List of awards won by Andrei Tarkovsky
Film awards and nominations -- Cannes Film Festival
Table:
Year

Award

Result

Category/Recipient

1969

FIPRESCI prize

Won

for Andrei Rublev [1]

1972

Grand Prix Spécial du Jury

Won

for Solaris [1]

1972

Palme d'Or

Nominated

for Solaris [1]

1980

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Won

for Stalker [2]

1983

Grand Prix du cinéma de creation

Won

for Nostalghia [1]

1983

FIPRESCI prize

Won

for Nostalghia [1]

1983

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Won

for Nostalghia [2]

1983

Palme d'Or

Nominated

for Nostalghia [1]

1986

FIPRESCI prize

Won

for The Sacrifice [1]

1986

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Won

for The Sacrifice [2]

1986

Grand Prix Spécial du Jury

Won

for The Sacrifice [1]

1986

Palme d'Or

Nominated

for The Sacrifice [1]

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The year 1969 in film involved some significant events , with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy , a film rated X , winning the Academy Award for Best Picture .
The International Federation of Film Critics ( FIPRESCI , short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique ) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests . It was founded in June 1930 in Brussels , Belgium . At present it has members in more than 50 countries worldwide .
Andrei Rublev ( Russian : Андрей Рублёв , originally pronounced Rublyov ) is a 1969 Soviet biographical historical drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and co-written with Andrei Konchalovsky . The film was remade and re-edited from the 1966 film titled The Passion According to Andrei by Tarkovsky which was censored during the first decade of the Brezhnev era in the Soviet Union . The film is loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev , the 15th-century Russian icon painter . The film features Anatoly Solonitsyn , Nikolai Grinko , Ivan Lapikov , Nikolai Sergeyev , Nikolai Burlyayev and Tarkovsky 's wife Irma Raush . Savva Yamshchikov , a famous Russian restorer and art historian , was a scientific consultant of the film . Andrei Rublev is set against the background of 15th-century Russia . Although the film is only loosely based on the life of Andrei Rublev , it seeks to depict a realistic portrait of medieval Russia . Tarkovsky sought to create a film that shows the artist as a world-historic figure and Christianity as an axiom of Russia 's historical identity during a turbulent period of Russian history that ultimately resulted in the Tsardom of Russia . The film 's themes include artistic freedom , religion , political ambiguity , autodidacticism , and the making of art under a repressive regime . Because of this , it was not released domestically in the officially atheist Soviet Union for years after it was completed , except for a single 1966 screening in Moscow . A version of the film was shown at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the FIPRESCI prize . In 1971 , a censored version of the film was released in the Soviet Union .
The year 1972 in film involved several significant cinematic events including the release of Francis Ford Coppola 's Academy Award-winning film , The Godfather .
The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films . It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or . Prior to its creation , the Special Jury Prize held the second place .
Solaris ( Russian : Солярис , tr . Solyaris ) is a 1972 Soviet science fiction art film based on Stanisław Lem 's novel of the same name published in 1961 . The film was co-written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky , and stars Donatas Banionis and Natalya Bondarchuk . The electronic music score was performed by Eduard Artemyev ; a composition by J.S . Bach is also employed . The plot centers on a space station orbiting the fictional planet Solaris , where a scientific mission has stalled because the skeleton crew of three scientists have fallen into emotional crises . Psychologist Kris Kelvin ( Banionis ) travels to the station in order to evaluate the situation , only to encounter the same mysterious phenomena as the others . The film was Tarkovsky 's attempt to bring a new emotional and intellectual depth to the science fiction genre ; he viewed most western works in the genre as shallow due to their focus on technological invention . Solaris won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury and the FIPRESCI prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d'Or . It is often cited as one of the greatest science fiction films in the history of cinema . Some of the ideas Tarkovsky expresses in this film are further developed in his Stalker ( 1979 ) .
The Palme d'Or ( French pronunciation : ​ [ palm ( ə ) dɔʁ ] ; English : Golden Palm ) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival . It was introduced in 1955 by the festival 's organizing committee . Previously , from 1939 to 1954 , the highest prize at the festival was the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film . In 1964 , The Palme d'Or was replaced again by the Grand Prix , before being reintroduced in 1975 . The Palme d'Or is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry .
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths .
The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ( French : Prix du Jury Œcuménique ) is an independent film award for feature length films shown at major international film festivals since 1973 . The award was created by Christian film makers , [ citation needed ] film critics and other film professionals . The objective of the award is to honour works of artistic quality which witnesses to the power of film to reveal the mysterious depths of human beings through what concerns them , their hurts and failings as well as their hopes . The ecumenical jury can be composed out of 8 , 6 , 5 , 4 or 3 members , who are nominated by SIGNIS for the Catholics and Interfilm for the Protestants . SIGNIS and Interfilm appoint ecumenical juries at various international film festivals , including Cannes Film Festival ( where The Ecumenical Jury ( French : Jury Œcuménique ) is one of three juries at the film festival , along with the official jury and the FIPRESCI jury ) , Berlin International Film Festival , Locarno International Film Festival , Montreal World Film Festival and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival .
Stalker ( Russian : Сталкер , IPA : [ ˈstaɫkʲɪr ] ) is a 1979 Soviet science fiction art film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky , loosely based on their 1972 novel Roadside Picnic . The film combines elements of science fiction with dramatic philosophical and psychological themes . Modern reviews of Stalker have been highly positive . The film tells the story of an expedition led by a figure known as the Stalker ( Alexander Kaidanovsky ) , who takes his two clients - a melancholic writer ( Anatoly Solonitsyn ) seeking inspiration , and a professor ( Nikolai Grinko ) seeking scientific discovery - to a mysterious restricted site known simply as the Zone , where there supposedly exists a room which grants a person 's innermost desires . The trio travel through unnerving areas filled with the debris of modern society while engaging in many arguments .
The following is an overview of events in 1983 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths .
The Best Director Award ( French : Prix de la mise en scène ) is an annual award presented at the Cannes Film Festival for best directing achievements in a feature film screened as part of festival 's official selection ( i.e . films selected for the competition program which compete for the festival 's main prize Palme d'Or ) . Awarded by festival 's jury , it was first given in 1946 . The prize was not awarded on 12 occasions ( 1947 , 1953-54 , 1960 , 1962-64 , 1971 , 1973-74 , 1977 , 1980 ) . In addition , the festival was not held at all in 1948 and 1950 , while in 1968 no awards were given as the festival was called off mid-way due to the May 1968 events in France . Also , the jury vote was tied and prize was shared by two directors on seven occasions ( 1955 , 1969 , 1975 , 1983 , 2001 , 2002 and 2016 ) . The winner of Best Director Award rarely wins the Palme d'Or , the main prize at the festival ( note that the Palme d'Or is awarded to the film 's director as well ; the only exception is the case of Blue Is the Warmest Colour , where the actresses were also awarded with the director ) . This happened only twice , in 1991 , when Joel Coen won both awards for Barton Fink , and in 2003 , when Gus Van Sant won for his film Elephant .
Nostalghia ( UK : Nostalgia ) is a 1983 Soviet-Italian film , directed by Andrei Tarkovsky , and starring Oleg Yankovsky , Domiziana Giordano , and Erland Josephson . Tarkovsky co-wrote the screenplay with Tonino Guerra . The film depicts a Russian writer ( Oleg Yankovsky ) who visits Italy to carry out research about an 18th-century Russian composer , but is stricken by homesickness . The film utilizes autobiographical elements drawn from Tarkovsky 's own experiences visiting Italy , and explores themes surrounding nostalgia and the untranslatability of art and culture . The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury , the prize for best director and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival . The film received nine total votes in the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest films ever made .
The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies and festivals , a list of films released and notable deaths .
The Sacrifice ( Swedish : Offret ) is a 1986 drama film written and directed by Andrei Tarkovsky . Starring Erland Josephson , it centers on a middle-aged intellectual who attempts to bargain with God to stop an impending nuclear holocaust . The Sacrifice was Tarkovsky 's third film as a Soviet expatriate , after Nostalghia and the documentary Voyage in Time , and was also his last , as he died shortly after its completion . Like 1972 's Solaris , it won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival .