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1962 Cannes Film Festival

The 15th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 23 May 1962. Japanese writer and diplomat Tetsurō Furukaki served as jury president for the main competition.

Juries
Main Competition Tetsurō Furukaki, Japanese writer and diplomat - Jury President • Henry Deutschmeister, French - Jury Vice President • Sophie Desmarets, French actress • Jean Dutourd, French writer • Mel Ferrer, American actor, filmmaker and producer • Romain Gary, French writer and diplomat • Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish filmmaker • Ernst Krüger, West-German • Yuli Raizman, Soviet filmmaker • Mario Soldati, Italian writer • François Truffaut, French filmmaker Short Films Competition • Charles Ford, French author and film historian - Jury President • Charles Duvanel, Swiss • Derek Prouse, British • Georges Rouquier, French actor • Andréas Winding, French cinematographer ==Official selection==
Official selection
In Competition The following feature films competed for the ''Palme d'Or'': Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: Short film competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: • Akheytzi by Lada Boyadjieva • Anarkali, My Beautiful by Jean-Claude See • Big City Blues by Charles Huguenot Van Der Linden • Bolshie nepriyatnosti by Vladimir Brumberg & Zinaida Brumberg • Certosa di pavia by Carlo Ludovico RagghiantiClovek pod vodou by Jiří BrdečkaCouro de gato by Joaquim Pedro de AndradeDanza Espanola by Juan Gyenes • Faces by Edward McConnellImage Of The Sea by Richard Alan Gray • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (La Rivière du Hibou) by Robert EnricoLe Hampi by Claude Jutra, Roger Morilliere, Jean RouchLes Dieux du feu by Henri StorckLes quatre saisons by Niklaus Gessner • Ljubav I Film by Ivo Vrbanic • Oczekiwanie by Witold Giersz & Ludwik Perski • Pan by Herman van der Horst • Rodolphe Bresdin by Nelly KaplanRoma momenti in Jazz by Enzo Battaglia • Saguenay by Chris ChapmanSzenvedely by Jozsef Nepp • Tagebuch eines Reporters by Manfred DurniokTeeth Is Money by Jean Delire & Eddy Ryssack • The Australian Landscape Painters by Richard MasonThe Sound of Speed by Bruce KesslerVoronet by Ion BostanZambesi by Raymond Hancock ==Parallel section==
Parallel section
International Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 1st International Critics' Week (1e Semaine de la Critique): • Adieu Philippine by Jacques Rozier (France) • Alias Big Shot (Alias Gardelito) by Lautaro Murúa (Argentina) • Bad Boys (Furyō shōnen) by Susumu Hani (Japan) • The Living Camera: Mooney vs. Fowle by Claude Fournier, Richard Leacock, James Lipscomb, Abbot Mills, D. A. Pennebaker, William Ray (United States) • Les Inconnus de la terre by Mario Ruspoli (France) • I nuovi angeli by Ugo Gregoretti (Italy) • Les Oliviers de la justice by James Blue (France) • Strangers in the City by Rick Carrier (United States) • ''All Souls' Day (Zaduszki'') by Tadeusz Konwicki (Poland) • Tres veces Ana by David José Kohon (Argentina) ==Official Awards==
Official Awards
Main Competition • ''Palme d'Or: O Pagador de Promessas'' by Anselmo DuarteJury Special Prize: • ''L'Eclisse'' by Michelangelo AntonioniThe Trial of Joan of Arc by Robert BressonBest Actress: • Katharine Hepburn for ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' • Rita Tushingham for A Taste of HoneyBest Actor: • Dean Stockwell, Jason Robards and Ralph Richardson for ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' • Murray Melvin for A Taste of HoneyBest Cinematic Transposition: Elektra by Michael CacoyannisBest Comedy: Divorce, Italian Style by Pietro Germi Short Films Competition Short Film Palme d'Or: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Robert EnricoPrix spécial du Jury: Oczekiwanie by Witold Giersz & Ludwik Perski • Short film Technical Prize: • Les Dieux du feu by Henri StorckOczekiwanie by Witold Giersz & Ludwik Perski • Pan by Herman van der Horst == Independent awards ==
Independent awards
=== FIPRESCI Prize === • The Exterminating Angel by Luis Buñuel Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: • The Lovers of Teruel by Raymond Rouleau ==References==
Media
• British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1962 footage • British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1962 Awards • INA: Opening of the 1962 festival (commentary in French) • INA: Atmosphere at the 1962 Cannes Festival (commentary in French) • INA: List of winners of the 1962 Cannes Festival (commentary in French) == External links ==
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