AwardsGrand Prix du Festival International du Film (If....) Number of films26 (In Competition)
6 (Out of Competition)
14 (Short Film) Festival date8 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.
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
