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Cannes Film Festival: 1949

Grand Prize of the Festival

Date:

2 September - 17 September

Jury:

Georges Huisman (France) (president) (historian); Jules Romains (France) (president); Mme. Georges Bidault (France); Georges Charensol (France); Paul Colin (France); Roger D�sormi�res (France); Jacques-Pierre Frogerais (France); Etienne Gilson (France) (author); Paul Gosset (France) (author); Georges Raguis (France) (union official); Rene-Jeanne (France) (critic); Carlo Rim (France); Jean Beno�t-L�vy (France) (substitute member); Guy Desson (France) (substitute member) (MP official); Alexandre Kamenka (France) (substitute member); Paul Verneyras (France) (substitute member) (MP official); Paul Weill (France) (substitute member) (lawyer)


Winner:
	The Third Man (1949) - Carol Reed (I)

Best Actor


Winner:
	House of Strangers (1949) - Edward G. Robinson (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Le mura di Malapaga (1949) - Isa Miranda

Best Director


Winner:
	Le mura di Malapaga (1949) - Ren� Cl�ment

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Lost Boundaries (1949) - Eugene Ling; Virginia Shaler

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	The Set-Up (1949) - Milton R. Krasner

Award

Best Subject - Short Film (Prix pour le sujet - court m�trage)


Winners:
	Pacific 231 (1949) - Jean Mitry Palle alene i verden (1949) - Astrid Henning-Jensen Seal Island (1948) - James Algar

FIPRESCI Prize


Winner:
	The Set-Up (1949) - Robert Wise (I)