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1980 Cannes Film Festival

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Opening film
  
Fantastica

Location
  
Cannes, France

Closing film
  
Sono fotogenico

Founded
  
1946

1980 Cannes Film Festival

Awards
  
Palme d'Or (All That Jazz and Kagemusha)

Number of films
  
23 (In Competition) 14 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Out of Competition) 12 (Short Film)

The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The Palme d'Or went to the All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.

Contents

The showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was interrupted by an electricians strike. The festival opened with Fantastica, directed by Gilles Carle and closed with Sono fotogenico, directed by Dino Risi.

Jury

  • Kirk Douglas (USA) (president)
  • Ken Adam (UK)
  • Robert Benayoun (France)
  • Veljko Bulajić (Yugoslavia)
  • Leslie Caron (France)
  • Charles Champlin (USA)
  • André Delvaux (Belgium)
  • Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
  • Michael Spencer (Canada)
  • Albina du Boisrouvray (France)

    • Feature film competition

  • All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
  • Being There by Hal Ashby
  • The Big Red One by Samuel Fuller
  • Breaker Morant by Bruce Beresford
  • Bye Bye Brasil by Carlos Diegues
  • Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
  • Dedicatoria by Jaime Chávarri
  • Ek Din Pratidin by Mrinal Sen
  • Fantastica by Gilles Carle
  • Jaguar by Lino Brocka
  • Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
  • Kaltgestellt by Bernhard Sinkel
  • La terrazza by Ettore Scola
  • Le Chaînon manquant by Picha
  • The Long Riders by Walter Hill
  • Loulou by Maurice Pialat
  • Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
  • Örökség by Márta Mészáros
  • Out of the Blue by Dennis Hopper
  • Poseban tretman by Goran Paskaljević
  • Salto nel vuoto by Marco Bellocchio
  • Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard
  • Une semaine de vacances by Bertrand Tavernier

    • Un Certain Regard

  • Causa králík by Jaromil Jireš
  • Csontváry by Zoltán Huszárik
  • Dani od snova by Vlatko Gilic
  • Der Kandidat by Volker Schlöndorff
  • Der Willi-Busch-Report by Niklaus Schilling
  • Kristoffers hus by Lars Lennart Forsberg
  • La femme enfant by Raphaële Billetdoux
  • Maledetti vi amerò by Marco Tullio Giordana
  • Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder by Annie Tresgot
  • Sitting Ducks by Henry Jaglom
  • Tcherike-ye Tara by Bahram Bayzai
  • The Gamekeeper by Ken Loach
  • Wege in der Nacht by Krzysztof Zanussi

    • Films out of competition

  • Breaking Glass by Brian Gibson
  • La città delle donne by Federico Fellini
  • Le risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon
  • Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
  • Nezha nao hai by Yan Ding Xian, Wang Shuchen, Jingda Xu
  • Sono fotogenico by Dino Risi
  • Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Stir by Stephen Wallace
  • SuperTotò by Brando Giordani, Emilio Ravel
  • Téléphone public by Jean-Marie Périer

    • Short film competition

  • Arrêt momentané by Marie-France Siegler
  • The Beloved by Michel Bouchard
  • Canada Vignettes: The Performer by Norma Bailey
  • Grandomaniya by Nikolay Todorov
  • Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
  • Magyar kepek by Csaba Szórády
  • La Petite enfance du cinéma by Joël Farges
  • Rails by Manolo Otero
  • Scheherazade by Susan Casey and Nancy Naschke
  • Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
  • Sky Dance by Faith Hubley
  • Z górki by Marian Cholerek

    • Awards

  • Palme d'Or:
  • All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
  • Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
  • Grand Prix: Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais (unanimously)
  • Jury Prize: Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
  • Best Actor: Michel Piccoli for Salto nel vuoto
  • Best Actress: Anouk Aimée for Salto nel vuoto
  • Best Supporting Actor: Jack Thompson for Breaker Morant
  • Best Supporting Actress:
  • Milena Dravić for Poseban tretman
  • Carla Gravina for La terrazza
  • Best Screenplay: Ettore Scola, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli for La terrazza
  • Technical Grand Prize: Le Risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon (which was shown out of competition)
  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
  • Jury Prize - Best Short Film:
  • Canada Vignettes: The Performer by Norma Bailey
  • Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
  • Caméra d'Or: Adrien's Story by Jean-Pierre Denis
  • FIPRESCI Prize: Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
  • FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention: Gaijin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade by Tizuka Yamasaki
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
  • Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (special award)

    • References

    1980 Cannes Film Festival Wikipedia
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