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) |
| No. 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 |
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 (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
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
- Palme d'Or: L'albero degli zoccoli by Ermanno Olmi
- Grand Prix:
- Best Actor: Jon Voight for Coming Home
- Best Actress:
- 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:
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Man of Marble by Andrzej Wajda (Unanimously)
- Fragrance of Wild Flowers by Srdjan Karanovic
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
References
- ^ "Posters 1978". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Official Selection 1978 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Awards 1978 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "1978 - Cannes, The Return". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Chronicle of the 1978 Cannes Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Opening of the 1978 Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.