1960 Cannes Film Festival

The 13th Cannes Film Festival was held from 4 to 20 May 1960. The Palme d'Or went to the La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini. The festival opened with Ben-Hur, directed by William Wyler.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1960 competition:

Feature films Short films
 * Georges Simenon (Belgium) Jury President
 * Marc Allégret (France)
 * Louis Chauvet (journalist) (France)
 * Diego Fabbri (Italy)
 * Hidemi Ima (Japan)
 * Grigori Kozintsev (Soviet Union)
 * Maurice Leroux (France)
 * Max Lippmann (critic) (West Germany)
 * Henry Miller (USA)
 * Ulises Petit de Murat (Argentina)
 * Simone Renant (France)
 * Georges Altman (journalist) (France)
 * Nicolas Hayer (France)
 * Henri Storck (Belgium)
 * Jean Vivie (CST official) (France)
 * Dušan Vukotić (Yugoslavia)

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


 * America As Seen by a Frenchman (L'Amérique insolite) by François Reichenbach
 * L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni
 * Bad Luck (Zezowate szczęście) by Andrzej Munk
 * Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) by Grigori Chukhrai
 * The Chasers (Jakten) by Erik Løchen
 * Cidade Ameaçada by Roberto Farias
 * The Delinquents (Los golfos) by Carlos Saura
 * La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
 * The Enchanting Shadow (Ching nu yu hun) by Li Han Hsiang
 * First Lesson (Parvi urok) by Rangel Vulchanov
 * The Hole (Le Trou) by Jacques Becker
 * Home from the Hill by Vincente Minnelli
 * If the Wind Frightens You (Si le vent te fait peur) by Emile Degelin
 * The Lady with the Dog (Dama s sobachkoy) by Iosif Kheifits
 * Macario by Roberto Gavaldón
 * Never on Sunday (Pote tin Kyriaki) by Jules Dassin
 * The Ninth Circle (Deveti krug) by France Štiglic
 * Odd Obsession (Kagi) by Kon Ichikawa
 * Paw(also known as Boy of Two Worlds) by Astrid Henning-Jensen
 * La Procesión by Francis Lauric
 * The Savage Innocents by Nicholas Ray and Baccio Bandini
 * Seven Days... Seven Nights (Moderato Cantabile) by Peter Brook
 * Sons and Lovers by Jack Cardiff
 * Sujata by Bimal Roy
 * Telegrame by Gheorghe Naghi and Aurel Miheles
 * The Unsent Letter (Neotpravlennoye pismo) by Mikhail Kalatozov
 * The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) by Ingmar Bergman
 * When the Woman Butts In (Kam čert nemůže) by Zdeněk Podskalský
 * The Young One by Luis Buñuel

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
 * Ben-Hur by William Wyler
 * Orient-Occident by Enrico Fulchignoni

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


 * Aux confins des deux continents by Emlak Kredi Bankasi
 * La ballata del Monte Bianco by Luciano Ricci
 * The Blue of the Sky by John Ralmon
 * Le brise glace atomique Lenine by Nicholas Tcherskov
 * A City Called Copenhagen by Jørgen Roos
 * Dagen mijner jaren by Max De Haas
 * De Dragul Printesei by Ion Popescu-Gopo
 * Enfants des courants d'air by Edouard Luntz
 * Fiesta en Xochimilco by Fernando Martinez Alvarez
 * Fitz-Roy by Humberto Peruzzi
 * Franz Hellens ou documents secrets by Lucien Deroisy
 * In Search of Lincoln by Carlisle, Dunphy, Wondsel
 * Le journal d'un certain David by Pierre Jallaud, Sylvie Jallaud
 * Mali voz by Branislas Bastac
 * Materia e forma by Fulvio Tului
 * Orff-Schulwerk - Rhythmisch-Melodische Erziehung by Hans Rolf Strobel, Heinz Tichawsky
 * Paris la belle by Pierre Prévert
 * Perfecto luna by Archibaldo Burns
 * Le pilote m'a dit by Niklaus Gessner
 * Pozor by Jiří Brdečka
 * Promethee by Todor Dinov
 * Die Purpulinie by K.L. Ruppel
 * Ragadozo novenyek by Ágoston Kollányi
 * Roman mosaics in Anatolia by M.S. Ipsiroglu
 * Shringar by RavI Prakash
 * Sorolla, pintor de la luz by Manuel Dominguez
 * Le sourire by Serge Bourguignon
 * Universe by Roman Kroitor
 * Uwaga diabeł by Zenon Wasilewski
 * Les Alpinistes de la Mer (De Wadlopers) by Emile Van Moerkerken
 * Winter Quarters by John P. Taylor

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1960 awards: Short films
 * Palme d'Or: La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini
 * Jury Prize:
 * L'avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni
 * Odd Obsession (Kagi) by Kon Ichikawa
 * Best Actress:
 * Jeanne Moreau for Seven Days... Seven Nights (Moderato Cantabile)
 * Melina Mercouri for Never on Sunday (Pote tin Kyriaki)
 * Best participation:
 * The Lady with the Dog (Dama s sobachkoy) by Iosif Kheifits
 * Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) by Grigori Chukhrai
 * Short Film Palme d'Or: Le sourire by Serge Bourguignon
 * Short Film Jury Prize:
 * Paris la belle by Pierre Prévert
 * A City Called Copenhagen by Jørgen Roos
 * Universe (French version: Notre univers) by Roman Kroitor
 * Special Mention - Short Film: Dagen mijner jaren by Max De Haas

Independent awards
FIPRESCI OCIC Award Other awards
 * FIPRESCI Prize: The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) by Ingmar Bergman
 * Paw by Astrid Henning-Jensen
 * Special Mention:
 * The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) by Ingmar Bergman
 * The Young One by Luis Buñuel

Media

 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1960 footage
 * Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: Dolce Vita night at the 1960 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1960 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: Opening of the Cannes Film Festival (commentary in French)