Jury

• Marcel Pagnol
  Marcel Pagnol
  Marcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. In 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie Française.-Biography:...
  
   (France) (president)
• Marcel Achard
  Marcel Achard
  Marcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly-recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles for five decades...
  
   (France)
• Juan Antonio Bardem (Spain)
• A. Dignimont (France)
• Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France)
• Leopold Lindtberg
  Leopold Lindtberg
  Leopold Lindtberg was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director...
  
   (Switzerland)
• Anatole Litvak
  Anatole Litvak
  Anatole Litvak was a Ukrainian-born filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in a various countries and languages...
  
   (USA)
• Isa Miranda
  Isa Miranda
  Isa Miranda was an Italian actress with an international film career.A native of Bergamo, Isa Miranda worked as a typist whilst attending the drama academy in Milan and training as a stage actress. She went on to play bit parts in Italian films in Rome...
  
   (Italy)
• Leonard Mosley
  Leonard Mosley
  Leonard Mosley was a British journalist, historian, biographer and novelist. His works include five novels and biographies of General George Marshall, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, Walt Disney, Charles Lindbergh, Du Pont family, Eleanor Dulles, Allen Welsh Dulles, John Foster Dulles and Darryl...
  
   (UK)
• Jean Nery (France)
• Sergei Yutkevich
  Sergei Yutkevich
  Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was an award-winning Soviet film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:He began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Later he helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor , which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the...
  
   (Soviet Union)
• Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
  Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
  Jacques Doniol-Valcroze was a French actor, critic, screenwriter, and director...
  
   (France) (short films)
• Herman van der Horst (Netherlands) (short films)
• Marcel Ichac
  Marcel Ichac
  Marcel Ichac was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for Karakoram and released the first French movie in CinemaScope, Nouveaux Horizons .- Filmography...
  
   (France) (short films)
• Karl Korn (West Germany) (short films)
• Jean Perdrix (France) (short films)

Feature film competition

• Bad Day at Black Rock
  Bad Day at Black Rock
  Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 thriller film directed by John Sturges that combines elements of Westerns and film noir. It tells the story of a mysterious stranger who arrives at a tiny isolated town in a desert of the southwest United States in search of a man...
  
  by John Sturges
  John Sturges
  John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock , Gunfight at the O.K. Corral , The Magnificent Seven , The Great Escape and Ice Station Zebra .-Career:He started his career in Hollywood as an editor in 1932...
  
  
• Biraj Bahu
  Biraj Bahu
  Biraj Bahu is a 1955 Hindi film produced by Hiten Choudhury and directed by Bimal Roy, and based on a novel by Saratchandra Chatterjee. The film stars Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya and Pran. The films music is by Salil Choudhury-Plot:...
  
  by Bimal Roy
  Bimal Roy
  Bimal Roy was one of the most acclaimed Indian film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema...
  
  
• Bolshaya Semya
  A Big Family
  A Big Family is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. It was based on Vsevolod Kochetov's novel Zhurbiny.-Cast:* Sergei Lukyanov - Matvei Zhurbin...
  
  by Iosif Kheifits
  Iosif Kheifits
  Iosif Kheifits was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes , People's Artist of USSR , Hero of Socialist Labor . Member of the Communist Party of Soviet Union since 1945....
  
  
• Boot Polish
  Boot Polish (film)
  Boot Polish is a 1954 Hindi film directed by Prakash Arora and produced by Raj Kapoor. It won Best Film at the Filmfare Awards and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
  
  by Prakash Arora
• Carmen Jones
  Carmen Jones (film)
  Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the libretto for the 1943 stage production of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II, which was inspired by an adaptation of the 1845 Prosper Mérimée novella Carmen by...
  
  by Otto Preminger
  Otto Preminger
  Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austro–Hungarian-American theatre and film director.After moving from the theatre to Hollywood, he directed over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel...
  
  
• Chikamatsu Monogatari
  The Crucified Lovers
  is a 1954 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 17th century play Daikyoji sekireki , hence the title.-Synopsis:...
  
  by Kenji Mizoguchi
  Kenji Mizoguchi
  Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
  
  
• Continente perduto
  Lost Continent (1954 film)
  Lost Continent is an Italian documentary film about the Malay Archipelago and Borneo.-Awards:* 1955 Cannes Film Festival: Special Jury Prize* 5th Berlin International Film Festival: Big Silver Medal...
  
  by Leonardo Bonzi, Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras
  Enrico Gras
  Enrico Gras was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1941 and 1961.-External links:...
  
  , Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
  Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
  Angelo Francesco Lavagnino was an Italian composer. He is best known for writing the scores to dozens of films, including The Naked Maja, Legend of the Lost, Gorgo, Daisy Miller, and two directed by Orson Welles, Othello, Chimes at Midnight, and Esther and the King.Lavagnino won the Nastro...
  
   and Giorgio Moser
  Giorgio Moser
  Giorgio Moser was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1954 and 1996.-External links:...
  
  
• The Country Girl
  The Country Girl (1954 film)
  The Country Girl is a 1954 drama film adapted by George Seaton from a Clifford Odets play of the same name, which tells the story of an alcoholic has-been actor struggling with the one last chance he's been given to resurrect his career. It stars Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and William Holden. Seaton,...
  
  by George Seaton
  George Seaton
  George Seaton was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director.Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, Seaton moved to Detroit after graduating from college to work as an actor on radio station WXYZ. John L...
  
  
• Det brenner i natt!
  Det brenner i natt!
  Det brenner i natt! is a 1955 Norwegian drama film directed by Arne Skouen. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :Tim is a proofreader at a newspaper in Oslo by day, and a pyromaniac at night. Only one other knows about Tim's dark side: his childhood friend and editor of the...
  
  by Arne Skouen
• Le Dossier noir
  Black Dossier (film)
  Black Dossier is a 1955 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Jean-Marc Bory as Juge Jacques Arnaud* Danièle Delorme as Yvonne Dutoit* Bernard Blier as Commissaire Noblet...
  
  by André Cayatte
  André Cayatte
  André Cayatte was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.Some of Cayatte's earlier films that covered these...
  
  
• Du rififi chez les hommes
  Rififi
  Rififi is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony le Stéphanois, Carl Möhner as Jo le Suédois, Robert Manuel as Mario Farrati, and Jules Dassin as César le...
  
  by Jules Dassin
  Jules Dassin
  Julius "Jules" Dassin , was an American film director, with Jewish-Russian origins. He was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France where he revived his career.-Early life:...
  
  
• East of Eden by Elia Kazan
  Elia Kazan
  Elia Kazan was an American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, the family emigrated...
  
  
• The End of the Affair
  The End of the Affair (1955 film)
  The End of the Affair is a 1955 film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, Peter Cushing and John Mills. It is based on the novel The End of the Affair by Graham Greene....
  
  by Edward Dmytryk
  Edward Dmytryk
  Edward Dmytryk was an American film director who was amongst the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who served time in prison for being in contempt of Congress during the McCarthy-era 'red scare'.-Early life:Dmytryk was born in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada,...
  
  
• Un extraño en la escalera
  Un extraño en la escalera
  Un extraño en la escalera is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by Tulio Demicheli. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Arturo de Córdova* Silvia Pinal* José María Linares-Rivas* Andrés Soler...
  
  by Tulio Demicheli
  Tulio Demicheli
  Tulio Demicheli was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era....
  
  
• Geroite na Shipka by Sergei Vasilyev
  Sergei Vasilyev
  Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter. From 1928 to 1943 together with Georgi Vasilyev he co-directed several films, including an influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev...
  
  
• Giv'a 24 Eina Ona
  Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
  Hill 24 Doesn't Answer , the first feature film produced in Israel, is a 1955 Israeli war film directed by Thorold Dickinson. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Edward Mulhare - James Finnegan* Michael Wager - Allan Goodman...
  
  by Thorold Dickinson
  Thorold Dickinson
  Thorold Barron Dickinson was a British film director, screenwriter, producer, and Britains's first university Professor of Film.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• L'oro di Napoli
  The Gold of Naples
  The Gold of Naples is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes: a clown exploited by a hoodlum; an...
  
  by Vittorio De Sica
  Vittorio de Sica
  Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....
  
  
• Hayat ou maut
  Life or Death (film)
  Life or Death is a 1955 Egyptian film directed by Kamal El Sheikh. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival....
  
  by Kamal El Sheikh
  Kamal El Sheikh
  Kamal El Sheikh was an Egyptian film director. He directed 28 films between 1952 and 1987.-Selected filmography:* Malak al-Rahma * Al-Manzel Raqam 13 * Hob wa Dumoo`...
  
  
• Jedda
  Jedda
  Jedda was the last movie made by the Australian filmmaker Charles Chauvel. The film is most notable for being the first to star two Aboriginal actors in the leading roles, and also to be the first Australian film shot in colour...
  
  by Charles Chauvel
• A Kid for Two Farthings
  A Kid for Two Farthings (film)
  A Kid For Two Farthings is a 1955 film, directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his own novel of the same name.-Plot:...
  
  by Carol Reed
  Carol Reed
  Sir Carol Reed was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out , The Fallen Idol , The Third Man and Oliver!...
  
  
• Liliomfi
  Liliomfi
  Liliomfi is a 1954 Hungarian comedy film directed by Károly Makk. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Iván Darvas - Liliomfi* Marianne Krencsey - Mariska* Margit Dajka - Camilla* Samu Balázs - Szilvay professzor...
  
  by Károly Makk
• Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs
  Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs
  Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs is a 1955 German drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring O. W. Fischer. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* O. W...
  
  by Helmut Käutner
• Marcelino pan y vino by Ladislao Vajda
• Marty
  Marty (film)
  Marty is a 1955 American film directed by Delbert Mann. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name. The film stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. The film enjoyed international success, winning the 1955 Academy Award for Best Picture and...
  
  by Delbert Mann
  Delbert Mann
  Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. was an American television and film director. He won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty...
  
  
• Die Mücke
  Die Mücke
  Die Mücke is a 1954 German drama film directed by Walter Reisch. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Hilde Krahl - Vilma* Margot Hielscher - Jeanette* Gustav Knuth - Karrari* Bernhard Wicki - Hugo* Walter Janssen - Lotsch...
  
  by Walter Reisch
  Walter Reisch
  Walter Reisch was an Austrian-born director and screenwriter. He also wrote lyrics to several songs featured in his films, one popular title is "Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne".-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Onna no koyomi
  Onna no koyomi
  Onna no koyomi is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kinuyo Tanaka - Michi Saeki* Yôko Sugi - Kuniko Hyuga* Kyôko Kagawa - Mie Hyuga* Hisao Toake - Manzo Saeki...
  
  by Seiji Hisamatsu
  Seiji Hisamatsu
  was a Japanese film director. He directed 101 films between 1934 and 1965.-Selected filmography:* * Keisatsu nikki * Onna no koyomi -External links:...
  
  
• Psohlavci
  Dog's Heads
  Dog's Heads is a 1955 Czech drama film directed by Martin Frič. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Vladimír Ráz - Jan Sladký-Kozina* Jana Dítetová - Hancí* Jarmila Kurandová - Mother* Zdenek Stepánek...
  
  by Martin Frič
  Martin Fric
  Martin Frič was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He had over 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films.-Filmography:* Páter Vojtěch...
  
  
• Raíces
  Roots (film)
  Roots is a 1955 Mexican drama film directed by Benito Alazraki. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Juan de la Cruz - Esteban * Juan Cano - Don Remigio...
  
  by Benito Alazraki
  Benito Alazraki
  Benito Alazraki was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1955 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* Roots * Muñecos infernales * Santo Contra los Zombis...
  
  
• Romeo i Dzhulyetta
  Romeo and Juliet (1955 film)
  Romeo and Juliet is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. -Cast:* Galina Ulanova - Juliet* Yuri Zhdanov - Romeo * I. Olenina - Juliet's nurse...
  
  by Lev Arnshtam
  Lev Arnshtam
  Lev Oskarovich Arnshtam was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1936 and 1967.-Filmography:* Girl Friends * Friends ...
  
   and Leonid Lavrovsky
• Samba Fantástico by Jean Manzon and René Persin
• Senhime by Keigo Kimura
• Il segno di Venere
  The Sign of Venus
  The Sign of Venus is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi and starring Sophia Loren. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Franca Valeri - Cesira* Sophia Loren - Agnese Tirabassi* Vittorio De Sica - Alessio Spano...
  
  by Dino Risi
• Stella by Michael Cacoyannis

Awards

• Golden Palm: Marty
  Marty (film)
  Marty is a 1955 American film directed by Delbert Mann. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name. The film stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. The film enjoyed international success, winning the 1955 Academy Award for Best Picture and...
  
  by Delbert Mann
  Delbert Mann
  Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. was an American television and film director. He won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty...
  
  
• Jury Special Prize
  Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Jury Prize is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix....
  
  : Lost Continent
  Lost Continent (1954 film)
  Lost Continent is an Italian documentary film about the Malay Archipelago and Borneo.-Awards:* 1955 Cannes Film Festival: Special Jury Prize* 5th Berlin International Film Festival: Big Silver Medal...
  
  by Leonardo Bonzi, Mario Craveri, Enrico Gras
  Enrico Gras
  Enrico Gras was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1941 and 1961.-External links:...
  
  , Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
  Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
  Angelo Francesco Lavagnino was an Italian composer. He is best known for writing the scores to dozens of films, including The Naked Maja, Legend of the Lost, Gorgo, Daisy Miller, and two directed by Orson Welles, Othello, Chimes at Midnight, and Esther and the King.Lavagnino won the Nastro...
  
   and Giorgio Moser
  Giorgio Moser
  Giorgio Moser was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1954 and 1996.-External links:...
  
  
• Best Actor
  Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....
  
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  • Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American theatrical and film actor, who appeared in 75 films from 1930 to 1967. Tracy was one of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, ranking among the top ten box office draws for almost every year from 1938 to 1951...
    
     for Bad Day at Black Rock
    Bad Day at Black Rock
    Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 thriller film directed by John Sturges that combines elements of Westerns and film noir. It tells the story of a mysterious stranger who arrives at a tiny isolated town in a desert of the southwest United States in search of a man...
    
    
  • Sergei Lukyanov, Boris Andreyev
    Boris Andreyev
    Boris Fyodorovich Andreyev was a Soviet actor. He appeared in 51 films between 1939 and 1982.-Biography:Boris Andreyev was born 9 February 1915 in Saratov, Russian Empire to a family of workers. His childhood and youth years were spent in Atkarsk, Saratov Governorate...
    
    , Aleksey Batalov
    Aleksey Batalov
    Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov is a Soviet and Russian actor who has been acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989.-Biography:...
    
    , Sergei Kurilov, Vadim Medvedev, Boris Bityukov, Nikolai Gritsenko
    Nikolai Gritsenko
    Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko was a Soviet actor of Russian-Ukrainian heritage. He appeared in 33 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Moscow, Russia. There he was designated Honorable actor of Russia and People's Actor of the USSR...
    
    , Pavel Kadochnikov
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    Pavel Petrovich Kadochnikov was a Russian actor, film director and scenario. . Among the notable roles he had as an actor were in the film Ivan the Terrible, directed by Sergei Eisenstein. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR and a Hero of Socialist Labor .-Biography:Pavel Kadochnikov was...
    
    , Boris Kokovkin and Nikolai Sergeyev for Bolshaya Semya
• Best Actress
  Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....
  
  : Yelena Dobronravova, Vera Kuznetsova, Klara Luchko
  Klara Luchko
  Klara Stepanivna Luchko was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her roles in the Soviet cinema.She received the title of People's Artist of the USSR, the highest honour that could be bestowed to a cinema artist, awarded to her in 1978....
  
  , Yekaterina Savinova, Iya Arepina
  Iya Arepina
  Iya Alexeyevna Arepina was a Soviet/Russian actress.She was named Best Actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Bolshaya Semya, directed by Iosif Kheifits....
  
   and Larisa Kronberg for Bolshaya Semya
• Best Director
  Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Best Director Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946....
  
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  • Jules Dassin
    Jules Dassin
    Julius "Jules" Dassin , was an American film director, with Jewish-Russian origins. He was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France where he revived his career.-Early life:...
    
     for Rififi
    Rififi
    Rififi is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony le Stéphanois, Carl Möhner as Jo le Suédois, Robert Manuel as Mario Farrati, and Jules Dassin as César le...
    
    
  • Sergei Vasilyev
    Sergei Vasilyev
    Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter. From 1928 to 1943 together with Georgi Vasilyev he co-directed several films, including an influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev...
    
     for Geroite na Shipka
    Geroite na Shipka
    Geroite na Shipka is a 1955 Soviet Union/Bulgarian co-production drama film. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78...
    
    
• Special Mention:
  • Naaz for her child actress performance in Boot Polish
    Boot Polish (film)
    Boot Polish is a 1954 Hindi film directed by Prakash Arora and produced by Raj Kapoor. It won Best Film at the Filmfare Awards and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
    
    
  • Pablito Calvo
    Pablito Calvo
    Pablito Calvo was a Spanish child actor. After the international success of Marcelino, pan y vino, where he won a Cannes Film Festival award , he became Spain's most famous child actor...
    
     for his child actor performance in Marcelino pan y vino
• Short Film Palme d'Or
  Short Film Palme d'Or
  The Short Film Palme d'Or is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the same jury of the Cinéfondation....
  
  : Blinkity Blank
  Blinkity Blank
  Blinkity Blank is a 1955 animated short film by Norman McLaren, engraved directly onto black film leader, Blinkity Blank features a soundtrack combining improvisational jazz from composer Maurice Blackburn along with graphical sounds created by McLaren scratching onto the film's optical...
  
  
• Special Distinction - Short Film: Zolotaya antilopa by Lev Atamanov
• Best Short Documentary: Isole di fuoco by Vittorio De Seta
  Vittorio De Seta
  Vittorio De Seta was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter, considered one of the Italian cinema's great imaginative realists of the Sixties.- Biography :...
  
  
• Best Dramatic Film: East of Eden by Elia Kazan
  Elia Kazan
  Elia Kazan was an American director and actor, described by the New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history". Born in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, to Greek parents originally from Kayseri in Anatolia, the family emigrated...
  
  
• Best Lyrical Film: Romeo i Dzhulyetta by Lev Arnshtam
  Lev Arnshtam
  Lev Oskarovich Arnshtam was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1936 and 1967.-Filmography:* Girl Friends * Friends ...
  
   and Leonid Lavrovsky
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Muerte de un ciclista by Juan Antonio Bardem
  • Roots by Benito Alazraki
    Benito Alazraki
    Benito Alazraki was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1955 and 1995.-Selected filmography:* Roots * Muñecos infernales * Santo Contra los Zombis...
    
    
• OCIC Award: Marty
  Marty (film)
  Marty is a 1955 American film directed by Delbert Mann. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name. The film stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. The film enjoyed international success, winning the 1955 Academy Award for Best Picture and...
  
  by Delbert Mann
  Delbert Mann
  Delbert Martin Mann, Jr. was an American television and film director. He won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Marty...
  
  
• OCIC Award - Special Mention: Marcelino pan y vino by Ladislao Vajda

External links

• 1955 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1955 at Internet Movie Database
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