1963 Cannes Film Festival

The 16th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 May 1963. The Palme d'Or went to the Il Gattopardo by Luchino Visconti. The festival opened with The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1963 film competition:

Feature films Short films
 * Armand Salacrou (France) - Jury President
 * Rouben Mamoulian (USA) - Jury Vice President
 * Jacqueline Audry (France)
 * Wilfrid Baumgartner (BDF official) (France)
 * François Chavane (France)
 * Jean de Baroncelli (critic) (France)
 * Robert Hossein (France)
 * Kashiko Kawakita (Japan)
 * Steven Pallos (UK)
 * Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
 * Rostislav Yurenev (Soviet Union)
 * Henri Alekan (France) - Jury President
 * Robert Alla (France)
 * Karl Schedereit (West Germany)
 * Ahmed Sefrioui (Morocco)
 * Semih Tugrul (journalist) (Turkey)

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


 * Les Abysses by Nikos Papatakis
 * Alvorada by Hugo Niebeling
 * The Cage (La Cage) by Robert Darène
 * Carom Shots (Carambolages) by Marcel Bluwal
 * The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný
 * Codine by Henri Colpi
 * The Conjugal Bed (L'ape regina) by Marco Ferreri
 * A Cozy Cottage (Kertes házak utcája) by Tamás Fejér
 * Empress Wu Tse-Tien (Wu Ze Tian) by Li Han Hsiang
 * The Fiances (I Fidanzati) by Ermanno Olmi
 * For Those Who Will Follow (Pour la suite du monde) by Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault
 * Glory Sky (Ouranos) by Takis Kanellopoulos
 * The Good Love (El Buen amor) by Francisco Regueiro
 * Harakiri (Seppuku) by Masaki Kobayashi
 * How to Be Loved (Jak być kochaną) by Wojciech Has
 * The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) by Luchino Visconti
 * Like Two Drops of Water (Als twee druppels water) by Fons Rademakers
 * Lord of the Flies by Peter Brook
 * Optimistic Tragedy (Optimisticheskaya tragediya) by Samson Samsonov
 * El Otro Cristóbal by Armand Gatti
 * Rat Trap (Le Rat d'Amérique) by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco
 * This Sporting Life by Lindsay Anderson
 * To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan
 * Tobacco (Тютюн) by Nikola Korabov
 * The Venerable Ones (Los Venerables todos) by Manuel Antín
 * What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Robert Aldrich

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
 * 8½ by Federico Fellini
 * The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock

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


 * A fleur d'eau by Alex Seiler
 * Bouket zvezdi by Radka Batchvarova
 * Citizens Of Tomorrow by Jamie Uys
 * The Critic by Ernest Pintoff
 * Das Grabmal des Kaisers by Istvan V. Szots
 * Di Domenica by Luigi Bazzoni
 * La ferriera abbandonata by Aglauco Casadio
 * Geel by Costia de Renesse
 * Geschwindigkeit by Edgar Reitz
 * Le Haricot by Edmond Sechan
 * Images du ciel - Égypte o Égypte by Jacques Brissot
 * The King's Breakfast by Wendy Toye
 * My Flat (Moj stan) by Zvonimir Berkovic
 * Nakymaton Kasi by Veronica Leo
 * Oslo by Jørgen Roos
 * Playa Insolita by Javier Aguirre
 * Un Prince Belge de l'Europe, Charles Joseph de Ligne by Jacques Kupissonoff
 * Sous le signe de Neptune by A.F. Sulk
 * The Ride by Gerald Potterton
 * You by Istvan Szabo
 * Zeilen by Hattum Hoving
 * Zeleznicari by Evald Schorm

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 2nd International Critics' Week (2e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Alone or with Others (Seul ou avec d’autres) by Denys Arcand, Denis Héroux, Stéphane Venne (Canada)
 * Barnvagnen by Bo Widerberg (Sweden)
 * Déjà s'envole la fleur maigre by Paul Meyer (Belgium)
 * Hallelujah the Hills by Adolfas Mekas (United States)
 * Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme (France)
 * Pelle viva by Giuseppe Fina (Italy)
 * Pitfall (Otoshiana) by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)
 * Porto das Caixas by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil)
 * Showman by Albert Maysles, David Maysles (United States)
 * The Sun in a Net (Slnko v sieti) by Štefan Uher (Czechoslovakia)

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1963 Official selection awards: Short films
 * Palme d'Or: The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) by Luchino Visconti
 * Jury Special Prize:
 * The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný
 * Harakiri (Seppuku) by Masaki Kobayashi
 * Best Screenplay: Dumitru Carabat, Henri Colpi and Yves Jamiaque for Codine
 * Best Actress: Marina Vlady for The Conjugal Bed (L'ape regina)
 * Best Actor: Richard Harris for This Sporting Life
 * Short Film Palme d'Or:
 * Le Haricot by Edmond Séchan
 * In wechselndem Gefälle (A fleur d'eau) by Alexander J. Seiler
 * Jury Prize - Short Film: Moj Stan by Zvonimir Berković
 * Special Mention - Short Film: Di Domenica by Luigi Bazzoni & You by István Szabó
 * Short Film Technical Prize: Zeilen by Hattum Hoving

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Commission Supérieure Technique OCIC Award Other awards
 * FIPRESCI Prize:
 * This Sporting Life by Lindsay Anderson (In competition)
 * Le Joli Mai by Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme (International Critics' Week)
 * Technical Grand Prize:
 * The Cassandra Cat (Až přijde kocour) by Vojtěch Jasný
 * Codine by Henri Colpi
 * The Fiances (I Fidanzati) by Ermanno Olmi
 * Gary Cooper Award: To Kill a Mockingbird by Robert Mulligan
 * Best Evocation of a World-Shattering Epic: Optimistic Tragedy (Optimisticheskaya tragediya) by Samson Samsonov

Media

 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1963 footage
 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1963 Awards
 * INA: Opening of the 1963 festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of award-winners at the 1963 festival (commentary in French)