1965 Cannes Film Festival
The 18th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 16 May 1965. Olivia de Havilland became the first woman president of the jury.
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to The Knack …and How to Get It by Richard Lester. The festival opened with The Collector, directed by William Wyler and closed with Tōkyō Orinpikku, directed by Kon Ichikawa.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1965 film competition:Feature films
- Olivia de Havilland Jury President
- André Maurois Honorary President
- Goffredo Lombardo Vice President
- Max Aub
- Michel Aubriant
- Rex Harrison
- François Reichenbach
- Alain Robbe-Grillet
- Konstantin Simonov
- Edmond Ténoudji
- Jerzy Toeplitz
- Gérardot President
- Istvan Dosai
- Herman van der Horst
- Jacques Ledoux
- Carlos Vilardebó
Official selection
In competition – Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:- The 317th Platoon by Pierre Schoendoerffer
- Always Further On by Luis Alcoriza
- Circus Angel by Albert Lamorisse
- Clay by Giorgio Mangiamele
- The Collector by William Wyler
- Az Életbe táncoltatott leány by Tamás Banovich
- The First Day of Freedom by Aleksander Ford
- Forest of the Hanged by Liviu Ciulei
- Al Haram by Henry Barakat
- The Hill by Sidney Lumet
- The Ipcress File by Sidney J. Furie
- The Knack …and How to Get It by Richard Lester
- Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi
- The Lark by Nikita Kurikhin and Leonid Menaker
- Loving Couples by Mai Zetterling
- Men and Women by Walter Hugo Khouri
- The Moment of Truth by Francesco Rosi and Antonio Levesi Cervi
- My Home Is Copacabana by Arne Sucksdorff
- El Reñidero by René Múgica
- The Shop on Main Street by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos
- Snakes and Ladders by Manuel Summers
- There Was an Old Couple by Grigori Chukhrai
- Torrid Noon by Zako Heskija
- Treason by Kostas Manoussakis
- The Uninhibited by Juan Antonio Bardem
- Yo Yo by Pierre Étaix
Films out of competition
- Amsterdam by Herman Van Der Horst
- Le Cinquième Soleil by Jacqueline Grigaut-Lefevre
- In Harm's Way by Otto Preminger
- by Bruce Herschensohn
- Mary Poppins by Robert Stevenson
- Tōkyō Orinpikku by Kon Ichikawa
Short film competition
- Aah... Tamara by Pim de la Parra
- Anamniseis apo tin Ellada by Francis Carabott
- Asinus by Vasil Mirchev
- Au bord de la route by Chou-Tchen Wang
- Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei
- Le Crocodile majuscule by Eddy Ryssack
- Évariste Galois by Alexandre Astruc
- Féerie du cuivre by Herbert E. Meyer
- I videl sam daljine meglene i kalne by Zlatko Bourek
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan Švankmajer
- Los Junqueros by Oscar Kantor
- The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes by Robert Clouse
- Monsieur Plateau by Jean Brismée
- Noworoczna noc by Jerzy Zitzman
- Ohrid Express by Jean Dasque and Robert Legrand
- Overture by János Vadász
- Petrol-Carburant-Kraftstoff by Hugo Niebeling
- Poprannii obet by Guénrikh Markarian
- Processioni in Sicilia by Michele Gandin
- Sanawat el magd by Atef Salem
Parallel section
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 4th International Critics' Week :- Amador by Francisco Regueiro
- Andy by Richard C. Sarafian
- The Cat in the Bag by Gilles Groulx
- The Glass Cage by Philippe Arthuys, Jean-Louis Levi-Avarès
- Hole in the Moon by Uri Zohar
- It Happened Here by Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo
- Walkover by Jerzy Skolimowski
- Diamonds of the Night by Jan Nemec
- Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake by Mary Ellen Bute
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1965 Official selection awards:- Grand Prix du Festival International du film: The Knack …and How to Get It by Richard Lester
- Prix spécial du Jury: Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi
- Best Director: Liviu Ciulei for Forest of the Hanged
- Best Screenplay:
- *Pierre Schoendoerffer for The 317th Platoon
- *Ray Rigby for The Hill
- Best Actress: Samantha Eggar for The Collector
- Best Actor: Terence Stamp for The Collector
- Special Mention for actors:
- *Jozef Kroner and Ida Kaminska for their acting performances in Obchod na korze
- *Vera Kuznetsova for her acting performance in Zhili-byli starik so starukhoj
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Overture by János Vadász
- Prix du Jury: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan Švankmajer
- Prix spécial du Jury: Monsieur Plateau by Jean Brismée
- Short film Technical Prize: Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei & Overture by János Vadász
Independent awards
- FIPRESCI Prize: Always Further On by Luis Alcoriza
- Technical Grand Prize:
- *Circus Angel by Albert Lamorisse
- *Az Életbe táncoltatott leány by Tamás Banovich
- Special Mention: The Knack …and How to Get It by Richard Lester
- OCIC Award: Yo Yo by Pierre Étaix
- Los Junqueros by Oscar Kantor
- Yo Yo by Pierre Étaix
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