1955 Cannes Film Festival

1955 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 8th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Marcel Huet[1]
Opening filmDu rififi chez les hommes
Closing filmCarmen Jones
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsGolden Palm (Marty)[2]
No. of films33 (In Competition)[3]
2 (Out of Competition)
40 (Short Film)
Festival date26 April 1955 (1955-04-26) – 10 May 1955 (1955-05-10)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The 8th Cannes Film Festival was held from 26 April to 10 May 1955.[4] The Golden Palm went to the US film Marty by Delbert Mann.[5] The festival opened with Du rififi chez les hommes by Jules Dassin[6] and closed with Carmen Jones by Otto Preminger.

Until the 1954 Festival, the whimsical way various prizes were being awarded had drawn much criticism. In answer to this, from 1955 onwards, the Jury was composed of foreign celebrities from the film industry.[7] In 1955, the first Palme d'Or was awarded, as the highest prize of the Festival.

  1. ^ "Posters 1955". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference awards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference selection was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "1955 - L'Or de Cannes (The Gold of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "8ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Opening of the 1955 Festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "The History of the Festival / The 1950s". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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