1963 Cannes Film Festival

The 16th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 23 May 1963. French writer Armand Salacrou served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or was awarded to The Leopard by Luchino Visconti.
The festival opened with The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock.

Juries

Mainc Competition

Armand Salacrou, French writer - Jury President
Rouben Mamoulian, American filmmaker and theatre director - Jury Vice President
Jacqueline Audry, French filmmaker
Wilfrid Baumgartner, French BDF official
François Chavane, French producer and writer
Jean de Baroncelli, French film critic
Robert Hossein, French actor
Kashiko Kawakita, Japanese producer
Steven Pallos, British producer
Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian writer
Rostislav Yurenev, Soviet film critic

Short Films Competition

Henri Alekan, French cinematographer - Jury President
Robert Alla, French
Karl Schedereit, West-German
Ahmed Sefrioui, Moroccan writer
Semih Tugrul, Turkish journalist

Official selection

In Competition

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

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:A fleur d'eau by Alex SeilerBouket zvezdi by Radka BatchvarovaCitizens Of Tomorrow by Jamie UysThe Critic by Ernest PintoffDas Grabmal des Kaisers by Istvan V. SzotsDi Domenica by Luigi BazzoniLa ferriera abbandonata by Aglauco CasadioGeel by Costia de RenesseGeschwindigkeit by Edgar ReitzLe Haricot by Edmond SechanImages du ciel - Égypte o Égypte by Jacques BrissotThe King's Breakfast by Wendy ToyeMy Flat by Zvonimir BerkovicNakymaton Kasi by Veronica LeoOslo by Jørgen RoosPlaya Insolita by Javier AguirreUn Prince Belge de l'Europe, Charles Joseph de Ligne by Jacques KupissonoffSous le signe de Neptune by A.F. SulkThe Ride by Gerald PottertonYou by Istvan SzaboZeilen by Hattum HovingZeleznicari by Evald Schorm

Parallel section

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 2nd International Critics' Week :Alone or with Others by Denys Arcand, Denis Héroux, Stéphane Venne Barnvagnen by Bo Widerberg Déjà s'envole la fleur maigre by Paul Meyer Hallelujah the Hills by Adolfas Mekas Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme Pelle viva by Giuseppe Fina Pitfall by Hiroshi Teshigahara Porto das Caixas by Paulo César Saraceni Showman by Albert Maysles, David Maysles The Sun in a Net by Štefan Uher

Official Awards

Main Competition

Palme d'Or: The Leopard by Luchino Visconti
Jury Special Prize:
*The Cassandra Cat by Vojtěch Jasný
*Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi
Best Screenplay: Dumitru Carabat, Henri Colpi and Yves Jamiaque for Codine
Best Actress: Marina Vlady for The Conjugal Bed
Best Actor: Richard Harris for ''This Sporting Life''

Short Films Competition

Short Film Palme d'Or:
*Le Haricot by Edmond Séchan
*In wechselndem Gefälle by Alexander J. Seiler
Jury Prize - Short Film: Moj Stan by Zvonimir Berković
*Special Mention: Di Domenica by Luigi Bazzoni & You by István Szabó
Short Film Technical Prize: Zeilen by Hattum Hoving

Independent Awards

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This Sporting Life by Lindsay Anderson Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme

Commission Supérieure Technique

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The Fiances by Ermanno Olmi

Other awards

Gary Cooper Award: To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan
Best Evocation of a World-Shattering Epic: Optimistic Tragedy by Samson Samsonov

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