1966 Cannes Film Festival

The 19th Cannes Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 May 1966. To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given.

The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Signore & Signori by Pietro Germi, in tie with Un homme et une femme by Claude Lelouch. The festival opened with Modesty Blaise, directed by Joseph Losey and closed with Faraon, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.

Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1966 film competition:

Feature films Short films
 * Sophia Loren (Italy) - Jury President
 * Marcel Achard (France)
 * Vinicius de Moraes (Brazil)
 * Tetsurō Furukaki (Japan) (author)
 * Maurice Genevoix (France)
 * Jean Giono (France)
 * Maurice Lehmann (France)
 * Richard Lester (UK)
 * Denis Marion (Belgium)
 * André Maurois (France)
 * Marcel Pagnol (France)
 * Yuli Raizman (Soviet Union)
 * Armand Salacrou (France)
 * Peter Ustinov (UK)
 * Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
 * Charles Ford (France) (author)
 * Marcel Ichac (France)
 * Jean Vivie (France) (CST official)
 * Bo Widerberg (Sweden)

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


 * Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
 * L'armata Brancaleone by Mario Monicelli
 * The Ashes (Popioly) by Andrzej Wajda
 * The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore & Signori) by Pietro Germi
 * Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
 * Doctor Zhivago by David Lean
 * The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
 * Hello, That's Me! (Barev, yes em) by Frunze Dovlatyan
 * The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (A Hora e Vez de Augusto Matraga) by Roberto Santos
 * Hunger (Sult) by Henning Carlsen
 * It (Es) by Ulrich Schamoni
 * Lenin in Poland (Lenin v Polshe) by Sergei Yutkevich
 * Mademoiselle by Tony Richardson
 * A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) by Claude Lelouch
 * Modesty Blaise by Joseph Losey
 * Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment by Karel Reisz
 * The Nun (La Religieuse) by Jacques Rivette
 * Ön by Alf Sjöberg
 * Pharaoh (Faraon) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
 * The Pipes (Dýmky) by Vojtěch Jasný
 * Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
 * The Round-Up (Szegénylegények) by Miklós Jancsó
 * Seconds by John Frankenheimer
 * With the East Wind (Con el viento solano) by Mario Camus
 * Young Törless (Der junge Törless) by Volker Schlöndorff

Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix:


 * Alberto Giacometti by Ernst Scheidegger and Peter Munger
 * Bruegel et la folie des hommes - dulle griet by Jean Cleinge
 * Le Chant du monde de Jean Lurcat by Pierre Biro and Victoria Mercanton
 * Cislice by Pavel Prochazka
 * The Dot and the Line by Chuck Jones
 * The Drag by Carlos Marchiori
 * Équivoque 1900 by Monique Lepeuve
 * De Gewonde by Theo Van Haren Noman
 * Miejsce by Edward Sturlis
 * Muzikalno prase by Zlatko Grgic
 * Nô by Eiji Murayama
 * Reflections on Love by Joe Massot
 * Les Rendez-vous de l'été by Jacques Ertaud and Raymond Zumstein
 * Skaterdater by Noel Black
 * L'Urlo by Camillo Bazzoni

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 5th International Critics' Week (5e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Black Girl (La Noire de...) by Ousmane Sembene (France, Senegal)
 * Bloko by Ado Kyrou (Greece)
 * Children's Sicknesses (Gyerekbetegségek) by Ferenc Kardos, János Rózsa (Hungary)
 * Du courage pour chaque jour by Evald Schorm (Czechoslovakia)
 * O desafio by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil)
 * Fata morgana by Vicente Aranda (Spain)
 * Man Is Not a Bird (Čovek nije tica) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
 * Nicht versöhnt by Jean-Marie Straub (West Germany)
 * Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus by Jean Eustache (France)
 * Winter Kept Us Warm by David Secter (Canada)

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1966 Official selection awards: Short films
 * Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
 * The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (Signore & Signori) by Pietro Germi
 * A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) by Claude Lelouch
 * Prix spécial du Jury: Alfie by Lewis Gilbert
 * Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Lenin in Poland (Lenin v Polshe)
 * Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
 * Best Actor: Per Oscarsson for Sult
 * Best First Work: Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan
 * 20th Anniversary Prize: Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
 * Short Film Gran Prix: Skaterdater by Noel Black
 * Technical Grand Prize: Skaterdater by Noel Black

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Commission Supérieure Technique OCIC Award Other awards
 * FIPRESCI Prize: Young Törless (Der junge Törless) by Volker Schlöndorff
 * Special Mention: Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
 * Technical Grand Prize: Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) (Campanadas a medianoche) by Orson Welles
 * A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme) by Claude Lelouch
 * Special Mention: Totò, for his acting performance in The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini)

Media

 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 footage
 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 footage
 * British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 Originals
 * INA: Opening of the 1966 festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1966 festival (commentary in French)