The 10th Cannes Film Festival took place from 2 to 17 May 1957. French writer André Maurois served as jury president for the main competition, while Dolores del Río was the first female member of the jury for the official selection.
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was awarded to Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler.
The festival opened with Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson.
Juries
Main Competition André Maurois, French writer - Jury President Jean Cocteau, French writer and filmmaker - Honorary Jury President Dolores del Río, Mexican actress Maurice Genevoix, French writer Georges Huisman, French historian Maurice Lehmann, French actor Marcel Pagnol, French writer and filmmaker Michael Powell, British filmmaker Jules Romains, French writer George Stevens, American filmmaker Vladimír Vlček, Czechoslovak
Short Films Competition Claude Aveline, French writer Roman Karmen, Soviet filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, French filmmaker Alberto Lattuada, Italian filmmaker Jean Vivie, French CST official
Official Selection
In Competition The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: {| class="wikitable" !English title !Original title !Director(s) !Production country |- | colspan="2" |The Bachelor Party |Delbert Mann |United States |- |Duped Till Doomsday |Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag |Kurt Jung-Alsen |East Germany |- |He Who Must Die |Celui qui doit mourir |Jules Dassin |France, Italy |- |The House of the Angel |La Casa del ángel |Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |Argentina |- |Don Quixote |Дон Кихот |Grigori Kozintsev |Soviet Union |- |Earth |Земя |Zahari Zhandov |Bulgaria |- | colspan="2" |Faustina |José Luis Sáenz de Heredia |Spain |- |The Forty-First |Сорок первый |Grigory Chukhray |Soviet Union |-style="background:#FFDEAD;" | colspan="2" |Friendly Persuasion |William Wyler |United States |- | colspan="2" |Funny Face |Stanley Donen |United States |- | colspan="2" |Gotoma the Buddha |Rajbans Khanna |India |- | colspan="2" |Guendalina |Alberto Lattuada |Italy |- |The Harvest Month |Elokuu |Matti Kassila |Finland |- | colspan="2" |High Tide at Noon |Philip Leacock |United Kingdom |- | colspan="2" |Kanał |Andrzej Wajda |Poland |- |Lapland Calendar |Same Jakki |Per Høst |Norway |- |Lost Children |Ztracenci |Miloš Makovec |Czechoslovakia |- |A Man Escaped |Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut |Robert Bresson |France |- |The Mill of Good Luck |La 'Moara cu noroc|Victor Iliu |Romania |- |Nights of Cabiria |Le notti di Cabiria |Federico Fellini |Italy, France |- |Rice |米 |Tadashi Imai |Japan |- |Qivitoq - The Mountain Hiker |Qivitoq - Fjeldgængeren |Erik Balling |Denmark |- | colspan="2" |Rekava |Lester James Peries |Sri Lanka |- | colspan="2" |Rose Bernd |Wolfgang Staudte |West Germany |- |The Seventh Seal |Det sjunde inseglet |Ingmar Bergman |Sweden |- | colspan="2" |Shiroi sanmyaku |Sadao Imamura |Japan |- |Sissi – The Young Empress |Sissi – Die junge Kaiserin |Ernst Marischka |Austria |- |Two Confessions |Két vallomás |Márton Keleti |Hungary |- |Valley of Peace |Dolina miru |France Štiglic |Yugoslavia |- |Where To? |إلى أين؟ |Georges Nasser |Lebanon |- | colspan="2" |Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst |Michael Anderson |United Kingdom
Out of Competition The following film was selected to be screened out of competition: Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Anderson (opening film)
Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Altitude 7.546 by I. Grek Bolcsok by Ágoston Kollányi Carnival in Quebec by Jean Palardy City of Gold by Colin Low, Wolf Koenig Diario Uruguayo by Eugenio Hintz Die Große Wanderung by Walter Suchner Een leger van gehouwen steen by Theo Van Haren Noman Gast auf Erden by Karl Stanzl History of the Cinema by John Halas Il sogno dei gonzaga by Antonio Petrucci Jabulani Africa by Jok Uys, Jamie Uys Śląsk by Witold Lesiewicz La mariee portait des perles by Kurt Baum, Errol Hinds Let nad mocvarom (Flight Above the Marshes) by Aleksandar Petrović Magic of the Mountains by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani Michel de ghelderode by Luc De Heusch Nessebar by Stephane Topaldjikov Niok l'éléphant by Edmond Sechan Ochotniki iujnikh morey (Les chasseurs des mers du sud) by S. Kogan Paraplícko by Bretislav Pojar Rembrandt, schilder van de mens by Bert Haanstra San Antonio de la Florida by Santos Núñez A Brief History (Scurtă Istorie) by Ion Popescu-Gopo Soseiji Gakkyu by Susumu Hani Splintret emalje by Johan Jacobsen Toute la mémoire du monde by Alain Resnais Vacances Tunisiennes by René Vautier Western Symphonie by Thomas L. Rowe Wiesensommer (Prairie d'été) by Heinz Sielmann
Official Awards
Main Competition Palme d'Or: Friendly Persuasion by William Wyler Jury Special Prize: Kanał by Andrzej Wajda The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman Best Director: Robert Bresson for A Man Escaped Best Actress: Giulietta Masina for Nights of CabiriaSpecial Mention: Elsa Daniel for La casa del ángel Best Actor: John Kitzmiller for Valley of PeaceSpecial Mentions: Gotoma the Buddha by Rajbans KhannaSpecial Award: The Forty-first by Grigori Chukhrai Shiroi sanmyaku by Sadao Imamura Qivitoq by Erik Balling
Short Films Competition Short Film Palme d'Or: A Brief History by Ion Popescu-GopoSpecial mention: Ochotniki iujnikh morey (Les chasseurs des mers du sud) by S. KoganDocumentary Prize: City of Gold by Colin Low, Wolf KoenigPrize for Film in Nature: Wiesensommer by Heinz Sielmann
Independent Awards
OCIC Award Special Mention''':He Who Must Die by Jules DassinNights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini
References
External links 1957 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1957 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1957 at Internet Movie Database
Media
British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1957 footage British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1957 opens British Pathé: Cannes Film Festival 1957 ends INA: Opening of the 1957 festival (commentary in French) INA: Jury at the 1957 Cannes festival (commentary in French) INA: Closure of the 1957 Festival (commentary in French)