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 Tetsurō 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: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAlfieLewis GilbertUnited KingdomThe AshesPopiolyAndrzej WajdaPolandThe Birds, the Bees and the ItaliansSignore & SignoriPietro GermiItaly, FranceChimes at MidnightCampanadas a medianocheOrson WellesSpain, France, SwitzerlandDoctor ZhivagoDavid LeanUnited Kingdom, Italy, United StatesFor Love and GoldL'armata BrancaleoneMario MonicelliItalyThe Hawks and the SparrowsUccellacci e uccelliniPier Paolo PasoliniHello, That's Me!Բարև, ես եմFrunze DovlatyanSoviet UnionThe Hour and Turn of Augusto MatragaA Hora e Vez de Augusto MatragaRoberto SantosBrazilHungerSvältHenning CarlsenDenmark, Norway, SwedenItEsUlrich SchamoniWest GermanyLenin in PolandЛенин в ПольшеSergei YutkevichSoviet UnionMademoiselleTony RichardsonUnited Kingdom, FranceA Man and a WomanUn homme et une femmeClaude LelouchFranceModesty Blaise (opening film)Joseph LoseyUnited KingdomMorgan – A Suitable Case for TreatmentKarel ReiszThe NunLa ReligieuseJacques RivetteFranceÖnAlf SjöbergSwedenPharaoh (closing film)FaraonJerzy KawalerowiczPolandThe PipesDýmkyVojtěch JasnýCzechoslovakiaRăscoalaMircea MureșanRomaniaThe Round-UpSzegénylegényekMiklós JancsóHungarySecondsJohn FrankenheimerUnited StatesWith the East WindCon el viento solanoMario CamusSpainYoung TörlessDer junge TörlessVolker SchlöndorffWest Germany, France
Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Grand Prix:
Alberto Giacometti by Ernst Scheidegger and Peter Munger Bruegel et la folie des hommes - dulle griet by Jean Cleinge Le Chant du monde de Jean Lurcat by Pierre Biro and Victoria Mercanton Cislice by Pavel Prochazka The Dot and the Line by Chuck Jones The Drag by Carlos Marchiori Équivoque 1900 by Monique Lepeuve De Gewonde by Theo Van Haren Noman Miejsce by Edward Sturlis Muzikalno prase by Zlatko Grgic Nô by Eiji Murayama Reflections on Love by Joe Massot Les Rendez-vous de l'été by Jacques Ertaud and Raymond Zumstein Skaterdater by Noel Black L'Urlo by Camillo Bazzoni
Parallel section International Critics' Week The following feature films were screened for the 5th International Critics' Week (5e Semaine de la Critique):
Black Girl (La Noire de...) by Ousmane Sembène (France, Senegal) Bloko by Ado Kyrou (Greece) Children's Sicknesses (Gyerekbetegségek) by Ferenc Kardos, János Rózsa (Hungary) Du courage pour chaque jour by Evald Schorm (Czechoslovakia) O desafio by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil) Fata morgana by Vicente Aranda (Spain) Man Is Not a Bird (Čovek nije tica) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia) Nicht versöhnt by Jean-Marie Straub (West Germany) Le Père Noël a les yeux bleus by Jean Eustache (France) Winter Kept Us Warm by David Secter (Canada)
Official Awards
Main Competition Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Birds, the Bees and the Italians by Pietro Germi A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch Prix spécial du Jury: Alfie by Lewis Gilbert Best Director: Sergei Yutkevich for Lenin in Poland Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment Best Actor: Per Oscarsson for Hunger Best First Work: Răscoala by Mircea Mureșan 20th Anniversary Prize: Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles Special Mention: Totò, for his acting performance in The Hawks and the Sparrows
Short Films Competition Short Film Gran Prix: Skaterdater by Noel Black Technical Grand Prize: Skaterdater by Noel Black
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize Young Törless by Volker Schlöndorff Special Mention: Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles
Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: Chimes at Midnight by Orson Welles
OCIC Award A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch References
Media
British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 footage British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 footage British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1966 Originals INA: Opening of the 1966 festival (commentary in French) INA: List of winners of the 1966 festival (commentary in French)
External links 1966 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1966 Cannes Film Festival:1966 at Internet Movie Database