1956 Cannes Film Festival

Main competition • Maurice Lehmann, French actor, director and producer - Jury President • Arletty, French actress • Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French writer and journalist • Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French • Henri Jeanson, French writer and journalist • Domenico Meccoli, Italian writer • Otto Preminger, Austrian-American filmmaker and actor • James Quinn, British film administrator, producer and exhibitor • Roger Regent, French • María Romero, Chilean • Sergei Vasilyev, Soviet filmmaker and actor Short films competition • Francis Bolen, Belgian • Antonín Brousil, Czechoslovak • Henri Fabiani, French • Paul Grimault, French filmmaker • Jean Perdrix, French filmmaker ==Official selection==

In competition The following feature films competed for the ''Palme d'Or'': Short films competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: • Aéroport de Luxembourg by Philippe Schneider • Andre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy • Le ballon rouge by Albert Lamorisse • Bwana Kitoko by André Cauvin • Ciganytanc by Tamas Banovich • Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Manhattan by Harry Foster • La corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi Polidoro • Crne vode by Rudolf Sremec • En de zee was niet meer by Bert Haanstra • The Face of Lincoln by Edward Freed • Festival Melody (Melodii festivalia) by Jerzy Bossak, R. Grigoriev, Ilya Kopalin, Iosif Poselski • Fuji wa ikiteiru by Kenji Shimomura • Gateway To the Antarctic by Duncan Carse • Gerald McBoing on Planet Moo or Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo by Robert Cannon • Growing Coconuts by Fali Bilimoria • Horizons nouveaux by Kurt Baum • Karius and Bactus (Karius og Baktus) by Ivo Caprino • Kati és a vadmacska by Ágoston Kollányi • Katsura rikyu by Minoru Kuribayashi • Loutky Jiriho Trnky by Bruno Sefranek • ''Magdana's Donkey (Lurdzha Magdany'') by Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Chkheidze • Marinica by Ion Popescu-Gopo • Nicolae Grigorescu by Ion Bostan • ''Parabola d'oro'' by Vittorio De Seta • Les pécheurs du cap by Errol Hinds • Portrait of Soutland by Peter Roger Hunt • Povest za tirnovgrad by Yuri Arnaudov • Salut à la France by Ric Eyrich, Thomas L. Rowe • Salzburger Impressionen by Prof. Hanns Wagula • The Shepherd by Julian Biggs • Stvoreni syeta by E. Hofman • Svedocanstva o tesli by Vladimir Pogacic • ''Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes'' by Braissai • Teatr lalek by Marian Ussorowski • Together by Lorenza Mazzetti • Tovarishch ukhodit v more by Nikita Kurikhin • Vand fra eufrat by Theodor Christensen ==Official awards==

, Jury President , Palme d'Or winner Main competition • ''Palme d'Or: The Silent World'' by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle • Jury Special Prize: The Mystery of Picasso by Henri-Georges Clouzot • Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Othello • Best Acting Award: Susan Hayward for ''I'll Cry Tomorrow'' • Best Human Document: Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray • Best Poetic Humour: Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman Short films competition • Short Film Palme d'Or: The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse • Best Fiction Film: ''Magdana's Donkey'' by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz Chkheidze • Best Documentary: • Andre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy • La corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi Polidoro • Special Mention: The Puppets of Jiri Trnka by Bruno Sefranek • Special Mention - Investigative Film: • Together by Lorenza Mazzetti • ''Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes'' by Braissai == Independent awards ==

=== OCIC Award === • The Roof by Vittorio De Sica • Special Mention: • The Railroad Man by Pietro Germi • The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Nunnally Johnson • Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray ==References==

• British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1956 footage • British Pathé: Originals Cannes Film Festival 1956 footage • British Pathé: "Stars in the sun" 1956 Festival footage • INA: Atmosphere at the 1956 Festival (commentary in French) • INA: Opening of the 1956 festival (commentary in French) • INA: Closing evening of the 1956 Festival (commentary in French) == External links ==