1969 Cannes Film Festival
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The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 8 - 23, 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called "Directors' Fortnight" is added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.[1]
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the If.... by Lindsay Anderson.[2] The festival opened with Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse.[3][4]
Contents
Jury
Luchino Visconti, Jury President
- Luchino Visconti (Italy) (president)
- Chinghiz Aitmatov (Soviet Union)
- Marie Bell (France)
- Jaroslav Boček (Czechoslovakia)
- Veljko Bulajić (Yugoslavia)
- Stanley Donen (USA)
- Jerzy Glucksman (Sweden) (student)
- Robert Kanters (France) (critic)
- Sam Spiegel (USA)
- Charles Duvanel (Switzerland) (short films)
- Mihnea Gheorghiu (Romania) (short films)
- Claude Soulé (France) (CST official) (short films)
Feature film competition
- Ådalen 31 by Bo Widerberg
- The Appointment by Sidney Lumet
- Biće skoro propast sveta by Aleksandar Petrović
- Calcutta by Louis Malle
- Dillinger è morto by Marco Ferreri
- Don't Let the Angels Fall by George Kaczender
- O Dragão da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro (Antonio-das-mortes) by Glauber Rocha
- Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
- España otra vez by Jaime Camino
- Faráruv konec by Evald Schorm
- Flashback by Raffaele Andreassi
- Le Grand amour by Pierre Étaix
- If.... by Lindsay Anderson
- Gli intoccabili by Giuliano Montaldo
- Isadora by Karel Reisz
- Ma nuit chez Maud by Éric Rohmer
- Manden der tænkte ting by Jens Ravn
- Matzor by Gilberto Tofano
- Metti una sera a cena by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
- Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell by Volker Schlöndorff
- Nihon no seishun by Masaki Kobayashi
- Polowanie na muchy by Andrzej Wajda
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Ronald Neame
- Slaves by Herbert Biberman
- Všichni dobří rodáci by Vojtěch Jasný
- Z by Costa Gavras
Films out of competition
- Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Et L'Angleterre Sera Détruite by János Veiczi
- L'amour de la vie by François Reichenbach
- Zbehovia a pútnici by Juraj Jakubisko
- Sweet Charity by Bob Fosse
- That Cold Day in the Park by Robert Altman
Short film competition
- Le Ballet des Jacungos by Jean Manzon
- Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
- Goldframe by Raoul Servais
- L'Homme aux chats by Henri Glaeser
- Moc osudu by Jiří Brdečka
- Niebieska kula by Miroslaw Kijowicz
- La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
- Red Arrows by John Edwards
- Short Seven by Jonne Severijn
- Su sambene non est aba by Luigi Gonzo and Manfredo Manfredi
- Toccata by Herman van der Horst
- El Triunfo de la muerte by José María Gutiérrez
- Das Verräterische Herz by Paul Anczykowski
- World of Man by Albert Fischer and Michael Collyer
Awards
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: If.... by Lindsay Anderson
- Grand Prize of the Jury: Ådalen 31 by Bo Widerberg
- Jury Prize: Z by Costa Gavras (Unanimously)
- Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant for Z
- Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora
- Best Director:
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention:
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
- Jury Prize – Best Short Film: La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
- Best First Work: Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
- FIPRESCI Prize: Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky
