1962 Cannes Film Festival
The 15th International Film Festival of Cannes 1962 took place until May 23, 1962 by May 7.
Competition
* = Golden Palm
International Jury
President of the Jury was the writer Tetsuro Furukaki this year. He stood in front of the following judges: Ernst Krüger, François Truffaut, Henri German champion, Jean Dutourd Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Mario Soldati, Mel Ferrer, Romain Gary, Sophie Desmarets and Youli Raizman.
Award winners
- Palme d'Or: Fifty steps to the justice
- Special Jury Prize: Love in 1962 and The Trial of Joan of Arc
- Best Actor: Dean Stockwell, Ralph Richardson and Jason Robards in Long Day's Journey into Night and Murray Melvin in A Taste of Honey
- Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn in Long Day's Journey into Night and Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey
- Technical Grand Prix: Elektra
- Best Comedy: Divorce Italian Style [ sic! ]
- Best adaptation of a literary work: Elektra
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- FIPRESCI Award: The Exterminating Angel