1962
Erwin Rado
#11
The decision to alter the format of the festival was made with one aim in mind: that of raising the quality of films presented in 1962.
The organising committee believed that this objective could be attained through two actions: by seeking the endorsement of the festival by FIAPP, the international film producers' body governing festivals the world over; and by offering awards in a competitive festival as an inducement to producers to enter their top-rank productions.
In order to obtain FIAPP recognition, the festival had to conform with the rules laid down for all festivals: playing days had to be reduced to 14, and most feature films could be screened only once to a maximum audience of 2000. After assurances had been given that these conditions would be observed, FIAPP endorsed the Melbourne Film Festival for 1962.
The result of the endorsement and the newly introduced competition may be readily assessed by glancing at the programme. A record number of 175 films have been entered by 31 countries; amongst the films are many which can be classed as outstanding in any year's crop; and amongst the countries which sent major entries are a number which abstained from participating during recent years.
The new system has therefore brought a considerable gain in artistic quality and increased variety. At the same time, many of the night programmes contain different films for the two seasons. The first reaction, naturally, is one of deprivation, but the organising committee considers that this is only an apparent loss. Not being able to see "the other four films" is, in fact, the price paid for one's own season's four "exclusives". In any case none of the eight films in question would have reached the festival screen if the single screening system had not been introduced. It is hoped that a number of these restricted films will be shown commercially in Melbourne in the not too distant future.
We take this opportunity of expressing our pleasure at having found a home for the festival in the Palais Theatre, where comfort and the proximity of screening venues, together with the improved catering facilities, should greatly enhance members' enjoyment of a season of films containing some of the best productions of the world's cinema today.
Introduction taken from the 1962 official guide
Films
Short
Opening Speech
Director Norman McLaren
Canada
MIFF 1962
Short
The Cattle Carters
Director Derek Williams
Australia/UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Conference Room
Director B. Porter
Australia
MIFF 1962
Feature
LA REGLE DU JEU
Director Jean Renoir
France
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE SAND CASTLE
Director Jerome Hill
USA
MIFF 1962
Feature
GOODBYE DOVES
Director Yakov Segel
USSR
MIFF 1962
Short
Fire in Castile
Director Jose Val del Omar
Spain
MIFF 1962
Short
The Loaf of Bread
Director Jan Nimec
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1962
Short
The Travelling Tune
Director Max Keuris
Netherlands
MIFF 1962
Short
Days of My Years
Director Max de Haas
Netherlands
MIFF 1962
Short
The Lion and the Ditty
Director Bretislav Pojar
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE ISLAND
Director Kaneto Shindo
Japan
MIFF 1962
Short
A Ship is Born
Director Jan Lomnicki
Poland
MIFF 1962
Short
Very Nice, Very Nice
Director Arthur Lipsett
Canada
MIFF 1962
Short
A City Called Copenhagen
Director Jorgen Roos
Denmark
MIFF 1962
Short
Nine Minutes
Director Károly Wiedermann
Hungary
MIFF 1962
Short
For Better, For Worse
Director John Halas, Peter Sachs
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Morning on the Lievre
Director David Bairstow
Canada
MIFF 1962
Feature
SHADOWS
Director John Cassavetes
USA
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE KNIFE
Director J. M. Landré
Netherlands
MIFF 1962
Feature
DESCRIPTION OF A STRUGGLE
Director Chris Marker
France/Israel
MIFF 1962
Feature
YANCO
Director Servando Gonzalez
Mexico
MIFF 1962
Short
Gateway to a City
Director R. Johnston
Australia
MIFF 1962
Feature
VOLCANO
Director Haroun Tazieff
France
MIFF 1962
Feature
SEE YOU TOMORROW
Director Janusz Morgenstern
Poland
MIFF 1962
Feature
NIGHT TRAIN
Director Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Poland
MIFF 1962
Short
The Little Western
Director Witold Giersz
Poland
MIFF 1962
Short
A Trip to the Moon
Director Karl Stanzl
Austria
MIFF 1962
Short
Terminus
Director John Schlesinger
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
A Place in the Sun
Director Franctisek Vystrcil
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1962
Feature
TWO DAUGHTERS
Director Satyajit Ray
India
MIFF 1962
Short
Rhythm of the Port
Director Wolf Hart
West Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
The End of the Game
Director Theodor Christensen
Denmark
MIFF 1962
Feature
LA NOTTE
Director Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
MIFF 1962
Short
Blue Pullman
Director James Ritchie
UK
MIFF 1962
Feature
VIRIDIANA
Director Luis Buñuel
Spain
MIFF 1962
Short
Hands to Flying Stations
Director R. J. Needs
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Rhapsody in Wood
Director Bob Calinescu
Romania
MIFF 1962
Short
O for Oxygen
Director J. G. Armstrong
UK
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE LAPLANDERS
Director Per Höst
Norway
MIFF 1962
Short
Kitsiumbanyi
Director Fernand Tack
Belgium
MIFF 1962
Short
Klondike Strikes Out
Director Dave Tendler
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
SKID
Director Zbynek Brynych
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1962
Short
Honorable Family Problem
Director Bob Kuwahara
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Indian Water Birds
Director Gopal Datt
India
MIFF 1962
Short
Where is Mama?
Director
China
MIFF 1962
Feature
DUST ON THE BRAIN
Director Oyvind Vennerod
Norway
MIFF 1962
Short
Peanut Battle
Director Connie Rasinski
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Training Players For Chinese Classical Theatre
Director Chang Chao-pin, Chen Chen-tsai
China
MIFF 1962
Short
Bandwagon
Director Peter Hopkinson
UK
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE IRON FLOWER
Director Janos Hersko
Hungary
MIFF 1962
Short
Flower of the Sun
Director Sandor Sara
Hungary
MIFF 1962
Short
The Boatbuilder
Director Sigurd Agnell
Norway
MIFF 1962
Short
Wild Highlands
Director Ian Ferguson
UK
MIFF 1962
Feature
PROFESSOR MAMLOCK
Director Konrad Wolf
East Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
Portrait of An Australian
Director Rhonda Small
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
The Faceless One
Director Bahrudin Cengic
Yugoslavia
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE OPIUM WAR
Director Cheng Chun-li, Chen Fan
China
MIFF 1962
Short
Shell Car Family
Director E. Porter
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Allegri String Quartet
Director Humphrey Burton
UK
MIFF 1962
Feature
KOLKA, MY FRIEND
Director Alexey Saltykov, Alexandre Mitta
USSR
MIFF 1962
Short
Murry and Me
Director E. Tuganov
USSR
MIFF 1962
Short
Three Men
Director Vladimir Lehky
Czechoslovakia
MIFF 1962
Short
Tek
Director Etienne Raik
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Michelin
Director Etienne Raik
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Johnnie Walker
Director Etienne Raik
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Alkathene Circus
Director Etienne Raik
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Elle Court, Elle Court
Director Etienne Raik
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Boussac
Director Etienne Raik
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Les Mistons
Director Francois Truffaut
France
MIFF 1962
Short
La Grande Foire
Director J. Mitry, A. Valio
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Le Rendez-Vous Du Bois Du Boulogne
Director W. Carone
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Les Eloquents
Director Jacques Guillon
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Opera Mouffe
Director Agnès Varda
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Nuit et Brouillard
Director Alain Resnais
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Brutality in Stone
Director Peter Schamoni
West Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
And the Earth Was Without Form and Void
Director Alina Gross, Yoram Gross
Israel
MIFF 1962
Short
Six Candles
Director Michael Barden
UK
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE POEM
Director Rados Novakovic
Yugoslavia
MIFF 1962
Feature
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
Director Peter Palitzch, Manfred Wekwerth
East Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
All in a Day
Director John Morley
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Michael
Director Heather Sutton
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
To Kill A Child
Director Gosta Werner
Sweden
MIFF 1962
Short
Mr. Marsh Comes To School
Director John Krish
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
The Living Soil
Director Atma Ram
Ireland
MIFF 1962
Short
Os Mundi
Director Hattum Hoving
Netherlands
MIFF 1962
Short
Art in Our Time: Sculpture
Director Alfred Ehrhardt
West Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
Between Glass and Concrete
Director
West Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
Miracle of Youth
Director John Read
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Art of Space
Director P. Haeserts
Belgium
MIFF 1962
Short
Tomorrow's Today
Director John Morley, Henry Lewis
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Bunker Hill
Director Kent Mackenzie
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Let My People Go
Director John Krish
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Close-Up On Kuwait
Director Rodney Giesler, Ibrahim Abu Nab
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Hold Back the Sea
Director George Sluizer
Netherlands
MIFF 1962
Short
Frontiers
Director Dick Durance
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Blink and Waves
Director Bent Barfod
Denmark
MIFF 1962
Short
Images en Negatif
Director Eugene Deslaw
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Dance Squared
Director René Jodoin
Canada
MIFF 1962
Short
Tumut Pond
Director Harry Malcolm
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Logos
Director Jane Conger
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
C (Calicloth)
Director Ahmed Lateef
India
MIFF 1962
Short
Celery Stalks at Midnight
Director John Whitney
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Obmaru
Director Patricia Marx
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Raga
Director Jordan Belson
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Yantra
Director James Whitney
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Film Exercise No. 4
Director John Whitney, James Whitney
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Profiles of Galilee
Director Yona Zarecki
Israel
MIFF 1962
Short
Michael Ayrton
Director John Read
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Art in Our Time: Painting
Director Alfred Ehrhardt
West Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
Andre Masson and the Four Elements
Director Jean Bremillon
France
MIFF 1962
Short
The Expressionist Revolt
Director Virginia Harriman
USA
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE HUNTERS
Director John Marshall, Robert Gardner
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Water
Director Philip Stapp
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Operation Matador
Director Don Chipperfield
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
August Heat
Director Martin Zweiback
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
A House Divided
Director Craven Films
USA
MIFF 1962
Feature
THE BOER WAR
Director Claude Whatham
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Painter and Poet
Director Georges Regnier
France
MIFF 1962
Short
European Rococo
Director Arno Schonberger, Halldor Soehner
West Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
The Coming of Christ
Director Donald B. Hyatt
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Mann with a Flute
Director Tom Craven
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Robert Frost
Director Sidney J. Stiber
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Lonely Boy
Director Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor
Canada
MIFF 1962
Short
Finland Designs For Living
Director U. Backstrom
Finland
MIFF 1962
Short
A Place for Gold
Director Basil Wright
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
This is Iceland
Director Kjartan Bjarnason
Iceland
MIFF 1962
Short
Jet
Director Lauritz Falk
Sweden
MIFF 1962
Short
Souvenirs From Sweden
Director Henning Carlsen
Sweden
MIFF 1962
Short
Current Affairs
Director C. Wedel, Bent Barfod
Sweden
MIFF 1962
Short
My Son is a Viking
Director A. Berg
Norway
MIFF 1962
Short
Story of the Serials
Director S. J. Turell, P. Killiam
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
Jannings In Variety
Director S. J. Turell, P. Killiam
USA
MIFF 1962
Short
The Captive River
Director J. Blake Dalrymple
Rhodesia
MIFF 1962
Short
Seawards the Great Ships
Director Hilary Harris
UK
MIFF 1962
Feature
THEY WERE TEN
Director Baruch Dienar
Israel
MIFF 1962
Feature
QUESTION SEVEN
Director Stuart Rosenberg
USA/West Germany
MIFF 1962
Short
Lisbon Seen By Its Children
Director Antonio Lopes Ribeiro
Portugal
MIFF 1962
Short
Prambanan
Director R. M. Harjoto
Indonesia
MIFF 1962
Short
The Sarajevo Hagada
Director Slobodan Jovicic
Yugoslavia
MIFF 1962
Short
Christ's Passion in Old Portuguese Paintings
Director Baptisto Rosa
Portugal
MIFF 1962
Short
Russell Drysdale
Director D. Collings
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Magritte
Director Luc de Heusch
Belgium
MIFF 1962
Short
Delacroix
Director Anthony M. Roland
France
MIFF 1962
Short
Nothing to Eat - But Food
Director Patrick Filmer-Sankey
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Highlands in Toscana
Director Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti
Italy
MIFF 1962
Feature
LIGHTS OF VARIETY
Director Alberto Lattuada, Federico Fellini
Italy
MIFF 1962
Short
Raw Materials and Refining
Director Peter Rolfe Johnson
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
The Shy Golden Oriole
Director Chiang Ai-chun, Lu Ching
China
MIFF 1962
Short
Old People
Director Henning Carlsen
Denmark
MIFF 1962
Short
The Class
Director John Schlesinger
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
The Negro
Director Eduardo Manet
Cuba
MIFF 1962
Short
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Director Bob Calinescu
Romania
MIFF 1962
Feature
STORIES OF THE REVOLUTION
Director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Cuba
MIFF 1962
Short
Kandyan Dancing
Director A. Seneviratna
Ceylon
MIFF 1962
Short
Drums Across the Lagoon
Director R. Boure
New Zealand
MIFF 1962
Short
Kangra and Kulu
Director N. S. Thapa
India
MIFF 1962
Short
Report on the Political Development in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Director S. Benson
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Lights and Men
Director Hristo Kovachev
Bulgaria
MIFF 1962
Short
Assembly General
Director Gutierrez Alea
Cuba
MIFF 1962
Feature
REALENGO 18
Director Oscar Torres
Cuba
MIFF 1962
Short
Cable Jointing
Director J. Fitzsimons
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
The Nurses' Story
Director T. Holliday
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
History of Glass
Director G. Pike
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Didjeridoo Difficulties
Director W. Copland
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Night Freighter
Director R. Petersen
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Gently Jenkins
Director K. M. Campbell
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Bypass to Life
Director P. Maund
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Port of Melbourne
Director J. Blackwood
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
Ned Kelly – Australian Paintings by Nolan
Director Tim Burstall
Australia
MIFF 1962
Short
The Prize
Director Tim Burstall
Australia
MIFF 1962
Feature
IL POSTO
Director Ermanno Olmi
Italy
MIFF 1962
Feature
TELEVISION AND THE WORLD
Director Richard Cawston
UK
MIFF 1962
Short
Cattle Ranch
Director Guy L. Coté
Canada
MIFF 1962
Short
Variations on an Italian Theme
Director Carson Davidson
USA/Italy
MIFF 1962
