1964 Cannes Film Festival

The 17th Cannes Film Festival was held from 29 April to 14 May 1964. On this occasion, the Palme d’Or was renamed "Grand Prix du Festival International du Film", a name that remained in use through 1974, after which it became the Palme d'Or again.

The Grand Prix went to the Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by Jacques Demy. The festival opened with Cent mille dollars au soleil, directed by Henri Verneuil.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1964 competition:

Feature films Short film jury
 * Fritz Lang (West Germany) - Jury President
 * Charles Boyer (France) Vice President
 * Joaquín Calvo-Sotelo (Spain)
 * René Clément (France)
 * Jean-Jacques Gautier (France) (journalist)
 * Alexandre Karaganov (Soviet Union) (critic)
 * Lorens Marmstedt (Sweden)
 * Geneviève Page (France)
 * Raoul Ploquin (France)
 * Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (USA)
 * Véra Volmane (France) (journalist)
 * Jean-Jacques Languepin (France) - Jury Vice President
 * Jiří Brdečka (Czechoslovakia)
 * Robert Ménégoz (France)
 * Hubert Seggelke (West Germany)
 * Alex Seiler (Switzerland)

In competition – Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:


 * Alone Across the Pacific (Taiheiyo hitori-botchi) by Kon Ichikawa
 * The Ape Woman (La donna scimmia) by Marco Ferreri
 * Barren Lives (Vidas Secas) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
 * Black God, White Devil (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) by Glauber Rocha
 * The Cry (Krik) by Jaromil Jireš
 * Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (Die Tote von Beverly Hills) by Michael Pfleghar
 * Drama of the Lark (Pacsirta) by László Ranódy
 * The Girl in Mourning (La niña de luto) by Manuel Summers
 * Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil) by Henri Verneuil
 * I Step Through Moscow (Ya shagayu po Moskve) by Georgi Daneliya
 * Last Night (El laila el akhira) by Kamal El Sheikh
 * Me First (Primero yo) by Fernando Ayala
 * Mujhe Jeene Do by Moni Bhattacharjee
 * One Potato, Two Potato by Larry Peerce
 * Passenger (Pasażerka) by Andrzej Munk
 * The Pumpkin Eater by Jack Clayton
 * Raven's End (Kvarteret Korpen) by Bo Widerberg
 * The Red Lanterns (Ta Kokkina fanaria) by Vasilis Georgiadis
 * Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata) by Pietro Germi
 * The Soft Skin (La Peau Douce) by François Truffaut
 * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
 * The White Caravan (Tetri karavani) by Eldar Shengelaya and Tamaz Meliava
 * The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) by Hiroshi Teshigahara
 * The World of Henry Orient by George Roy Hill
 * The Visit by Bernhard Wicki

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
 * The Fall of the Roman Empire by Anthony Mann
 * Skoplje '63 by Veljko Bulajić
 * White Voices (Le voci bianche) by Pasquale Festa Campanile and Massimo Franciosa

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


 * 1,2,3... by Gyula Macskássy, Gyorgy Varnai
 * Age Of The Buffalo by Austin Campbell
 * Clair obscur by George Sluizer
 * Dawn Of The Capricorne by Ahmad Faroughy-Kadjar
 * Flora nese smrt by Jiri Papousek
 * Help ! My Snowman's Burning Down by Carson Davidson
 * Himalayan Lakes by Dr. Gopal Datt
 * Kedd by Mark Novak
 * La douceur du village by François Reichenbach
 * La fuite en Egypte by Waley Eddin Sameh
 * Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides
 * Lamb by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
 * Las murallas de Cartagena by Francisco Norden
 * Le prix de la victoire (Défi) by Nobuko Shibuya
 * Li mali mestieri by Gianfranco Mingozzi
 * Marines Flamandes by Lucien Deroisy
 * Max Ernst Entdeckungsfahrten ins Unbewusste by Carl Lamb & Peter Schamoni
 * Medju oblacima by Dragan Mitrovic
 * Memoria Trandafirului by Sergiu Nicolaescu
 * Sillages by Serge Roullet
 * The Peaches by Michael Gill
 * The Raisin Salesman by William Melendez

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 3rd International Critics' Week (3e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Before the Revolution (Prima della rivoluzione) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
 * Ganga Zumba by Carlos Diégues (Brazil)
 * Goldstein by Philip Kaufman, Benjamin Manaster (United States)
 * La Herencia by Ricardo Alventosa (Argentina)
 * Joseph Kilian by Pavel Juracek, Jan Schmidt (Czechoslovakia)
 * The Parallel Street (Die Parallelstrasse) by Ferdinand Khittl (West Germany)
 * Something Different (O necem jinem) by Vera Chytilová (Czechoslovakia)
 * Point of Order by Emile de Antonio (United States)
 * La nuit du bossu by Farokh Ghafari (Iran)
 * La vie à l’envers by Alain Jessua (France)

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1964 Official selection awards: Short films
 * Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
 * Prix spécial du Jury: The Woman in the Dunes (Suna no onna) by Hiroshi Teshigahara
 * Best Actress:
 * Anne Bancroft for The Pumpkin Eater
 * Barbara Barrie for One Potato, Two Potato
 * Best Actor:
 * Antal Páger for Drama of the Lark (Pacsirta)
 * Saro Urzì for Seduced and Abandoned (Sedotta e abbandonata)
 * Special Mention: Andrzej Munk for Pasażerka and his entire work
 * Grand Prix du Jury: Le prix de la victoire by Nobuko Shibuya & La douceur du village by François Reichenbach
 * Prix spécial du Jury: Help ! My Snowman's Burning Down by Carson Davidson & Sillages by Serge Roullet
 * Short film Technical Prize: Dawn Of The Capricorne by Ahmad Faroughy-Kadjar

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Commission Supérieure Technique OCIC Award Kodak Short Film Award
 * FIPRESCI Prize: Passenger (Pasażerka) by Andrzej Munk
 * Technical Grand Prize:
 * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
 * Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (Die Tote von Beverly Hills) by Michael Pfleghar
 * The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) by Jacques Demy
 * Barren Lives (Vidas Secas) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
 * Lacrimae rerum by Nicolas Nicolaides

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 1964 festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: Arrivée des personnalités au Palais des festivals (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1964 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)