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1965 Cannes Film Festival

The 18th Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 16 May 1965. Olivia de Havilland served as jury president for the main competition, becoming the first woman to ever do so.

Juries
, Jury President Main Competition Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress - Jury President • Goffredo Lombardo, Italian producer - Jury Vice-President • André Maurois, French writer - Honorary Jury President • Max Aub, Mexican writer • Michel Aubriant, French journalist • Rex Harrison, British actor • François Reichenbach, French filmmaker • Alain Robbe-Grillet, French filmmaker • Konstantin Simonov, Soviet writer • Edmond Ténoudji, French-Algerian producer • Jerzy Toeplitz, Polish film educator Short Films Competition • Gérardot, French - Jury President • Istvan Dosai, Hungarian cinematographer • Jacques Ledoux, Belgian cinema specialist • Herman van der Horst, Dutch • Carlos Vilardebó, French ==Official selection==
Official selection
In Competition The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: • Aah... Tamara by Pim de la ParraAnamniseis apo tin Ellada by Francis Carabott • Asinus by Vasil MirchevAu bord de la route by Chou-Tchen Wang • Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei • Le Crocodile majuscule by Eddy Ryssack • Évariste Galois by Alexandre AstrucFéerie du cuivre by Herbert E. Meyer • I videl sam daljine meglene i kalne by Zlatko BourekJohann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan ŠvankmajerLos Junqueros by Oscar KantorThe Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes by Robert ClouseMonsieur Plateau by Jean BrisméeNoworoczna noc by Jerzy Zitzman • Ohrid Express by Jean Dasque and Robert Legrand • Overture by János VadászPetrol-Carburant-Kraftstoff by Hugo NiebelingPoprannii obet by Guénrikh Markarian • Processioni in Sicilia by Michele Gandin • Sanawat el magd by Atef Salem ==Parallel section==
Parallel section
International Critics' Week The following feature films were screened for the 4th International Critics' Week (4e Semaine de la Critique): • Amador by Francisco Regueiro (Spain) • Andy by Richard C. Sarafian (United States) • The Cat in the Bag (Le chat dans le sac) by Gilles Groulx (Canada) • The Glass Cage (La cage de verre) by Philippe Arthuys, Jean-Louis Levi-Avarès (France, Israel) • Hole in the Moon (''Hor B'Levana'') by Uri Zohar (Israel) • It Happened Here by Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo (United Kingdom) • Walkover by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland) • Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci) by Jan Nemec (Czechoslovakia) • ''Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake'' by Mary Ellen Bute (United States) ==Official Awards==
Official Awards
, Grand Prix winner Main CompetitionGrand Prix du Festival International du film: The Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard LesterPrix spécial du Jury: Kwaidan by Masaki KobayashiBest Director: Liviu Ciulei for Forest of the HangedBest Screenplay: • Pierre Schoendoerffer for The 317th PlatoonRay Rigby for The HillBest Actress: Samantha Eggar for The CollectorBest Actor: Terence Stamp for The CollectorSpecial Mention: • Jozef Kroner and Ida Kamińska for The Shop on Main StreetVera Kuznetsova for There Was an Old Couple Short Films Competition Short Film Palme d'Or: Overture by János Vadász • Prix du Jury: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan ŠvankmajerPrix spécial du Jury: Monsieur Plateau by Jean Brismée • Short film Technical Prize: • Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei • Overture by János Vadász == Independent Awards ==
Independent Awards
=== FIPRESCI Prize === • Always Further On by Luis Alcoriza Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: • Circus Angel by Albert Lamorisse Best Film for the Youth Los Junqueros by Oscar Kantor • Yo Yo by Pierre Étaix ==References==
Media
• British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1965 footage • British Pathé: Improvements in Cannes as 1965 Festival starts • INA: The films of the 1965 Festival (commentary in French) • INA: 1965: 18th anniversary of the Cannes festival (commentary in French) • INA: List of winners of the 1965 Cannes Festival (commentary in French) == External links ==
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