The 19th Cannes Film Festival took place from 5 to 20 May 1966. Italian actress Sophia Loren served as jury president for the main competition.
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was jointly awarded to The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Germi and A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch.
To honour the festival's 20th anniversary, a special prize was given to Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles.
The festival opened with Modesty Blaise by Joseph Losey, and closed with Pharaoh by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
Juries
Main Competition
- Sophia Loren, Italian actress - Jury President
- Marcel Achard, French writer
- Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian writer and musician
- TetsurÃ
 Furukaki, Japanese writer and diplomat
- Maurice Genevoix, French writer
- Jean Giono, French writer
- Maurice Lehmann, French actor
- Richard Lester, British filmmaker
- Denis Marion, Belgian journalist
- André Maurois, French writer
- Marcel Pagnol, French writer and filmmaker
- Yuli Raizman, Soviet filmmaker
- Armand Salacrou, French writer
- Peter Ustinov, Biritsh actor and filmmaker
Short Films Competition
- Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
- Charles Ford (France) (author)
- Marcel Ichac (France)
- Jean Vivie (France) (CST official)
- Bo Widerberg (Sweden)
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix:
Parallel section
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 5th International Critics' Week (5e Semaine de la Critique):
Official Awards
Main Competition
Short Films Competition
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
References
Media
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