1949 Cannes: Winners and Nominees

41 films were recognised at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival, across 3 categories. 0 of them took home at least one award.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

In Competition - Feature films

Act of Violence(1949)
Fred ZINNEMANN
Almafuerte(1949)
Luis Cesar AMADORI
An Act of Murder(1949)
Michael GORDON
At the Grand Balcony(1949)
Henri DECOIN, Marcel RIVET
Eine große Liebe(1949)
Hans BERTRAM
Eroica(1949)
H.Walter KOLM-VELTEE, Karl HARTL
Girls in Gingham(1949)
Kurt MAETZIG
House of Strangers(1949)
Joseph L. MANKIEWICZ
Images d'Ethiopie(1949)
Paul PICHONNIER
Keep an Eye on Amelia(1949)
Claude AUTANT-LARA
Lies of Love(1949)
Michelangelo ANTONIONI
Lost Boundaries(1949)
Alfred L. WERKER
Obsession(1949)
Edward DMYTRYK
On Our Own Land(1949)
France STIGLIC
Pueblerina(1949)
Emilio FERNANDEZ
Rendezvous in July(1949)
Jacques BECKER
Return to Life(1949)
André CAYATTE, Georges LAMPIN, Jean DRÉVILLE, Henri-Georges CLOUZOT
Sertão(1949)
Joao G. MARTIN
Strange Harbor(1949)
Hampe FAUSTMAN
The Adventures of Antar and Abla(1949)
SALAH ABU SAYF
The Big House(1949)
The Last Illusion(1949)
Josef VON BAKY
The Original Sin(1949)
Helmut KÄUTNER
The Passionate Friends(1949)
David LEAN
The Queen of Spades(1949)
Thorold DICKINSON
The Set-Up(1949)
Robert WISE
The Third Man(1949)
Carol REED
Without Honor(1949)
Irving PICHEL

In Competition - Short films

A Capital Plan(1949)
Bernard DEVLIN
It's a Lovely Day(1949)
Bert FELSTEAD
Muscle Beach(1949)
Irving LERNER, Joseph STRICK
North Shore(1949)
Pierre PETEL
Pacific 231(1949)
Jean MITRY
Palle Alone in the World(1949)
Astrid HENNING-JENSEN
Pictures of the Middle Ages(1949)
William NOVIK
Seal Island(1948)
James ALGAR
Silence Is Golden(1949)
Maslyn WILLIAMS
The Valley Is Ours(1949)
John HEYER
They Caught the Ferry(1949)
Carl Theodor DREYER
Tukkijoella tapahtuu(1949)
Brita WREDE

Out of Competition

Passport to Pimlico(1949)
O.H. CORNELIUS

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