1982 Cannes Film Festival
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The 35th Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 26 May 1982.[3] Italian opera and theatre director Giorgio Strehler served as jury president for the main competition.
Official poster of the 35th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Italian film director Federico Fellini.[1] | |
| Opening film | Intolerance (1916) |
|---|---|
| Closing film | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Missing Yol |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition)[2] |
| Festival date | 14 May 1982 – 26 May 1982 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to Missing by Costa-Gavras and Yol by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören.[4]
The festival opened with the 1916 film Intolerance by D. W. Griffith,[5][6] and closed with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg.[7][8]
Juries
In Competition
- Giorgio Strehler, Italian opera and theatre director - Jury President[9]
- Jean-Jacques Annaud, French filmmaker and producer
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Italian writer
- Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
- Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian author
- Florian Hopf, West-German
- Sidney Lumet, American filmmaker
- Mrinal Sen, Indian filmmaker
- Claude Soulé, French CST official
- René Thévenet, French producer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elia Kazan, Outsider | Annie Tresgot | France | |
| Elippathayam | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | India | |
| Five and the Skin | Cinq et la peau | Pierre Rissient | France |
| Forty Deuce | Paul Morrissey | United States | |
| A Girl's Tears | O lacrimă de fată | Iosif Demian | Romania |
| Heart and Guts | Das Tripas Coração | Ana Carolina | Brazil |
| A Letter to Freddy Buache | Lettre à Freddy Buache | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Little Wars | حروب صغيرة | Maroun Bagdadi | France, Lebanon |
| Monkey Grip | Ken Cameron | Australia | |
| Roza | Hristoforos Hristofis | Greece | |
| See You in the Next War | Довиђења у следећем рату | Živojin Pavlović | Yugoslavia |
| Tree of Knowledge | Kundskabens træ | Nils Malmros | Denmark |
| The Wind | Finye | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |
| Une villa aux environs de New York | Benoît Jacquot | France | |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2][10]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonjour Mr. Lewis | Robert Benayoun | France | |
| Brel | Frédéric Rossif | ||
| Chronopolis | Piotr Kamler | France, Poland | |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (closing film) | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
| The Evil Dead | Sam Raimi | ||
| Intolerance (1916) (opening film) | D. W. Griffith | ||
| The Mystery of Picasso | Le mystère Picasso | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France |
| Parsifal | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | West Germany, France | |
| Pink Floyd – The Wall | Alan Parker | United Kingdom | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
- Bumerang by Zsuzsanna Zsáky
- The Cooler by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley
- Elsa by Marja Pensala
- Meow by Marcos Magalhães
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or by Arthur Joffé
- Sans préavis by Michel Gauthier
- Szarnyaslenyek boltja by Laszlo Halmai
- Ted Baryluk's Grocery by John Paskievich, Mike Mirus
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 21st International Critics' Week (21e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
- The Angel by Patrick Bokanowski (France)
- Czułe miejsca (Des points sensibles) by Piotr Andrejew (Poland)
- Dhil al ardh (L'Ombre de la terre) by Taieb Louhichi (Tunisia, France)
- Half a Life (Mourir à trente ans) by Romain Goupil (France)
- Jom by Ababacar Samb-Makharam (Senegal)
- The Painter by Güran Du Rees and Christina Olofson (Sweden)
- Parti sans laisser d'adresse by Jacqueline Veuve (Switzerland)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1982 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- Arais Min Kassab by Jillali Ferhati
- At by Ali Ozgentürk
- Batch '81 by Mike De Leon
- Bolivar, Sinfonia Tropical by Diego Risquez
- Daimler-Benz Limousine (Limuzyna Daimler-Benz) by Filip Bajon
- Dakhal by Goutam Ghose
- Falensterul by Savel Stiopul
- La Familia Orozco by Jorge Reyes
- Heatwave by Philip Noyce
- India, Daughter of the Sun (India, A Filha do Sol) by Fabio Barreto
- Kaliyugaya by Lester James Peries
- Kisapmata by Mike De Leon
- Les Papiers d'Aspern by Eduardo de Gregorio
- The Scarecrow by Sam Pillsbury
- Sekka Tomurai Zashi by Yoichi Takabayashi
- The Story Of Woo Viet by Ann Hui
- Time Stands Still (Megáll az idő) by Peter Gothar
- Too Far to Go by Fielder Cook
- La vela incantata by Gianfranco Mingozzi
- Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Short films
- Bogus by Ghislain Honoré, Jacques Lizzi
- Carry On Britannia by Stuart Rumens
- Coeurs Marins by Carlos Pedro de Andrade Jr
- Faces by (director not stated)
- Gratia Plena by (director not stated)
- Sopa de Pollo de Mama by Carlos Castillo
Official Awards

In Competition
- Palme d'Or:
- Missing by Costa Gavras[13]
- Yol by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören
- Grand Prix: The Night of the Shooting Stars by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Best Director: Werner Herzog for Fitzcarraldo
- Best Screenplay: Jerzy Skolimowski for Moonlighting
- Best Actress: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak for Another Way
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Missing
- Best Artistic Contribution: Bruno Nuytten (cinematographer) for Invitation au voyage
- 35th Anniversary Prize: Identification of a Woman by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Honorary Award: Hommage à Satyajit Ray[14]
Caméra d'Or
Short Film Palme d'Or
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or by Arthur Joffé
- Jury Prize: Meow by Marcos Magalhães
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Yol by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören[15]
- Another Way by Károly Makk
- Wild Flowers by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Raoul Coutard (cinematographer) for Passion
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- The Night of the Shooting Stars by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani[16]
- Special Mention:
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Time Stands Still by Péter Gothár[17]
- French Film: Half a Life by Romain Goupil