1953 Cannes Film Festival

The 6th Cannes Film Festival was held from 15 to 29 April 1953. The Grand Prix of the Festival went to The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot.

The festival opened with Horizons sans fin by Jean Dréville.

During the opening ceremony, Walt Disney was awarded the "Legion of Honour" from the hands of Monsieur Hugues, Minister of Information.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1953 competition:

Feature films Short films
 * Jean Cocteau (France) - Jury President
 * Louis Chauvet (journalist) (France)
 * Titina De Filippo (France)
 * Guy Desson (MP official) (France)
 * Philippe Erlanger (France)
 * Renée Faure (France)
 * Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France)
 * Abel Gance (France)
 * André Lang (France)
 * Georges Raguis (union official) (France)
 * Edward G. Robinson (USA)
 * Charles Spaak (Belgium)
 * Georges Van Parys (France)
 * Bert Haanstra (Netherlands)
 * Roger Leenhardt (France)
 * René Lucot (France)
 * Jean Queval (journalist) (France)
 * Jacques Schiltz (France)
 * Jean Vivie (journalist) (France)

Feature film competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:


 * 1. April 2000 by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
 * Awaara by Raj Kapoor
 * The Bandit of Brazil (O Cangaceiro) by Lima Barreto
 * Barabbas by Alf Sjöberg
 * Bongolo by André Cauvin
 * Call Me Madam by Walter Lang
 * Children of Hiroshima by Kaneto Shindō
 * Come Back, Little Sheba by Daniel Mann
 * Dedication of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu kaigen) by Teinosuke Kinugasa
 * Doña Francisquita by Ladislao Vajda
 * Él by Luis Buñuel
 * Emergency Ward (Sala de guardia) by Tulio Demicheli
 * Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) by Jean Dréville
 * Flamenco (Duende y misterio del flamenco) by Edgar Neville
 * For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth (För min heta ungdoms skull) by Arne Mattsson
 * Gendai-jin by Minoru Shibuya
 * Green Magic (Magia verde) by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
 * The Heart of the Matter by George More O'Ferrall
 * I Confess by Alfred Hitchcock
 * Intimate Relations by Charles Frank
 * Light in the High Plains (Luz en el páramo) by Víctor Urruchúa
 * Lili by Charles Walters
 * Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot) by Jacques Tati
 * Perfidy (Nevjera) by Vladimir Pogacic
 * Peter Pan by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson
 * Rossana (La red) by Emilio Fernández
 * The Sun Shines Bright by John Ford
 * Terminal Station by Vittorio De Sica
 * Las Tres perfectas casadas by Roberto Gavaldón
 * La vie passionnée de Clémenceau by Gilbert Prouteau
 * The Village (Sie fanden eine Heimat) by Leopold Lindtberg
 * The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot
 * The Wayward Wife (La provinciale) by Mario Soldati
 * Welcome Mr. Marshall! by Luis García Berlanga
 * The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) by Erik Blomberg

Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Grand Prix:


 * ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
 * Castilla, soldado de la ley by Enrico Gras
 * Doderhultarn by Olle Hellbom
 * Doh pyi daung su by Jules Bucher
 * Dubrovnik by Milan Katic
 * Gazouly, petit oiseau by Wladyslaw Starewicz, L. Starewitcz
 * Houen zo! by Herman van der Horst
 * I cristalli by Lando Colombo
 * Immagini e colore by Vittorio Sala
 * Joy of Living by Jean Oser
 * Kujira by Noburô Ôhfuji
 * Kumaon Hills by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
 * La montagna di genere by Giovanni Paolucci
 * La pintura mural Mexicana by Francisco del Villar
 * Land Of The Long Day by Douglas Wilkinson
 * Le Luxembourg et son industrie by Philippe Schneider
 * Le voyage d'Abdallah by Georges Régnier
 * Machu-Picchu by Enrico Gras
 * Marionnettes de Toon by Jean Cleinge
 * Meister der Gegenwart by Karl von Zieglmayer
 * Momoyama bidsutsu by Sôya Mizuki
 * Naskara by José Miguel De Mora
 * New Lands for Old by Krishna Gopal
 * Pescatori di laguna by Antonio Petrucci
 * Peter Breughel L'Ancien by Arcady
 * Présentation de la beauce à Notre Dame de Chartres by Jacques Berthier
 * Pylone 138 by Adolphe Forter
 * Remnants of a Stone-Age People by Louis Knobel
 * Reverón by Margot Benacerraf
 * Royal Heritage by Diana Pine
 * Salut Casa! by Jean Vidal
 * Schatten Uner Sternen by Ernest Bingen
 * So ist das Saarland by Ernest Bingen
 * The Figurehead by John Halas
 * The Great Experiment by V.R. Sarma
 * The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low
 * The Settler by Bernard Devlin
 * The Stranger Left No Card by Wendy Toye
 * Varen by Gösta Werner
 * Victoire sur L'Annapurna by Marcel Ichac
 * Vincent Van Gogh by Jan Hulsker
 * Water Birds by Ben Sharpsteen
 * White Mane (Crin Blanc, Cheval Sauvage) by Albert Lamorisse

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1953 awards: Short films
 * Grand Prix: The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot
 * International Awards:
 * Award of Visual Narration: Rosanna (La red) by Emilio Fernández
 * Award of Exploration Film: Green Magic (Magia verde) by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
 * Award of Fairy Tale Film: The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) by Erik Blomberg
 * Award of Entertainment Film: Lili by Charles Walters
 * Award of Good Humour: Welcome Mr. Marshall! (¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!) by Luis García Berlanga
 * Award of Adventure Film: The Bandit of Brazil (O Cangaceiro) by Lima Barreto
 * Award of Dramatic Film: Come Back, Little Sheba by Daniel Mann
 * Special Mention: Shirley Booth, for Come Back, Little Sheba
 * Special Mention: Charles Vanel, for The Wages of Fear
 * Jury Special Prize for his contribution to the prestige of the festival: Walt Disney
 * Homage: Flamenco (Duende y misterio del flamenco) by Edgar Neville
 * Short Film Grand Prix: White Mane by Albert Lamorisse
 * Best Fictional Film: The Stranger Left No Card by Wendy Toye
 * Best Documentary Film: Houen zo! by Herman van der Horst
 * Best Film on Art: Doderhultarn by Olle Hellbom
 * Best Animation: The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prize OCIC Award Other awards
 * Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot) by Jacques Tati
 * Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) by Jean Dréville
 * Special Mention:
 * Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga and Miguel Mihura, for the screenplay of Welcome Mr. Marshall! (¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall!)
 * Gabriel Migliori, for the score of The Bandit of Brazil (O Cangaceiro)
 * For the charming acting in Lili
 * For the use of colour in Green Magic (Magia verde)

Media

 * Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1953 festival (commentary in French)