1971 Cannes Film Festival

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1971 Cannes Film Festival
CFF71poster.jpg
Official poster of the 24th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by French artist René Ferracci. [1]
Opening film Gimme Shelter
Closing film Les mariés de l'an II
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or ( The Go-Between ) [2]
No. of films26 (In Competition) [3]
8 (Out of Competition)
15 (Short Film)
Festival date12 May 1971 (1971-05-12) – 27 May 1971 (1971-05-27)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 27 May 1971. The Palme d'Or went to The Go-Between by Joseph Losey. [4] [5]

Contents

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. [6] [7] The festival paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor. [8] [9]

Juries

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1971 film competition: [10] [4]

Feature Films

Short Films

Official selection

In Competition – Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival: [3]

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]

  • Astronaut Coffee Break by Edward Casazza
  • Centinelas del silencio by Robert Amram
  • Fair Play by Bronislaw Zeman
  • Hans Hartrung by Christian Ferlet
  • I mari della mia fantasia by Ernesto G. Laura
  • Jardin by Claude Champion
  • La fin du jeu by Renaud Walter
  • Le coeur renverse by Maurice Frydland
  • Memorial by James Allen
  • Mixed-Double by Bent Barfod
  • Patchwork by Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Daniel Suter, Manolo Otero, Gérald Poussin
  • Paul Delvaux, ou les femmes défendues by Henri Storck
  • Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
  • Stuiter by Jan Oonk
  • Une statuette by Carlos Vilardebo

Parallel Sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 10th International Critics' Week (10e Semaine de la Critique): [11]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1971 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [12]

Short films

  • Apotheosis by John Lennon, Yoko Ono (United Kingdom)
  • Cannes, 70... by Jean-Paul Jaud (France)
  • Essai à la mille by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
  • Estado de sitio by Jaime Chávarri (Spain)
  • Grumes by Jean-Pierre Bonneau (France)
  • Habitude by Dan Wolman (Israel)
  • La belleza by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)
  • La Pierre qui flotte by Jean-Jacques Andrien (Belgium)
  • Le Cri by Paul Dopff (France)
  • Le Vampire de la Cinémathèque by Roland Lethem (Belgium)
  • Le voyage du Lieutenant Le Bihan by László Szabó (France)
  • Les bulles du cardinal by Ody Roos (Luxembourg)
  • Meatdaze by Jeff Keen (United Kingdom)
  • Mégalodrame by Alain Colas (France)
  • Moment by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
  • Monangambeee by Sarah Maldoror (Angola)
  • Mortem by Adam Schmedes (Denmark)
  • Okasareta hakui by Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)
  • Please Don't Stand On My Sunshine by Ned McCann (Australia)
  • R.S.V.P. by W. Pinkston, J. Mason V. (United States)
  • Rosée Du Matin by Jean Dasque (France)
  • Sex by David Avidan (Israel)
  • Sur les traces de Baal by Abdellatif Ben Ammar (Tunisia)
  • Underground Again by Laure Guggenheim (France)
  • Venceremos] by Pedro Chaskel (Chile)
  • Viva Cariri by Geraldo Sarno (Brazil)

Official Awards

Michele Morgan, Jury President Michele Morgan Cesars.jpg
Michèle Morgan, Jury President
Joseph Losey, Palme d'Or winner Joseph Losey 1965.jpg
Joseph Losey, Palme d'Or winner

The following films and people received the 1971 Official selection awards: [2] [4] [5]

Short Films

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI

Commission Supérieure Technique

OCIC Award

Other Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1971". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1971 : All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1971: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "24ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 "1971 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "From anecdote to legend". cannes.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Charlie Chaplin Stole the Show at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "1971: Tribute to Charlie Chaplin". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "25th Cannes Film Festival". ina.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Juries 1971: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "10e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1971". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Quinzaine 1971". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1971". fipresci.org. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  14. 1 2 3 "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1971". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.[ unreliable source? ]

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