1957 Cannes Film Festival
The 10th International Film Festival of Cannes 1957 took place until May 17, 1957 by May 2.
Competition
* = Golden Palm = ** Made to the intervention of the Federal Republic from the competition
International Jury
President of the Jury was the writer André Maurois this year. Jean Cocteau was named Honorary President of the Jury. The other jury members were: Maurice Genevoix, Georges Huisman, Maurice Lehmann, Marcel Pagnol, Michael Powell, Jules Romains, Dolores del Río, George Stevens and Vladimir Volchek.
Award winners
- Palme d'Or: Persuasion by William Wyler
- Special Jury Prize: The port of Andrzej Wajda and The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
- Best Actress: Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria
- Best Actor: John Kitzmiller in Dolina Miru
- Best Director: Robert Bresson
- Special Price: The last shot