1978 Cannes Film Festival

1978 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 31st Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.[1]
Opening film	Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver
Closing film	Fedora
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or (L'albero degli zoccoli)
Number of films	23 (In Competition)[2] 14 (Un Certain Regard) 3 (Out of Competition) 10 (Short Film)
Festival date	16 May 1978 – 30 May 1978
Website	festival-cannes.com/en

The 31st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 16-30. The Palme d'Or went to the L'albero degli zoccoli by Ermanno Olmi.^[3] 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'.^[4]

The festival opened with Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver, directed by Emil Loteanu and closed with Fedora, directed by Billy Wilder.^[5][6]

Jury

Alan J. Pakula, Jury President

• Alan J. Pakula (USA) (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)

Feature film competition

• Ai no Bōrei by Nagisa Oshima
• An Unmarried Woman by Paul Mazursky
• Bravo maestro by Rajko Grlić
• Ciao maschio by Marco Ferreri
• Coming Home by Hal Ashby
• Despair by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Die linkshändige Frau by Peter Handke
• Ecce bombo by Nanni Moretti
• Egy erkölcsös éjszaka by Károly Makk
• El recurso del método by Miguel Littín
• Kravgi gynaikon by Jules Dassin
• L'albero degli zoccoli by Ermanno Olmi
• Los ojos vendados by Carlos Saura
• Los restos del naufragio by Ricardo Franco
• Midnight Express by Alan Parker
• Molière by Ariane Mnouchkine
• Moy laskovyy i nezhnyy zver by Emil Loteanu
• Pretty Baby by Louis Malle
• Spirala by Krzysztof Zanussi
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Fred Schepisi
• The Shout by Jerzy Skolimowski
• Violette Nozière by Claude Chabrol
• Who'll Stop the Rain by Karel Reisz

Un Certain Regard

• Aika hyvä ihmiseksi by Rauni Mollberg
• Alyam, alyam by Ahmed El Maanouni
• Coronel Delmiro Gouveia by Geraldo Sarno
• Człowiek z marmuru by Andrzej Wajda
• Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn by Vojtěch Jasný
• Grand hôtel des palmes by Memè Perlini
• Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
• Koko, le gorille qui parle by Barbet Schroeder
• Le dossier 51 by Michel Deville
• Nahapet by Henrik Malyan
• Ocaña, retrat intermitent by Ventura Pons
• The New Klan: Heritage of Hate by Leslie Shatz, Eleanor Bingham
• Un balcon en forêt by Michel Mitrani

Films out of competition

• Dawn Of The Dead by George A. Romero
• Fedora by Billy Wilder
• The Last Waltz by Martin Scorsese

Short film competition

• 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

Awards

Ermanno Olmi, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

• Palme d'Or: L'albero degli zoccoli by Ermanno Olmi
• Grand Prix:
  • Ciao maschio by Marco Ferreri
  • The Shout by Jerzy Skolimowski
• Best Actor: Jon Voight for Coming Home
• Best Actress:
  • Jill Clayburgh for An Unmarried Woman
  • Isabelle Huppert for Violette Nozière
• Best Director: Nagisa Oshima for Ai no Bōrei
• Technical Grand Prize: Pretty Baby by Louis Malle
• Golden Camera: Alambrista! by Robert M. Young
• Short Film Palme d'Or: La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame by Jean-François Laguionie
• Jury Prize - Best Short Film:
  • A Doonesbury Special by John Hubley, Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau
  • Oh My Darling by Børge Ring
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Man of Marble by Andrzej Wajda (Unanimously)
  • Fragrance of Wild Flowers by Srdjan Karanovic
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • L'albero degli zoccoli by Ermanno Olmi
  • Spirala by Krzysztof Zanussi

References

1. "Posters 1978". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "Official Selection 1978 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "Awards 1978 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
4. "1978 - Cannes, The Return". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
5. "Chronicle of the 1978 Cannes Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
6. "Opening of the 1978 Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links

• 1978 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1978
• Cannes Film Festival:1978 at Internet Movie Database