1959 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 12th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jouineau Bourduge.[1]
Opening filmLes Quatre Cents Coups
Closing filmThe Diary of Anne Frank
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Orfeu Negro)[2]
No. of films30 (In Competition)[3]
2 (Out of Competition)
22 (Short Film)
Festival date30 April 1959 (1959-04-30) – 15 May 1959 (1959-05-15)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959.[4] The Palme d'Or went to the Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus.[5] The festival opened with Les Quatre Cents Coups, directed by François Truffaut and closed with The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by George Stevens.[6][7][8]

In 1959, the Marché du Film (lit. Film Market) was established as the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival, with the aim of helping meet the needs of film industry professionals. Before this year the market was held unofficially in the cinemas of the rue d'Antibes in Cannes. Another important development of that year for the Festival, was that the French cinema moved away from the Ministry of Industry and became part of Ministry of Cultural Affairs.[9]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1959 competition:[10]

Feature films

Short films

Feature film competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1959 awards:[2][11][5]

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI[12]

Commission Supérieure Technique[13]

OCIC Award[13]

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1959". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Awards 1959: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Official Selection 1959: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ "1959 - Festival, mon amour (Festival, my love)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b "12ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Opening of the 1959 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Shock: Cannes 1959". ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Cannes Film Festival history". sfgate.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world / "The 400 Blows"". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Juries 1959". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. ^ "1959 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  12. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1959". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1959". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

Media

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