1947 Cannes Film Festival

none 2nd Cannes Film Festival CFF47poster.jpg Official poster of the 2nd Cannes Film Festival illustrated by Jean-Luchttp://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1947/posters.html Posters 1947 festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131029234604/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1947/posters.html 29 October 2013 dmy Cannes, France 1946 Grand Prix September 12–25, 1947 www.festival-cannes.com Cannes Film Festival 1946 1949 The 2nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 25 September 1947. The new building that was meant to host the festival, the Palais du Festival, was still not ready, and the festival was held amid many technical and financial problems.http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/parcours/0001/1938-1951-the-birth-of-the-festival.html 1938-1951: The birth of the Festival fresques.ina.fr 3 June 2017 In 1947, the entire jury of the Festival was French. Six awards were given to films of different categories.http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1947.htm 2ème Festival International du Film – Cannes French cinema-francais.fr 5 June 2017http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1947.htm 1947 - Éternel Mirage (Eternal mirage) French cannes-fest.com 27 June 2017 Jury The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films:http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1947/allJury.html Juries 1947: All the Juries festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194453/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1947/allJury.html 29 October 2013 dmy Georges Huisman (historian) - Jury President Raymond Borderie (CNC official) Georges Carriere (cinephile) Jean-François Chosson (CNC official) Joseph Dotti (cinephile) Escoute (City of Cannes official) Jean Grémillon (director) Maurice Hille (cinephile) Robert Hubert (production designer) Alexandre Kamenka (producer) Jean Mineur (CNCF official) Henri Moret (cinephile) Jean Nery (critic) Maurice Perisset (cinephile) Georges Raguis (union official) René Jeanne (critic) Georges Rollin (actor) Régis Roubin (cinephile) Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (director) Segalon (cinephile) René Sylviano (composer) Films in competition The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1947/allSelections.html Official Selection 1947 : All the Selection festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131029233212/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1947/allSelections.html 29 October 2013 dmy 30em Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean by Henri Decoin Antoine et Antoinette by Jacques Becker Boomerang! by Elia Kazan The Captain's Daughter (La figlia del capitano) by Mario Camerini The Cat (La gata) by Mario Soffici The Chase by Arthur Ripley Crossfire by Edward Dmytryk The Damned (Les Maudits) by René Clément Dumbo by Ben Sharpsteen Flesh Will Surrender (Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo) by Alberto Lattuada Ivy by Sam Wood The Jolson Story by Alfred E. Green Les jeux sont faits by Jean Delannoy Lost in the Dark (Sperduti nel buio) by Camillo Mastrocinque Marouf, the Cairo Cobbler (Marouf Savetier du Caire) by Jean Mauran Mine Own Executioner by Anthony Kimmins Paris 1900 by Nicole Vedres Possessed by Curtis Bernhardt A Ship Bound for India (Skeep till India land) by Ingmar Bergman Song of Dolores (La copla de la Dolores) by Benito Perojo The Strange Love of Martha Ivers by Lewis Milestone A Tanítónő (The Teacher) by Márton Keleti Two Women (Två kvinnor) by Arnold Sjostrand Ziegfeld Follies by Vincente Minnelli Short films The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage: 30em Aux portes du monde saharien by Robert Vernay Bianchi pascoli by Luciano Emmer Cacciatori Sottomarini by Alliata Caravane Boréale by Hugh Wallace De Stichter by Charles Dekeukeleire Escale Au Soleil by Henri Verneuil Inondations en Pologne by Jerzy Bossak, Wacław Kaźmierczak L'Ile Aux Morts by Norman Mclaren L'Oeuvre Biologique de Pasteur by Jean Painlevé La Petite République by Victor Vicas Les Danseurs D'Echternach by Evy Friedrich New Faces Come Back by Richard Davis Rhapsodie de Saturne by Jean Image Risveglio di Primavera by Pietro Francisci Symphonie Berbère by André Zwoboda Tea For Teacher by W. M. Larkins Awards The following films and people received the 1947 awards:http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1947.htm Le Jury, Les Prix 1947 cannes-fest.com 27 June 2017 Feature Films Best Musical Comedy: Ziegfeld Follies by Vincente Minnelli (Grand Prix – Comédies musicales) Best Psychological and Love Film: Antoine et Antoinette by Jacques Becker (Grand Prix – Films psychologiques et d'amour) Best Animation Design: Dumbo by Ben Sharpsteen (Grand Prix – Dessin animé) Best Social Film: Crossfire by Edward Dmytryk (Grand Prix – Films sociaux) Best Adventure and Crime Film: The Damned (Les Maudits) by René Clément (Grand Prix – Films d'aventures et policiers) Short Films Best Short Film: Inondations en Pologne by Jerzy Bossak, Wacław Kaźmierczak (Grand Prix – Documentaires) Best Avant-garde Film: Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid (Grand Prix – Films d’Avant-garde) References Media Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1947 Festival (commentary in French) INA: Stars at the 1947 Festival (mute) INA: Construction of the Palais des festivals (commentary in French) External links Official website Retrospective 1947 https://web.archive.org/web/20190907022556/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1947/selection/in-competition-feature-films 2019-09-07 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1947 at Internet Movie Database Cannes Film Festival, 1947 Cannes Film Festival, 1947 Category:Cannes Film Festival by year Category:1947 film festivals Category:1947 festivals in Europe