1979 Cannes Film Festival Explained

1979 Cannes Film Festival
Number:21 (In Competition)
12 (Un Certain Regard)
8 (Out of Competition)
11 (Short Film)
Opening:Hair
Closing:À nous deux
Location:Cannes, France
Awards:Palme d'Or (Apocalypse Now and Die Blechtrommel)
Date: –
Founded:1946
Main:Cannes Film Festival
Previous:1978
Next:1980

The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 24 May 1979. The Palme d'Or went to Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola, which was screened as a work in progress, and Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) by Volker Schlöndorff.[1] [2]

The festival opened with Hair, directed by Miloš Forman[3] [4] and closed with À nous deux, directed by Claude Lelouch.[5]

Françoise Sagan, the president of the jury raised a controversy as she complained that Robert Favre Le Bret, director of the festival, had stepped out of his role and had put pressure on the jury for the choice of Coppola's film, while she had defended The Tin Drum to the last minute of the competition. Finally the Palme d'Or was given to both films.[6]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1979 feature film competition:[7]

Feature films

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[8]

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 18th International Critics' Week (18e Semaine de la Critique):[9]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1979 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]

Short films

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1979 Official selection awards:[11]

Siberiade by Andrei Konchalovsky

Terrence Malick for Days of Heaven

Sally Field for Norma Rae

Jack Lemmon for The China Syndrome

Golden Camera

Northern Lights by John Hanson and Rob NilssonShort films

Harpya by Raoul Servais

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[12]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[13]

Young Cinema Award

Other awards

Media

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 32ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 5 June 2017.
  2. Web site: 1979 - Le Jury, Les Prix . cannes-fest.com . fr . 5 June 2017.
  3. News: Film Festival Opens in Cannes . May 12, 1979 . . 14 July 2017.
  4. Web site: The opening films at Cannes . vodkaster.com . 25 May 2017.
  5. Web site: The closing films at Cannes . vodkaster.com . 25 May 2017.
  6. Web site: 1978-1986: A wind of change - Controversy . fresques.ina.fr . 5 June 2017.
  7. Web site: Juries 1979: Long film . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1979/juryLongFilm.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
  8. Web site: Official Selection 1979: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1979/allSelections.html . 26 December 2013 . dmy.
  9. Web site: 18e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1979 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 14 June 2017.
  10. Web site: Quinzaine 1979 . quinzaine-realisateurs.com . 14 June 2017 .
  11. Web site: Awards 1979: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101052932/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1979/allAward.html . 1 November 2013 . dmy.
  12. Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1979 . fipresci.org . 27 June 2017.
  13. Web site: Jury Œcuménique 1979 . cannes.juryoecumenique.org . 30 June 2017.
  14. Web site: Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1979 . imdb.com . 30 June 2017.

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