Within the 1960s, an explosion of filmmaking aroused on the island. About half of the films shot in this period were co-productions between Puerto Rico and Mexico. Mexico also shot a few stand-alone productions, plus a few co-productions with Spain and Venezuela. Puerto Rico hosted a sizable number of U.S. movies throughout the decade, plus one from Argentina and one from the United Kingdom. Although none of the movies from this period received wide critical acclaim, director Leopoldo Torre Nilsson was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the Cannes Film Festival for his work on "La Chica del Lunes" (1967). Also notable are the Bob Hope comedy "The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell" (1968) when Hawaii was unavailable for Department of Defense cooperation and a film adaptation of William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies".