1953 Cannes Film Festival

The 6th Cannes Film Festival was held on April 15-29, 1953.

Jury

*Jean Cocteau (France) (president)
*Louis Chauvet (France) (journalist)
*Titina De Filippo (France)
*Guy Desson (France) (MP official)
*Philippe Erlanger (France)
*Renée Faure (France)
*Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France)
*Abel Gance (France)
*André Lang (France)
*Georges Raguis (France) (union official)
*Edward G. Robinson
*Charles Spaak
*Georges Van Parys (France)
*Bert Haanstra (Netherlands) (short films)
*Roger Leenhardt (France) (short films)
*René Lucot (France) (short films)
*Jean Queval (France) (journalist) (short films)
*Jacques Schiltz (France) (short films)
*Jean Vivie (France) (CST official) (short films)

Feature film competition

*"1. April 2000" by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
*"Awaara" by Raj Kapoor
*"Barabbas" by Alf Sjöberg
*"Bongolo" by André Cauvin
*"Call Me Madam" by Walter Lang
*"O Cangaceiro" by Lima Barreto
*"Children of Hiroshima" by Kaneto Shindō
*"Come Back, Little Sheba" by Daniel Mann
*"Daibutsu kaigen" by Teinosuke Kinugasa
*"Doña Francisquita" by Ladislao Vajda
*"Duende y misterio del flamenco" by Edgar Neville
*"El" by Luis Buñuel
*"För min heta ungdoms skull" by Arne Mattsson
*"Gendai-jin" by Minoru Shibuya
*"The Heart of the Matter" by George More O'Ferrall
*"Horizons sans fin" by Jean Dréville
*"I Confess" by Alfred Hitchcock
*"Intimate Relations" by Charles Frank
*"Lili" by Charles Walters
*"Luz en el páramo" by Víctor Urruchúa
*"Magia verde" by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
*"Monsieur Hulot's Holiday" by Jacques Tati
*"Nevjera" by Vladimir Pogacic
*"Peter Pan" by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson
*"La Red" by Emilio Fernández
*"Sala de guardia" by Tulio Demicheli
*"Sie fanden eine Heimat" by Leopold Lindtberg
*"The Sun Shines Bright" by John Ford
*"Terminal Station" by Vittorio De Sica
*"Las Tres perfectas casadas" by Roberto Gavaldón
*"La Vie passionnée de Clémenceau" by Gilbert Prouteau
*"The Wages of Fear" by Henri-Georges Clouzot
*"The Wayward Wife" by Mario Soldati
*"Welcome Mr. Marshall!" by Luis García Berlanga
*"The White Reindeer" by Erik Blomberg

Awards

*Grand Prize of the Festival: "The Wages of Fear" by Henri-Georges Clouzot
*International Prize: "Welcome Mr. Marshall!" by Luis García Berlanga
*Best Visual Narration: "La Red" by Emilio Fernandez
*Best Fairy Tale Film: "The White Reindeer" by Erik Blomberg
*Best Dramatic Film: "Come Back, Little Sheba" by Daniel Mann
*Best Exploration Film: "Magia verde" by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
*Best Adventure Film: "O Cangaceiro" by Lima Barreto
*Best Entertainment Film: "Lili" by Charles Walters
*Jury Special Prize: Walt Disney (for his contributions to making the festival acknowledged)
*Best Actor: Charles Vanel, for "The Wages of Fear"
*Best Actress: Shirley Booth, for "Come Back, Little Sheba"
*Special Mention:
**Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga and Miguel Mihura, for the screenplay of "Welcome Mr. Marshall!"
**Gabriel Migliori, for the score of "O Cangaceiro"
**For the charming acting in "Lili"
** For the use of colour in "Magia verde"
*Short Film Grand Prix: "White Mane" by Albert Lamorisse
*Best Fictional Short Film: "The Stranger Left No Card" by Wendy Toye
*Best Documentary Short Film: "Houen zo!" by Herman van der Horst
*Best Ho
Duende y misterio del flamenco" by Edgar Neville
*OCIC Award: "Horizons sans fin" by Jean Dréville

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/1953 Cannes Film Festival:1953] at Internet Movie Database