1946 Cannes Film Festival
The 1st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946. Twenty-one countries presented their films at the "First Cannes International Film Festival", which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. Only one year after the end of World War II, most of the films were about the war. There arose several technical issues, such as the tarpauline cover blowing away in a storm on the day before the winners were to be announced, the reels of Hitchcock’s Notorious shown in reverse order, and George Sydney’s The Three Musketeers projected upside-down.
During the first festival, the jury was made up of one representative per country, with French historian Georges Huisman as the Jury President. With more emphasis on creativity than in competitiveness, eighteen nations presented their films. Eleven of them tied for the first Grand Prix of the International Festival.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature and short films:- Georges Huisman Jury President
- Iris Barry
- Beaulieu
- Antonin Brousil
- J.H.J. De Jong
- Don Tudor
- Samuel Findlater
- Sergei Gerasimov
- Jan Korngold
- Domingos Mascarenhas
- Hugo Mauerhofer
- Filippo Mennini
- Moltke-Hansen
- Fernand Rigot
- Kjell Stromberg
- Rodolfo Usigli
- Youssef Wahby
- Helge Wamberg
Feature films competition
- The Adventurous Bachelor directed by Otakar Vavra
- Anna and the King of Siam directed by John Cromwell
- The Bandit directed by Alberto Lattuada
- La Bataille du Rail directed by René Clement
- Beauty and the Beast directed by Jean Cocteau
- Blood and Fire directed by Anders Henrikson
- Brief Encounter directed by David Lean
- Caesar and Cleopatra directed by Gabriel Pascal
- Camões directed by José Leitão de Barros
- The Captive Heart directed by Basil Dearden
- Dunia directed by Muhammad Karim
- Floarea reginei directed by Paul Calinescu
- Gaslight directed by George Cukor
- Gilda directed by Charles Vidor
- Un giorno nella vita directed by Alessandro Blasetti
- Girl No. 217 directed by Mikhail Romm
- The Great Glinka directed by Lev Arnchtam
- Hello Moscow! directed by Sergei Yutkevich
- His Young Wife directed by Mario Soldati
- The Last Chance directed by Léopold Lindtberg
- Letter from the Dead directed by Johan Jacobsen
- The Lost Weekend directed by Billy Wilder
- A Lover's Return directed by Christian-Jaque
- The Lovers directed by Giacomo Gentilomo
- The Magic Bow directed by Bernard Knowles
- Make Mine Music directed by Joshua Meador, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bob Cormack, Hamilton Luske
- María Candelaria directed by Emilio Fernández
- Men Without Wings directed by Frantisek Cap
- Mr. Orchid directed by René Clement
- Neecha Nagar directed by Chetan Anand
- Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Patrie directed by Louis Daquin
- The Red Meadows directed by Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
- Rhapsody in Blue directed by Irving Rapper
- Rome, Open City directed by Roberto Rossellini
- The Seventh Veil directed by Compton Bennet
- The Stone Flower directed by Aleksandr Ptouchko
- La symphonie pastorale directed by Jean Delannoy
- Torment directed by Alf Sjöberg
- Três Dias Sem Deus directed by Barbara Virginia
- Los tres mosqueteros directed by Miguel M. Delgado
- The Turning Point directed by Fridrikh Ermler
- Wonder Man directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
- Zoya directed by Lev Arnchtam
Short films
- A City Sings by Gudrun Parker
- Aubervilliers by Eli Lotar
- Aubusson by Pierre Biro & Pierre Hirsch
- Bambini in città by Luigi Comencini
- Belyy klyk by Aleksandr Zguridi
- Fall of Berlin – 1945 by Yuli Raizman, Yelizaveta Svilova
- Cantico Dei Marm by Pietro Benedetti, Giovanni Rossi
- Chants populaires by George Dunning
- Chercheurs de la mer by Jean P. Palardy
- Cyprus Is an Island by Ralph Keene
- Des hommes comme les autres by R. Van De Weerdt
- Die Welt by Sam Winston
- En Route by Otto van Meyenhoff
- Épaves by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Flicker Flashbacks by Richard Fleischer
- G.I'S In Switzerlandby Hermann Haller
- Handling Ships by Allan Crick & John Halas
- Hitler Lives by Don Siegel
- Instruments of the Orchestra by Muir Mathieson
- Jeux d'enfants by Jean Painlevé
- L'Homme by Gilles Margaritis
- La cité des abeilles by Andrev Winnitski
- La Flûte magique by Paul Grimault
- La Locomotive by Stanisław Urbanowicz
- Le Goéland by Willy Peters
- Le Retour à la Vie by Dr K.M. Vallo
- Les Digues en construction by Jo de Haas, Mannus Franken
- Les Halles De Paris by Paul Schuitema
- Les mines de sel de Wieliczka by Jarosław Brzozowski
- Les Ponts De La Meuse by Paul Schuitema
- Les Protubérance solair by M. Leclerc, M. Lyot
- Lucerne Ville Musicale by Hans Trommer
- Man One Family by Ivor Montagu
- Me he de comer esa tune by Miguel Zacharias
- Metamorphoses by Herman van der Horst
- Molodost nashey strany by Sergei Yutkevich
- Open drop ether by Basil Wright
- Out of the Ruins by Nick Read
- Parques Infantis by Aquilino Mendes, João Mendes
- Partie de campagne by Jean Renoir
- Springman and the SS by Jiří Trnka
- Prisonnier de guerre by Kurt Früh
- Rapsodia rustica by Jean Mihail
- Réseau x by Mahuzier
- Steel by Frank Bundy
- Suite Varsovienne by Tadeusz Makarczyński
- The Life Cycle of the Onion by Mary Field
- The Purloined Pup by Charles August Nichols
- The Way We Live by Jill Craigie
- Un Port En Plein Coeur De L'Europe by Jaroslav Novotny
- Vánoční sen by Karel Zeman
- Wet Paint by Walt Disney
- World Of Plenty by Paul Rotha
- Your Children's eyes by Alex Strasser
- Zvírátka a petrovstí'' by Jiří Trnka
Awards
Official awards
Feature Films- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
- *Brief Encounter by David Lean
- *Hets by Alf Sjöberg
- *The Last Chance by Leopold Lindtberg
- *The Lost Weekend by Billy Wilder
- *María Candelaria by Emilio Fernández
- *Men Without Wings by Frantisek Cáp
- *Neecha Nagar by Chetan Anand
- *Red Meadows by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr.
- *Rome, Open City by Roberto Rossellini
- *La symphonie pastorale by Jean Delannoy
- *Velikiy perelom by Fridrikh Ermler
- International Jury Prize: La Bataille du rail by René Clément
- Best Actor: Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend
- Best Actress: Michèle Morgan for La symphonie pastorale
- Best Director: René Clément for La Bataille du rail
- Best Cinematography: Gabriel Figueroa for María Candelaria and Los tres mosqueteros
- Best Animation Design: Make Mine Music
- Best Colour: The Stone Flower
- Vánoční sen by Karel Zeman
- Zvírátka a petrovstí by Jiří Trnka
- Molodost nashey strany by Sergei Yutkevich
- Les mines de sel de Wieliczka by Jarosław Brzozowski
- La cité des abeilles by Andrev Winnitski
- Épaves by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Fall of Berlin – 1945 by Yuli Raizman
Independent awards
- ' by Georges Rouquier