 Official poster of the 12th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Jouineau Bourduge.[1] | |
| Opening film | Les Quatre Cents Coups |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Orfeu Negro)[2] |
| No. of films | 30 (In Competition)[3] 2 (Out of Competition) 22 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 30 April 1959 – 15 May 1959 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959.[4] The Palme d'Or went to the Orfeu Negro by Marcel Camus.[5] The festival opened with Les Quatre Cents Coups, directed by François Truffaut and closed with The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by George Stevens.[6][7][8]
In 1959, the Marché du Film (lit. Film Market) was established as the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival, with the aim of helping meet the needs of film industry professionals. Before this year the market was held unofficially in the cinemas of the rue d'Antibes in Cannes. Another important development of that year for the Festival, was that the French cinema moved away from the Ministry of Industry and became part of Ministry of Cultural Affairs.[9]
- ^ "Posters 1959". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
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- ^ "12ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Opening of the 1959 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Shock: Cannes 1959". ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival history". sfgate.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "1952-1959: Celebrities, politics and the film world / "The 400 Blows"". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 6 July 2017.