1978 Cannes Film Festival

1978 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 31st Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.[1]
Opening filmA Hunting Accident
Closing filmFedora
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
The Tree of Wooden Clogs[2]
No. of films23 (In Competition)[3]
Festival date16 May 1978 (1978-05-16) – 30 May 1978 (1978-05-30)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 31st Cannes Film Festival took place from 16 to 30 May 1978.[4] American filmmaker Alan J. Pakula served as jury president for the main competition.

Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for tehe drama film The Tree of Wooden Clogs.[5]

This festival saw the introduction of a new section, the Un Certain Regard, initially as a non-competitive programme which replaced the Les Yeux Fertiles (1975-1977), L'Air du temps and Le Passé composé sections.[6]

The festival opened with A Hunting Accident by Emil Loteanu,[7] and closed with Fedora by Billy Wilder.[8]

Juries

Main Competition

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Blindfolded Eyes Los ojos vendados Carlos Saura Spain
Bravo maestro Rajko Grlić Yugoslavia
Bye Bye Monkey Ciao maschio Marco Ferreri Italy, France
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Fred Schepisi Australia
Coming Home Hal Ashby United States
Despair Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
A Dream of Passion Κραυγή Γυναικών Jules Dassin Greece, Switzerland
Ecce bombo Nanni Moretti Italy
Empire of Passion 愛の亡霊 Nagisa Ōshima France, Japan
A Hunting Accident (opening film) Мой ласковый и нежный зверь Emil Loteanu Soviet Union
The Left-Handed Woman Die linkshändige Frau Peter Handke West Germany
Midnight Express Alan Parker United Kingdom, United States
Molière Ariane Mnouchkine France
Pretty Baby Louis Malle United States
The Recourse to the Method El recurso del método Miguel Littin Mexico, Cuba
The Remains from the Shipwreck Los restos del naufragio Ricardo Franco Spain
The Shout Jerzy Skolimowski United Kingdom
Spiral Spirala Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
The Tree of Wooden Clogs L'albero degli zoccoli Ermanno Olmi Italy
An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky United States
A Very Moral Night Egy erkölcsös éjszaka Károly Makk Hungary
Violette Nozière Claude Chabrol France, Canada
Who'll Stop the Rain Karel Reisz United States

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Alyam, alyam آليام آليام Ahmed El Maanouni Morocco
Balcony in the Forest Un balcon en forêt Michel Mitrani France
Dossier 51 Le dossier 51 Michel Deville
Colonel Delmiro Gouveia Coronel Delmiro Gouveia Geraldo Sarno Brazil
Grand Hôtel des Palmes Memè Perlini Italy
Hitler: A Film from Germany Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland Hans-Jürgen Syberberg West Germany, France, United Kingdom
Koko: A Talking Gorilla Koko, le gorille qui parle Barbet Schroeder France
Man of Marble Człowiek z marmuru Andrzej Wajda Poland
Nahapet Նահապետ Henrik Malyan Soviet Union
The New Klan: Heritage of Hate Leslie Shatz and Eleanor Bingham United States
Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait Ocaña, retrato intermitente Ventura Pons Spain
People Not as Bad as They Seem Aika hyvä ihmiseksi Rauni Mollberg Finland
Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn Vojtěch Jasný Austria

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Fedora (closing film) Billy Wilder West Germany, France
The Last Waltz Martin Scorsese United States

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 17th International Critics' Week (17e Semaine de la Critique):[10]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1978 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]

Official Awards

Alan J. Pakula, Jury President
Ermanno Olmi, Palme d'Or winner

In Competition

The following films and people received the 1978 Official selection awards:[2]

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Trivia

Michael Ritchie's 1979 film An Almost Perfect Affair, a romantic comedy starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti, features several scenes shot on location in Cannes while the 1978 Festival was taking place. A number of prominent actors, directors and journalists who attended that year made cameo appearances in the film, including Rona Barrett, Farrah Fawcett, Brooke Shields, George Peppard, Paul Mazursky, Sergio Leone, Marco Ferreri, Rex Reed and Edy Williams.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1978". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Awards 1978: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1978: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ "At the Movies". The New York Times. May 19, 1978. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ "31ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ^ "1978 - Cannes, Le Retour (Cannes, The Return)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ^ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Juries 1978: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  10. ^ "17e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1978". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Quinzaine 1978". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  12. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1978". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1978". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  14. ^ "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'An Almost Perfect Affair' (1979)". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

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