1972 Cannes Film Festival

The 25th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 4 - 19, 1972.

Jury

• Joseph Losey (UK)(president)
• Bibi Andersson (Sweden)
• Georges Auric (France)
• Erskine Caldwell (USA)
• Mark Donskoi (Soviet Union)
• Miloš Forman (USA)
• Giorgio Papi (Yugoslavia)
• Jean Rochereau (France) (journalist)
• Alain Tanner (Switzerland)
• Naoki Togawa (Japan)
• Frédéric Rossif (France) (short films president)
• Istvan Dosai (Hungary) (Cinématographie official) (short films)
• Vicente Pineda (Italy) (journalist) (short films)

Feature film competition

• Ani Ohev Otach Rosa by Moshé Mizrahi
• Les arpenteurs by Michel Soutter
• Chinmoku by Masahiro Shinoda
• Il Caso Mattei by Francesco Rosi
• Chère Louise by Philippe de Broca
• La classe operaia va in paradiso by Elio Petri
• A Fan's Notes by Eric Till
• Les Feux de la Chandeleur by Serge Korber
• Images by Robert Altman
• Jeremiah Johnson by Sydney Pollack
• King, Queen, Knave by Jerzy Skolimowski
• Malpertuis by Harry Kümel
• Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore by Lina Wertmüller
• Még kér a nép by Miklós Jancsó
• Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble by Maurice Pialat
• Perla w koronie by Kazimierz Kutz
• Petrolejové lampy by Juraj Herz
• The Ruling Class by Peter Medak
• Slaughterhouse-Five by George Roy Hill
• Solyaris by Andrei Tarkovsky
• To Find a Man by Buzz Kulik
• Trotta by Johannes Schaaf
• Das Unheil by Peter Fleischmann
• The Visitors by Elia Kazan
• La vraie nature de Bernadette by Gilles Carle

Films out of competition

• Asta Nielsen by Asta Nielsen
• Bröder Carl by Susan Sontag
• Faustine et le bel été by Nina Companéez
• Frenzy by Alfred Hitchcock
• L'aventure c'est l'aventure by Claude Lelouch
• La dérive by Paula Delsol
• La Génération du désert by Nicole Stéphane
• Une guerre pour une paix by Nicole Stéphane
• Den gale dansker by Kirsten Stenbæk
• Le lys de mer by Jacqueline Audry
• Hvezda Betlémská by Hermína Týrlová
• Alye maki Issyk-Kulya by Bolotbek Shamshiyev
• Les Jeunes Filles En Fleurs by David Hamilton, Philippe Leroi
• Macbeth by Roman Polanski
• Marie by Márta Mészáros
• Merry-Go-Round by Kirsten Stenbæk
• Papa, les petits bateaux by Nelly Kaplan
• Roma by Federico Fellini
• Serata by Malvina Ursianu
• Sziget a szárazföldön by Judit Elek

Short film competition

• Atlantyda by Piotr Szpakowicz
• The Birth of Aphrodite by Leland Auslender
• Le Fusil à lunette by Jean Chapot
• Giovanni Michelucci by Fernando Cerchio
• Hundertwasser's Rainy Day by Peter Schamoni
• Jour de classe by Henri Jouf
• Magic Graz by Curt M. Faudon
• Malka dnevna muzika by Ivan Vesselinov
• Mini by Stoian Doukov
• I Omorfia tou thanatou by Nestoras Matsas
• Operation X-70 by Raoul Servais
• Pour solde de tout compte by Louis Pitzele
• Een Zeer zonnige wereld by Pieter De Groot
• Zikkaron by Laurent Coderre

Awards

• Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:
  • La classe operaia va in paradiso by Elio Petri
  • Il Caso Mattei by Francesco Rosi
• Grand Prix: Solyaris by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Jury Prize: Slaughterhouse-Five by George Roy Hill
• Best Actor: Jean Yanne for Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble
• Best Actress: Susannah York for Images
• Best Director: Miklós Jancsó for Még kér a nép
• Special Mention: Gian Maria Volonté for La Classe operaia va in paradiso and Il Caso Mattei
• Technical Grand Prize:
  • Roma by Federico Fellini
  • Zikkaron by Laurent Coderre
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Le Fusil à lunette by Jean Chapot
• Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Operation X-70 by Raoul Servais
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès by René Vautier
  • Solyaris by Andrei Tarkovsky

External links

• 1972 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1972 at Internet Movie Database