1961 Cannes Film Festival

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The 14th Cannes Film Festival took place from May 3 to May 18, 1961. This year's festival was chaired by French writer Jean Giono and awarded the Golden Palm for best film in a tie between Viridiana by Luis Buñuel and Winter will make you come back by Henri Colpi.

The official selection included films from various countries, showcasing diverse perspectives on cinema at that time. Among these were Piesen or sivém holubovi directed by Stanislav Barabas from Czechoslovakia, In Primeira Missa directed by Lima Barreto from Brazil, La viaccia directed by Mauro Bolognini from Italy, Viridiana directed by Luis Buñuel from Mexico and Spain, The wreck directed by Michael Cacoyannis from Italy/Cyprus, What a joy to live directed by René Clément from Italy, Winter will bring you back (Une aussi longue absence) directed by Henri Colpi from France, Plein south directed by Gaston De Gerlache from Belgium, and many others.

The festival also featured notable films such as The Ciociara directed by Vittorio De Sica from Italy, Madalena directed by Dinos Dimopoulos from Greece, Dúvad directed by Zoltán Fábri from Hungary, I Like Mike directed by Peter Frye from Israel, Le ciel et la boue directed by Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau from France, Thursday: walk directed by Vincenzo Gamna from Italy, Darclée directed by Mihai Iacob from Romania, The younger brother (Ototus) directed by Kon Ichikawa from Japan, Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna or aniolów) directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz from Poland, and A bunch of sun (A Raisin in the Sun) directed by Daniel Petrie from USA.

The festival also recognized several other films with notable awards. The FIPRESCI Prize was awarded to Chronicle of a Summer by Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch, while the Technical Grand Prize - Feature Film Special Mention went to Her Brother by Kon Ichikawa. Additionally, the OCIC Award was given to The Hoodlum Priest by Irvin Kershner.

The festival also honored Gary Cooper with an award for A Raisin in the Sun directed by Daniel Petrie.