1946 Cannes Film Festival

The 1st Cannes Film Festival was held from September 20 to October 5, 1946.

Jury

*Georges Huisman (France) (historian) (president)
*Iris Barry (USA)
*Beaulieu (Canada)
*Antonin Brousil (Czechoslovakia)
*J.H.J. De Jong (Netherlands)
*Don Tudor (Romania)
*Samuel Findlater (UK)
*Guerassimov (Soviet Union)
*Jan Korngold (Poland)
*Domingos Mascarenhas (Portugal)
*Hugo Mauerhofer (Switzerland)
*Filippo Mennini (Italy)
*Moltke-Hansen (Norway)
*Fernand Rigot (Belgium)
*Kjell Stromberg (Sweden)
*Rodolfo Usigli (Mexico)
*Youssef Wahdy (Egypt)
*Helge Wamberg (Denmark)

Winners

*Grand Prize of the Festival:
**"Brief Encounter" by David Lean
**"Hets" by Alf Sjöberg
**"The Last Chance" by Leopold Lindtberg
**"The Lost Weekend" by Billy Wilder
**"María Candelaria (Xochimilco)" 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 (Xochimilco)" and "Los tres mosqueteros"
*Best Animation Design: "Make Mine Music"
*Best Colour: "The Stone Flower"
*International Peace Award: "The Last Chance"
*FIPRESCI Prize: "Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons" by Georges Rouquier

Other films in competition

*"Notorious" by Alfred Hitchcock
*"Zoya" by Lev Arnshtam

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/1946 Cannes Film Festival 1946 at IMDB]