 Official poster of the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration byMichel Landi.[1] | |
| Opening film | Fantastica |
|---|---|
| Closing film | I'm Photogenic |
| Location | Cannes,France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: All That Jazz Kagemusha |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition)[2] |
| Festival date | 9 May 1980 (1980-05-09) – 23 May 1980 (1980-05-23) |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
The33rdCannes Film Festival took place from 9 and 23 May 1980.[3] American actorKirk Douglas served as jury president for the main competition. During the festival the showing ofAndrei Tarkovsky's filmStalker was notoriously interrupted by an electricians strike.[4]
ThePalme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded toAll That Jazz byBob Fosse andKagemusha byAkira Kurosawa.[5]
The festival opened withFantastica byGilles Carle,[6][7] and closed withI'm Photogenic byDino Risi.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballad of Tara | چریکه تارا | Bahram Beyzai | Iran |
| The Candidate | Der Kandidat | Volker Schlöndorff | West Germany |
| Christopher's House | Kristoffers hus | Lars Lennart Forsberg | Sweden |
| Csontváry | Zoltán Huszárik | Hungary | |
| Days of Dreams | Дани од снова | Vlatko Gilić | Yugoslavia |
| La femme enfant | Die Stumme Liebe | Raphaële Billetdoux | France, West Germany |
| The Gamekeeper | Ken Loach | United Kingdom | |
| Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder | Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder | Annie Tresgot and Michel Ciment | France |
| The Rabbit Case | Causa králík | Jaromil Jireš | Czechoslovakia |
| Sitting Ducks | Henry Jaglom | United States | |
| To Love the Damned | Maledetti vi amerò | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| Ways in the Night [pl] | Wege in der Nacht | Krzysztof Zanussi | West Germany |
| The Willi Busch Report | Der Willi-Busch-Report | Niklaus Schilling | |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking Glass | Brian Gibson | United Kingdom | |
| City of Women | La città delle donne | Federico Fellini | Italy |
| I'm Photogenic(closing film) | Sono fotogenico | Dino Risi | |
| Lightning Over Water | Wim Wenders andNicholas Ray | West Germany, Sweden | |
| Nezha Conquers the Dragon King | 哪吒闹海 | Wang Shuchen, Yan Dingxian, Xu Jingda | China |
| Public Telephone | Téléphone public | Jean-Marie Périer | France |
| The Risk of Living | Le risque de vivre | Gérald Calderon | |
| Stalker | Сталкер | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| Stir | Stephen Wallace | Australia | |
| SuperTotò | Brando Giordani and Emilio Ravel | Italy | |
The following short films competed for theShort Film Palme d'Or:[2]
The following feature films were screened for the 19thInternational Critics' Week (19e Semaine de la Critique):[10]
The following films were screened for the 1980Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]
Short films
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