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 == === Main 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: == Parallel section == === International Critics' Week === The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 2nd International Critics' Week (2e Semaine de la Critique): == 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 (A fleur d'eau) 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 == === FIPRESCI Prize === This Sporting Life by Lindsay Anderson (In competition) Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme (International Critics' Week) === Commission Supérieure Technique === Technical Grand Prize: The Cassandra Cat by Vojtěch Jasný Codine by Henri Colpi === OCIC Award === 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 == References == == Media == == External links == 1963 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1963 Archived 2018-02-26 at the Wayback Machine Cannes Film Festival:1963 Archived 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database