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1969 Cannes Film Festival

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Opening film
  
Sweet Charity

Founded
  
1946

Location
  
Cannes, France

1969 Cannes Film Festival

Awards
  
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (If....)

Number of films
  
26 (In Competition) 6 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film)

Festival date
  
8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) – 23 May 1969 (1969-05-23)

The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 23 May 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called "Directors' Fortnight" is added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.

Contents

The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the If.... by Lindsay Anderson. The festival opened with Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse.

Jury

  • Luchino Visconti (Italy) (president)
  • Chinghiz Aitmatov (Soviet Union)
  • Marie Bell (France)
  • Jaroslav Boček (Czechoslovakia)
  • Veljko Bulajić (Yugoslavia)
  • Stanley Donen (USA)
  • Jerzy Glucksman (Sweden) (student)
  • Robert Kanters (France) (critic)
  • Sam Spiegel (USA)
  • Charles Duvanel (Switzerland) (short films)
  • Mihnea Gheorghiu (Romania) (short films)
  • Claude Soulé (France) (CST official) (short films)

    • Feature film competition

  • Ådalen 31 by Bo Widerberg
  • The Appointment by Sidney Lumet
  • Biće skoro propast sveta by Aleksandar Petrović
  • Calcutta by Louis Malle
  • Dillinger è morto by Marco Ferreri
  • Don't Let the Angels Fall by George Kaczender
  • O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro (Antonio-das-mortes) by Glauber Rocha
  • Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
  • España otra vez by Jaime Camino
  • Faráruv konec by Evald Schorm
  • Flashback by Raffaele Andreassi
  • Le Grand amour by Pierre Étaix
  • If.... by Lindsay Anderson
  • Gli intoccabili by Giuliano Montaldo
  • Isadora by Karel Reisz
  • Ma nuit chez Maud by Éric Rohmer
  • Manden der tænkte ting by Jens Ravn
  • Matzor by Gilberto Tofano
  • Metti una sera a cena by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
  • Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell by Volker Schlöndorff
  • Nihon no seishun by Masaki Kobayashi
  • Polowanie na muchy by Andrzej Wajda
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Ronald Neame
  • Slaves by Herbert Biberman
  • Všichni dobří rodáci by Vojtěch Jasný
  • Z by Costa Gavras

    • Films out of competition

  • Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Et L'Angleterre Sera Détruite by János Veiczi
  • L'amour de la vie by François Reichenbach
  • Zbehovia a pútnici by Juraj Jakubisko
  • Sweet Charity by Bob Fosse
  • That Cold Day in the Park by Robert Altman

    • Short film competition

  • Le Ballet des Jacungos by Jean Manzon
  • Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
  • Goldframe by Raoul Servais
  • L'Homme aux chats by Henri Glaeser
  • Moc osudu by Jiří Brdečka
  • Niebieska kula by Miroslaw Kijowicz
  • La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Red Arrows by John Edwards
  • Short Seven by Jonne Severijn
  • Su sambene non est aba by Luigi Gonzo and Manfredo Manfredi
  • Toccata by Herman van der Horst
  • El Triunfo de la muerte by José María Gutiérrez
  • Das Verräterische Herz by Paul Anczykowski
  • World of Man by Albert Fischer and Michael Collyer

    • Awards

  • Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: If.... by Lindsay Anderson
  • Grand Prize of the Jury: Ådalen 31 by Bo Widerberg
  • Jury Prize: Z by Costa Gavras (Unanimously)
  • Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant for Z
  • Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora
  • Best Director:
  • Glauber Rocha for O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro
  • Vojtěch Jasný for Všichni dobří rodáci
  • Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention:
  • Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
  • Toccata by Herman van der Horst
  • Všichni dobří rodáci by Vojtěch Jasný
  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
  • Jury Prize – Best Short Film: La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Best First Work: Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
  • FIPRESCI Prize: Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky

    • References

    1969 Cannes Film Festival Wikipedia
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