1960 Cannes Film Festival
The 13th Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 20 May 1960. The Palme d'Or went to the La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini. The festival opened with Ben-Hur, directed by William Wyler.Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1960 competition:
Feature films
- Georges Simenon Jury President
- Marc Allégret
- Louis Chauvet
- Diego Fabbri
- Hidemi Ima
- Grigori Kozintsev
- Maurice Leroux
- Max Lippmann
- Henry Miller
- Simone Renant
- Ulises Petit de Murat
Short films
- Georges Altman
- Nicolas Hayer
- Henri Storck
- Jean Vivie
- Dušan Vukotić
Feature film competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Aux confins des deux continents by Emlak Kredi Bankasi
- La ballata del Monte Bianco by Luciano Ricci
- The Blue of the Sky by John Ralmon
- Le brise glace atomique Lenine by Nicholas Tcherskov
- A City Called Copenhagen by Jørgen Roos
- Dagen mijner jaren by Max De Haas
- De Dragul Printesei by Ion Popescu-Gopo
- Enfants des courants d'air by Edouard Luntz
- Fiesta en Xochimilco by Fernando Martinez Alvarez
- Fitz-Roy by Humberto Peruzzi
- Franz Hellens ou documents secrets by Lucien Deroisy
- In Search of Lincoln by Carlisle, Dunphy, Wondsel
- Le journal d'un certain David by Pierre Jallaud, Sylvie Jallaud
- Mali voz by Branislas Bastac
- Materia e forma by Fulvio Tului
- Orff-Schulwerk - Rhythmisch-Melodische Erziehung by Hans Rolf Strobel, Heinz Tichawsky
- Paris la belle by Pierre Prévert
- Perfecto luna by Archibaldo Burns
- Le pilote m'a dit by Niklaus Gessner
- Pozor by Jiří Brdečka
- Promethee by Todor Dinov
- Die Purpulinie by K.L. Ruppel
- Ragadozo novenyek by Ágoston Kollányi
- Roman mosaics in Anatolia by M.S. Ipsiroglu
- Shringar by RavI Prakash
- Sorolla, pintor de la luz by Manuel Dominguez
- Le sourire by Serge Bourguignon
- Universe by Roman Kroitor
- Uwaga diabeł by Zenon Wasilewski
- Wadlopers by Emile Van Moerkerken
- Winter Quaters by John P. Taylor
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1960 awards:
- Palme d'Or: La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
- Jury Prize:
- *L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni
- *Odd Obsession by Kon Ichikawa
- Best Actress:
- *Jeanne Moreau for Seven Days... Seven Nights
- *Melina Mercouri for Never on Sunday
- Best participation:
- *The Lady with the Dog by Iosif Kheifits
- *Ballad of a Soldier by Grigori Chukhrai
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Le sourire by Serge Bourguignon
- Short Film Jury Prize:
- *Paris la belle by Pierre Prévert
- *A City Called Copenhagen by Jørgen Roos
- *Universe by Roman Kroitor
- Special Mention - Short Film: Dagen mijner jaren by Max De Haas
Independent awards
FIPRESCI
- FIPRESCI Prize: The Virgin Spring by Ingmar Bergman
OCIC Award
- Paw by Astrid Henning-Jensen
Other awards
- Special Mention:
- *The Virgin Spring by Ingmar Bergman
- *The Young One by Luis Buñuel
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