1957 Cannes Film Festival

Jury

• André Maurois Jury President
• Jean Cocteau Honorary President
• Maurice Genevoix
• Georges Huisman
• Maurice Lehmann
• Marcel Pagnol
• Michael Powell
• Jules Romains
• Dolores del Río
• George Stevens
• Vladimír Vlček

• Claude Aveline
• Roman Karmen
• Albert Lamorisse
• Alberto Lattuada
• Jean Vivie

  Feature film competition

• The Bachelor Party by Delbert Mann
• Duped Till Doomsday by Kurt Jung-Alsen
• He Who Must Die by Jules Dassin
• The House of the Angel by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
• Don Quixote by Grigori Kozintsev
• Earth by Zahari Zhandov
• Faustina by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia
• The Forty-First by Grigori Chukhrai
• Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
• Funny Face by Stanley Donen
• Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
• Guendalina by Alberto Lattuada
• The Harvest Month by Matti Kassila
• High Tide at Noon by Philip Leacock
• Kanał by Andrzej Wajda
• Lapland Calendar by Per Høst
• Lost Children by Miloš Makovec
• A Man Escaped by Robert Bresson
• The Mill of Good Luck by Victor Iliu
• Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini
• The Rice People by Tadashi Imai
• Qivitoq by Erik Balling
• Rekava by Lester James Peries
• Rose Bernd by Wolfgang Staudte
• The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
• Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
• Sissi - The Young Empress by Ernst Marischka
• Two Confessions by Márton Keleti
• Valley of Peace by France Štiglic
• Whither? by Georges Nasser
• Yangtse Incident by Michael Anderson

  Out of competition

• Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson

  Short film competition

• Altitude 7.546 by I. Grek
• Bolcsok by Ágoston Kollányi
• Carnival In Quebec by Jean P. Palardy
• City of Gold by Colin Low, Wolf Koenig
• Diario Uruguayo by Eugenio Hintz
• Die Große Wanderung by Walter Suchner
• Een leger van gehouwen steen by Theo Van Haren Noman
• Gast auf Erden by Karl Stanzl
• History of the Cinema by John Halas
• Il sogno dei gonzaga by Antonio Petrucci
• Jabulani Africa by Jok Uys, Jamie Uys
• Śląsk by Witold Lesiewicz
• La mariee portait des perles by Kurt Baum, Errol Hinds
• Let nad mocvarom by Aleksandar Petrović
• Magic of the Mountains by Moham Dayaram Bhavnani
• Michel de ghelderode by Luc De Heusch
• Nessebar by Stephane Topaldjikov
• Niok l'éléphant by Edmond Sechan
• Ochotniki iujnikh morey by S. Kogan
• Paraplícko by Bretislav Pojar
• Rembrandt, schilder van de mens by Bert Haanstra
• San Antonio de la Florida by Santos Núñez
• A Brief History by Ion Popescu-Gopo
• Soseiji Gakkyu by Susumu Hani
• Splintret emalje by Johan Jacobsen
• Toute la mémoire du monde by Alain Resnais
• Vacances Tunisiennes by René Vautier
• Western Symphonie by Thomas L. Rowe
• Wiesensommer by Heinz Sielmann

  Awards

Official awards

• Palme d'Or: Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler
• Jury Special Prize:
• *Kanał by Andrzej Wajda
• *The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
• Best Director: Robert Bresson for A Man Escaped
• Best Actress: Giulietta Masina for Nights of Cabiria
• Best Actor: John Kitzmiller for Valley of Peace
• Special Mention: Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans Khanna
• Special Award: The Forty-first by Grigori Chukhrai
• Best Romantic Documentary:
• *Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura
• *Qivitoq by Erik Balling

• Short Film Palme d'Or: A Brief History by Ion Popescu-Gopo
• Special mention: Ochotniki iujnikh morey by S. Kogan
• Documentary Prize: City of Gold by Colin Low, Wolf Koenig
• Prize for Film in Nature: Wiesensommer by Heinz Sielmann

  Independent awards

• Special Mention:
• *He Who Must Die by Jules Dassin
• *Nights of Cabiria by Federico Fellini

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