1978 Cannes Film Festival

1978 Cannes Film Festival
The 31st Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 30 May 1978. The Palme d'Or went to The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi. This festival saw the introduction of a new non-competitive section, 'Un Certain Regard', which replaces 'Les Yeux Fertiles' (1975-1977), 'L'Air du temps' and 'Le Passé composé'.
The festival opened with Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver, directed by Emil Loteanu and closed with Fedora, directed by Billy Wilder.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1978 feature film competition:
Feature films
Alan J. Pakula (USA) Jury President
Franco Brusati (Italy)
François Chalais (France)
Michel Ciment (France)
Claude Goretta (Switzerland)
Andrei Konchalovsky (Soviet Union)
Harry Saltzman (USA)
Liv Ullmann (Norway)
Georges Wakhévitch (France)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Blindfolded Eyes (Los ojos vendados) by Carlos Saura
Bravo maestro by Rajko Grlić
Bye Bye Monkey (Ciao maschio) by Marco Ferreri
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Fred Schepisi
Coming Home by Hal Ashby
Despair by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
A Dream of Passion (Kravgi gynaikon) by Jules Dassin
Ecce bombo by Nanni Moretti
Empire of Passion (Ai no Bōrei) by Nagisa Ōshima
A Hunting Accident (Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver) by Emil Loteanu
The Left-Handed Woman (Die linkshändige Frau) by Peter Handke
Midnight Express by Alan Parker
Molière by Ariane Mnouchkine
Pretty Baby by Louis Malle
The Recourse to the Method (El recurso del método) by Miguel Littín
The Remains from the Shipwreck (Los restos del naufragio) by Ricardo Franco
The Shout by Jerzy Skolimowski
Spiral (Spirala) by Krzysztof Zanussi
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) by Ermanno Olmi
An Unmarried Woman by Paul Mazursky
A Very Moral Night (Egy erkölcsös éjszaka) by Károly Makk
Violette Nozière by Claude Chabrol
Who'll Stop the Rain by Karel Reisz
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Un balcon en forêt by Michel Mitrani
Dossier 51 (Le dossier 51) by Michel Deville
Colonel Delmira Gouveia by Geraldo Sarno
Grand hôtel des palmes by Memè Perlini
Hitler: A Film from Germany (Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland) by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Koko, le gorille qui parle) by Barbet Schroeder
Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru) by Andrzej Wajda
Nahapet by Henrik Malyan
The New Klan: Heritage of Hate by Leslie Shatz, Eleanor Bingham
Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait (Ocaña, retrat intermitent) by Ventura Pons
Oh the Days! (Alyam, alyam) by Ahmed El Maanouni
People Not as Bad as They Seem (Aika hyvä ihmiseksi) by Rauni Mollberg
Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn by Vojtěch Jasný
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Fedora by Billy Wilder
The Last Waltz by Martin Scorsese
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Christmas Morning by Tiernan MacBride
A Doonesbury Special by John Hubley
Letter to a Friend by Sonia Hofmann
Maladie by Paul Vecchiali
Oh My Darling by Børge Ring
The Oriental Nightfish by Ian Emes
Le Serpentine d'oro by Anna Maria Tatò
La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame by Jean-François Laguionie
Uj lakok by Liviusz Gyulai
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 17th International Critics' Week (17e Semaine de la Critique):
Alambrista! by Robert Young (United States)
A Breach in the Wall (Une Brèche dans le mur) by Jillali Ferhati (Morocco)
Fragrance of Wild Flowers (Miris poljskog cveca) by Srđan Karanović (Yugoslavia)
Jubilee by Derek Jarman (United Kingdom)
One and One (En och en) by Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist & Ingrid Thulin (Sweden)
Roberte by Robert Zucca (France)
This Is the Night (Per questa notte) by Carlo di Carlo (Italy)
(Die Frau gegenüber) by Hans Noever (West Germany)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1978 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Alicia en la España de las maravillas by Jordi Feliu
Bilbao by Bigas Luna
Fine Manners (Les belles manières) by Jean-Claude Guiguet
Los Gaminos by Ciro Duran
The Getting of Wisdom by Bruce Beresford
Girlfriends by Claudia Weill
by Reinhard Hauff
Los Hijos de Fierro by Fernando Solanas
The Holy Alliance (A Santa Aliança) by Eduardo Geada
Insiang by Lino Brocka
The Mafu Cage by Karen Arthur
Mother and Daughter (Maternale) by Giovanna Gagliardo
Oka Oori Katha by Mrinal Sen
One and One (En och en) by Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist, Ingrid Thulin
(El regno di Napoli) by Werner Schroeter
Renaldo and Clara by Bob Dylan
Rocking Horse (Susetz) by Yaky Yosha
The Scenic Route by Mark Rappaport
A Summer Rain (Chuvas de Verão) by Carlos Diegues
I Vecchi e I Giovani by Marco Leto
Zoo Zéro by Alain Fleischer
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1978 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi
Grand Prix:
Ciao maschio by Marco Ferreri
The Shout by Jerzy Skolimowski
Best Director: Nagisa Ōshima for Ai no Bōrei
Best Actress: Jill Clayburgh for An Unmarried Woman & Isabelle Huppert for Violette Nozière
Best Actor: Jon Voight for Coming Home
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Alambrista! by Robert M. Young
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame by Jean-François Laguionie
Jury Prize: A Doonesbury Special by John Hubley, Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau & Oh My Darling by Børge Ring
Independent awards
FIPRESCI
FIPRESCI Prize:
Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru) by Andrzej Wajda (Un Certain Regard - Unanimously)
Fragrance of Wild Flowers by Srdjan Karanovic (International Critics' Week)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: Pretty Baby by Louis Malle
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) by Ermanno Olmi
Trivia
Michael Ritchie's 1979 film An Almost Perfect Affair, a romantic comedy starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti, features several scenes shot on location in Cannes while the 1978 Festival was taking place. A number of prominent actors, directors and journalists who attended that year made cameo appearances in the film, including Rona Barrett, Farrah Fawcett, Brooke Shields, George Peppard, Paul Mazursky, Sergio Leone, Marco Ferreri, Rex Reed and Edy Williams.
References
Media
INA: Opening of the 1978 Festival (commentary in French)
INA: Chronicle of the 1978 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
External links
1978 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1978
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1978 at Internet Movie Database
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