1967 Cannes Film Festival
![]() Official poster of the 20th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by René Ferracci.[1] | |
Opening film | J'ai tué Raspoutine |
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Closing film | Batouk |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Blowup)[2] |
No. of films | 24 (In Competition)[3] 7 (Out of Competition) 16 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 27 April 1967 | – 12 May 1967
Website | festival-cannes |
The 20th Cannes Film Festival was held from 27 April to 12 May 1967.[4] The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni.[2] The festival opened with J'ai tué Raspoutine, directed by Robert Hossein and closed with Batouk, directed by Jean Jacques Manigot.[5][6][7]
Jury
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1967 film competition:[8]
Feature films
- Alessandro Blasetti (Italy) - Jury President
- Georges Lourau (France) - Jury Vice President
- Sergei Bondarchuk (Soviet Union)
- René Bonnell (France)
- Jean-Louis Bory (France) (critic)
- Miklós Jancsó (Hungary)
- Claude Lelouch (France)
- Shirley MacLaine (USA)
- Vincente Minnelli (USA)
- Georges Neveux (France)
- Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
- Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
Short films
- Mark Turfkhuyer (Belgium) (journalist) - Jury President
- Tahar Cheriaa (Tunisia)
- André Coutant (France) (technician)
- Zdravka Koleva (Bulgaria)
- Jean Schmidt (France)
Official selection
[edit]In competition - Feature film
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]
- Accident by Joseph Losey
- Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
- A Degree of Murder (Mord und Totschlag) by Volker Schlöndorff
- Elvira Madigan by Bo Widerberg
- Entranced Earth (Terra em Transe) by Glauber Rocha
- Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe) by Gabriel Axel
- Hotel for Strangers (Hotel pro cizince) by Antonín Máša
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) by Aleksandar Petrović
- L'immorale by Pietro Germi
- Katerina Izmailova by Mikhail Shapiro
- The Killing Game (Jeu de massacre) by Alain Jessua
- The Last Meeting (Último encuentro) by Antonio Eceiza
- My Love, My Love (Mon amour, mon amour) by Nadine Trintignant
- Misunderstood (Incompreso) by Luigi Comencini
- Monday's Child (La chica del lunes) by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Mouchette by Robert Bresson
- Pedro Páramo by Carlos Velo
- Ten Thousand Days (Tízezer nap) by Ferenc Kósa
- Three Days and a Child by Uri Zohar
- Ulysses by Joseph Strick
- The Unknown Man of Shandigor (L'Inconnu de Shandigor) by Jean-Louis Roy
- We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo) by Elio Petri
- The Winds of the Aures (Rih al awras) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- You're a Big Boy Now by Francis Ford Coppola
Films out of competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Batouk by Jean Jacques Manigot
- Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky) by Jiří Menzel
- Le Conquérent de l'inutile (A la mémoire de Lionel Terray) by Marcel Ichac
- I Killed Rasputin (J'ai tué Raspoutine) by Robert Hossein
- Privilege by Peter Watkins
- Restauration du Grand Trianon by Pierre Zimmer
- War and Peace (Voyna i mir) by Sergei Bondarchuk
Short film competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[3]
- Crunch-crunch by Carlos Marchiori
- Dada by Greta Deses
- L'Emploi du temps by Bernard Lemoine
- Gloire à Félix Tournachon by André Martin
- Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature by John Hubley
- Insitne umenie by Vlado Kubenko
- Jedan plus jedan jeste tri by Branko Ranitovic
- Larghetto by Waclaw Kondek
- Napló by György Kovásznai
- Opus by Don Levy
- Remedios Varo by Jomí García Ascot
- Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
- La Tana by Luigi Di Gianni
- Toys by Grant Munro
- Versailles by Albert Lamorisse
- Die Widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie by Peter Schamoni
Parallel section
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 6th International Critics' Week (6e Semaine de la Critique):[9]
- The Bell (Kane) by Yukio Aoshima (Japan)
- L'Horizon by Jacques Rouffio (France)
- Jozsef Katis by Wim Verstappen (Netherlands)
- Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (Ljubavni slučaj ili tragedija službenice P.T.T.) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
- The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) by Pierre Perrault (Canada)
- Rondo by Zvonimir Berkovic (Yugoslavia)
- Trio by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy)
- Ukamau by Jorge Sanjinés Aramayo (Bolivia)
- Warrendale by Allan King (Canada)
Awards
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Official awards
[edit]The following films and people received the 1967 Official selection awards:[2]
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
- Accident by Joseph Losey
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) by Aleksandar Petrović
- Best Director: Ferenc Kósa for Ten Thousand Days (Tízezer nap)
- Best Screenplay:
- Elio Petri for We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo)
- Alain Jessua for The Killing Game (Jeu de massacre)
- Best Actress: Pia Degermark for Elvira Madigan
- Best Actor: Oded Kotler for Three Days and a Child
- Best First Work: The Winds of the Aures (Rih al awras) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Short films
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
- Prix spécial du Jury: Gloire à Félix Tournachon by André Martin & Jedan plus jedan jeste tri by Branko Ranitovic-
- Short film Technical Prize: Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
- Short film Technical Prize - Special Mention: Versailles by Albert Lamorisse
Independent awards
[edit]FIPRESCI[2]
Commission Supérieure Technique[2]
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe) by Gabriel Axel
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1967". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "20ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1967: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "1967 - Accidents de parcours (Road accidents)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ A.H. Weiler, The Flight Plan of 'Peter Pan' , New York Times. pp. 11. 27 November February 1966. Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Opening of the 1967 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival". ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
Translation: On the occasion of the coming projection of "Batouk", which will close the 20th Festival International du Film de Cannes...
- ^ "Juries 1967: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "6e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1967". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967". imdb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
Media
[edit]- INA: Opening of the 1967 festival (commentary in French)
External links
[edit]- 1967 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1967 Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967 at Internet Movie Database