1949 Cannes Film Festival

3rd Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 3rd Cannes Film Festival illustrated by G.C. Chavane.[1]
Opening filmL'Arroseur Arrosé
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsGrand Prix
(The Third Man)[2]
No. of films29 (In Competition)[3]
1 (Out of Competition)
32 (Short Film)
Festival date2 September 1949 (1949-09-02) – 17 December 1949 (1949-00-17)
Websitewww.festival-cannes.com
Cannes Film Festival
1951
1947

The 3rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 September 1949. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial problems.[4][5]

Like in 1947, the entire jury for this festival was made up of French persons, with historian Georges Huisman as president of the jury. The Grand Prix du Festival de Cannes went to The Third Man by Carol Reed.[6][2] The festival opened with L'Arroseur Arrosé by Louis Lumière, an 1895 French comedy short-film, paying tribute to cinema's first comedy film.[7]

Jury

The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films:[8]

  • Georges Huisman (historian) - Jury President
  • Jules Romains (president)
  • Suzanne Borel (diplomat)
  • Georges Charensol
  • Paul Colin
  • Roger Désormière
  • Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
  • Étienne Gilson (author)
  • Paul Gosset (author)
  • Georges Raguis (union official)
  • Rene-Jeanne (critic)
  • Carlo Rim

Substitute members

Feature film competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:[3]

Out of competition

The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Short films

The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage:[3]

  • Adamah by Helmar Lerski
  • Au pays de Thil Uilenspiegel by Charles Dekeukeleire
  • Barrières by Christian-Jaque
  • Biały redyk by Stanisław Możdżeński
  • The Cane Cutters by John Heyer
  • A Capital Plan by Bernard Devlin
  • Danses populaires yougoslaves by Rudolf Sremec
  • Over-Dependency (Dépendance) by Robert Anderson
  • The People Between (Destins précaires) by Grant McLean
  • Ecole de Rééducation by Jean Drimaropoulos
  • L'enfer des fards by Jean Perdrix
  • The Fatal Signboard by John Kooy
  • Les feux de la mer by Jean Epstein
  • Flotteurs de bois by Brita Wrede
  • Gold Town by Maslyn Williams
  • Images Médiévales by William Novik
  • Une interview sous les tropiques by E. van Konijnenburg
  • It's a Lovely Day by Bert Felstead
  • Mlle Toutouche by Wilhelm Sorensen
  • Muscle Beach by Joseph Strick and Irving Lerner
  • De nåede færgen by Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • North Shore (La terre de Cain) by Pierre Petel
  • Ocean Weather Ship by Frank Chilton
  • Pacific 231 by Jean Mitry
  • Le Pain de Barbarie by Roger Leenhardt
  • Palle alene i Verden by Astrid Henning-Jensen
  • Rhapsodie vénitienne by Max Haufler
  • Seal Island by James Algar
  • Struggle for oil by Sergei Nolbandov
  • The Valley is Ours by John Heyer
  • Walcheren, ile noyee by Charles Huguenot van der Linden
  • Żelazowa Wola by Eugeniusz Cękalski

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1949 awards:[2]

Feature Films

Short Film awards

  • Prize for Best Subject: Palle Alene i Verden by Astrid Henning-Jensen
  • Prize for Best Editing: Pacific 231 by Jean Mitry
  • Prize for Best Filmed Coverage: Seal Island by James Algar
  • Prize for Best Cinematography: Biały redyk by Stanisław Możdżeński
  • Prize for Best Colour: Images Médiévales by William Novik

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prize[9]

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1949". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Awards 1949: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1949". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  4. ^ "First Cannes Film Festival". history.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013.
  5. ^ "1949 - Le Troisième Festival (The Third Festival)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ "3ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Opening of the 1949 Festival". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Juries 1949: All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015.
  9. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1949". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

Media

  • British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1949 footage
  • Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1949 Festival (commentary in French)
  • INA: 1949 - Fireworks at the Eden Roc (commentary in French)

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