Awards 1961

Feature films

• Palme d'Or Ex-aequo Unanimité

  VIRIDIANA directed by Luis BUÑUEL
• UNE AUSSI LONGUE ABSENCE directed by Henri COLPI

• Award for Best Director

  Youlia SOLNTZEVA for POVESTJ PLAMENNYKH LET

• Award for Best Actress

  Sophia LOREN in LA CIOCIARA directed by Vittorio DE SICA

• Award for Best Actor

  Anthony PERKINS in AIMEZ-VOUS BRAHMS? directed by Anatole LITVAK

• International Critic's Prize by the F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.

  LA MANO EN LA TRAMPA directed by Leopoldo TORRE NILSSON

• Special Distinction by the C.S.T.

  POVESTJ PLAMENNYKH LET directed by Youlia SOLNTZEVA
• OTOHTO directed by Kon ICHIKAWA

• Special Jury Prize

  MATKA JOANNA OD ANIOTOW directed by Jerzy KAWALEROWICZ

• A RAISIN IN THE SUN directed by Daniel PETRIE

Short Films

• Palme d'Or - Short Film

  LA PETITE CUILLÈRE directed by Carlos VILARDEBO

• Short Film Special Prize

  PARBAJ directed by Gyula MACSKÁSSY

• Special Distinction by the C.S.T.

  FOLKWANGSCHULEN directed by Herbert VESELY
• FUEGO EN CASTILLA directed by José VAL DEL OMAR