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1956 Cannes Film Festival

The 9th Cannes Film Festival took place from 23 April to 10 May 1956. French actor, director and producer Maurice Lehmann served as jury president for the main competition.

Juries
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==
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 LamorisseBwana Kitoko by André CauvinCiganytanc by Tamas Banovich • Columbia Musical Travelark: Wonders of Manhattan by Harry Foster • La corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi PolidoroCrne vode by Rudolf SremecEn de zee was niet meer by Bert HaanstraThe 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 CaprinoKati 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 ChkheidzeMarinica by Ion Popescu-GopoNicolae Grigorescu by Ion Bostan • ''Parabola d'oro'' by Vittorio De SetaLes 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 BiggsStvoreni 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 MazzettiTovarishch ukhodit v more by Nikita Kurikhin • Vand fra eufrat by Theodor Christensen ==Official awards==
Official awards
, Jury President , Palme d'Or winner Main competition • ''Palme d'Or: The Silent World'' by Jacques Cousteau and Louis MalleJury Special Prize: The Mystery of Picasso by Henri-Georges ClouzotBest Director: Sergei Yutkevich for OthelloBest Acting Award: Susan Hayward for ''I'll Cry Tomorrow'' • Best Human Document: Pather Panchali by Satyajit RayBest Poetic Humour: Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman Short films competition Short Film Palme d'Or: The Red Balloon by Albert LamorisseBest Fiction Film: ''Magdana's Donkey'' by Tengiz Abuladze and Revaz ChkheidzeBest Documentary: • Andre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy • La corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi PolidoroSpecial 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 ==
Independent awards
Media
• 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 ==
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