1965 Cannes Film Festival

The 18th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 16 May 1965. Olivia de Havilland became the first woman president of the jury.

The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to The Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard Lester. The festival opened with The Collector, directed by William Wyler and closed with Tōkyō Orinpikku, directed by Kon Ichikawa.

Jury


The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1965 film competition:

Feature films Short films
 * Olivia de Havilland (USA) - Jury President
 * Goffredo Lombardo (Italy) - Jury Vice President
 * André Maurois (France) - Honorary Jury President
 * Max Aub (Mexico)
 * Michel Aubriant (journalist) (France)
 * Rex Harrison (UK)
 * François Reichenbach (France)
 * Alain Robbe-Grillet (France)
 * Konstantin Simonov (Soviet Union)
 * Edmond Ténoudji (France)
 * Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland)
 * Gérardot (France) - Jury President
 * Istvan Dosai (Hungary) (Cinématographie official)
 * Jacques Ledoux (Belgium)
 * Herman van der Horst (Netherlands)
 * Carlos Vilardebó (France)

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


 * The 317th Platoon (La 317ème section) by Pierre Schoendoerffer
 * Always Further On (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)) by Luis Alcoriza
 * Circus Angel (Fifi la plume) by Albert Lamorisse
 * Clay by Giorgio Mangiamele
 * The Collector by William Wyler
 * Az Életbe táncoltatott leány by Tamás Banovich
 * The First Day of Freedom (Pierwszy dzien wolnosci) by Aleksander Ford
 * Forest of the Hanged (Padurea spânzuratilor) by Liviu Ciulei
 * Al Haram by Henry Barakat
 * The Hill by Sidney Lumet
 * The Ipcress File by Sidney J. Furie
 * The Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard Lester
 * Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi
 * The Lark (Zhavoronok) by Nikita Kurikhin and Leonid Menaker
 * Loving Couples (Älskande par) by Mai Zetterling
 * Men and Women (Noite Vazia) by Walter Hugo Khouri
 * The Moment of Truth (Il momento della verità) by Francesco Rosi and Antonio Levesi Cervi
 * My Home Is Copacabana (Mitt hem är Copacabana) by Arne Sucksdorff
 * El Reñidero by René Múgica
 * The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze) by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos
 * Snakes and Ladders (El juego de la oca) by Manuel Summers
 * There Was an Old Couple (Zhili-byli starik so starukhoj) by Grigori Chukhrai
 * Torrid Noon (Goreshto pladne) by Zako Heskija
 * Treason (Prodosia) by Kostas Manoussakis
 * The Uninhibited (Los pianos mecánicos) by Juan Antonio Bardem
 * Yo Yo by Pierre Étaix

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


 * Amsterdam by Herman Van Der Horst
 * Le Cinquième Soleil by Jacqueline Grigaut-Lefevre
 * In Harm's Way by Otto Preminger
 * John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums by Bruce Herschensohn
 * Mary Poppins by Robert Stevenson
 * Tōkyō Orinpikku by Kon Ichikawa

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


 * Aah... Tamara by Pim de la Parra
 * Anamniseis apo tin Ellada by Francis Carabott
 * Asinus by Vasil Mirchev
 * Au bord de la route by Chou-Tchen Wang
 * Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei
 * Le Crocodile majuscule by Eddy Ryssack
 * Évariste Galois by Alexandre Astruc
 * Féerie du cuivre by Herbert E. Meyer
 * I videl sam daljine meglene i kalne by Zlatko Bourek
 * Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan Švankmajer
 * Los Junqueros by Oscar Kantor
 * The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes by Robert Clouse
 * Monsieur Plateau by Jean Brismée
 * Noworoczna noc by Jerzy Zitzman
 * Ohrid Express by Jean Dasque and Robert Legrand
 * Overture by János Vadász
 * Petrol-Carburant-Kraftstoff by Hugo Niebeling
 * Poprannii obet by Guénrikh Markarian
 * Processioni in Sicilia by Michele Gandin
 * Sanawat el magd by Atef Salem

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 4th International Critics' Week (4e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Amador by Francisco Regueiro (Spain)
 * Andy by Richard C. Sarafian (United States)
 * The Cat in the Bag (Le chat dans le sac) by Gilles Groulx (Canada)
 * The Glass Cage (La cage de verre) by Philippe Arthuys, Jean-Louis Levi-Avarès (France, Israel)
 * Hole in the Moon (Hor B'Levana) by Uri Zohar (Israel)
 * It Happened Here by Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo (United Kingdom)
 * Walkover by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland)
 * Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci) by Jan Nemec (Czechoslovakia)
 * Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake by Mary Ellen Bute (United States)

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1965 Official selection awards: Short films
 * Grand Prix du Festival International du film: The Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard Lester
 * Prix spécial du Jury: Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi
 * Best Director: Liviu Ciulei for Forest of the Hanged (Pădurea spânzuraţilor)
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Pierre Schoendoerffer for The 317th Platoon (La 317e Section)
 * Ray Rigby for The Hill
 * Best Actress: Samantha Eggar for The Collector
 * Best Actor: Terence Stamp for The Collector
 * Special Mention for actors:
 * Jozef Kroner and Ida Kamińska for their acting performances in Obchod na korze
 * Vera Kuznetsova for her acting performance in Zhili-byli starik so starukhoj
 * Short Film Palme d'Or: Overture by János Vadász
 * Prix du Jury: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasy in G minor by Jan Švankmajer
 * Prix spécial du Jury: Monsieur Plateau by Jean Brismée
 * Short film Technical Prize: Ban ye ji jiao by Yeou Lei & Overture by János Vadász

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Commission Supérieure Technique OCIC Award Best Film for the Youth
 * FIPRESCI Prize: Always Further On (Tarahumara (Cada vez más lejos)) by Luis Alcoriza
 * Technical Grand Prize:
 * Circus Angel (Fifi la plume) by Albert Lamorisse
 * Az Életbe táncoltatott leány by Tamás Banovich
 * Special Mention: The Knack ...and How to Get It by Richard Lester
 * OCIC Award: Yo Yo by Pierre Étaix
 * Los Junqueros by Oscar Kantor
 * Yo Yo by Pierre Étaix

Media

 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1965 footage
 * British Pathé: Improvements in Cannes as 1965 Festival starts
 * INA: The films of the 1965 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: 1965: 18th anniversary of the Cannes festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1965 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)