1980 Cannes Film Festival

1980 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Michel Landi.[1]
Opening film	Fantastica
Closing film	Sono fotogenico
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or (All That Jazz and Kagemusha)
Number of films	23 (In Competition)[2] 14 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Out of Competition) 12 (Short Film)
Festival date	9 May 1980 – 23 May 1980
Website	festival-cannes.com/en

The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The Palme d'Or went to the All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.^[3][4][5]

The showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was interrupted by an electricians strike.^[6] The festival opened with Fantastica, directed by Gilles Carle and closed with Sono fotogenico, directed by Dino Risi.^[7][8]

Jury

Kirk Douglas, Jury President.

• Kirk Douglas (USA) (president)
• Ken Adam (UK)
• Robert Benayoun (France)
• Veljko Bulajić (Yugoslavia)
• Leslie Caron (France)
• Charles Champlin (USA)
• André Delvaux (Belgium)
• Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
• Michael Spencer (Canada)
• Albina du Boisrouvray (France)

Feature film competition

• All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
• Being There by Hal Ashby
• The Big Red One by Samuel Fuller
• Breaker Morant by Bruce Beresford
• Bye Bye Brasil by Carlos Diegues
• Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
• Dedicatoria by Jaime Chávarri
• Ek Din Pratidin by Mrinal Sen
• Fantastica by Gilles Carle
• Jaguar by Lino Brocka
• Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
• Kaltgestellt by Bernhard Sinkel
• La terrazza by Ettore Scola
• Le Chaînon manquant by Picha
• The Long Riders by Walter Hill
• Loulou by Maurice Pialat
• Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
• Örökség by Márta Mészáros
• Out of the Blue by Dennis Hopper
• Poseban tretman by Goran Paskaljević
• Salto nel vuoto by Marco Bellocchio
• Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard
• Une semaine de vacances by Bertrand Tavernier

Un Certain Regard

• Causa králík by Jaromil Jireš
• Csontváry by Zoltán Huszárik
• Dani od snova by Vlatko Gilic
• Der Kandidat by Volker Schlöndorff
• Der Willi-Busch-Report by Niklaus Schilling
• Kristoffers hus by Lars Lennart Forsberg
• La femme enfant by Raphaële Billetdoux
• Maledetti vi amerò by Marco Tullio Giordana
• Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder by Annie Tresgot
• Sitting Ducks by Henry Jaglom
• Tcherike-ye Tara by Bahram Bayzai
• The Gamekeeper by Ken Loach
• Wege in der Nacht by Krzysztof Zanussi

Films out of competition

• Breaking Glass by Brian Gibson
• La città delle donne by Federico Fellini
• Le risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon
• Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
• Nezha nao hai by Yan Ding Xian, Wang Shuchen, Jingda Xu
• Sono fotogenico by Dino Risi
• Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Stir by Stephen Wallace
• SuperTotò by Brando Giordani, Emilio Ravel
• Téléphone public by Jean-Marie Périer

Short film competition

• Arrêt momentané by Marie-France Siegler
• The Beloved by Michel Bouchard
• Canada Vignettes: 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

Awards

Akira Kurosawa, one of the winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

• Palme d'Or:
  • All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
  • Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
• Grand Prix: Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais (unanimously)
• Jury Prize: Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
• Best Actor: Michel Piccoli for Salto nel vuoto
• Best Actress: Anouk Aimée for Salto nel vuoto
• Best Supporting Actor: Jack Thompson for Breaker Morant
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Milena Dravić for Poseban tretman
  • Carla Gravina for La terrazza
• Best Screenplay: Ettore Scola, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli for La terrazza
• Technical Grand Prize: Le Risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon (which was shown out of competition)
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
• Jury Prize - Best Short Film:
  • Canada Vignettes: The Performer by Norma Bailey
  • Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
• Caméra d'Or: Adrien's Story by Jean-Pierre Denis
• FIPRESCI Prize: Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
• FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention: Gaijin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade by Tizuka Yamasaki
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
  • Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (special award)

References

1. "Posters 1980". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "Official Selection 1980 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "1980 - A man disappears". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
4. "Awards 1980 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
5. "Joint Palme d'Or to Akira Kurosawa and Bob Fosse". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
6. "The Ottawa Journal". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
7. "Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
8. "The closing films at Cannes". Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links

• 1980 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1980
• Cannes Film Festival:1980 at Internet Movie Database