The festival opened with Gimme Shelter, a documentary about English rock band The Rolling Stones directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and closed with Les mariés de l'an II, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The festival paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor.
Jury
Michèle Morgan (France) (president)
Pierre Billard (France)
Michael Birkett (UK)
Anselmo Duarte (Brazil)
István Gaál (Hungary)
Sergio Leone (Italy)
Aleksandar Petrović (Yugoslavia)
Maurice Rheims (France)
Erich Segal (USA)
Véra Volmane (France) (journalist) (short films president)
Charles Duvanel (Switzerland) (short films)
Etienne Novella (France) (short films)
Feature film competition
Animale bolnave by Nicolae Breban
Apokal by Paul Anczykowski
Le Bateau sur l'herbe by Gérard Brach
Beg by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov
La califfa by Alberto Bevilacqua
Drive, He Said by Jack Nicholson
The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
Goya, historia de una soledad by Nino Quevedo
Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Loot by Silvio Narizzano
Les mariés de l'an II by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Mira by Fons Rademakers
Morte a Venezia by Luchino Visconti
The Panic in Needle Park by Jerry Schatzberg
Per grazia ricevuta by Nino Manfredi
Pindorama by Arnaldo Jabor
Raphaël ou le débauché by Michel Deville
Sacco e Vanzetti by Giuliano Montaldo
Le souffle au cœur by Louis Malle
Szerelem by Károly Makk
Taking Off by Miloš Forman
Wake in Fright by Ted Kotcheff
Walkabout by Nicolas Roeg
Yami no naka no chimimoryo by Kō Nakahira
Życie rodzinne by Krzysztof Zanussi
Films out of competition
Gimme Shelter by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
La Maison sous les Arbres by René Clément
Le Chasseur by François Reichenbach
Le feu sacré by Vladimir Forgency
Les amis by Gérard Blain
Narcissus by Peter Foldes
The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
The Trojan Women by Michael Cacoyannis
Awards
Palme d'Or: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
Grand Prix:
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Taking Off by Miloš Forman
Jury Prize:
Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
Szerelem by Károly Makk
Best Actor: Riccardo Cucciolla for Sacco e Vanzetti
Best Actress: Kitty Winn for The Panic in Needle Park
Special Mention: Lili Darvas and Mari Törőcsik, the lead actresses in Szerelem
Technical Grand Prize: The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
Best First Work: Per grazia ricevuta by Nino Manfredi
25th Anniversary Prize: Morte a Venezia by Luchino Visconti (also for his whole work)
FIPRESCI Prize: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
OCIC Award: Szerelem by Károly Makk
Short Film Palme d'Or: Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
