1977 Cannes Film Festival

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1977 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 30th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak. [1]
Opening film The Bishop's Bedroom
Closing film Slap Shot
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
Padre Padrone [2]
No. of films23 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date13 May 1977 (1977-05-13) – 27 May 1977 (1977-05-27)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 30th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 27 May 1977. [4] Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini served as jury president for the main competition.

Contents

Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for their drama film Padre Padrone .

A new non-competitive section, Le Passé composé, was held only at this edition, focusing on compilations. This section, along with Les Yeux fertiles and L'Air du temps of the previous two years, were later integrated into the Un Certain Regard in 1978. [5] [6]

The festival opened with The Bishop's Bedroom by Dino Risi, [7] [8] and closed with Slap Shot by George Roy Hill. [9]

Juries

Main Competition

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [3]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
3 Women Robert Altman United States
The American Friend Der Amerikanische Freund Wim Wenders West Germany, France
An Average Little Man Un borghese piccolo piccolo Mario Monicelli Italy
Backbone KičmaVlatko GilićYugoslavia
Bang! Jan Troell Sweden
Black Joy Anthony Simmons United Kingdom
Bound for Glory Hal Ashby United States
Budapest Tales Budapesti mesék István Szabó Hungary
Car Wash Michael Schultz United States
The Duellists Ridley Scott United Kingdom
Elisa, My Life Elisa, vida mía Carlos Saura Spain
Group Portrait with a Lady Gruppenbild mit Dame Aleksandar Petrović West Germany, France
The Hunters Οι Κυνηγοί Theo Angelopoulos Greece
Iphigenia Ιφιγένεια Michael Cacoyannis
J.A. Martin Photographer J.A. Martin photographe Jean Beaudin Canada
The Lacemaker La dentellière Claude Goretta France
The Lorry Le camion Marguerite Duras
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort Jean Pierre Lefebvre Canada, France
Padre Padrone Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy
The Purple Taxi Un taxi mauve Yves Boisset France, Italy, Ireland
Solemn Communion La Communion solennelle René Féret France
A Special Day Una giornata particolare Ettore Scola Italy, Canada
Wounded Game Подранки Nikolai Gubenko Soviet Union

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]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 16th International Critics' Week (16e Semaine de la Critique): [11]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1977 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [12]

Short films
  • Claude Chauvy, l'art du tournage en bois by Jean-Pierre Bonneau (France)
  • Eggs by John Hubley (United States)
  • Hors-jeu by Georges Schwisgebel (Switzerland)
  • Nights (Nyhtes) by Georges Katakouzinos (Greece)
  • Sauf dimanches et fêtes by François Ode (France)
  • Windy Day by John Hubley, Faith Hubley (United States)

Official Awards

Roberto Rossellini, Jury President Rossellini+gatta.jpg
Roberto Rossellini, Jury President
Palme d'Or winner Paolo Taviani with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Storaro.jpg
Palme d'Or winner Paolo Taviani with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro

In Competition

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1977". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1977: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1977: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "30ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "1977 - Un Festival particulier (A special Festival)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections". francofolies.over-blog.es. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Page 21, article text (OCR)". newspapers.com. May 30, 1977. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Juries 1977: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "16e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1977". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Quinzaine 1977". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1977". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1977". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1977". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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