• Source: 1956 Cannes Film Festival

The 9th Cannes Film Festival was held from 23 April to 10 May 1956. The Palme d'Or went to The Silent World by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle. The festival opened with Marie-Antoinette reine de France, directed by Jean Delannoy and closed with Il tetto by Vittorio De Sica.
In an effort to resolve some issues caused by the Cold War climate of the time, like special treatment towards Americans (who gave financial assistance to the festival) which displeased the Eastern Bloc, a decision to have films withdrawn under certain conditions had been put in place. This decision in turn had become a divisive issue in the festival, as it was seen as censorship. In 1956 it was decided to eliminate all such censorship from the selection and thereby start a new era in the festival.




Jury


The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1956 competition:
Feature films

Maurice Lehmann (France) - Jury President
Arletty (France)
Louise de Vilmorin (France)
Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France)
Henri Jeanson (France)
Domenico Meccoli (Italy)
Otto Preminger (USA)
James Quinn (UK)
Roger Regent (France)
María Romero (Chile)
Sergei Vasilyev (Soviet Union)
Short films

Francis Bolen (Belgium)
Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia)
Henri Fabiani (France)
Paul Grimault (France)
Jean Perdrix (France)




Feature film competition


The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:




Short film competition


The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:




Awards






= Official awards

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The following films and people received the 1956 awards:

Palme d'Or: The Silent World (Le Monde du silence) by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
Jury Special Prize: The Mystery of Picasso (Le mystère Picasso) by Henri-Georges Clouzot
Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Othello
Best Acting Award: Susan Hayward for I'll Cry Tomorrow (in 1955 and 1956 this award was given without gender differentiation)
Best Human Document: Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
Best Poetic Humour: Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) by Ingmar Bergman
Short films

Short Film Palme d'Or: The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse
Best Fiction Film: Magdana's Donkey (Lurdza magdany) by Tengiz Abuladze and Rezo Chkheidze
Best Documentary:
Andre Modeste Gretry by Lucien Deroisy
La corsa delle rocche by Gian Luigi Polidoro
Special Mention: Loutky Jiriho Trnky (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

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OCIC Award

The Roof (Il tetto) by Vittorio De Sica
Special Mention:
The Railroad Man (Il ferroviere) by Pietro Germi
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Nunnally Johnson
Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray




References






Media






External links


1956 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1956 Archived 2019-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
Cannes Film Festival:1956 at Internet Movie Database

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