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1973 Cannes Film Festival CFF73poster.jpg Official poster of the 26th Cannes Film Festivalhttp://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1973/posters.html Posters 1973 festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160214025647/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1973/posters.html 14 February 2016 dmy 24 (In Competition) Godspell Lady Sings the Blues Cannes, France Grand Prix: Scarecrow and The Hireling 1973 05 10 y – 1973 05 25 y 1946 festival-cannes.com/en Cannes Film Festival 1972 1974
The 26th Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 25 May 1973. Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman served as jury president for the main competition.https://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1973.htm 26ème Festival International du Film - Cannes cinema-francais.fr fr 4 June 2017
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was jointly awarded to American filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg for Scarecrow and British filmmaker Alan Bridges for The Hireling.
During this edition two new non-competitive sections were added: Étude et documents and Perspectives du Cinéma Français (which was started by the French Film Directors' Society and ran until 1991).http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1973.htm 1973 - Les magnifiques (The Magnificent) cannes-fest.com fr 25 May 2017 31 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031014902/http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1973.htm dead
This edition was notorious for the controversy around Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain screening due to the film's depiction of extreme violence.The Holy Mountain https://www.ifccenter.com/films/the-holy-mountain/ 25 May 2017 ifccenter.com While British documentary Swastika by Philippe Mora caused disturbance among the audience by showing Adolf Hitler's daily and social life.7 February 1992 College Screens Disturbing Images of 'Swastika' https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-07-ca-1385-story.html 25 May 2017 Los Angeles Times
The festival opened with Godspell by David Greene,https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/12/archives/godspell-opens-cannes-festival-carnival-spirit-is-absent-in-subdued.html ‘Godspell’ Opens Cannes Festival May 12, 1973 nytimes.com 13 July 2017 and closed with Lady Sings the Blues by Sidney J. Furie.http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/RTV/1973/05/26/BGY508290503/clipsummary France: Paul Newman and Diana Ross among stars at Cannes Film Festival prizegiving itnsource.com 14 July 2017 July 2026 InternetArchiveBot
Jury
Main Competition
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress - Jury Presidenthttp://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1973/juryLongFilm.html Juries 1973: Long film festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1973/juryLongFilm.html 4 March 2016 dmy
Jean Delannoy, French actor and filmmaker
Lawrence Durrell, British writer
Rodolfo Landa, Mexican actor
Bolesław Michałek, Polish film critic
François Nourissier, French journalist and writer
Leo Pestelli, Italian journalist
Sydney Pollack, American filmmaker
Robert Rozhdestvensky, Soviet author
Short Films Competition
Robert Enrico, French filmmaker - Jury President
Samuel Lachize, French film critic
Alexandre Marin
Official Selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1973/allSelections.html Official Selection 1973: All the Selection festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1973/allSelections.html 26 December 2013 dmy
English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAna and the WolvesAna y los lobosCarlos SauraSpainBelleAndré DelvauxBelgium, FranceThe Death of a LumberjackLa Mort d'un bûcheronGilles CarleCanadaThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon MarigoldsPaul NewmanUnited StatesElectra Glide in BlueJames William GuercioLe Far WestJacques BrelBelgium, FranceGodspell (opening film)David GreeneUnited StatesLa Grande BouffeMarco FerreriItaly, FranceThe HirelingAlan BridgesUnited KingdomHospitals: The White MafiaBisturi, la mafia biancaLuigi ZampaItalyThe Hourglass SanatoriumSanatorium Pod KlepsydrąWojciech HasPolandThe InvitationL'InvitationClaude GorettaSwitzerlandJeremyArthur BarronUnited StatesLove and AnarchyFilm d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza...Lina WertmüllerItaly, FranceThe Mother and the WhoreLa maman et la putainJean EustacheFranceMonologueМонологIlya AverbakhSoviet UnionO Lucky Man!Lindsay AndersonUnited KingdomOne Hamlet Less Un Amleto di menoCarmelo BeneItalyLa otra imagenAntoni RibasSpainPetőfi '73Ferenc KardosHungaryScarecrow Jerry SchatzbergUnited StatesThe VowsA PromessaAntónio de MacedoPortugalWe Want the ColonelsVogliamo i colonnelliMario MonicelliItaly
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
30em
Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) directed by Ingmar Bergman
Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) directed by François Truffaut
A Doll's House directed by Joseph Losey
Future Shock directed by Alex Grasshoff
The Holy Mountain directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Lady Sings the Blues directed by Sidney J. Furie
Lo Païs directed by Gérard Guérin
Olivier Messiaen et les Oiseaux directed by Michel Fano, Denise Tual
Picasso, Peintre Du Siècle 1900-1973 directed by Lauro Venturi
Story of a Love Story (L'Impossible Objet) directed by John Frankenheimer
Swastika directed by Philippe Mora
Visions of Eight directed by Miloš Forman, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Mai Zetterling, Kon Ichikawa, John Schlesinger, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar
Wattstax directed by Mel Stuart
We Can't Go Home Again directed by Nicholas Ray
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
30em
Az 1812-es év by Sándor Reisenbüchler
Balablok by Břetislav Pojar
Langage du geste by Kamal El Sheikh
La Ligne de sceaux by Jean-Paul Torok
Skagen 1972 by Claus Weeke
Space Boy by Renate Drukshttp://renatedruksart.com/ Website about Renate Druks 2011-02-08 2020-08-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20200827220851/http://www.renatedruksart.com/ usurped
La Tête by Emile Bourget
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 12th International Critics' Week (12e Semaine de la Critique):https://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1973/1973_selection.php 12e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1973 archives.semainedelacritique.com 20 June 2017
30em
Le Charbonnier by Mohamed Bouamari (Algeria)
The Water Was So Clear (Gaki zoshi) by Yoichi Takabayashi (Japan)
Ganja & Hess by Bill Gunn (United States)
Kashima Paradise by Yann Le Masson, Bénie Deswarte (France)
Enough Praying (Ya no basta con rezar) by Aldo Francia (Chile)
Vivre ensemble by Anna Karina (France)
Non ho tempo by Ansano Giannarelli (Italy)
Nunta de piatră by Mircea Veroiu, Dan Pita (Romania)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1973 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1973 Quinzaine 1973 quinzaine-realisateurs.com 20 June 2017 6 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171006043548/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/1973/ live
30em
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) by Werner Herzog (West Germany)
The Sparrow (Al Ousfour) by Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
All Nudity Shall Be Punished (Toda Nudez Sera Castigada) by Arnaldo Jabor (Brazil)
Black Holiday (La villeggiatura) by Marco Leto (Italy)
La città del sole by Gianni Amelio (Italy)
Coup d'Etat (Kaigenrei) by Yoshishige Yoshida (Japan)
Days of '36 (Meres tou '36) by Theo Angelopoulos (Greece)
Desaster by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany)
Drustvena Igra by Srdjan Karanovic (Yugoslavia)
El Cambio by Alfredo Joskowicz (Mexico)
Farlige Kys by Henrik Stangerup (Denmark)
Hannibal by Xavier Koller (Switzerland)
History Lessons (Geschichtsunterricht) by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet (West Germany)
Lovely Swine (Bel ordure) by Jean Marboeuf (France)
Metamorfosis del jefe de la policía política by Helvio Soto (Chile)
Payday by Daryl Duke (United States)
Photography (Fotografia) by Pal Zolnay (Hungary)
Quem é Beta? by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos (Brazil)
Réjeanne Padovani by Denys Arcand (Canada)
Some Call It Loving by James B. Harris (United States)
The Sun Rises Once a Day (Słońce wschodzi raz na dzień) by Henryk Kluba (Poland)
Touki Bouki by Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
A Season in the Life of Emmanuel (Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel) by Claude Weisz (France)
La vita in gioco by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy)
Wedding in White by William Fruet (Canada)
Zwartziek by Jacob Bijl (Netherlands)
Short films
30em
Ein Leben by Herbert Schramm (West Germany)
El hombre que va a misa by Bernardo Borenholtz (Argentina)
Ermitage by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
Fil a fil by Christian Paureilhe (France)
Grey City by Farshid Meshgali (Iran)
Introduction a la musique d'accompagnement by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet (West Germany)
L'audition by Jean-François Dion (France)
La version originelle by Paul Dopff (France)
Le lapin chasseur by Thomas Lehestre (France)
Le soldat et les trois sœurs by Pascal Aubier (France)
Le travail du comédien by Atahualpa Lichy (France)
Le ventriloque by Carmelo Bene (Italy)
Moc by Vlatko Gilic (Yugoslavia)
Pourquoi by Jean-Denis Berenbaum (France)
Rendez-vous romantique by Michka Gorki (France)
Simplexes by Claude Huhardeaux (France)
Take Off by Gunvor Nelson (United States)
Zastave by Zoran Jovanovic (Yugoslavia)
Official Awards
In Competition
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1973.htm 1973 - Le Jury, Les Prix cannes-fest.com fr 1 July 2017
The Hireling by Alan Bridges
Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: The Mother and the Whore by Jean Eustache
Best Actress: Joanne Woodward for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Best Actor: Giancarlo Giannini for Love and Anarchy
Jury Prize:
The Hourglass Sanatorium by Wojciech Has
The Invitation by Claude Goretta
Special Award: Fantastic Planet by René Laloux
Best First Work: Jeremy by Arthur Barron
Short Films Competition
Grand Prix International du Festival: Balablok by Břetislav Pojar
Prix spécial du Jury: Az 1812-es év by Sándor Reisenbüchler
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize
La Grande Bouffe by Marco Ferrerihttps://www.fipresci.org/awards/1973 FIPRESCI Awards 1973 fipresci.org 30 June 2017
The Mother and the Whore by Jean Eustache
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: Cries and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman
OCIC Award
Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberghttps://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1973 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1973 imdb.com 30 June 2017
References
Media
INA: Opening of the Cannes Film Festival (commentary in French)
INA: Interview with Jerry Schatzberg for Scarecrow (interview in French and English)
External links
1973 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1973
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1973 at Internet Movie Database
Cannes Film Festival, 1973
Cannes Film Festival, 1973
Category:Cannes Film Festival by year