1956 Cannes Film Festival
The 9th International Film Festival of Cannes 1956 took place until May 10, 1956 by April 23.
Competition
* = Golden Palm
International Jury
Jury President this year was the director Maurice Lehmann. He got the following jury: Arletty (actress ), Domenico Meccoli ( journalist), Henri Jeanson ( writer ), Jacques- Pierre FROGERAIS (film producer), James Quinn (film producer), Louise de Vilmorin ( writer ), Maria Romero ( journalist ), Otto Preminger (Director), Roger Regent ( journalist) and Sergei Vasilyev (Director).
Award winners
- Palme d'Or: The Silent World
- Special Jury Prize: Picasso
- Best Director: Sergei Jutkewitsch
- Best Actress: Susan Hayward
- Special price (" Poetic Humor " ): Ingmar Bergman
- Special price (" Human Document"): Satyajit Ray