1953 Cannes Film Festival

Jury

• Jean Cocteau Jury President
• Louis Chauvet
• Titina De Filippo
• Guy Desson
• Philippe Erlanger
• Renée Faure
• Jacques-Pierre Frogerais
• Abel Gance
• André Lang
• Georges Raguis
• Edward G. Robinson
• Charles Spaak
• Georges Van Parys

• Bert Haanstra
• Roger Leenhardt
• René Lucot
• Jean Queval
• Jacques Schiltz
• Jean Vivie

  Feature film competition

• 1. April 2000 by Wolfgang Liebeneiner
• Awaara by Raj Kapoor
• The Bandit of Brazil by Lima Barreto
• Barabbas by Alf Sjöberg
• Bongolo by André Cauvin
• Call Me Madam by Walter Lang
• Children of Hiroshima by Kaneto Shindō
• Come Back, Little Sheba by Daniel Mann
• Dedication of the Great Buddha by Teinosuke Kinugasa
• Doña Francisquita by Ladislao Vajda
• Él by Luis Buñuel
• Emergency Ward by Tulio Demicheli
• Endless Horizons by Jean Dréville
• Flamenco by Edgar Neville
• For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth by Arne Mattsson
• Gendai-jin by Minoru Shibuya
• Green Magic by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
• The Heart of the Matter by George More O'Ferrall
• I Confess by Alfred Hitchcock
• Intimate Relations by Charles Frank
• Light in the High Plains by Víctor Urruchúa
• Lili by Charles Walters
• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday by Jacques Tati
• Perfidy by Vladimir Pogacic
• Peter Pan by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson
• Rosanna by Emilio Fernández
• The Sun Shines Bright by John Ford
• Terminal Station by Vittorio De Sica
• Las Tres perfectas casadas by Roberto Gavaldón
• La vie passionnée de Clémenceau by Gilbert Prouteau
• The Village by Leopold Lindtberg
• The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot
• The Wayward Wife by Mario Soldati
• Welcome Mr. Marshall! by Luis García Berlanga
• The White Reindeer by Erik Blomberg

  Short film competition

• ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
• Castilla, soldado de la ley by Enrico Gras
• Doderhultarn by Olle Hellbom
• Doh pyi daung su by Jules Bucher
• Dubrovnik by Milan Katic
• Gazouly, petit oiseau by Wladyslaw Starewicz, L. Starewitcz
• Houen zo! by Herman van der Horst
• I cristalli by Lando Colombo
• Immagini e colore by Vittorio Sala
• Joy οf Living by Jean Oser
• Kujira by Noburô Ôhfuji
• Kumaon Hills by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani
• La montagna di genere by Giovanni Paolucci
• La pintura mural Mexicana by Francisco del Villar
• Land Of The Long Day by Douglas Wilkinson
• Le Luxembourg et son industrie by Philippe Schneider
• Le voyage d'Abdallah by Georges Regnier
• Machu-Picchu by Enrico Gras
• Marionnettes de Toon by Jean Cleinge
• Meister der Gegenwart by Karl von Zieglmayer
• Momoyama bidsutsu by Sôya Mizuki
• Naskara by José Miguel De Mora
• New Lands for Old by Krishna Gopal
• Pescatori di laguna by Antonio Petrucci
• Peter Breughel L'Ancien by Arcady
• Présentation de la beauce à Notre Dame de Chartres by Jacques Berthier
• Pylone 138 by Adolphe Forter
• Remmants of a Stone-Age People by Louis Knobel
• Reverón by Margot Benacerraf
• Royal Heritage by Diana Pine
• Salut casa by Jean Vidal
• Schatten Uner Sternen by Ernest Bingen
• So ist das Saarland by Ernest Bingen
• The Figurehead by John Halas
• The Great Experiment by V.R. Sarma
• The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low
• The Settler by Bernard Devlin
• The Stranger Left No Card by Wendy Toye
• Varen by Gösta Werner
• Victoire sur L'Annapurna by Marcel Ichac
• Vincent Van Gogh by Jan Hulsker
• Water Birds by Ben Sharpsteen
• White Mane by Albert Lamorisse

  Awards

Official awards

• Grand Prix: The Wages of Fear by Henri-Georges Clouzot
• International Awards:
• *Award of Visual Narration: Rosanna by Emilio Fernández
• *Award of Exploration Film: Green Magic by Gian Gaspare Napolitano
• *Award of Fairy Tale Film: The White Reindeer by Erik Blomberg
• *Award of Entertainment Film: Lili by Charles Walters
• *Award of Good Humour: Welcome Mr. Marshall! by Luis García Berlanga
• *Award of Adventure Film: The Bandit of Brazil by Lima Barreto
• *Award of Dramatic Film: Come Back, Little Sheba by Daniel Mann
• Special Mention: Shirley Booth, for Come Back, Little Sheba
• Special Mention: Charles Vanel, for The Wages of Fear
• Jury Special Prize for his contribution to the prestige of the festival: Walt Disney
• Homage: Flamenco by Edgar Neville

• Short Film Grand Prix: White Mane by Albert Lamorisse
• Best Fictional Film: The Stranger Left No Card by Wendy Toye
• Best Documentary Film: Houen zo! by Herman van der Horst
• Best Film on Art: Doderhultarn by Olle Hellbom
• Best Animation: The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low

  Independent awards

• Monsieur Hulot's Holiday by Jacques Tati

• Endless Horizons by Jean Dréville

• Special Mention:
• *Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga and Miguel Mihura, for the screenplay of Welcome Mr. Marshall!
• *Gabriel Migliori, for the score of The Bandit of Brazil
• *For the charming acting in Lili
• * For the use of colour in Green Magic

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