1980 Cannes Film Festival

The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was interrupted by an electricians strike.

Jury

• Kirk Douglas (USA) (president)
• Ken Adam (UK)
• Robert Benayoun (France)
• Veljko Bulajić (Yugoslavia)
• Leslie Caron (France)
• Charles Champlin (USA)
• André Delvaux (Belgium)
• Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
• Michael Spencer (Canada)
• Albina du Boisrouvray (France)

Feature film competition

• All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
• Being There by Hal Ashby
• The Big Red One by Samuel Fuller
• Breaker Morant by Bruce Beresford
• Bye Bye Brasil by Carlos Diegues
• Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
• Dedicatoria by Jaime Chávarri
• Ek Din Pratidin by Mrinal Sen
• Fantastica by Gilles Carle
• Jaguar by Lino Brocka
• Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
• Kaltgestellt by Bernhard Sinkel
• La terrazza by Ettore Scola
• Le Chaînon manquant by Picha
• The Long Riders by Walter Hill
• Loulou by Maurice Pialat
• Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
• Örökség by Márta Mészáros
• Out of the Blue by Dennis Hopper
• Poseban tretman by Goran Paskaljević
• Salto nel vuoto by Marco Bellocchio
• Sauve qui peut (la vie) by Jean-Luc Godard
• Une semaine de vacances by Bertrand Tavernier

Un Certain Regard

• Causa králík by Jaromil Jireš
• Csontváry by Zoltán Huszárik
• Dani od snova by Vlatko Gilic
• Der Kandidat by Volker Schlöndorff
• Der Willi-Busch-Report by Niklaus Schilling
• Kristoffers hus by Lars Lennart Forsberg
• La femme enfant by Raphaële Billetdoux
• Maledetti vi amerò by Marco Tullio Giordana
• Portrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy Wilder by Annie Tresgot
• Sitting Ducks by Henry Jaglom
• Tcherike-ye Tara by Bahram Bayzai
• The Gamekeeper by Ken Loach
• Wege in der Nacht by Krzysztof Zanussi

Films out of competition

• Breaking Glass by Brian Gibson
• La città delle donne by Federico Fellini
• Le risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon
• Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
• Nezha nao hai by Yan Ding Xian, Wang Shuchen, Jingda Xu
• Sono fotogenico by Dino Risi
• Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Stir by Stephen Wallace
• SuperTotò by Brando Giordani, Emilio Ravel
• Téléphone public by Jean-Marie Périer

Short film competition

• Arrêt momentané by Marie-France Siegler
• The Beloved by Michel Bouchard
• Canada Vignettes: The Performer by Norma Bailey
• Grandomaniya by Nikolay Todorov
• Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
• Magyar kepek by Csaba Szórády
• La Petite enfance du cinéma by Joël Farges
• Rails by Manolo Otero
• Scheherazade by Susan Casey and Nancy Naschke
• Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
• Sky Dance by Faith Hubley
• Z górki by Marian Cholerek

Awards

• Palme d'Or:
  • All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
  • Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
• Grand Prix: Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais (unanimously)
• Jury Prize: Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
• Best Actor: Michel Piccoli for Salto nel vuoto
• Best Actress: Anouk Aimée for Salto nel vuoto
• Best Supporting Actor: Jack Thompson for Breaker Morant
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Milena Dravić for Poseban tretman
  • Carla Gravina for La terrazza
• Best Screenplay: Ettore Scola, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli for La terrazza
• Technical Grand Prize: Le Risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon (which was shown out of competition)
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
• Jury Prize - Best Short Film:
  • Canada Vignettes: The Performer by Norma Bailey
  • Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
• Caméra d'Or: Adrien's Story by Jean-Pierre Denis
• FIPRESCI Prize: Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
• FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention: Gaijin - Os Caminhos da Liberdade by Tizuka Yamasaki
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
  • Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky (special award)

External links

• 1980 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1980 at Internet Movie Database