Sica Viridiana by Luis Buñuel The Wastrel (Il Relitto) by Michael Cacoyannis Out of competition The following film was selected to be screened out of competition: Exodus by Otto Preminger Short film competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: Aicha by Noureddine Mechri and Francis Warin Argentina paraiso de la pesca by Antonio Ber Ciani The Art of Lee Hsiang-Fen by Henry T.C. Wang Balgarski ansambal za narodni pesni i tanzi by Lada Boyadjieva The Black Cat by Robert Braverman Cattle Ranch by Guy L. Coté Children of the Sun by John Hubley and Faith Hubley The Creation of Woman by Charles F. Schwep Cyrus le grand by Feri Farzaneh The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross by Leonid Gaidai Fantazie pro levou ruku a lidske svedomi by Pavel Hobl Le Festival de Baalbeck 1960 by David McDonald Folkwangschulen by Herbert Vesely Foroyar by Jørgen Roos Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto) by José Val del Omar Giovedi: passeggiata by Vincenzo Gamna Gorod bolshoy sudby by Ilya Kopalin House of Hashimoto by Connie Rasinski Hudozhnikat Zlatyu Boyadzhiev by Ivan Popov Kangra et kulu by N.S. Thapa Na vez by Branko Kalacic Nebbia by Raffaele Andreassi Paul Valéry by Roger Leenhardt Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó Robert Frost by Sidney J. Stiber Souvenirs from Sweden by Henning Carlsen Taketori Monogatari by Kazuhiko Watanabe W kręgu ciszy by Jerzy Ziarnik Awards Official awards The following films and people received the 1961 awards: Palme d'Or: The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence) by Henri Colpi Viridiana by Luis Buñuel Prix spécial du Jury: Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od aniolów) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz Best Director: Yuliya Solntseva for Chronicle of Flaming Years (Povest plamennykh let) Best Actress: Sophia Loren for Two Women (La Ciociara) Best Actor: Anthony Perkins for Goodbye Again (Aimez-vous Brahms?) Short films Short Film Palme d'Or: La Petite Cuillère by Carlos Vilardebó Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Párbaj by Gyula Macskássy Short film Technical Prize - Special mention: Folkwangschulen by Herbert Vesely & Fuego en Castilla (Tactilvisión del páramo del espanto) by José Val del Omar Independent awards FIPRESCI FIPRESCI Prize: The Hand in the Trap (La Mano en la trampa) by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize - Feature film Special Mention: Her Brother (Otôto) by Kon Ichikawa Chronicle