The 8th Cannes Film Festival took place from 26 April to 10 May 1955. French writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol served as jury president for the main competition.
The first Palme d'Or was awarded, as the highest prize of the Festival, to Marty by Delbert Mann.
Until the 1954 Festival, the whimsical way various prizes were being awarded had drawn much criticism. In answer to this, from 1955 onwards, the Jury was composed of foreign celebrities from the film industry.
The festival opened with Rififi by Jules Dassin, and closed with Carmen Jones by Otto Preminger.
Juries
Main Competition
- Marcel Pagnol, French writer and filmmaker - Jury President
- Marcel Achard, French writer
- Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish filmmaker
- A. Dignimont, French
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French
- Leopold Lindtberg, Swiss director
- Anatole Litvak, American filmmaker
- Isa Miranda, Italian actress
- Leonard Mosley, British writer
- Jean Nery, French
- Sergei Yutkevich, Soviet filmmaker
Short Films Competition
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
- Italia K2 by Marcello Balbi
- Les trésors de la Mer Rouge by Michel Rocca
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- 2'21"6 Butterfly Stroke: Dolphin-Kick by T. Mijata
- A esperanca e' eterna by Marcos Margulies
- Aggtelek by ÃÂgoston Kollányi
- Arte popular Portuguesa by João Mendes
- Black on White by John Read
- Blinkity Blank by Norman McLaren
- Bow Bells by Anthony Simmons
- Bronsalder by Lars Krantz
- Bush Doctor by Jean Palardy
- Cyrk by WÃ
Âodzimierz Haupe
- De sable et de feu by Jean Jabely
- Den standhaftige Tinnsoldat by Ivo Caprino
- Der Schatz des Abendlandes by Ernst Stephan Niessner, Edmund Von Hammer
- Dobreho vojak svejk by Jiri Trnka
- Dock by Emile Degelin
- Guardians of the Soil by David Millin
- Host by Thor Arnijot Udvang, Carsten Munch
- Images préhistoriques by Arcady & Thomas L. Rowe
- In cantec si dans by Ion Bostan
- Isole di fuoco by Vittorio De Seta
- Jakten over sporene by Erik Borge
- L'homme dans la lumière by René Lucot
- La ciudad blanca by Waldo Cerruto
- La grande pèche by Henri Fabiani
- Le conte de ma vie by Jørgen Roos
- Les jardiniers d'Allah by Michel Clarence
- Niedzielny poranek by Andrzej Munk
- Nos forets by Auguste Kern
- Op de spitsen by Rudi Hornecker
- Opici cisar by Jan Lacko
- Island of Sakhalin (Ostrov Sakhalin) by Vassili Katanian, Eldar Ryazanov
- Pierre Romain desfossez by Gérard De Boe
- Pulsschlag der Zeit by René Boeniger
- Symphony of Life by T.A. Abraham
- The Golden River by Pittamandalam Venktatachalapathy Pathy
- The Story of Light by Joop Geesink
- Tickets Please by Emil Nofal
- Trois coquillages de Tunisie by Roger Mauge
- When Magoo Flew by Pete Burness
- Zolotaya antilopa by Lev Atamanov
Official Awards
Main Competition
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
References
Media
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