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The 14th
Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 18 May
1961 .
[4] The
Palme d'Or went to the
Une aussi longue absence , directed by
Henri Colpi and
Viridiana , directed by
Luis Buñuel .
[5] The festival opened with
Che gioia vivere , directed by
René Clément .
The festival also screened
Shirley Clarke 's debut film
The Connection due to the efforts of the
French Syndicate of Cinema Critics . The success of the film caused the festival to create
International Critics' Week the following year.
[6]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1961 competition:
[7]
Feature films
Short films
Ion Popescu-Gopo (Romania) - Jury President
Pierre Prévert (France)
Jurgen Schildt (journalist) (Sweden)
Jean Vidal (France)
Jean Vivie (CST official) (France)
Feature film competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
[3]
Out of competition
The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:
[3]
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the
Short Film Palme d'Or :
[3]
Aicha by Noureddine Mechri and Francis Warin
Argentina paraiso de la pesca by
Antonio Ber Ciani
The Art of Lee Hsiang-Fen by Henry T.C. Wang
Balgarski ansambal za narodni pesni i tanzi by Lada Boyadjieva
The Black Cat by Robert Braverman
Cattle Ranch by Guy L. Coté
Children of the Sun by
John Hubley and
Faith Hubley
The Creation of Woman by Charles F. Schwep
Cyrus le grand by
Feri Farzaneh
The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross by
Leonid Gaidai
Fantazie pro levou ruku a lidske svedomi by Pavel Hobl
Le Festival de Baalbeck 1960 by David McDonald
Folkwangschulen by
Herbert Vesely
Foroyar by Jørgen Roos
Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto) by José Val del Omar
Giovedi: passeggiata by Vincenzo Gamna
Gorod bolshoy sudby by
Ilya Kopalin
House of Hashimoto by
Connie Rasinski
Hudozhnikat Zlatyu Boyadzhiev by Ivan Popov
Kangra et kulu by N.S. Thapa
Na vez by Branko Kalacic
Nebbia by
Raffaele Andreassi
Paul Valéry by
Roger Leenhardt
Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy
La Petite Cuillère by
Carlos Vilardebó
Robert Frost by Sidney J. Stiber
Souvenirs from Sweden by
Henning Carlsen
Taketori Monogatari by Kazuhiko Watanabe
W kręgu ciszy by Jerzy Ziarnik
Awards
Luis Buñuel, one of the two Palme d'Or winners
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1961 awards:
[2]
Short films
Independent awards
FIPRESCI
[8]
Commission Supérieure Technique
[5]
OCIC Award
[9]
Other awards
References
Media
External links
Awards Awards given by independent entities Parallel events By year