1955
Organising Committee
#4
The overwhelming success of previous Festivals surprised everybody, even the most sanguine of the organizers, and last year's combined effort at the University was the best yet.
Academic surroundings have helped to develop our Festival's unique character: a character which has grown out of the particular needs of Melbourne film lovers.
As the Festival gains in stature there is a corresponding improvement in the quality of the films it can command. This year you will find the programmes even more stimulating and more worthy of discussion, demanding the interest and attention that is the right of artistic achievement.
The Festival aims to present the widest range of films from all parts of the world. especially those which are unlikely to reach our local theatre screens. A glance at the programme will show how well we have achieved this objective.
We believe that the Festival has become an important event of the year for everyone seriously interested in the film — a contribution to the cultural life of our community.
Introduction taken from the 1955 official guide
Films
Feature
UMBERTO D
Director Vittorio de Sica
Italy
MIFF 1955
Short
This is the A.B.C.
Director Shan Benson
Australia
MIFF 1955
Short
Inspiration
Director Karel Zeman
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1955
Short
Crin Blanc, Cheval Sauvage
Director Albert Lamorisse
France
MIFF 1955
Feature
THE LITTLE FUGITIVE
Director Morris Engel, Ray Ashley, Ruth Orkin
USA
MIFF 1955
Feature
THE EMPEROR'S BAKER
Director Martin Fric
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1955
Feature
MIRACLE IN MILAN
Director Vittorio de Sica
Italy
MIFF 1955
Short
The Dead Town
Director Velimir Stojanovic
Yugoslavia
MIFF 1955
Short
Abstract in Concrete
Director John Arronio
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Proud Ships
Director Philip Armitage
UK
MIFF 1955
Feature
GATE OF HELL
Director Teinosuke Kinugasa
Japan
MIFF 1955
Short
Snows of Aorangi
Director Brian Blake
New Zealand
MIFF 1955
Short
The Sea
Director Edrick Radage
UK
MIFF 1955
Short
Introduction to Jazz
Director Denis Sanders
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Visit to Picasso
Director Paul Haesaerts
Belgium
MIFF 1955
Feature
THE SECRET GAME
Director Rene Clement
France
MIFF 1955
Feature
PEPE LE MOKO
Director Julien Duvivier
France
MIFF 1955
Feature
ORPHEUS
Director Jean Cocteau
France
MIFF 1955
Feature
THE NAVIGATOR
Director Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
USA
MIFF 1955
Feature
TIME IN THE SUN
Director Based on material by Sergei Eisenstein
Mexico/USA
MIFF 1955
Feature
NOUGHT FOR BEHAVIOUR
Director Jean Vigo
France
MIFF 1955
Short
Family Album
Director Jacques Brunius
UK
MIFF 1955
Short
Canada
MIFF 1955
Short
Fears of Children
Director Francis Thomspon
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Chuk and Gek
Director L. Lukinsky
USSR
MIFF 1955
Short
The Dragon of Cracow
Director Z. Wasilewski
Poland
MIFF 1955
Short
How to Make a Mask
Director
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Running for Sheriff
Director William Hines
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Mankind
Director Ian Hugo
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
A Propos De Nice
Director Jean Vigo
France
MIFF 1955
Short
Notes on Port of St. Francis
Director Frank Stuaffacher
USA
MIFF 1955
Feature
THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE
Director Raymond Longford
Australia
MIFF 1955
Feature
INTOLERANCE
Director D. W. Griffith
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Hot Earth
Director John Feeney
New Zealand
MIFF 1955
Short
Letter to a Vandal
Director
Australia
MIFF 1955
Short
The Interwoven Tracks
Director Velimir Stojanovic
Yugoslavia
MIFF 1955
Short
The Stone and the Sea
Director Veljko Bulajic
Yugoslavia
MIFF 1955
Short
The Snowline is their Boundary
Director Oxley Hughan
New Zealand
MIFF 1955
Short
The Story of Light and Mankind
Director
Holland
MIFF 1955
Short
Ibirapuera
Director George Tamarski
Brazil
MIFF 1955
Feature
CONSCIENCE
Director Jiri Krejcik
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1955
Short
A Trek to Spitti
Director
India
MIFF 1955
Short
Progress in Kojokrom
Director Sean Graham
Australia
MIFF 1955
Short
Colourful Switzerland
Director
Switzerland
MIFF 1955
Short
Yoke Heng's Story
Director Brian Salt
Malaya
MIFF 1955
Short
Doderhultarn
Director Olle Hellbom
Sweden
MIFF 1955
Short
Mark Tobey - Artist
Director Robert G. Gardner
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
De Renoir à Picasso
Director Paul Haesaerts
Belgium
MIFF 1955
Short
Emile Verhaeren
Director Paul Haesaerts, Henri Liebrecht
Belgium
MIFF 1955
Short
In The Beginning - The Grand Canyon Story
Director T. W. Cate
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Look to the Land
Director
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Riches of the Earth
Director
Canada
MIFF 1955
Short
Face of the Earth
Director
USA
MIFF 1955
Feature
THE QUIET ONE
Director Sidney Meyers
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Hide Tide in Newfoundland
Director Grant McLean
Canada
MIFF 1955
Short
Art and Motion
Director Paul Burnford
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Blue Ice
Director
Australia
MIFF 1955
Short
Emergency Bridge - Hutt Gully
Director
Australia
MIFF 1955
Short
The Hungry Miles
Director Jerome Levy, Keith Gow
Australia
MIFF 1955
Short
Four Ways to Drama
Director Norman Dyhrenfurth
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Rembrandt: Poet of Light
Director Benjamin Berg, I. A. Black
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Tonight in Britain
Director Gerry Dupont
UK
MIFF 1955
Short
Power to Fly
Director Bob Privett
UK
MIFF 1955
Short
Decision for Chemistry
Director Sidney Meyer
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Remnants of the Stone Age People
Director Louis Knobel
South Africa
MIFF 1955
Short
Hoksai
Director
Japan
MIFF 1955
Short
The Open Window
Director Henri Storck
UK/France/Belgium/Luxembourg/Netherlands
MIFF 1955
Short
The Bagpipes Play
Director Ladislav Rychman
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1955
Short
Images pour Debussy
Director Jean Mitry
France
MIFF 1955
Short
17th Century Painting in Holland
Director Hans Sibbellee
Netherlands
MIFF 1955
Short
Crossroads of Life
Director
Belgium
MIFF 1955
Short
Workshop for Peace
Director
MIFF 1955
Short
Without Fear
Director Peter Sachs
USA/UK
MIFF 1955
Short
La Beauté de l'Effort
Director Marc de Gastyne
France
MIFF 1955
Short
Bird Hunt
Director Richard Hawkins
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Eagle's Track
Director S. Sprudin, W. Wiesiolek
Poland
MIFF 1955
Short
The Seasons
Director Christopher Chapman
Canada
MIFF 1955
Short
Speeding Skis
Director
Switzerland
MIFF 1955
Feature
LE MILLION
Director René Clair
France
MIFF 1955
Short
The Charms of Life
Director Jean Grémillon, Pierre Kast
France
MIFF 1955
Short
Fable of the Peacock
Director Dwight Godwin
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
The Life and Death of 9413 - a Hollywood Extra
Director Robert Florey
USA
MIFF 1955
Short
Graham Sutherland
Director John Read
UK
MIFF 1955
Short
Le Sang des Bêtes
Director Georges Franju
France
MIFF 1955
Short
Lumiere
Director Paul Pavoit
France
MIFF 1955
Short
Eisenstein - a Survey Film
Director Marie Seton, John Minchinton
UK
MIFF 1955
