1962 Cannes Film Festival

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==

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 Ragghianti • Clovek pod vodou by Jiří Brdečka • Couro de gato by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade • Danza Espanola by Juan Gyenes • Faces by Edward McConnell • Image Of The Sea by Richard Alan Gray • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (La Rivière du Hibou) by Robert Enrico • Le Hampi by Claude Jutra, Roger Morilliere, Jean Rouch • Les Dieux du feu by Henri Storck • Les 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 Kaplan • Roma momenti in Jazz by Enzo Battaglia • Saguenay by Chris Chapman • Szenvedely by Jozsef Nepp • Tagebuch eines Reporters by Manfred Durniok • Teeth Is Money by Jean Delire & Eddy Ryssack • The Australian Landscape Painters by Richard Mason • The Sound of Speed by Bruce Kessler • Voronet by Ion Bostan • Zambesi by Raymond Hancock ==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==

Main Competition • ''Palme d'Or: O Pagador de Promessas'' by Anselmo Duarte • Jury Special Prize: • ''L'Eclisse'' by Michelangelo Antonioni • The Trial of Joan of Arc by Robert Bresson • Best Actress: • Katharine Hepburn for ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' • Rita Tushingham for A Taste of Honey • Best Actor: • Dean Stockwell, Jason Robards and Ralph Richardson for ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'' • Murray Melvin for A Taste of Honey • Best Cinematic Transposition: Elektra by Michael Cacoyannis • Best Comedy: Divorce, Italian Style by Pietro Germi Short Films Competition • Short Film Palme d'Or: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Robert Enrico • Prix spécial du Jury: Oczekiwanie by Witold Giersz & Ludwik Perski • Short film Technical Prize: • Les Dieux du feu by Henri Storck • Oczekiwanie by Witold Giersz & Ludwik Perski • Pan by Herman van der Horst == Independent awards ==

=== FIPRESCI Prize === • The Exterminating Angel by Luis Buñuel Commission Supérieure Technique • Technical Grand Prize: • The Lovers of Teruel by Raymond Rouleau ==References==

• 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 ==