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1957 Cannes Film Festival

1957 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 10th Cannes Film Festival[1]
Opening filmAround the World in 80 Days
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or
(Friendly Persuasion)[2]
No. of films31 (In Competition)[3]
1 (Out of Competition)
29 (Short Film)
Festival date2 May 1957 (1957-05-02) – 17 May 1957 (1957-05-17)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957.[4]

Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini, La casa del ángel by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, A Man Escaped by Robert Bresson, and The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman were entered for the Palme d'Or. They lost to Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler.[5] The festival opened with Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson.[6] During the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, Dolores del Río was the first female member of the jury for the official selection.[7]

  1. ^ "Posters 1957". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference awards was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference selection was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "1957 - La Loi de Cannes (The Law of Cannes)". cannes-fest.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "10ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Retro Cannes". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Honoring the Female Trailblazers of Cannes /2. Dolores del Río". harpersbazaar.com. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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