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The 14th Cannes Film Festival 1961

Cannes May 3-16 1961

Kinematograph Weekly magazine, April 27, 1961

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   The Cannes Film Festival is opening its doors for the 14th time and it is with great pleasure that once again I can say it will be as bright as ever-and the hub of the film world during the 16 days it is on.

                          FAVRE LE BRET

                       Delegate General

 

 

 

 

 

   At least 30 full-length films—and even more shorts—will be shown over the 16 days of the fourteenth Cannes Film Festival.

 

   In addition, Otto Preminger’s “ Exodus" will be screened hors concours, and will open the festival at a great gala.

 

   It is reported that the majority of films this year will be psychological dramas rather than action pictures. This may be taken as a measure of vindication of Italy’s Michalengelo Antonioni.

 

   Last year, Antonioni’s film, “ Awentura,” which was psychological down to its roots, received a dreadful reception ... it was booed.

 

   But it won the Critic’s Prize, nevertheless, and has since been hailed as a masterpiece. Further. Antonioni will be the festival’s guest of honour this year.

 

   There will be no Ingmar Bergman film, though there will be a Bunuel production entered by Spain [“Viridiana”].

 

   This tendency away from commercial films — as the trade understands the word commercial — is giving the festival a very definite, and not always appreciated, shape.

 

   For though the festival gives visitors and the film folk plenty to talk about it does not give them much to sell. So this year a Commercial Festival, properly organised by the Producers Syndicat, will be held.

 

   Emile Natan first mooted the idea that the now famous, but slightly chaotic ‘‘ Film Fair,” should be placed on a serious footing.

 

    In previous years these “commercial” films were shown in a haphazard fashion and business was only transacted when producers and distributors or exhibitors met in bars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE FESTIVAL ENTRIES

 

 

 

ARGENTINE:

Feature film:

“El Centroforward Murio al Amanecer”

  (L’avant-centre est mort a I’aube).

Short :

“Argentina Paradise de la Pesca ”

  (Paradis de la peche).

 

BELGIUM:

Feature film:

“Plein Sud.”

 

BRAZIL:

Feature film:

“Primera Misa”

  (La premiere messe).

 

BULGARIA:  

Shorts :

“Balgarski Ansambl za Narodni Pesni I Tanzi”

  (Ensemble de chants et danses populaires) ;

“Khudojnikat Klatiu Boyadjiev”

  (Le peintre Zlatiu Boyadjiev).

 

CANADA:

Short film:

“Tetes blanches.”

 

CHINA:

Short film:

“L’Art dramatique de Lee Hsiang-Fen.”

 

CZECHOSLOVAKIA:

 Feature film:

“Piesen O Sivom Holubovi ”

  (La chanson du pigeon gris).

Short film:

"Fantaisie pro levou tuku a lidske svedomi ”

  (Fantaisie pour la main gauche et la conscience humaine).

 

DENMARK:

 Short film:

“Foroya”

  (Les iles Feroe).

 

FRANCE.

Features :

“Le Ciel et la Boue” ;

“Une si Longue Absence.”

Short film:

“La Petite Cuillere.”

 

GERMANY:

Feature film:

“Der Letzte Zeuge”

  (Le dernier temoin).

Short film:

“Folkwangschulen.”

 

 

GREAT BRITAIN:

Feature film:

“The Mark”

  (La marque).

Short film:

"The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit.”

 

HUNGARY:

Feature film:

“Duvad”

  (Le fauve).

Short film:

“Duel.”

 

INDIA:

Short film:

“Kangra and Kulu.”

 

IRAN:

Short film:

“Cyrus le Grand.”

 

ISRAEL: 

Feature film:

“I Like Mike.”

 

ITALY:  

Features :

“La Ragazza con la Valigia” ;

”La Ciociara” ;

“Che Gioia di Vivere”

   (Quelle joie de vivre) ;

“La Viaccia.”

Short film:

“Giovedi Passegiata.”

 

 

JAPAN:

Feature film:

“Otohto”

  (Tendre etfolle adolescence).

Short film:

“The Princess Moonlight.”

 

LEBANON:

Short film:

“Le Festival de Baalbeck I960.”

 

NETHERLANDS:

Feature film:

“Met Mes”

  (Le couteau).

 

NORWAY:

Feature film:

“The Passionate Demons”

   (Les demons passionnes).

 

POLAND:

Feature film :

“Matka Joanna od Aniotow”

  (Mere Jeanne des Anges).

Short film:

“W Kregu Ciszy”

  (Condamnes au silence).

 

 

ROUMANIA:

Feature film:

“Darclee.”

 

SPAIN:

Feature film:

“Viridiana.”

Short film:

“Fuego en Castilla.”

 

 

SWEDEN:

Feature film:

“Domaren”

   (Le Juge).

Short film:

“Souvenirs from Sweden”

   (Souvenirs de Suede).

 

TUNISIA:

Short film:

“Aicha.”

 

UNICEF:

Short film (being shown outside the competition):

“Les enfants du soleil.”

 

 

UNITED STATES:

Features:

“A Raisin in the Sun”

  (Un raisin au soleil) ;

“Hoodlum Priest”

  (Le mal de vivre) ;

“Aimez-vous Brahms.”

Short film:

“Robert Frost.”

 

USSR:

Feature film:

“Histoire des Annees de Feu.”

Shorts :

“Visage de Moscou, une ville au grand destin”;

“ Medor un chien qui rapporte bien.”

 

YUGOSLAVIA:

Feature film:

“Dan Cetrnaezti ”

  (Le quatorzieme jour).

Short film:

“Gde sva Deca Masu Putnicima”

(La ou tous les enfants saluent les voyageurs).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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