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1952 Cannes Film Festival
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The 5th Cannes Film Festival took place from 23 April to 10 May 1952. French author Maurice Genevoix served as jury president for the main competition.[4]
The Grand Prize of the Festival was awarded, as the highest prize, to Othello by Orson Welles and Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani.[5]
The festival opened with An American in Paris by Vincente Minnelli.
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Jury
Main Competition
- Maurice Genevoix, French author - Jury President[6]
- Tony Aubin, French composer
- Pierre Billon, French filmmaker
- Suzanne Borel, French diplomat
- Chapelain-Midy, French artist
- Louis Chauvet, French journalist
- Evrard De Rouvre, French producer
- Guy Desson, French MP official
- Gabrielle Dorziat, French actress
- Jean Dréville, French filmmaker
- Jacques-Pierre Frogerais, French producer
- André Lang, French journalist
- Jean Mineur, French CNCF official
- Raymond Queneau, French poet and writer
- Georges Raguis, French union official
- Charles Vildrac, French writer
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Official Selection
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In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prize of the Festival:[3]
Out of Competition
The following film was selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- The Crimson Curtain (Le Rideau cramoisi) by Alexandre Astruc
Short Films Competition
- Les ailes de Ariel by Gaetano De Maria
- Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
- Aperçus Sud Africain N° 5 - Afrique Préhistorique by Errol Hinds
- Apollon Musageta by Irène Dodall
- L'Art Sacre Missionnaire by Gentil Marques
- Aux frontières Yougoslaves by Djordie Vukotic
- Bambini by Francesco Maselli
- Cairo by Massimo Dallamano
- Les charmes des détails dans les tableaux des maîtres d'autrefois by Dr. Hans Curlis
- Le cordonnier et le chapelier by John Halas
- Dans les royaumes de la mer by Giovanni Roccardi
- Démonstration en matière de perception by Garett I. Johnson
- Les deux mousquetaires by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Diagnostiquer et guérir by Ernest Bingen
- Djerba l'île biblique by Philippe Este
- El Dorado by John Alderson (filmmaker)
- Et la noce dansait by Yehoshua Bertonov
- Indian Village (Indisk by) by Arne Sucksdorff
- Le flottage du bois by Lee Prater, Dick Mosher
- La fugue de Mahmoud by Roger Leenhardt
- Les gens du nord by René Lucot
- La gloire verte by M. Ahmed
- Le grand Boudha by Noburo Ofuji
- La grande île au cœur des Saintes Eaux by Monique Muntcho, J.K. Raymond-Millet
- La grande passion by Alphonse Stummer
- Groenland : Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac, Jean-Jacques Languepin
- L'homme dans la tour by Bernard Devlin, Jean Palardy
- Inside Newfoundland (Terre neuve) by Sydney Newman
- T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
- Les joies rustiques by V.R. Sarma
- Le jour de l'independance by Victor Vicas
- Le jour promis by S.I. Shweig
- Maskerage by Max De Haas
- Masques et visages de James Ensor by Paul Haesaerts
- Moines de l'ordre de la Merci by Christian Anwander
- Paysans de l'Aures by Philippe Este
- La peinture de Boldini by Gian Luigi Rondi
- Quarante ans d'évolution Marocaine - présence Française au Maroc by Serge Debecque
- Rythmes de Rotterdam by Ytzen Brusse
- Six mille ans de civilisation by Ahmed Korshid
- Story of Steel by Jagat Murari
- Strasbourg européenne by Ernest Bingen
- Panta Rhei by Bert Haanstra
- Union infernale by Ulrich Kayser
- Victor Hugo by Roger Leenhardt & Yvonne Gerber
- La vie des fresques by Zoran Markus
- Vieux temples, vieilles statues by Sôya Mizuki
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Official Awards
In Competition
- Grand Prix
- Best Director: Christian-Jaque for Fanfan la Tulipe
- Best Screenplay: Piero Tellini for Cops and Robbers
- Best Actress: Lee Grant for Detective Story
- Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Viva Zapata!
- Best Cinematography: The Tale of Genji by Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Best Music: Sven Sköld for One Summer of Happiness
- Jury Special Prize: We Are All Murderers by André Cayatte
- Best Lyrical Film: The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
Short Films Competition
- Grand Prix: T Schot is te boord! by Herman van der Horst
- Prix spécial du Jury: Indian Village by Arne Sucksdorff
- Prix pour la couleur: Animated Genesis by Peter Foldes and Joan Foldes
- Prix spécial du Jury - film scientifique ou pédagogique: Groenland: Vingt mille lieux sur les glaces by Marcel Ichac and Jean-Jacques Languepin
Independent Awards
OCIC Award
- Two Cents Worth of Hope by Renato Castellani[7]
- Special Mention: La Vie de Jésus by Marcel Gibaud
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