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| caption = Official poster of the 7th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by ''Piva''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/posters.html |title=Posters 1954 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226220425/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/posters.html |archivedate=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>
| caption = Official poster of the 7th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by ''Piva''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/posters.html |title=Posters 1954 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226220425/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/posters.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>
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| number = 43 (In Competition)<ref name="selection" /><br/>51 ([[Palme d'Or du court métrage|Short Film]])
| number = 43 (In Competition)<ref name="selection" /><br/>51 ([[Palme d'Or du court métrage|Short Film]])
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The '''7th [[Cannes Film Festival]]''' was held from 25 March to 9 April [[1954 in film|1954]]. With [[Jean Cocteau]] as President of the Jury, the [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix]] went to the ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' by [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]].<ref name="cinemafr">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1954.htm |title=7ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=French |accessdate=7 July 2017}}</ref> The festival opened with ''[[Flesh and the Woman|Le Grand Jeu]]'' by [[Robert Siodmak]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1954.htm |title=1954 - Le Grand Jeu |work="cannes-fest.com" |language=French |accessdate=7 July 2017}}</ref> This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury.
The '''7th [[Cannes Film Festival]]''' was held from 25 March to 9 April [[1954 in film|1954]]. With [[Jean Cocteau]] as President of the Jury, the [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix]] went to the ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' by [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]].<ref name="cinemafr">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1954.htm |title=7ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> The festival opened with ''[[Flesh and the Woman|Le Grand Jeu]]'' by [[Robert Siodmak]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1954.htm |title=1954 - Le Grand Jeu |work="cannes-fest.com" |language=fr |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref> This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury.


As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the [[Simone Silva]] affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the destruction of her career as an actor and her premature death, three years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/parcours/0002/1952-1959-celebrities-politics-and-the-film-world.html |title=1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world |work=fresques.ina.fr |accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref>
As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the [[Simone Silva]] affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the destruction of her career as an actor and her premature death, three years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/parcours/0002/1952-1959-celebrities-politics-and-the-film-world.html |title=1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world |work=fresques.ina.fr |access-date=3 June 2017}}</ref>


==Jury==
==Jury==
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1954 competition:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allJury.html |title=Juries 1954 : All the Juries |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allJury.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}</ref>
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1954 competition:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allJury.html |title=Juries 1954 : All the Juries |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allJury.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}</ref>


'''Feature films'''
'''Feature films'''
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==Feature film competition==
==Feature film competition==
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:<ref name="selection">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1954: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allSelections.html |archivedate=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:<ref name="selection">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1954: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allSelections.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>
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[[File:Teinosuke Kinugasa.jpg|thumb|180px|Teinosuke Kinugasa (in the 1910s), Grand Prix winner]]
[[File:Teinosuke Kinugasa.jpg|thumb|180px|Teinosuke Kinugasa (in the 1910s), Grand Prix winner]]
===Official awards===
===Official awards===
The following films and people received the 1954 awards:<ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allAward.html |title=Awards 1954: All Awards |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226220427/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allAward.html |archivedate=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1954.htm |title=1954 - Le Jury, Les Prix |work=cannes-fest.com |language=French |accessdate=7 July 2017}}</ref>
The following films and people received the 1954 awards:<ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allAward.html |title=Awards 1954: All Awards |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226220427/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1954/allAward.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1954.htm |title=1954 - Le Jury, Les Prix |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
*[[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix]]: ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' by [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]]
*[[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix]]: ''[[Gate of Hell (film)|Gate of Hell]]'' by [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]]
*International Prize
*International Prize
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===Independent awards===
===Independent awards===
'''[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1954 |title=FIPRESCI Awards 1954 |work=fipresci.org |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
'''[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1954 |title=FIPRESCI Awards 1954 |work=fipresci.org |access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Before the Deluge]]'' (''Avant le déluge'') by [[André Cayatte]]
* ''[[Before the Deluge]]'' (''Avant le déluge'') by [[André Cayatte]]
'''[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]'''<ref name="IMDb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1954 |title=Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1954 |work=imdb.com |accessdate=4 July 2017}}</ref>
'''[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]'''<ref name="IMDb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1954 |title=Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1954 |work=imdb.com |access-date=4 July 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[The Last Bridge]]'' (''Die Letzte Brücke'') by [[Helmut Käutner]]
* ''[[The Last Bridge]]'' (''Die Letzte Brücke'') by [[Helmut Käutner]]
'''Other awards'''
'''Other awards'''

Revision as of 03:14, 19 January 2021

1954 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 7th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Piva.[1]
Opening filmLe Grand Jeu
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsGrand Prize of the Festival
(Gate of Hell)[2]
No. of films43 (In Competition)[3]
51 (Short Film)
Festival date25 March 1954 (1954-03-25) – 9 April 1954 (1954-04-09)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the Gate of Hell by Teinosuke Kinugasa.[4] The festival opened with Le Grand Jeu by Robert Siodmak.[5] This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury.

As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the Simone Silva affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the destruction of her career as an actor and her premature death, three years later.[6]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1954 competition:[7]

Feature films

Short films

Feature film competition

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

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the various short film awards:[3]

  • Apollon kai Dafni by Thanassis Meritzis
  • Aptenodytes forsteri (Les Pingouins) by Mario Marret
  • Aquarium by Ágoston Kollányi
  • The Blakes Slept Here by Jacques Bernard Brunius
  • Christophe Plantin, imprimeur des humanistes du XVIeme siècle by Gaston Vermaillen
  • Der dom zu Koeln by Ulrich Kayser
  • El Greco en su obra maestra : El entierro del Conde Orgaz by Juan Serra
  • Er is altijd een tockomst by Kees Stip
  • Exploratieboren by Bert Haanstra
  • Feminine Fashions by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
  • Il fiume della vita by Enrico Castelli Gattinara
  • Folk Dances of India by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
  • Det gjelder livet by Titus Vibe Müller
  • Una goccia d'acqua by Enzo Trovasilli
  • Highlands of Iceland by Magnus Johannsson
  • Hokusai by Hiroshi Teshigahara
  • Jaktflygare by Helge Sahlin
  • Jyske kyst by Søren Melson
  • Kék vércsék erdejében by István Homoki-Nagy
  • Koziołeczek by Lechosław Marszałek
  • Kutna hora by Fr. Lukas
  • Land of Enlightment by Mohan Wadhwani
  • Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne by Johan Jacobsen
  • Lumière by P. Paviot
  • Miniatury kodesku behema by Stanisław Lenartowicz
  • Le mystère de la Licorne by Arcady, Jean-Claude See
  • Nouveaux horizons by Marcel Ichac
  • Nytt land under svillene by Per Opsahl
  • O kohoutkovi a slepicce by Zdenec Miler
  • A Drop Too Much (O sklenicku víc) by Bretislav Pojar
  • L'Ombre de St Michel by Jean Pichonnier, Paul Pichonnier
  • De Opsporing van Aardolie by Bert Haanstra
  • The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Brian Borthwick, John Halas
  • Pik droujby by I. Goutman
  • Plastik im Freien by Adalbert Baltes
  • The Pleasure Garden by James Broughton
  • Polyot na lunu by Vladimir Brumberg, Zinaida Brumberg
  • Promenade au Luxembourg by Philippe Schneider
  • Rene Leriche chirurgien de la douleur by René Lucot
  • River of Hope by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
  • Ruban noir by Henry Jacques
  • El solitario de Sayan by Enrico Gras
  • Stare miasto (The Old Town of Warsaw) by Jerzy Bossak
  • Stern von Bethlehem by Wilhelm Döderlein
  • Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom by Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols
  • Uspavana ljepotica by Rudolf Sremec
  • La vie des Chamois by André Bureau, Paul Claudon, P. Dalli, Pierre Levent, André Villard
  • Vieren maar by Herman van der Horst
  • Viragos kalocsa by Vince Lakatos
  • Vita della libellula by Alberto Ancillotto
  • Wild Life Sanctuary by D.D. Reucassel

Awards

Jean Cocteau, Jury President
Teinosuke Kinugasa (in the 1910s), Grand Prix winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1954 awards:[2][8]

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prize[9]

OCIC Award[10]

Other awards

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1954". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Awards 1954: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Official Selection 1954: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ "7ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ "1954 - Le Grand Jeu". "cannes-fest.com" (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ "1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Juries 1954 : All the Juries". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ "1954 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  9. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1954". fipresci.org. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1954". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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