1980 Cannes Film Festival

1980 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Michel Landi.[1]
Opening film Fantastica
Closing film Sono fotogenico
Location Cannes, France
Founded 1946
Awards Palme d'Or (All That Jazz and Kagemusha)
Number of films 23 (In Competition)[2]
14 (Un Certain Regard)
9 (Out of Competition)
12 (Short Film)
Festival date 9 May 1980 (1980-05-09) – 23 May 1980 (1980-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en

The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The Palme d'Or went to the All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.[3][4][5]

The showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was interrupted by an electricians strike.[6] The festival opened with Fantastica, directed by Gilles Carle and closed with Sono fotogenico, directed by Dino Risi.[7][8]

Jury

Kirk Douglas, Jury President.

Feature film competition

Un Certain Regard

Films out of competition

Short film competition

Awards

Akira Kurosawa, one of the winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

References

  1. "Posters 1980". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. "Official Selection 1980 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. "1980 - A man disappears". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. "Awards 1980 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  5. "Joint Palme d'Or to Akira Kurosawa and Bob Fosse". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  6. "The Ottawa Journal". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  7. "Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. "The closing films at Cannes". Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links

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