 Official poster of the 32nd Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original illustration by Belgian artistJean-Michel Folon.[1] | |
| Opening film | Hair |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Us Two |
| Location | Cannes,France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Apocalypse Now The Tin Drum |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition)[2] |
| Festival date | 10 May 1979 (1979-05-10) – 24 May 1979 (1979-05-24) |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
The32ndCannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 24 May 1979.[3] French writerFrançoise Sagan served as jury president for the main competition.
ThePalme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded toApocalypse Now byFrancis Ford Coppola (screened as a work in progress), andThe Tin Drum byVolker Schlöndorff.[4]
Sagan, raised a controversy as she complained about Robert Favre Le Bret, director of the festival, pressure on the jury for the choice of Coppola's film, while she had chosen Schlöndorff's film.[5]
The festival opened withHair byMiloš Forman,[6][7] and closed withUs Two byClaude Lelouch.[8]
The following feature films competed for thePalme d'Or:[2]
The following films were selected for theUn Certain Regard section:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Come and Work | Fad'jal | Safi Faye | Senegal |
| Companys, procés a Catalunya | Companys, proceso a Cataluña | Josep Maria Forn | Spain |
| Encore un Hiver(short) | Françoise Sagan | France | |
| From the Clouds to the Resistance | Dalla nube alla resistenza | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | Italy |
| Moments | רגעים | Michal Bat-Adam | Israel, France |
| A Nice Neighbor | A kedves szomszéd | Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | Hungary |
| Les petites fugues | Yves Yersin | Switzerland | |
| Printemps en Février | Shei Tieli | China | |
| A Scream from Silence | Mourir à tue-tête | Anne Claire Poirier | Canada |
| Spirit of the Wind | Ralph Liddle | United States | |
| The Third Generation | Die dritte Generation | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany |
| Ward Six | Paviljon VI | Lucian Pintilie | Yugoslavia |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Stopped at Eboli | Cristo si è fermato a Eboli | Francesco Rosi | Italy, France |
| Hair(opening film) | Miloš Forman | United States, West Germany | |
| Manhattan | Woody Allen | United States | |
| Le Musee du Louvre | Toshio Uruta | Japan | |
| Orchestra Rehearsal | Prova d'orchestra | Federico Fellini | Italy, West Germany |
| Us Two(closing film) | À nous deux | Claude Lelouch | France, Canada |
| Wise Blood | John Huston | United States, West Germany | |
The following short films competed for theShort Film Palme d'Or:[2]
The following feature films were screened for the 18thInternational Critics' Week (18e Semaine de la Critique):[10]
The following films were screened for the 1979Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]
The following films and people received the 1979 Official selection awards:[12][3]
