1978 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 31st Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.[1] | |
| Opening film | A Hunting Accident |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Fedora |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Tree of Wooden Clogs[2] |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 16 May 1978 – 30 May 1978 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 31st Cannes Film Festival took place from 16 to 30 May 1978.[4] American filmmaker Alan J. Pakula served as jury president for the main competition.
Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for tehe drama film The Tree of Wooden Clogs.[5]
This festival saw the introduction of a new section, the Un Certain Regard, initially as a non-competitive programme which replaced the Les Yeux Fertiles (1975-1977), L'Air du temps and Le Passé composé sections.[6]
The festival opened with A Hunting Accident by Emil Loteanu,[7] and closed with Fedora by Billy Wilder.[8]
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Alan J. Pakula, American filmmaker - Jury President[9]
- Franco Brusati, Italian filmmaker
- François Chalais, French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian
- Michel Ciment, French film critic
- Claude Goretta, Swiss filmmaker
- Andrei Konchalovsky, Soviet filmmaker
- Harry Saltzman, Canadian producer
- Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
- Georges Wakhévitch, French art director
Official selection
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- 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 (opening film) (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 Littin
- 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
[edit]The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
- 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
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Fedora (closing film) by Billy Wilder
- The Last Waltz by Martin Scorsese
Short Films Competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- 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
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 17th International Critics' Week (17e Semaine de la Critique):[10]
- 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)
- The Woman Across the Way (Die Frau gegenüber) by Hans Noever (West Germany)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1978 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]
- 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
- The Main Actor 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
- The Reign of Naples (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
Official Awards
[edit]
In Competition
[edit]The following films and people received the 1978 Official selection awards:[2]
- Palme d'Or: The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi
- Grand Prix:
- Best Director: Nagisa Ōshima for Empire of Passion
- Best Actress:
- Best Actor: Jon Voight for Coming Home
- Rowing Across the Atlantic 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
[edit]- Man of Marble by Andrzej Wajda (Un Certain Regard - Unanimously)[12]
- Fragrance of Wild Flowers by Srdjan Karanovic (International Critics' Week)
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]Trivia
[edit]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.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1978". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1978: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1978: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "At the Movies". The New York Times. May 19, 1978. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "31ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "1978 - Cannes, Le Retour (Cannes, The Return)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1978: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "17e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1978". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1978". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1978". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1978". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'An Almost Perfect Affair' (1979)". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
Media
[edit]- INA: Opening of the 1978 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Chronicle of the 1978 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
External links
[edit]- 1978 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1978 Archived 2019-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1978 at Internet Movie Database