1979 Cannes Film Festival
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The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24. The Palme d'Or went to the Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola and Die Blechtrommel by Volker Schlöndorff.[1][2]
The festival opened with Hair, directed by Miloš Forman and closed with À nous deux, directed by Claude Lelouch.[3][4]
Contents
Jury
- Françoise Sagan (France) (president)
- Sergio Amidei (Italy)
- Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud (Switzerland)
- Luis García Berlanga (Spain)
- Maurice Bessy (France)
- Paul Claudon (France)
- Jules Dassin (USA)
- Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács (Hungary)
- Robert Rozhdestvensky (Soviet Union) (author)
- Susannah York (UK)
Feature film competition
- Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (which was screened as a work in progress)
- Arven by Anja Breien
- Bez znieczulenia by Andrzej Wajda
- Caro papà by Dino Risi
- The China Syndrome by James Bridges
- Days of Heaven by Terrence Malick
- Die Blechtrommel by Volker Schlöndorff
- Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf by André Delvaux
- The Europeans by James Ivory
- L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile by Luigi Comencini
- La drôlesse by Jacques Doillon
- Les Soeurs Brontë by André Téchiné
- Los sobrevivientes by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
- Magyar rapszódia by Miklós Jancsó
- My Brilliant Career by Gillian Armstrong
- Norma Rae by Martin Ritt
- Okupacija u 26 slika by Lordan Zafranović
- Siberiade by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Série noire by Alain Corneau
- Victoria by Bo Widerberg
- Woyzeck by Werner Herzog
Un Certain Regard
- A kedves szomszéd by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
- Companys, procés a Catalunya by Josep Maria Forn
- Dalla nube alla resistenza by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
- Die dritte Generation by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Encore un Hiver by Françoise Sagan
- Fad'jal by Safi Faye
- Les petites fugues by Yves Yersin
- Moments de la vie d'une femme by Michal Bat-Adam
- Mourir à tue-tête by Anne Claire Poirier
- Paviljon VI by Lucian Pintilie
- Printemps en Février by Shei Tieli
- Spirit of the Wind by Ralph Liddle
Films out of competition
- À nous deux by Claude Lelouch
- Cristo si è fermato a Eboli by Francesco Rosi
- Hair by Miloš Forman
- Le Musee du Louvre by Toshio Uruta
- Manhattan by Woody Allen
- Prova d'orchestra by Federico Fellini
- Wise Blood by John Huston
Short film competition
- Barbe bleue by Olivier Gillon
- Bum by Břetislav Pojar
- La Dame de Monte Carlo by Dominique Delouche
- La Festa dels bojos by Lluis Racionero Grau
- Harpya by Raoul Servais
- Helping Hand by John P. Taylor and Zlatko Pavlinovic
- Le Mur by Jan January Janczak
- Petite histoire un peu triste by Didier Pourcel
- Põld by Rein Raamat
- The Waltzing Policemen by Kerry Feltham
- Zwei Frauen in der Oper by Christian Veit-Attendorff
Awards
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Volker Schlöndorff, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.
- Palme d'Or:
- Grand Prix: Siberiade by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for The China Syndrome
- Best Actress: Sally Field for Norma Rae
- Best Supporting Actor: Stefano Madia for Caro papà
- Best Supporting Actress: Eva Mattes for Woyzeck
- Best Director: Terrence Malick for Days of Heaven
- Technical Grand Prize: Norma Rae by Martin Ritt
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Harpya by Raoul Servais
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film:
- Caméra d'Or: Northern Lights by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson
- Young Cinema Award: La drôlesse by Jacques Doillon
- FIPRESCI Prize
- Parallel Section:
- Competition: Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Without Anesthesia by Andrzej Wajda
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Arven by Anja Breien
References
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