1983 Cannes Film Festival

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1983 Cannes Film Festival
CFF83poster.jpg
Official poster of the 36th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Akira Kurosawa. [1]
Opening film The King of Comedy
Closing film WarGames
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
The Ballad of Narayama [2]
No. of films22 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date7 May 1983 (1983-05-07) – 19 May 1983 (1983-05-19)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 36th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1983. American author William Styron served as jury president for the main competition.

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Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Ballad of Narayama . [4] [5]

In 1983, the festival's new main building, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaugurated. [6] Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it The Bunker. [7]

The festival opened with The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese, [8] [9] and closed with WarGames by John Badham. [10] [11]

Juries

Main competition

Camera d'Or

Official selection

In Competition

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
L'Argent Robert Bresson France, Switzerland
The Ballad of Narayama 楢山節考 Shōhei Imamura Japan
Carmen Carlos Saura Spain
Cross Creek Martin Ritt United States
The Death of Mario Ricci La mort de Mario Ricci Claude Goretta France, Switzerland
Duvar Yılmaz Güney Turkey, France
Eréndira Ruy Guerra Mexico, France, West Germany
Forbidden Relations Visszaesők Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács Hungary
Heat and Dust James Ivory United Kingdom
The King of Comedy (opening film) Martin Scorsese United States
Kharij Mrinal Sen India
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 戦場のメリークリスマス Nagisa Ōshima Japan, United Kingdom, New Zealand
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Terry Jones United Kingdom
Moon in the Gutter La Lune dans le caniveau Jean-Jacques Beineix France
Nostalghia Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union, Italy
One Deadly Summer L'Été meurtrier Jean Becker France
Station for Two Вокзал для двоих Eldar Ryazanov Soviet Union
The Story of Piera Storia di Piera Marco Ferreri Italy
El Sur Víctor Erice Spain
Tender Mercies Bruce Beresford United States
The Wounded Man L'Homme blessé Patrice Chéreau France
The Year of Living Dangerously Peter Weir Australia, United States

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section: [3]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Bella Donna Peter Keglevic West Germany
Caballo salvajeJoaquín CortésVenezuela
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? Henry Jaglom United States
The EightiesLes Années 80 Chantal Akerman Belgium, France
The Haircut Tamar Simon Hoffs United States
The Herdsman 牧马人 Xie Jin China
HumanononMichel FrançoisFrance
La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays André Téchiné
Nešto između Srđan Karanović Yugoslavia
News Items Faits divers Raymond Depardon France
The Pool Hustlers Io, Chiara e lo scuro Maurizio Ponzi Italy
Poverty CertificateLe certificat d'indigence Moussa Bathily Senegal
The Shimmering Beast La bête lumineuse Pierre Perrault Canada
Twenty Years of African Cinema Caméra d'Afrique Férid Boughedir Tunisia
Ulysse Agnès Varda France
Zappa Bille August Denmark

Out of Competition

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Angelo My Love Robert Duvall United States
Boat People 投奔怒海 Ann Hui Hong Kong, China
Équateur Serge Gainsbourg France, West Germany, Gabon
Holtpont Ferenc Rofusz Hungary
The Hunger Tony Scott United Kingdom, United States
The Man in the Silk Hat L'homme au chapeau de soie Maud Linder France
Modori Riverもどり川 Tatsumi Kumashiro Japan
Streamers Robert Altman United States
Utu Geoff Murphy New Zealand
Walking, Walking Cammina, cammina Ermanno Olmi Italy
WarGames (closing film) John Badham United States
The Wicked Lady Michael Winner United Kingdom, United States

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 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique): [13]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [14]

Short films
  • Alchimie by Michèle Miron, Richard Clark
  • Conte Obscur by Manuel Gómez
  • Dédicace by Marie Brazeau
  • The Life And Death of Joe Soap by Lewis John Cooper
  • Phalloctere by Manuel Gómez
  • Saudade by Carlos Porto de Andrade Jr, Leonardo Crescenti Neto

Official Awards

In Competition

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

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