1979 Cannes Film Festival
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The 32nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 24 May 1979.[3] French writer Françoise Sagan served as jury president for the main competition.
Official poster of the 32nd Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original illustration by Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.[1] | |
| Opening film | Hair |
|---|---|
| Closing film | An Adventure for Two |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Apocalypse Now The Tin Drum |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition)[2] |
| Festival date | 10 May 1979 – 24 May 1979 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (screened as a work in progress), and The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff.[4]
Sagan, raised a controversy as she complained about Robert Favre Le Bret, director of the festival, pressure on the jury for the choice of Coppola's film, while she had chosen Schlöndorff's film.[5]
The festival opened with Hair by Miloš Forman,[6][7] and closed with An Adventure for Two by Claude Lelouch.[8]
Jury
Main Competition
- Françoise Sagan, French writer - Jury President[9]
- Sergio Amidei, Italian writer
- Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud, Swiss
- Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker
- Maurice Bessy, French
- Paul Claudon, French producer
- Jules Dassin, American filmmaker
- Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács, Hungarian filmmaker
- Robert Rozhdestvensky, Soviet author
- Susannah York, British actress
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Come and Work | Fad'jal | Safi Faye | Senegal |
| Companys, procés a Catalunya | Companys, proceso a Cataluña | Josep Maria Forn | Spain |
| Encore un Hiver (short) | Françoise Sagan | France | |
| From the Clouds to the Resistance | Dalla nube alla resistenza | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | Italy |
| Moments | רגעים | Michal Bat-Adam | Israel, France |
| A Nice Neighbor | A kedves szomszéd | Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | Hungary |
| Les petites fugues | Yves Yersin | Switzerland | |
| Printemps en Février | Shei Tieli | China | |
| A Scream from Silence | Mourir à tue-tête | Anne Claire Poirier | Canada |
| Spirit of the Wind | Ralph Liddle | United States | |
| The Third Generation | Die dritte Generation | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| Ward Six | Paviljon VI | Lucian Pintilie | Yugoslavia |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Stopped at Eboli | Cristo si è fermato a Eboli | Francesco Rosi | Italy, France |
| Hair (opening film) | Miloš Forman | United States, West Germany | |
| Manhattan | Woody Allen | United States | |
| Le Musee du Louvre | Toshio Uruta | Japan | |
| Orchestra Rehearsal | Prova d'orchestra | Federico Fellini | Italy, West Germany |
| An Adventure for Two (closing film) | À nous deux | Claude Lelouch | France, Canada |
| Wise Blood | John Huston | United States, West Germany | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
- 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, 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
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 18th International Critics' Week (18e Semaine de la Critique):[10]
- Entends le coq by Stefan Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
- Fremd bin ich eingezogen by Titus Leber (Austria)
- Jun by Hiroto Yokoyama (Japan)
- Northern Lights by John Hanson, Rob Nilsson (United States)
- La Rabi by Eugeni Anglada (Spain)
- Les Servantes du bon dieu by Diane Létourneau (Canada)
- The Tall Shadows of the Wind (Sayehaye bolande bad) by Bahman Farmanara (Iran)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1979 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]
- Angi Vera by Pal Gabor
- Bastien, Bastienne by Michel Andrieu
- Black Jack by Ken Loach
- Caniche by Bigas Luna
- Chrissomaloussa by Tony Lycouressis
- Cronica de um Industrial by Luis Rosemberg
- Julio Begins in July (Julio Comienza en Julio) by Silvio Caiozzi
- The Management Forgives a Moment of Madness (La empresa perdona un momento de locura) by Mauricio Walerstein
- La Mémoire Courte by Eduardo de Gregorio
- Nighthawks by Ron Peck
- Old Boyfriends by Joan Tewkesbury
- Five Evenings (Пять вечеров, Piats Vetcherov) by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Rockers by Theodoros Bafaloukos
- Those Wonderful Movie Cranks (Báječní muži s klikou) by Jiri Menzel
- Tiro by Jacob Bijl
- To Be Sixteen (Avoir 16 ans) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Zmory (Nightmares) by Wojciech Marczewski
- Short films
- Combattimento by Anna Kendall
- Idila by Aleksandar Ilić
- Panoplie by Philippe Gaucherand
- Romance by Yves Thomas
- Vereda Tropical by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Official Awards
Main Competition
The following films and people received the 1979 Official selection awards:[12][3]
- Palme d'Or:
- Grand Prix: Siberiade by Andrei Konchalovsky
- Best Director: Terrence Malick for Days of Heaven
- Best Actress: Sally Field for Norma Rae
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for The China Syndrome
- Best Supporting Actress: Eva Mattes for Woyzeck
- Best Supporting Actor: Stefano Madia for Dear Father
- Honorary Award: Hommage à Miklós Jancsó[4]
Caméra d'Or
Short Film Palme d'Or
- Harpya by Raoul Servais
- Jury Prize - animation: Bum by Břetislav Pojar
- Jury Prize - fiction: La Festa dels bojos by Lluis Racionero Grau
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (In competition)[13]
- Black Jack by Ken Loach (Directors' Fortnight)
- Angi Vera by Pál Gábor (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Without Anesthesia by Andrzej Wajda[14]
- Special Mention: Arven by Anja Breien[15]
Young Cinema Award
- Prix du jeune cinéma: The Hussy by Jacques Doillon[4]
