1957 Cannes Film Festival

The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957.

Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini, La casa del ángel by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, A Man Escaped by Robert Bresson, and The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman were entered for the Palme d'Or. They lost to Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler. The festival opened with Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson. During the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, Dolores del Río was the first female member of the jury for the official selection.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1957 competition:

Feature films Short films
 * André Maurois (France) - Jury President
 * Jean Cocteau (France) - Honorary Jury President
 * Dolores del Río (Mexico)
 * Maurice Genevoix (France)
 * Georges Huisman (France) (historian)
 * Maurice Lehmann (France)
 * Marcel Pagnol (France)
 * Michael Powell (UK)
 * Jules Romains (France)
 * George Stevens (USA)
 * Vladimír Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 * Claude Aveline (France)
 * Roman Karmen (Soviet Union)
 * Albert Lamorisse (France)
 * Alberto Lattuada (Italy)
 * Jean Vivie (CST official) (France)

Feature film competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:


 * The Bachelor Party by Delbert Mann
 * Duped Till Doomsday (Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) by Kurt Jung-Alsen
 * He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir) by Jules Dassin
 * The House of the Angel (La Casa del ángel) by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
 * Don Quixote (Don Kikhot) by Grigori Kozintsev
 * Earth (Zemya) by Zahari Zhandov
 * Faustina by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
 * The Forty-First (Sorok pervyy) by Grigori Chukhrai
 * Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
 * Funny Face by Stanley Donen
 * Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
 * Guendalina by Alberto Lattuada
 * The Harvest Month (Elokuu) by Matti Kassila
 * High Tide at Noon by Philip Leacock
 * Kanał by Andrzej Wajda
 * Lapland Calendar (Same Jakki) by Per Høst
 * Lost Children (Ztracenci) by Miloš Makovec
 * A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut) by Robert Bresson
 * The Mill of Good Luck (La 'Moara cu noroc') by Victor Iliu
 * Nights of Cabiria (Le notti di Cabiria) by Federico Fellini
 * The Rice People (Kome) by Tadashi Imai
 * Qivitoq by Erik Balling
 * Rekava by Lester James Peries
 * Rose Bernd by Wolfgang Staudte
 * The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet) by Ingmar Bergman
 * Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
 * Sissi - The Young Empress (Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin) by Ernst Marischka
 * Two Confessions (Két vallomás) by Márton Keleti
 * Valley of Peace (Dolina miru) by France Štiglic
 * Whither? (Ila Ayn) by Georges Nasser
 * Yangtse Incident by Michael Anderson

Out of competition
The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:
 * Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson

Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


 * Altitude 7.546 by I. Grek
 * Bolcsok by Ágoston Kollányi
 * Carnival in Quebec by Jean Palardy
 * City of Gold by Colin Low, Wolf Koenig
 * Diario Uruguayo by Eugenio Hintz
 * Die Große Wanderung by Walter Suchner
 * Een leger van gehouwen steen by Theo Van Haren Noman
 * Gast auf Erden by Karl Stanzl
 * History of the Cinema by John Halas
 * Il sogno dei gonzaga by Antonio Petrucci
 * Jabulani Africa by Jok Uys, Jamie Uys
 * Śląsk by Witold Lesiewicz
 * La mariee portait des perles by Kurt Baum, Errol Hinds
 * Let nad mocvarom (Flight Above the Marshes) by Aleksandar Petrović
 * Magic of the Mountains by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
 * Michel de ghelderode by Luc De Heusch
 * Nessebar by Stephane Topaldjikov
 * Niok l'éléphant by Edmond Sechan
 * Ochotniki iujnikh morey (Les chasseurs des mers du sud) by S. Kogan
 * Paraplícko by Bretislav Pojar
 * Rembrandt, schilder van de mens by Bert Haanstra
 * San Antonio de la Florida by Santos Núñez
 * A Brief History (Scurtă Istorie) by Ion Popescu-Gopo
 * Soseiji Gakkyu by Susumu Hani
 * Splintret emalje by Johan Jacobsen
 * Toute la mémoire du monde by Alain Resnais
 * Vacances Tunisiennes by René Vautier
 * Western Symphonie by Thomas L. Rowe
 * Wiesensommer (Prairie d'été) by Heinz Sielmann

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1957 awards: Short films
 * Palme d'Or: Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
 * Jury Special Prize:
 * Kanał by Andrzej Wajda
 * The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
 * Best Director: Robert Bresson for A Man Escaped
 * Best Actress: Giulietta Masina for Nights of Cabiria
 * Special Mention: Elsa Daniel for La casa del ángel
 * Best Actor: John Kitzmiller for Valley of Peace (Dolina miru)
 * Special Mentions: Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
 * Special Award: The Forty-first by Grigori Chukhrai
 * Best Romantic Documentary:
 * Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
 * Qivitoq by Erik Balling
 * Short Film Palme d'Or: A Brief History (Scurtă Istorie) by Ion Popescu-Gopo
 * Special mention: Ochotniki iujnikh morey (Les chasseurs des mers du sud) by S. Kogan
 * Documentary Prize: City of Gold by Colin Low, Wolf Koenig
 * Prize for Film in Nature: Wiesensommer (Prairie d'été) by Heinz Sielmann

Independent awards
OCIC Award
 * Special Mention:
 * He Who Must Die by Jules Dassin
 * Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini

Media

 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1957 footage
 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1957 opens
 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1957 ends
 * INA: Opening of the 1957 festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: Jury at the 1957 Cannes festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: Closure of the 1957 Festival (commentary in French)