The 4th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 20 April 1951 . The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial reasons. In 1951, the festival took place in April instead of September to avoid direct competition with the Venice Film Festival .[ 4]
As in the previous two festivals, the entire jury was made up of French persons. The Grand Prix of the Festival went to two different films, Miss Julie by Alf Sjöberg and Miracle in Milan by Vittorio De Sica .[ 5]
The festival honoured Michèle Morgan , Jean Marais and Jean Cocteau with the Victoire du cinéma français award.[ 6] [ 7]
Jury
Andre Maurois, Jury President
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature and short films.[ 8]
Substitute members
Short films
Marcel De Hubsch
Marcel Ichac
Fred Orain
Jean Thevenot (journalist)
Feature film competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:[ 3]
Short films
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage:[ 3]
Así es Madrid directed by Joaquín Soriano
Azerbaidjan Soviètique directed by F. Kissiliov and M. Dadachev
Bali, eiland der Goden directed by N. Drakulić
Bim directed by Albert Lamorisse
Carnet de plongée directed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Chasse à courre au Pôle Nord directed by Nils Rasmussen
Colette directed by Yannick Bellon
Der gelbe Dom directed by Eugen Schuhmacher
Der goldene Brunnen directed by H. Walter Kolm-Veltee
Der zee ontrukt directed by Herman van der Horst
En Sevilla hay una fiesta directed by Joaquín Soriano
Esthonie Soviètique by V. Tomber and I. Guidine
Ett hörn i norr directed by Arne Sucksdorff
Family Portrait directed by Humphrey Jennings
Festival Time directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
French Canada: 1534-1848 directed by Bernard Devlin
Histoire d'un Facoun Royal directed by István Homoki Nagy
Homme des oasis directed by Georges Régnier
Inondations directed by Al Stark and Morten Parker
L'Algérie humaine directed by Jean-Charles Carlus
L'autre Moisson directed by René Lucot
L'Empire directed by Alberto Ancillotti
L'Eruption de l'Etna directed by Domenico Paolella
La vie due riz directed by Jinkichi Ohta
La Voie Est-Ouest directed by K. Gordon Murray
Lettonie Soviètique directed by F. Kissiliov
Magnetism directed by John Durst
New Pioneers directed by Baruch Dienar
Notre-Dame de Luxembourg directed by Florent Antony
Oton Joupantchitch by France Kosmač
The Private Life of a Silk Worm directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
Rajasthan N° 1 directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
River of Steel directed by Peter Sachs
Schwarze Gesellen directed by Prof. Walter Hege
Soutyeska by Pierre Maihrovski
Suite du de danses Berbères directed by Serge Debecque
Turay directed by Enrico Gras
Ukraine en Fleurs directed by Mikhail Slutsky
Vertigo directed by Eusebio Fernández Ardavín
Awards
Alf Sjöberg, Grand Prix winner
Vittorio De Sica, Grand Prix winner
Bert Haanstra, Grand Prix winner
The following films and people received the 1951 awards:[ 2] [ 9] [ 5]
Feature Films
Short Films
Prix Spécial du Jury
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film pour le Meilleur Film Scientifique:
References
External links
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