1969_Cannes_Film_Festival
The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 23 May 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called Directors' Fortnight was added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.[4]
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Official poster of the 22nd Cannes Film Festival[1] | |
| Opening film | Sweet Charity |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or (If....)[2] |
| No. of films | 26 (In Competition)[3] 6 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) – 23 May 1969 (1969-05-23) |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
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The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to If.... by Lindsay Anderson.[2] The festival opened with Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse.[5]
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1969 film competition:[6]
Feature films
- Luchino Visconti (Italy) - Jury 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)
Short films
- Charles Duvanel (Switzerland)
- Mihnea Gheorghiu (Romania)
- Claude Soulé (France) (CST official)
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]
- Ådalen 31 by Bo Widerberg
- All My Compatriots by Vojtěch Jasný
- The Appointment by Sidney Lumet
- Calcutta by Louis Malle
- Dillinger Is Dead by Marco Ferreri
- Don't Let the Angels Fall by George Kaczender
- Antonio das Mortes by Glauber Rocha
- Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
- End of a Priest by Evald Schorm
- Flashback by Raffaele Andreassi
- The Great Love by Pierre Étaix
- Hunting Flies by Andrzej Wajda
- Hymn to a Tired Man by Masaki Kobayashi
- If.... by Lindsay Anderson
- Isadora by Karel Reisz
- It Rains in My Village by Aleksandar Petrović
- Machine Gun McCain by Giuliano Montaldo
- Man on Horseback by Volker Schlöndorff
- The Man Who Thought Life by Jens Ravn
- Matzor by Gilberto Tofano
- Metti una sera a cena by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
- My Night at Maud's by Éric Rohmer
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Ronald Neame
- Slaves by Herbert Biberman
- Spain Again by Jaime Camino
- Z by Costa Gavras
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life (L'amour de la vie) by François Reichenbach
- The Deserter and the Nomads (Zbehovia a pútnici) by Juraj Jakubisko
- Frozen Flashes (Et L'Angleterre Sera Détruite) by János Veiczi
- Sweet Charity by Bob Fosse
- That Cold Day in the Park by Robert Altman
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[3]
- 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 Mirosław 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 & 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 & Michael Collyer
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 8th International Critics' Week (8e Semaine de la Critique):[7]
- Cabascabo by Oumarou Ganda (Niger)
- Charles mort ou vif by Alain Tanner (Switzerland)
- Sziget a szárazföldön by Judit Elek (Hungary)
- The Hour of the Furnaces (La Hora de los hornos) by Fernando Solanas (Argentina)
- King, Murray by David Hoffman (United States)
- More by Barbet Schroeder (Luxembourg)
- My Girlfriend’s Wedding by Jim McBride (United States)
- Pagine chiuse by Gianni da Campo (Italy)
- La Rosière de Pessac by Jean Eustache (France)
- La Voie by Mohamed Slimane Riad (Algeria)
- In the Year of the Pig by Emile de Antonio (United States)
- Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern) by Peter Fleischmann (West Germany)
- Paris n’existe pas by Robert Benayoun (France)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1969 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[8]
- Acéphale by Patrick Deval (France) [9]
- Adam 2 by Jan Lenica (West Germany)
- Ballade pour un chien by René Allio, Gérard Vergez (France)
- Barravento by Glauber Rocha (Brazil)
- Between Salt and Sweet Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce) by Michel Brault (Canada)
- Brandy in the Wilderness by Stanton Kaye (United States)
- O Bravo Guerreiro by Gustavo Dahl (Brazil)
- Brazil Year 2000 (Brasil Ano 2000) by Walter Lima Jr (Brazil)
- Calcutta (doc.) by Louis Malle (France)
- Capitu by Paulo César Saraceni (Brazil)
- Capricci by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
- Christopher's Movie Matinée by Mort Ransen (Canada)
- Le Cinématographe by Michel Baulez (France)
- De mère en fille (doc.) by Anne-Claire Poirier (Canada)
- Death by Hanging (Kōshikei) by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki) by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
- Drôle de jeu by Pierre Kast (France)
- Duet for Cannibals by Susan Sontag (Sweden)
- The Ernie Game by Don Owen (Canada)
- L'été by Marcel Hanoun (France)
- Face To Face (Cara a cara) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil)
- La primera carga al machete by Manuel Octavio Gomez (Cuba)
- Five Girls Around the Neck (Pět holek na krku) by Evald Schorm (Czechoslovakia)
- Fuoco! by Gian Vittorio Baldi (Italy)
- A Gentle Woman (Une femme douce) by Robert Bresson (France)
- Les Gommes by Francis Deroisy (Belgium)
- Head by Bob Rafelson (United States)
- Het compromis by Philo Bregstein (Netherlands)
- The Illiac Passion by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Image, Flesh and Voice by Ed Emshwiller (United States)
- Invasión by Hugo Santiago (Argentina)
- Jardim de guerra by Neville dAlmeida (Brazil)
- Le Joujou Chéri by Gabriel Axel (Denmark)
- Kid Sentiment by Jacques Godbout (Canada)
- Le lit de la Vierge by Philippe Garrel (France)
- Lucía by Humberto Solas (Cuba)
- Mai 68, la belle ouvrage (doc.) by Jean-Luc Magneron (France)
- Marie by Marta Meszaros (Hungary)
- Marketa Lazarová by František Vláčil (Czechoslovakia)
- A Matrimony (Eine Ehe) by Hans Rolf Strobel, Heinrich Tichawsky (West Germany)
- Money, Money by José Varela (France)
- The Most Beautiful Age by Jaroslav Papoušek (Czechoslovakia)
- Mumbo-Jumbo by Jean-Luc Magneron (France)
- Nocturne 29 by Pere Portabella (Spain)
- Nous n’irons plus au bois by Georges Dumoulin (France)
- Our Lady of the Turks (Nostra Signora dei Turchi) by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
- Partner by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
- Paul by Diourka Medveczky (France)
- Paulina Is Leaving (Paulina s’en va) by André Téchiné (France)
- La Poupée Rouge by Francis Leroi (France)
- The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl (Le viol d'une jeune fille douce) by Gilles Carle (Canada)
- Rhodesia Countdown by Michael Raeburn (Southern Rhodesia)
- Scratch Harry by Alex Matter (United States)
- Sirocco (Sirokkó) by Miklos Jancso (Hungary)
- The Smugglers (Les contrebandières) by Luc Moullet (France)
- Soliloquy by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
- Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au cœur) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
- Terry Withmore For an Example by Bill Brodie (Sweden)
- Three by James Salter (United States)
- A Time of Roses (Ruusujen aika) by Risto Jarva (Finland)
- The Trip by Roger Corman (United States)
- Tu imagines Robinson by Jean-Daniel Pollet (France)
- Vie provisoire by Mauricio Gomez Leite (Brazil)
- Les vieilles lunes by David Fahri (Switzerland)
- Vive la mort by Francis Reusser (Switzerland)
- Le Voyage by Fernando Cony Campos (Brazil)
- Wheel of Ashes by Peter Goldman (United States)
- Yvon, Yvonne by Claude Champion (Switzerland)
- Short films
- 5/7/35 by Jean Mazeas (France)
- Adrien s’éloigne by Claude Guillemot (France)
- Arrabal by Jacques Poitrenaud (France)
- Athènes, ville sourire by Lambros Liaropoulos (Greece)
- Black Movie by Adrian (filmmaker) (France)
- Chinese Chekers by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
- Einer Mädchenhaut by Klaus Schönherr (France)
- Erin Ereinté by Jean-Paul Aubert (France)
- Flash-Parc by Frank Cassenti (France)
- Fuses by Carolee Schneemann (United States)
- Galaxie by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Gedanken beim Befühlen by Klaus Schönherr (France)
- Hemingway by Fausto Canel (Cuba)
- Jeanne et la moto by Diourka Medveczky (France)
- Journal de séjour a Marseille by C. Lindenmeyer, Gérard Levy-Clerc (France)
- La page dévoilée by Jim Hodgetts et Mike Marshall (France)
- La poursuite impitoyable by J.J. Schakmundes, R. Guillon (France)
- Le mariage de Clovis by Daniel Duval (France)
- Le Sursitaire by Serge Huet (France)
- Les Stabiles by Christian Lara (France)
- Libi by Otto Muehl (France)
- Marie et le Curé by Diourka Medveczky (France)
- Miss Paris et le Majordome by Georges Dumoulin (France)
- Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin by Pascal Aubier (France)
- N.O.T.H.I.N.G. by Paul Sharits (France)
- Naissant by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
- On the Every Day of the Eyes of Death by Robert Beavers (France)
- Paris des Négritudes by Jean Schmidt (France)
- Permanence by Busioc Ionesco (Romania)
- Que s’est-il passé en Mai? by Jean-Pierre Savignac (France)
- Rohfilm by G. Hein (France)
- S. Macht am Sonntag-Nachmittag keinen Film by Dieter Meier (France)
- Scenes from Under Childhood by Stan Brakhage (France)
- Souvenir de la nuit du 4 by Patrice Gauthier, Henry Lange (France)
- Speak by John Latham (United Kingdom)
- The Mysteries by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Twice A Man by Gregory Markopoulos (France)
- Untebrochene Flugverbindungen by Dieter Meier (France)
- Versucht mit Synth. Ton by Kurt Kren (France)
- Winged Dialogue by Robert Beavers (France)
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1969 Official selection awards:[2]
- Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: If.... by Lindsay Anderson
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Ådalen 31 by Bo Widerberg
- Best Director:
- Glauber Rocha for Antonio das Mortes
- Vojtěch Jasný for All My Compatriots (Všichni dobří rodáci)
- Best Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora
- Best Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant for Z
- Jury Prize: Z by Costa Gavras (Unanimously)
- Best First Work: Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
Short films
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
- Prix spécial du Jury: La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
Independent awards
Commission Supérieure Technique[2]
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: All My Compatriots (Všichni dobří rodáci) by Vojtěch Jasný
- Short film - Special Mention: Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu & Toccata by Herman van der Horst
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- "8e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1969". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- "Quinzaine 1969". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- "FIPRESCI Awards 1969". fipresci.org. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- INA: Opening of the 1969 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Closing ceremony Cannes 1969 (commentary in French)
- 1969 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1969 Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1969 at Internet Movie Database