1980 Cannes Film Festival

1980 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Michel Landi.[1]
Opening filmFantastica
Closing filmI'm Photogenic
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
All That Jazz
Kagemusha
No. of films23 (In Competition)[2]
Festival date9 May 1980 (1980-05-09) – 23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

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 by an electricians strike.[4]

The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly award 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

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
All That Jazz Bob Fosse United States
Being There Hal Ashby United States
The Big Red One Samuel Fuller
Breaker Morant Bruce Beresford Australia
Bye Bye Brazil Bye Bye Brasil Carlos Diegues Brazil, France, Argentina
The Constant Factor Constans Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
Dedicatoria Jaime Chávarri Spain
Ek Din Pratidin এক দিন প্রতিদিন Mrinal Sen India
Fantastica (opening film) Gilles Carle France, Canada
The Heiresses Örökség Márta Mészáros Hungary
Jaguar Lino Brocka Philippines
Kagemusha 影武者 Akira Kurosawa Japan
A Leap in the Dark Salto nel vuoto Marco Bellocchio Italy
The Long Riders Walter Hill United States
Loulou Maurice Pialat France
The Missing Link Le Chaînon manquant Picha Belgium, France
My American Uncle Mon oncle d'Amérique Alain Resnais France
Out of the Blue Dennis Hopper United States, Canada
Put on Ice Kaltgestellt Bernhard Sinkel West Germany
Every Man for Himself Sauve qui peut (la vie) Jean-Luc Godard France, Austria, West Germany, Switzerland
Special Treatment Посебан третман Goran Paskaljević Yugoslavia
La terrazza Ettore Scola Italy
A Week's Vacation Une semaine de vacances Bertrand Tavernier France

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 [pl] 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]

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]

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

Kirk Douglas, Jury President
Akira Kurosawa, Palme d'Or winner
Bob Fosse, Palme d'Or winner

In Competition

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1980". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1980: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013.
  3. ^ "33ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ^ "The Ottawa Journal". May 14, 1980. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "1980 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ^ Torn Sprockets (1987). The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. ISBN 9780874131949. Retrieved 14 July 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 1980: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  10. ^ "19e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1980". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Quinzaine 1980". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Awards 1980: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013.
  13. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1980". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1980". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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