1976 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 29th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak.[1] | |
| Opening film | That's Entertainment, Part II |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Family Plot |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Taxi Driver[2] |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 13 May 1976 – 28 May 1976 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976.[4] American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition.
American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Taxi Driver.
A new non-competitive section, L'Air du temps, focused on contemporary subjects was introduced. This section, along with sections Les Yeux fertiles of the previous edition were later integrated into Un Certain Regard section in 1978.[5][6]
The festival opened with That's Entertainment, Part II by Gene Kelly,[7][8] and closed with Family Plot by Alfred Hitchcock.[9]
Juries
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Tennessee Williams, American author - Jury President[10]
- Jean Carzou, French painter
- Costa-Gavras, Greek-French filmmaker
- Mario Cecchi Gori, Italian producer
- András Kovács, Hungarian filmmaker
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author
- Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- Lorenzo López Sancho, Spanish journalist
- Georges Schéhadé, Lebanese author
Official selection
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babatu | Jean Rouch | Niger | |
| Bugsy Malone | Alan Parker | United States | |
| A Child in the Crowd | Un enfant dans la foule | Gérard Blain | France |
| The Claw and the Tooth | La griffe et la dent | François Bel | |
| Cría Cuervos | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| Down and Dirty | Brutti, sporchi e cattivi | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| The Inheritance | L'eredità Ferramonti | Mauro Bolognini | |
| Kings of the Road | Im Lauf der Zeit | Wim Wenders | West Germany |
| Letters from Marusia | Actas de Marusia | Miguel Littin | Mexico |
| The Marquise of O | Die Marquise von O... | Éric Rohmer | West Germany, France |
| Monsieur Klein | Joseph Losey | France, Italy | |
| Mrs. Dery Where Are You? | Déryné hol van? | Gyula Maár | Hungary |
| Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Paul Mazursky | United States | |
| Nishant | Shyam Benegal | India | |
| Pascual Duarte | Ricardo Franco | Spain | |
| Private Vices, Public Pleasures | Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù | Miklós Jancsó | Italy, Yugoslavia |
| Shadow of Angels | Schatten der Engel | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland |
| Sweet Revenge | Jerry Schatzberg | United States | |
| Taxi Driver | Martin Scorsese | United States | |
| The Tenant | Le Locataire | Roman Polanski | France |
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- 1900 (Novecento) by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Anna by Alberto Grifi, Massimo Sarchielli
- Ascension by Olivier Dassault
- Bobby by Marty Ollstein
- The California Reich by Walter F. Parkes, Keith F. Critchlow
- Confidences of the Night (L'amour blessé) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- A Delicate Balance by Tony Richardson
- Edvard Munch by Peter Watkins
- Les enfants des autres by Martin Pierlot
- Face to Face by Ingmar Bergman
- Family Plot by Alfred Hitchcock
- Grey Gardens by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer
- Hedda by Trevor Nunn
- Hollywood... Hollywood! by Gene Kelly
- The Iceman Cometh by John Frankenheimer
- Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccelenti) by Francesco Rosi
- Labirintus by András Kovács
- The Memory of Justice by Marcel Ophüls
- Notes Towards an African Orestes (Appunti per un'Orestiade Africana) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Orlando furioso by Luca Ronconi
- La Pharmacie-Shangaï by Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan
- Le pont de singe by André Harris, Alain De Sedouy
- Sartre par lui-même by Alexandre Astruc, Michel Contat
- Summerfolk by Peter Stein
- Train Landscape by Jules Engel
Short Films Competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Agulana by Gérald Frydman
- Babfilm by Ottó Foky
- Hidalgo by Ion Truica
- High Fidelity by Antoinette Starkiewicz
- Metamorphosis by Barry Greenwald
- Nightlife by Robin Lehman
- Perfo by Jean Paul Cambron
- Rodin mis en vie by Alfred Brandler
- La Rosette arrosée by Paul Doppf
- La Syncope by Edouard Niermans
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 15th International Critics' Week (15e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
- Before the Time Comes (Le Temps de l’avant) by Anne Claire Poirier (Canada)
- Une Fille unique by Philippe Nahou (France)
- Der Gehulfe by Thomas Koerfer (Switzerland)
- Harvest: 3,000 Years by Haile Gerima (Ethiopia)
- Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica by Jorge Bodansky, Orlando Senna (Brazil, West Germany, France)
- Mélodrame by Jean-Louis Jorge (France)
- Tracks by Henry Jaglom (USA)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1976 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- Anno Domini 1573 (Seljačka buna 1573) by Vatroslav Mimica (Yugoslavia)
- The Battle of Chile (La Batalla de Chile: El golpe de estado) by Patricio Guzman (Chile, Cuba)
- Behindert by Stephen Dwoskin (West Germany, United Kingdom)
- Le berceau de cristal by Philippe Garrel (France)
- O Casamento by Arnaldo Jabor (Brazil)
- The Devil's Playground by Fred Schepisi (Australia)
- Le diable au cœur by Bernard Queysanne (France)
- Duelle by Jacques Rivette (France)
- Four Days to Death (Cetiri dana do smrti) by Miroslav Jokic (Yugoslavia)
- Giliap by Roy Andersson (Sweden)
- Gitirana (doc.) by Jorge Bodansky, Orlando Senna (Brazil)
- Goldflocken by Werner Schroeter (West Germany, France)
- Hollywood on Trial (doc.) by David Helpern Jr. (United States)
- In the Realm of the Senses (L'Empire des sens) by Nagisa Oshima (France, Japan)
- Les Nomades by Sid Ali Mazif (Algeria)
- Os Demónios de Alcácer Quibir by José Fonseca e Costa (Portugal)
- A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette) by André Forcier (Canada)
- Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert by Marguerite Duras (France)
- Strongman Ferdinand by Alexander Kluge (West Germany)
- Normande (La tête de Normande St-Onge) by Gilles Carle (Canada)
- We Have Many Names (We har manje namn) (doc.) by Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
- Short films
- L'enfant prisonnier by Jean-Michel Carré (France)
- The Labyrinth Tale (Meikyū-tan) by Shuji Terayama (Japan)
- Leonina by Jean-Paul Courraud (France)
- Les Stars by Serge Lutens (France)
- Pierre Molinier - 7 Rue Des Faussets by Noël Simsolo (France, Luxembourg)
- Walter by Serge Dubor (France)
Official Awards
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In Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or: Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese[2]
- Grand Prix:
- Best Director: Ettore Scola for Down and Dirty
- Best Actress:
- Best Actor: José Luis Gómez for Pascual Duarte
- Metamorphosis by Barry Greenwald
- Jury Prize:
- Agulana by Gérald Frydman
- Nightlife by Robin Lehman
Independent Awards
[edit]- Kings of the Road by Wim Wenders (Unanimously) (In competition)[13]
- Strongman Ferdinand by Alexander Kluge
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]- Technical Grand Prize: Michel Fano (sound) for The Claw and the Tooth
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1976". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1976: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1976: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ^ "29ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections". francofolies.over-blog.es. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Peter Levinson (28 July 2015). Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache. St. Martin's Publishing. ISBN 9781250091499. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1976: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "15e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1976". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1976". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1976". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
Media
[edit]- INA: Opening of the 1976 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: The wonders of the music hall at Cannes (commentary in French)
External links
[edit]- 1976 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1976
- Cannes Film Festival:1976 Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database