1980 Cannes Film Festival
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The 33rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 and 23 May 1980.[3] American actor Kirk Douglas served as jury president for the main competition. During the festival the showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was notoriously interrupted by an electricians strike.[4]
Official poster of the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Michel Landi.[1] | |
| Opening film | Fantastica |
|---|---|
| Closing film | I'm Photogenic |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: All That Jazz Kagemusha |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition)[2] |
| Festival date | 9 May 1980 – 23 May 1980 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.[5]
The festival opened with Fantastica by Gilles Carle,[6][7] and closed with I'm Photogenic by Dino Risi.[8]
Juries
Main Competition
- Kirk Douglas, American actor - Jury President[9]
- Ken Adam, British production designer
- Robert Benayoun, French film critic and author
- Veljko Bulajić, Yugoslavian filmmaker
- Leslie Caron, French actress and dancer
- Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer
- André Delvaux, Belgium filmmaker
- Albina du Boisrouvray, French producer
- Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian writer
- Michael Spencer, Canadian producer and filmmaker
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballad of Tara | چریکه تارا | Bahram Beyzai | Iran |
| The Candidate | Der Kandidat | Volker Schlöndorff | West Germany |
| Christopher's House | Kristoffers hus | Lars Lennart Forsberg | Sweden |
| Csontváry | Zoltán Huszárik | Hungary | |
| Days of Dreams | Дани од снова | Vlatko Gilić | Yugoslavia |
| La femme enfant | Die Stumme Liebe | Raphaële Billetdoux | France, West Germany |
| The Gamekeeper | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | |
| Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder | Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder | Annie Tresgot and Michel Ciment | France |
| The Rabbit Case | Causa králík | Jaromil Jireš | Czechoslovakia |
| Sitting Ducks | Henry Jaglom | United States | |
| To Love the Damned | Maledetti vi amerò | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| Ways in the Night | Wege in der Nacht | Krzysztof Zanussi | West Germany |
| The Willi Busch Report | Der Willi-Busch-Report | Niklaus Schilling | |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking Glass | Brian Gibson | United Kingdom | |
| City of Women | La città delle donne | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| I'm Photogenic (closing film) | Sono fotogenico | Dino Risi | |
| Lightning Over Water | Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray | West Germany, Sweden | |
| Nezha Conquers the Dragon King | 哪吒闹海 | Wang Shuchen, Yan Dingxian, Xu Jingda | China |
| Public Telephone | Téléphone public | Jean-Marie Périer | France |
| The Risk of Living | Le risque de vivre | Gérald Calderon | |
| Stalker | Сталкер | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| Stir | Stephen Wallace | Australia | |
| SuperTotò | Brando Giordani and Emilio Ravel | Italy | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
- Arrêt momentané by Marie-France Siegler
- The Beloved by Michel Bouchard
- The Performer by Norma Bailey
- Grandomaniya by Nikolay Todorov
- Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
- Magyar kepek by Csaba Szórády
- La Petite enfance du cinéma by Joël Farges
- Rails by Manolo Otero
- Scheherazade by Susan Casey and Nancy Naschke
- Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
- Sky Dance by Faith Hubley
- Z górki by Marian Cholerek
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 19th International Critics' Week (19e Semaine de la Critique):[10]
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1980 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]
- Afternoon of War by Karl Francis
- Aziza by Abdellatif Ben Ammar
- The Blood Of Hussain by Jamil Dehlavi
- Carny by Robert Kaylor
- Gaijin: Roads to Freedom by Tizuka Yamasaki
- Gal Young Un by Victor Nuñez
- The Handyman by Micheline Lanctôt
- Hazal by Ali Ozgentürk
- Morning Undersea by Lauro Antonio
- Manoa by Solveig Hoogesteijn
- Mater Amatisima by José A. Salgot
- Oggetti Smarriti by Giuseppe Bertolucci
- Opname by Erik van Zuylen and Marja Kok
- Order by Sohrab Shahid Saless
- The Patriotic Woman by Alexander Kluge
- Pełnia by Andrzej Kondratiuk
- Prostitute by Tony Garnett
- Radio On by Christopher Petit
- Purity of Heart by Robert van Ackeren
- Sunday Children by Michael Verhoeven
- Sunday Daughters by János Rózsa
- Union City by Marcus Reichert
Short films
- Noticiero Incine by Frank Pineda and Ramiro Lacayo
- Ovtcharsko by Christo Kovatchev
- Vietnam, voyage dans le temps by Edgar Telles Ribeiro
Official Awards
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In Competition
- Palme d'Or:
- Grand Prix: My American Uncle by Alain Resnais (unanimously)
- Best Screenplay: Ettore Scola, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli for La terrazza
- Best Actress: Anouk Aimée for A Leap in the Dark
- Best Actor: Michel Piccoli for A Leap in the Dark
- Best Supporting Actress: Milena Dravić for Special Treatment & Carla Gravina for La terrazza
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Thompson for Breaker Morant
- Jury Prize: The Constant Factor by Krzysztof Zanussi
Caméra d'Or
Short Film Palme d'Or
- Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
- Jury Prize: Canada Vignettes: The Performer by Norma Bailey & Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- My American Uncle by Alain Resnais (In competition)[13]
- Provincial Actors by Agnieszka Holland (International Critics' Week)
- Gaijin: Roads to Freedom by Tizuka Yamasaki (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Le Risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon (out of competition)