AwardsGrand Prix (The Hireling and Scarecrow) Number of films24 (In Competition)
14 (Out of Competition)
7 (Short Film)
The 26th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10–25, 1973. The Grand Prix went to the The Hireling by Alan Bridges and Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg. At this festival two new non-competitive sections were added: 'Étude et documents' and 'Perspectives du Cinéma Français' (which is started by the French Film Directors' Society and runs until 1991).
The festival opened with Godspell, directed by David Greene and closed with Lady Sings the Blues, directed by Sidney J. Furie. Swastika, a documentary by Philippe Mora, got negative reactions and caused disturbance among audience by showing Adolf Hitler's daily and social life. The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky, created controversy at the festival due to its depiction of extreme violence.
Jury
Ingrid Bergman (Sweden)(president)
Jean Delannoy (France)
Lawrence Durrell (UK)
Rodolfo Echeverria (Spain)
Boreslav Michalek (Poland)
François Nourissier (France)
Leo Pestelli (Italy)(journalist)
Sydney Pollack (USA)
Robert Rozhdestvensky (Soviet Union) (author)
Robert Enrico (France) (short films president)
Samuel Lachize (France) (critic) (short films)
Alexandre Marin (short films)
Feature film competition
A Promessa directed by António de Macedo
Un Amleto di meno directed by Carmelo Bene
Ana y los lobos directed by Carlos Saura
Belle directed by André Delvaux
Bisturi, la mafia bianca directed by Luigi Zampa
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds directed by Paul Newman
Electra Glide in Blue directed by James William Guercio
Le Far-West directed by Jacques Brel
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza... directed by Lina Wertmüller
Godspell directed by David Greene
La Grande Bouffe directed by Marco Ferreri
The Hireling directed by Alan Bridges
L'Invitation directed by Claude Goretta
Jeremy directed by Arthur Barron
La maman et la putain directed by Jean Eustache
La Mort d'un bûcheron directed by Gilles Carle
La otra imagen directed by Antoni Ribas
La Planète sauvage directed by René Laloux
Monolog directed by Ilya Averbakh
O Lucky Man! directed by Lindsay Anderson
Petőfi '73 directed by Ferenc Kardos
Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrą directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has
Scarecrow directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Vogliamo i colonnelli directed by Mario Monicelli
Films out of competition
A Doll's House directed by Joseph Losey
Future Shock directed by Alex Grasshoff
L'Impossible Objet directed by John Frankenheimer
La Nuit Américaine directed by François Truffaut
Lady Sings the Blues directed by Sidney J. Furie
Lo Païs directed by Gérard Guérin
Olivier Messiaen et les Oiseaux directed by Michel Fano, Denise Tual
Picasso, Peintre Du Siècle 1900-1973 directed by Lauro Venturi
Swastika directed by Philippe Mora
The Holy Mountain directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Visions of Eight directed by Miloš Forman, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Mai Zetterling, Kon Ichikawa, John Schlesinger, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar
Viskningar och rop directed by Ingmar Bergman
Wattstax directed by Mel Stuart
We Can't Go Home Again directed by Nicholas Ray
Short film competition
Az 1812-es év by Sándor Reisenbüchler
Balablok by Břetislav Pojar
Langage du geste by Kamal El Sheikh
La Ligne de sceaux by Jean-Paul Torok
Skagen 1972 by Claus Weeke
Space Boy by Renate Druks
La Tête by Emile Bourget
Awards
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
The Hireling by Alan Bridges
Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
Grand Prix: La maman et la putain by Jean Eustache
Jury Prize:
Sanatorium Pod Klepsydrą by Wojciech Has
L'Invitation by Claude Goretta
Best Actor: Giancarlo Giannini for Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza...
Best Actress: Joanne Woodward for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Technical Grand Prize: Viskningar och rop by Ingmar Bergman
Special Award: La Planète sauvage by René Laloux
Best First Work: Jeremy by Arthur Barron
Short Film Palme d'Or: Balablok by Břetislav Pojar
Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Az 1812-es év by Sándor Reisenbüchler
