1981 Cannes Film Festival

The 34th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13 - 27.

Jury

• Jacques Deray (France) (president)
• Ellen Burstyn (USA)
• Jean-Claude Carrière (France)
• Robert Chazal (France)
• Attilio D'Onofrio (Italy)
• Christian Defaye (Switzerland) (journalist)
• Carlos Diegues (Brazil)
• Antonio Gala (Spain)
• Andrei Petrov (Soviet Union)
• Douglas Slocombe (UK)

Feature film competition

• Beau-père by Bertrand Blier
• Chariots of Fire by Hugh Hudson
• Cserepek by István Gaál
• Człowiek z żelaza by Andrzej Wajda
• Engel aus Eisen by Thomas Brasch
• Excalibur by John Boorman
• Faktas by Almantas Grikevičius
• Heaven's Gate by Michael Cimino
• La pelle by Liliana Cavani
• La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo by Bernardo Bertolucci
• Les Années lumière by Alain Tanner
• Les Uns et les Autres by Claude Lelouch
• Looks and Smiles by Ken Loach
• Mephisto by István Szabó
• Montenegro by Dušan Makavejev
• Neige by Juliet Berto
• Passione d'amore by Ettore Scola
• Patrimonio nacional by Luis García Berlanga
• Possession by Andrzej Żuławski
• Quartet by James Ivory
• Thief (Violent Streets) by Michael Mann
• Tulipää by Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto

Un Certain Regard

• A tanú by Péter Bacsó
• Elef Nishikot K'tanot by Mira Recanati
• Cerromaior by Luís Filipe Rocha
• Dios los cría... by Jacobo Morales
• Eijanaika by Shōhei Imamura
• Eu Te Amo by Arnaldo Jabor
• Golyamoto noshtno kapane by Binka Zhelyazkova
• Ko to tamo peva by Slobodan Šijan
• Let There Be Light by John Huston
• Memoirs of a Survivor by David Gladwell
• Mur murs by Agnès Varda
• Samo jednom se ljubi by Rajko Grlić
• Satah Se Uthata Aadmi by Mani Kaul
• Un moment de bonheur by Yves Laumet

Films out of competition

• Anima – Symphonie phantastique by Titus Leber
• Bodas de sangre by Carlos Saura
• Da nao tian gong by Wan Laiming
• From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China by Murray Lerner
• Hands Up! by Jerzy Skolimowski
• Honeysuckle Rose by Jerry Schatzberg
• Ku nao ren de xiao by Yimin Deng, Yanjin Yang
• La Mouche (known as A Légy or The Fly) by Ferenc Rofusz
• Malu tianshi by Mu-jih Yuan
• The Postman Always Rings Twice by Bob Rafelson
• This Is Elvis by Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt
• Tre fratelli by Francesco Rosi

Short film competition

• Alephah by Gérald Frydman
• André Derain, thèmes et variations by François Porcile
• Dilemma by John Halas
• Diskzokej by Jiří Barta
• Král a skritek by Lubomír Beneš
• Manövergäste by G. Nicolas Hayek
• Maskirani razbojnik by Petar Lalovic
• Moto Perpetuo by Béla Vajda
• Ne me parlez plus jamais d'amour by Sylvain Madigan
• Le Rat by Elisabeth Huppert
• Ravnovesie by Boiko Kanev
• Trcanje by Dusko Sevo
• Zea by André Leduc

Awards

• Palme d'Or: Człowiek z żelaza by Andrzej Wajda
• Grand Prix: Les Années lumière by Alain Tanner
• Best Actor: Ugo Tognazzi for La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo
• Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani for Quartet and Possession
• Best Supporting Actor: Ian Holm for Chariots of Fire
• Best Supporting Actress: Yelena Solovey for Faktas
• Best Screenplay: István Szabó for Mephisto
• Best Artistic Contribution: Excalibur by John Boorman
• Technical Grand Prize: Les Uns et les Autres for the sound quality
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Moto Perpetuo by Béla Vajda
• Jury Prize - Best Short Film:
  • Le Rat by Elisabeth Huppert
  • Zea by André Leduc
• Caméra d'Or: Desperado City by Vadim Glowna
• Young Cinema Award:
  • Looks and Smiles by Ken Loach
  • Neige by Juliet Berto and Jean-Henri Roger
• 'La Chance de Cannes' Award: Prends 10000 balles et casse-toi by Mahmoud Zemmouri
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Malou by Jeanine Meerapfel
  • Mephisto by István Szabó
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Człowiek z żelaza by Andrzej Wajda
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
  • Chariots of Fire by Hugh Hudson
  • Looks and Smiles by Ken Loach

External links

• 1981 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1981 at Internet Movie Database