magic Bow directed by Bernard Knowles
• The Seventh Veil directed by Compton Bennet
• Três Dias Sem Deus directed by Barbara Virginia
• Un giorno nella vita directed by Alessandro Blasetti
• Velikiy Perelom directed by Fridrikh Ermler
• Wonder Man directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
• Zdravstvuy, Moskva! directed by Sergei Yutkevich
• Zoya directed by Lev Arnchtam

Short films^[3]

• A City Sings by Gudrun Parker
• Aubervilliers by Eli Lotar
• Aubusson by Pierre Biro & Pierre Hirsch
• Bambini in città by Luigi Comencini
• Belyy klyk by Aleksandr Zguridi
• Fall of Berlin – 1945 by Yuli Raizman &Yelizaveta Svilova
• Cantico Dei Marm by Pietro Benedetti & Giovanni Rossi
• Chants populaires by George Dunning
• Chercheurs de la mer by Jean P. Palardy
• Cyprus Is an Island by Ralph Keene
• Des hommes comme les autres by R. Van De Weerdt
• Die Welt by Sam Winston
• En Route by Otto Van Meyenhoff
• Épaves by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• Flicker Flashbacks by Richard Fleischer
• G.I'S In Switzerlandby Hermann Haller
• Handling Ships by Allan Crick & John Halas
• Hitler Lives by Don Siegel
• Instruments of the Orchestra by Muir Mathieson
• Jeux d'enfants by Jean Painlevé
• L'Homme by Gilles Margaritis
• La cité des abeilles by Andrev Winnitski
• La Flûte magique by Paul Grimault
• La Locomotive by Stanisław Urbanowicz
• Le Goéland by Willy Peters
• Le Retour à la Vie by Dr K.M. VAallo
• Les Digues en construction by Jo de Haas & Mannus Franken
• Les Halles De Paris by Paul Schuitema
• Les mines de sel de Wieliczka by J. Brzozowski
• Les Ponts De La Meuse by Paul Schuitema
• Les Protubérance solair by M. Leclerc & M. Lyot
• Lucerne Ville Musicale by Hans Trommer
• Man One Family by Ivor Montagu
• Me he de comer esa tune by Miguel Zacharias
• Metamorphoses by Herman van der Horst
• Molodost Nasej Strany by Sergei Yutkevich
• Open drop ether by Basil Wrigh
• Out of the Ruins by Nick Read
• Parques Infantis by Aquilino Mendes & João Mendes
• Partie de campagne by Jean Renoir
• Springman and the SS by Jiří Trnka
• Prisonnier de guerre by Kurt Früh
• Rapsodia rustica by Jean Mihail
• Réseau x by Mahuzier
• Steel by Frank Bundy
• Suite Varsovienne by Tadeusz Makarczyński
• The Life Cycle of the Onion by Mary Field
• The Purloined Pup by Charles August Nichols
• The Way We Live by Jill Craigie
• Un Port En Plein Coeur De L'Europe by Jaroslav Novotny
• Vánoční sen by Karel Zeman
• Wet Paint by Walt Disney
• World Of Plenty by Paul Rotha
• Your Children's eyes by Alex Strasser
• Zvírátka a petrovstí by Jiří Trnka

Awards

Feature Films^[4]

• Grand Prize of the Festival:
  • Brief Encounter by David Lean
  • Iris och löjtnantshjärta by Alf Sjöberg
  • The Last Chance by Leopold Lindtberg
  • The Lost Weekend by Billy Wilder
  • María Candelaria (Xochimilco) by Emilio Fernández
  • Men Without Wings by Frantisek Cáp
  • Neecha Nagar by Chetan Anand
  • Red Meadows by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr.
  • Rome, Open City by Roberto Rossellini
  • La symphonie pastorale by Jean Delannoy
  • Velikiy perelom by Fridrikh Ermler
• International Jury Prize: La Bataille du rail by René Clément
• Best Actor: Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend
• Best Actress: Michèle Morgan for La symphonie pastorale
• Best Director: René Clément for La Bataille du rail
• Best Cinematography: Gabriel Figueroa for María Candelaria (Xochimilco) and Los tres mosqueteros
• Best Animation Design: Make Mine Music
• Best Colour: The Stone Flower
• International Peace Award: The Last Chance
• FIPRESCI Prize: Farrebique by Georges Rouquier

Short Films^[4]

• Vánoční sen by Karel Zeman
• Zvírátka a petrovstí by Jiří Trnka
• Molodost Nasej Strany by Sergei Yutkevich
• Les mines de sel de Wieliczka by J. Brzozowski
• La cité des abeilles by Andrev Winnitski
• Épaves by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• Fall of Berlin – 1945 by Yuli Raizman

References

External links

• 1946 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1946
• Cannes Film Festival 1946 at IMDB