 Only one year after the end of World War II, most of the films were about the war.There arose several technical issues, such as the tarpauline cover blowing away in a storm on the day before the winners were to be announced, the reels of Hitchcock’s "Notorious" shown in reverse order, and George Sydney’s "The Three Musketeers" projected upside-down.During the first festival, the jury was made up of one representative per country, with French historian Georges Huisman as the Jury President.