1964 Cannes Film Festival
The 17th Cannes Film Festival took place from 29 April to 14 May 1964. Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang served as jury president for the main competition.
On this edition, the Palme d’Or was renamed "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film", a name that remained in use until 1974, after which it was renamed Palme d'Or again. The Grand Prix went to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy.
The festival opened with Greed in the Sun by Henri Verneuil.
Juries
Main Competition
- Fritz Lang, Austrian filmmaker - Jury President
- Charles Boyer, French-American actor - Vice President
- Joaquín Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish
- René Clément, French filmmaker
- Jean-Jacques Gautier, French writer and journalist
- Alexandre Karaganov, Soviet film critic
- Lorens Marmstedt, Swedish producer
- Geneviève Page, French actress
- Raoul Ploquin, French producer and writer
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American writer
- Véra Volmane, French journalist
Short Films Competition
- Jean-Jacques Languepin, French - Vice President
- Jiří Brdečka, Czechoslovakian filmmaker
- Robert Ménégoz, French
- Hubert Seggelke, West-German
- Alex Seiler, Swiss
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:1,2,3... by Gyula Macskássy, Gyorgy VarnaiAge Of The Buffalo by Austin CampbellClair obscur by George SluizerDawn Of The Capricorne by Ahmad Faroughy-KadjarFlora nese smrt by Jiri PapousekHelp ! My Snowman's Burning Down by Carson DavidsonHimalayan Lakes by Dr. Gopal DattKedd by Mark NovakLa douceur du village by François ReichenbachLa fuite en Egypte by Waley Eddin SamehLacrimae rerum by Nicolas NicolaidesLamb by Paulin Soumanou VieyraLas murallas de Cartagena by Francisco NordenLe prix de la victoire by Nobuko ShibuyaLi mali mestieri by Gianfranco MingozziMarines Flamandes by Lucien DeroisyMax Ernst Entdeckungsfahrten ins Unbewusste by Carl Lamb & Peter SchamoniMedju oblacima by Dragan MitrovicMemoria Trandafirului by Sergiu NicolaescuSillages by Serge RoulletThe Peaches by Michael GillThe Raisin Salesman by William MelendezParallel section
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 3rd International Critics' Week :Before the Revolution by Bernardo Bertolucci Ganga Zumba by Carlos Diégues Goldstein by Philip Kaufman, Benjamin Manaster La Herencia by Ricardo Alventosa Joseph Kilian by Pavel Juracek, Jan Schmidt by Something Different by Vera Chytilová Point of Order by Emile de Antonio La nuit du bossu by Farrokh Ghaffari La vie à l’envers by Alain JessuaOfficial Awards
Main Competition
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy
- Prix spécial du Jury: The Woman in the Dunes by Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Best Actress:
- *Anne Bancroft for The Pumpkin Eater
- *Barbara Barrie for One Potato, Two Potato
- Best Actor:
- *Antal Páger for Drama of the Lark
- *Saro Urzì for Seduced and Abandoned
- Special Mention: Andrzej Munk for Passenger and his entire work
Short Films Competition
- Grand Prix du Jury:
- *Le prix de la victoire by Nobuko Shibuya
- *La douceur du village by François Reichenbach
- Prix spécial du Jury:
- *Help! My Snowman's Burning Down by Carson Davidson
- *Sillages by Serge Roullet
- Short Film Technical Prize: Dawn Of The Capricorne by Ahmad Faroughy-Kadjar
Independent Awards
[FIPRESCI] Prize
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize:
- *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Jacques Demy
- *Dead Woman from Beverly Hills by Michael Pfleghar
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Kodak Short Film Award
- Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides