1969 Cannes Film Festival
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The 22nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 23 May 1969. Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti served as jury president for the main competition.
Opening filmSweet Charity
Founded1946
Official poster of the 22nd Cannes Film Festival[1] | |
| Opening film | Sweet Charity |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: If....[2] |
| No. of films | 26 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 8 May 1969 – 23 May 1969 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was awarded to If.... by Lindsay Anderson.[2]
At this edition a new non-competitive section called Directors' Fortnight was created, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.[3]
The festival opened with Sweet Charity by Bob Fosse.[4]
Jury
Main Competition
- Luchino Visconti, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[5]
- Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet author
- Marie Bell, French actress and stage director
- Jaroslav Boček, Czechoslovak
- Veljko Bulajić, Yugoslav filmmaker
- Stanley Donen, American filmmaker and choreographer
- Jerzy Glucksman, Swedish student
- Robert Kanters, French film critic
- Sam Spiegel, American producer
Short Films Competition
- Charles Duvanel, Swiss
- Mihnea Gheorghiu, Romanian
- Claude Soulé, French CST official
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[6]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Rublev | Андрей Рублёв | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life | L'Amour de la vie – Arthur Rubinstein | François Reichenbach | France |
| The Deserter and the Nomads | Zbehovia a pútnici | Juraj Jakubisko | Yugoslavia |
| Frozen Flashes | Die gefrorenen Blitze | János Veiczi | East Germany |
| Sweet Charity (opening film) | Bob Fosse | United States | |
| That Cold Day in the Park | Robert Altman | United States, Canada | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[6]
- Le Ballet des Jacungos by Jean Manzon
- Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
- Goldframe by Raoul Servais
- L'Homme aux chats by Henri Glaeser
- Moc osudu by Jiří Brdečka
- Niebieska kula by Mirosław Kijowicz
- La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
- Red Arrows by John Edwards
- Short Seven by Jonne Severijn
- Su sambene non est aba by Luigi Gonzo & Manfredo Manfredi
- Toccata by Herman van der Horst
- El Triunfo de la muerte by José María Gutiérrez
- Das Verräterische Herz by Paul Anczykowski
- World of Man by Albert Fischer & Michael Collyer
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 8th International Critics' Week (8e Semaine de la Critique):[7]
- Cabascabo by Oumarou Ganda (Niger)
- Charles mort ou vif by Alain Tanner (Switzerland)
- Sziget a szárazföldön (The Lady from Constantinople) by Judit Elek (Hungary)
- The Hour of the Furnaces (La Hora de los hornos) by Fernando Solanas (Argentina)
- King, Murray by David Hoffman (United States)
- More by Barbet Schroeder (Luxembourg)
- My Girlfriend's Wedding by Jim McBride (United States)
- Pagine chiuse by Gianni da Campo (Italy)
- La Rosière de Pessac by Jean Eustache (France)
- La Voie by Mohamed Slimane Riad (Algeria)
- In the Year of the Pig by Emile de Antonio (United States)
- Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern) by Peter Fleischmann (West Germany)
- Paris n’existe pas by Robert Benayoun (France)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1969 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[8]
- Acéphale by Patrick Deval (France) [9]
- Adam 2 by Jan Lenica (West Germany)
- Ballade pour un chien by René Allio, Gérard Vergez (France)
- Barravento by Glauber Rocha (Brazil)
- Between Salt and Sweet Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce) by Michel Brault (Canada)
- Brandy in the Wilderness by Stanton Kaye (United States)
- O Bravo Guerreiro by Gustavo Dahl (Brazil)
- Brazil Year 2000 (Brasil Ano 2000) by Walter Lima Jr (Brazil)
- Calcutta (doc.) by Louis Malle (France)
- Capitu by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil)
- Capricci by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
- Christopher's Movie Matinée by Mort Ransen (Canada)
- Le Cinématographe by Michel Baulez (France)
- De mère en fille (doc.) by Anne-Claire Poirier (Canada)
- Death by Hanging (Kōshikei) by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki) by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
- Drôle de jeu by Pierre Kast (France)
- Duet for Cannibals by Susan Sontag (Sweden)
- The Ernie Game by Don Owen (Canada)
- L'été by Marcel Hanoun (France)
- Face To Face (Cara a cara) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil)
- La primera carga al machete by Manuel Octavio Gomez (Cuba)
- Five Girls Around the Neck (Pět holek na krku) by Evald Schorm (Czechoslovakia)
- Fuoco! by Gian Vittorio Baldi (Italy)
- A Gentle Woman (Une femme douce) by Robert Bresson (France)
- Les Gommes by Francis Deroisy (Belgium)
- Head by Bob Rafelson (United States)
- Het compromis by Philo Bregstein (Netherlands)
- The Illiac Passion by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Image, Flesh and Voice by Ed Emshwiller (United States)
- Invasión by Hugo Santiago (Argentina)
- Jardim de guerra by Neville dAlmeida (Brazil)
- Le Joujou Chéri by Gabriel Axel (Denmark)
- Kid Sentiment by Jacques Godbout (Canada)
- Le lit de la Vierge by Philippe Garrel (France)
- Lucía by Humberto Solas (Cuba)
- Mai 68, la belle ouvrage (doc.) by Jean-Luc Magneron (France)
- Marie by Marta Meszaros (Hungary)
- Marketa Lazarová by František Vláčil (Czechoslovakia)
- A Matrimony (Eine Ehe) by Hans Rolf Strobel, Heinrich Tichawsky (West Germany)
- Money, Money by José Varela (France)
- The Most Beautiful Age by Jaroslav Papoušek (Czechoslovakia)
- Mumbo-Jumbo by Jean-Luc Magneron (France)
- Nocturne 29 by Pere Portabella (Spain)
- Nous n’irons plus au bois by Georges Dumoulin (France)
- Our Lady of the Turks (Nostra Signora dei Turchi) by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
- Partner by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
- Paul by Diourka Medveczky (France)
- Paulina Is Leaving (Paulina s’en va) by André Téchiné (France)
- La Poupée Rouge by Francis Leroi (France)
- The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl (Le viol d'une jeune fille douce) by Gilles Carle (Canada)
- Rhodesia Countdown by Michael Raeburn (Southern Rhodesia)
- Scratch Harry by Alex Matter (United States)
- Sirocco (Sirokkó) by Miklos Jancso (Hungary)
- The Smugglers (Les contrebandières) by Luc Moullet (France)
- Soliloquy by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
- Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au cœur) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
- Terry Withmore For an Example by Bill Brodie (Sweden)
- Three by James Salter (United States)
- A Time of Roses (Ruusujen aika) by Risto Jarva (Finland)
- The Trip by Roger Corman (United States)
- Tu imagines Robinson by Jean-Daniel Pollet (France)
- Vie provisoire by Mauricio Gomez Leite (Brazil)
- Les vieilles lunes by David Fahri (Switzerland)
- Vive la mort by Francis Reusser (Switzerland)
- Le Voyage by Fernando Cony Campos (Brazil)
- Wheel of Ashes by Peter Goldman (United States)
- Yvon, Yvonne by Claude Champion (Switzerland)
- Short films
- 5/7/35 by Jean Mazeas (France)
- Adrien s’éloigne by Claude Guillemot (France)
- Arrabal by Jacques Poitrenaud (France)
- Athènes, ville sourire by Lambros Liaropoulos (Greece)
- Black Movie by Adrian (filmmaker) (France)
- Chinese Chekers by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
- Einer Mädchenhaut by Klaus Schönherr (France)
- Erin Ereinté by Jean-Paul Aubert (France)
- Flash-Parc by Frank Cassenti (France)
- Fuses by Carolee Schneemann (United States)
- Galaxie by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Gedanken beim Befühlen by Klaus Schönherr (France)
- Hemingway by Fausto Canel (Cuba)
- Jeanne et la moto by Diourka Medveczky (France)
- Journal de séjour a Marseille by C. Lindenmeyer, Gérard Levy-Clerc (France)
- La page dévoilée by Jim Hodgetts et Mike Marshall (France)
- La poursuite impitoyable by J.J. Schakmundes, R. Guillon (France)
- Le mariage de Clovis by Daniel Duval (France)
- Le Sursitaire by Serge Huet (France)
- Les Stabiles by Christian Lara (France)
- Libi by Otto Muehl (France)
- Marie et le Curé by Diourka Medveczky (France)
- Miss Paris et le Majordome by Georges Dumoulin (France)
- Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin by Pascal Aubier (France)
- N.O.T.H.I.N.G. by Paul Sharits (France)
- Naissant by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
- On the Every Day of the Eyes of Death by Robert Beavers (France)
- Paris des Négritudes by Jean Schmidt (France)
- Permanence by Busioc Ionesco (Romania)
- Que s’est-il passé en Mai? by Jean-Pierre Savignac (France)
- Rohfilm by G. Hein (France)
- S. Macht am Sonntag-Nachmittag keinen Film by Dieter Meier (France)
- Scenes from Under Childhood by Stan Brakhage (France)
- Souvenir de la nuit du 4 by Patrice Gauthier, Henry Lange (France)
- Speak by John Latham (United Kingdom)
- The Mysteries by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Twice a Man by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Untebrochene Flugverbindungen by Dieter Meier (France)
- Versucht mit Synth. Ton by Kurt Kren (France)
- Winged Dialogue by Robert Beavers (France)
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: If.... by Lindsay Anderson[2]
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Ådalen 31 by Bo Widerberg
- Best Director:
- Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora
- Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant for Z
- Jury Prize: Z by Costa Gavras (Unanimously)
- Best First Work: Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
Short Films Competition
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
- Prix spécial du Jury: La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: All My Good Countrymen by Vojtěch Jasný[2]
- Short film - Special Mention:
- Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
- Toccata by Herman van der Horst