1971 Cannes Film Festival

The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 12 - 27, 1971.

Jury

• Michèle Morgan (France) (president)
• Pierre Billard (France)
• Michael Birkett (UK)
• Anselmo Duarte (Brazil)
• István Gaál (Hungary)
• Sergio Leone (Italy)
• Aleksandar Petrović (Yugoslavia)
• Maurice Rheims (France)
• Erich Segal (USA)
• Véra Volmane (France) (journalist) (short films president)
• Charles Duvanel (Switzerland) (short films)
• Etienne Novella (France) (short films)

Feature film competition

• Animale bolnave by Nicolae Breban
• Apokal by Paul Anczykowski
• Le Bateau sur l'herbe by Gérard Brach
• Beg by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov
• La califfa by Alberto Bevilacqua
• Drive, He Said by Jack Nicholson
• The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
• Goya, historia de una soledad by Nino Quevedo
• Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
• Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
• Loot by Silvio Narizzano
• Les mariés de l'an II by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• Mira by Fons Rademakers
• Morte a Venezia by Luchino Visconti
• The Panic in Needle Park by Jerry Schatzberg
• Per grazia ricevuta by Nino Manfredi
• Pindorama by Arnaldo Jabor
• Raphaël ou le débauché by Michel Deville
• Sacco e Vanzetti by Giuliano Montaldo
• Le souffle au cœur by Louis Malle
• Szerelem by Károly Makk
• Taking Off by Miloš Forman
• Wake in Fright by Ted Kotcheff
• Walkabout by Nicolas Roeg
• Yami no naka no chimimoryo by Kō Nakahira
• Życie rodzinne by Krzysztof Zanussi

Films out of competition

• Gimme Shelter by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
• La Maison sous les Arbres by René Clément
• Le Chasseur by François Reichenbach
• Le feu sacré by Vladimir Forgency
• Les amis by Gérard Blain
• Narcissus by Peter Foldes
• The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
• The Trojan Women by Michael Cacoyannis

Awards

• Palme d'Or: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
• Grand Prix:
  • Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
  • Taking Off by Miloš Forman
• Jury Prize:
  • Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
  • Szerelem by Károly Makk
• Best Actor: Riccardo Cucciolla for Sacco e Vanzetti
• Best Actress: Kitty Winn for The Panic in Needle Park
• Special Mention: Lili Darvas and Mari Törőcsik, the lead actresses in Szerelem
• Technical Grand Prize: The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
• Best First Work: Per grazia ricevuta by Nino Manfredi
• 25th Anniversary Prize: Morte a Venezia by Luchino Visconti (also for his whole work)
• FIPRESCI Prize: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
• OCIC Award: Szerelem by Károly Makk
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
• Special Mention - Short Film:
  • Stuiter by Jan Oonk
  • Une Statuette by Carlos Vilardebó

External links

• 1971 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1971 at Internet Movie Database