1977 Cannes Film Festival
Appearance
Opening film | The Duellists |
---|---|
Closing film | Slap Shot |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (Padre Padrone) |
No. of films | 23 (In Competition)[2] 45 (Out of Competition) 7 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 13 May 1977 | – 27 May 1977
Website | festival-cannes |
The 30th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13–27. The Palme d'Or went to the Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.[3] A new non-competitive section, 'Le Passé composé', is held at this festival only and focuses on compilations.[4]
The festival opened with The Duellists, directed by Ridley Scott and closed with Slap Shot, directed by George Roy Hill.[5]
Jury
- Roberto Rossellini (Italy) (president)
- N'Sougan Agblemagnon (author)
- Anatole Dauman (France)
- Jacques Demy (France)
- Carlos Fuentes (Mexico)
- Benoîte Groult (France)
- Pauline Kael (USA) (journalist)
- Marthe Keller (Switzerland)
- Yuri Ozerov (Soviet Union)
Feature film competition
- 3 Women by Robert Altman
- Bang! by Jan Troell
- Black Joy by Anthony Simmons
- Bound for Glory by Hal Ashby
- Budapesti mesék by István Szabó
- Car Wash by Michael Schultz
- Der Amerikanische Freund by Wim Wenders
- The Duellists by Ridley Scott
- Elisa, vida mía by Carlos Saura
- Gruppenbild mit Dame by Aleksandar Petrović
- Ifigeneia by Michael Cacoyannis
- J.A. Martin photographe by Jean Beaudin
- Kičma by Vlatko Gilic
- La Communion solennelle by René Féret
- La dentellière by Claude Goretta
- Le camion by Marguerite Duras
- Rock'n Roll Wolf by Elisabeta Bostan
- Oi kynigoi by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Podranki by Nikolai Gubenko
- Un borghese piccolo piccolo by Mario Monicelli
- Un taxi mauve by Yves Boisset
- Una giornata particolare by Ettore Scola
Short film competition
- Arte tairona by Francisco Norden
- Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
- Envisage by Peter Foldes
- Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
- Mao par lui-même by René Viénet
- Rumble by Jules Engel
- Stille Post by Ivan Steiger
- Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Awards
- Palme d'Or: Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Best Actor: Fernando Rey for Elisa, vida mía
- Best Actress:
- Best Music: Norman Whitfield for Car Wash
- Technical Grand Prize: Car Wash by Michael Schultz
- Best First Work: The Duellists by Ridley Scott (Unanimously)
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Parallel Section: Kilenc hónap by Márta Mészáros
- Competition: Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
References
- ^ "Posters 1977". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Official Selection 1977 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Awards 1977 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "1977 - A special Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Critics' reactions to the 1977 awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.