1947 Cannes Film Festival

The 2nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 25 September 1947. The new building that was meant to host the festival, the Palais du Festival, was still not ready, and the festival was held amid many technical and financial problems. In 1947, the entire jury of the Festival was French. Six awards were given to films of different categories.

Jury

The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films:

Georges Huisman (historian) - Jury President
Raymond Borderie (CNC official)
Georges Carriere (cinephile)
Jean-FranÃÂ§ois Chosson (CNC official)
Joseph Dotti (cinephile)
Escoute (City of Cannes official)
Jean GrÃÂ©millon (director)
Maurice Hille (cinephile)
Robert Hubert (production designer)
Alexandre Kamenka (producer)
Jean Mineur (CNCF official)
Henri Moret (cinephile)
Jean Nery (critic)
Maurice Perisset (cinephile)
Georges Raguis (union official)
RenÃÂ© Jeanne (critic)
Georges Rollin (actor)
RÃÂ©gis Roubin (cinephile)
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (director)
Segalon (cinephile)
RenÃÂ© Sylviano (composer)

Films in competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix:

Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean by Henri Decoin
Antoine et Antoinette by Jacques Becker
Boomerang! by Elia Kazan
The Captain's Daughter (La figlia del capitano) by Mario Camerini
The Cat (La gata) by Mario Soffici
The Chase by Arthur Ripley
Crossfire by Edward Dmytryk
The Damned (Les Maudits) by RenÃÂ© ClÃÂ©ment
Dumbo by Ben Sharpsteen
Flesh Will Surrender (Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo) by Alberto Lattuada
Ivy by Sam Wood
The Jolson Story by Alfred E. Green
Les jeux sont faits by Jean Delannoy
Lost in the Dark (Sperduti nel buio) by Camillo Mastrocinque
Marouf, the Cairo Cobbler (Marouf Savetier du Caire) by Jean Mauran
Mine Own Executioner by Anthony Kimmins
Paris 1900 by Nicole Vedres
Possessed by Curtis Bernhardt
A Ship Bound for India (Skeep till India land) by Ingmar Bergman
Song of Dolores (La copla de la Dolores) by Benito Perojo
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers by Lewis Milestone
A TanÃÂtÃÂ³nÃÂ (The Teacher) by MÃÂ¡rton Keleti
Two Women (TvÃÂ¥ kvinnor) by Arnold Sjostrand
Ziegfeld Follies by Vincente Minnelli

Short films

The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court mÃÂ©trage:

Aux portes du monde saharien by Robert Vernay
Bianchi pascoli by Luciano Emmer
Cacciatori Sottomarini by Alliata
Caravane BorÃÂ©ale by Hugh Wallace
De Stichter by Charles Dekeukeleire
Escale Au Soleil by Henri Verneuil
Inondations en Pologne by Jerzy Bossak, WacÃÂaw KaÃÂºmierczak
L'Ile Aux Morts by Norman Mclaren
L'Oeuvre Biologique de Pasteur by Jean PainlevÃÂ©
La Petite RÃÂ©publique by Victor Vicas
Les Danseurs D'Echternach by Evy Friedrich
New Faces Come Back by Richard Davis
Rhapsodie de Saturne by Jean Image
Risveglio di Primavera by Pietro Francisci
Symphonie BerbÃÂ¨re by AndrÃÂ© Zwoboda
Tea For Teacher by W. M. Larkins

Awards

The following films and people received the 1947 awards: Feature Films

Best Musical Comedy: Ziegfeld Follies by Vincente Minnelli (Grand Prix Ã¢ÂÂ ComÃÂ©dies musicales)
Best Psychological and Love Film: Antoine et Antoinette by Jacques Becker (Grand Prix Ã¢ÂÂ Films psychologiques et d'amour)
Best Animation Design: Dumbo by Ben Sharpsteen (Grand Prix Ã¢ÂÂ Dessin animÃÂ©)
Best Social Film: Crossfire by Edward Dmytryk (Grand Prix Ã¢ÂÂ Films sociaux)
Best Adventure and Crime Film: The Damned (Les Maudits) by RenÃÂ© ClÃÂ©ment (Grand Prix Ã¢ÂÂ Films d'aventures et policiers)

Short Films

Best Short Film: Inondations en Pologne by Jerzy Bossak, WacÃÂaw KaÃÂºmierczak (Grand Prix Ã¢ÂÂ Documentaires)
Best Avant-garde Film: Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid (Grand Prix Ã¢ÂÂ Films dÃ¢ÂÂAvant-garde)

References

Media

Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Opening of the 1947 Festival (commentary in French)
INA: Stars at the 1947 Festival (mute)
INA: Construction of the Palais des festivals (commentary in French)