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1954 Cannes Film Festival

The 7th Cannes Film Festival took place from 25 March to 9 April 1954. French writer and filmmaker Jean Cocteau served as jury president for the main competition. This was the last festival with a predominantly French jury.

Juries
Main Competition Jean Cocteau, French writer and filmmaker - Jury President • Jean Aurenche, French writer • André Bazin, French film critic • Luis Buñuel, Spanish filmmaker • Henri Calef, French fimmaker • Guy Desson, French MP official • Philippe Erlanger, French • Michel Fourre-Cormeray, French • Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French CNC official • Jacques Ibert, French composer • Georges Lamousse, French Senate official • André Lang, French • Noël-Noël, French actor • Georges Raguis, French union official Short Films Competition Henning Jensen, Danish filmmaker, actor and editor • Albert Lamorisse, French filmmaker • Jean Queval, French journalist • Jean Tedesco, French filmmaker • Jean Vivie, French CST official ==Official Sections==
Official Sections
In Competition The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix: Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: • Apollon kai Dafni by Thanassis Meritzis • Aptenodytes forsteri (Les Pingouins) by Mario Marret • Aquarium by Ágoston Kollányi • The Blakes Slept Here by Jacques Bernard BruniusChristophe 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 StipExploratieboren by Bert HaanstraFeminine 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 TeshigaharaJaktflygare 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 JacobsenLumière by P. Paviot • Miniatury kodesku behema by Stanisław Lenartowicz • Le mystère de la Licorne by Arcady, Jean-Claude See • Nouveaux horizons by Marcel IchacNytt land under svillene by Per Opsahl • '''' 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 HaanstraThe Owl and the Pussy Cat by Brian Borthwick, John HalasPik droujby by I. Goutman • Plastik im Freien by Adalbert BaltesThe Pleasure Garden by James BroughtonPolyot 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 GrasStare 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. NicholsUspavana ljepotica by Rudolf SremecLa 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 ==Official Awards==
Independent Awards
Media
• Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1954 Festival (Michèle Morgan and Robert Mitchum, commentary in French) • INA: Opening of the 1954 Festival (Daniel Gélin and Gina Lollobrigida, commentary in French) == External links ==
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