1965 Cannes Film Festival

1965 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 18th Cannes Film Festival[1]
Opening filmThe Collector
Closing filmTōkyō Orinpikku
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsGrand Prix du Festival (The
Knack …and How to Get It)[2]
No. of films26 (In Competition)[3]
6 (Out of Competition)
20 (Short Film)
Festival date3 May 1965 (1965-05-03) – 16 May 1965 (1965-05-16)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival
1966
1964

The 18th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 16 May 1965. Olivia de Havilland became the first woman president of the jury.[4]

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.[5]

Jury

Olivia de Havilland, Jury President

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1965 film competition:[6][7]

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:[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]

  • 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):[8]

Awards

Richard Lester, Grand Prix winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1965 Official selection awards:[2][7]

Short films

  • Short Film Palme d'Or: 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[9][5]

Commission Supérieure Technique[5]

OCIC Award[10]

Best Film for the Youth[10]

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1965". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Awards 1965 : All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1965 : All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ "1965 – God saves the Cannes". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "18ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Juries 1965 : Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "1965 – Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "4e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1965". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  9. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1965". fipresci.org. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1965". imdb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

Media

  • British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1965 footage
  • British Pathé: Improvements in Cannes as 1965 Festival starts
  • INA: The films of the 1965 Festival (commentary in French)
  • INA: 1965: 18th anniversary of the Cannes festival (commentary in French)
  • INA: List of winners of the 1965 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)

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