1970 Cannes Film Festival

none 1970 Cannes Film Festival CFF70poster.jpg Official poster of the 23rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by French artist René Ferracci.http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1970/posters.html Posters 1970 festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141209050917/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1970/posters.html 9 December 2014 dmy 25 (In Competition) The Things of Life Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel Cannes, France Grand Prix:M*A*S*H 1970 05 02 y – 1970 05 16 y 1946 festival-cannes.com/en Cannes Film Festival 1969 1971 The 23rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 18 May 1970. Guatemalan author and Nobel Prize laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias served as jury president for the main competition.http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1970.htm 23ème Festival International du Film - Cannes cinema-francais.fr fr 2 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051403/http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1970.htm 4 March 2016 dead The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was awarded to M*A*S*H by Robert Altman.http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1970.htm 1970 - Le Jury, Les Prix cannes-fest.com fr 2 July 2017 In this edition, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan (their flags were also omitted on the Croisette). He was supposedly tired of the "Slavic spectacles and Japanese samurai flicks.". The Russians took back their juror Sergei Obraztsov (head of Moscow puppet theater) and left the jury panel with only eight members.Rex Reed (1970, June 21). How I went to the Cannes Film Festival and hated every minute of it. Los Angeles Times, p. o32. Retrieved June 24, 2008McCarthy Todd http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-film-festival-todd-mccarthy-501553 Cannes: Todd McCarthy Recalls Altman and Blind Date With Margot Kidder May 18, 2013 The Hollywood Reporter 25 May 2017 The festival opened with The Things of Life by Claude Sautet and closed with Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel by Marc Allégret.http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00443/opening-of-the-1970-cannes-festival.html Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival resques.ina.fr 25 May 2017http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00127/what-is-cannes-for-you.html What is Cannes for you? resques.ina.fr 25 May 2017 Juries Main Competition Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan author, diplomat and Nobel Prize laureate - Jury Presidenthttp://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1970/juryLongFilm.html Juries 1970: Long film festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1970/juryLongFilm.html 4 March 2016 dmy Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic Kirk Douglas, American actor Christine Gouze-Rénal, French producer Vojtěch Jasný, Czechoslovak filmmaker Félicien Marceau, French playwright Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppeteer Karel Reisz, British filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff, West-German filmmaker Short Films Competition Fred Orain, producer Jerzy Płażewski, Polish film critic Vincio Delleani, Italian Official selection In Competition The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1970/allSelections.html Official Selection 1970 : All the Selection festival-cannes.fr dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1970/allSelections.html 26 December 2013 dmy English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryThe AlienistO AlienistaNelson Pereira dos SantosBrazilThe Buttercup ChainRobert Ellis MillerUnited KingdomDon Segundo SombraManuel AntínArgentinaThe DreamerהתמהוניDan WolmanIsraelElise, or Real LifeÉlise ou la vraie vieMichel DrachFranceThe FalconsMagasiskolaIstván GaálHungaryFruit of ParadiseOvoce stromu rajských jímeVěra ChytilováCzechoslovakiaHarry MunterKjell GredeSwedenHoa-BinhHòa BìnhRaoul CoutardFrance, South VietnamInvestigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionIndagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospettoElio PetriItalyThe LandالأرضYoussef ChahineEgyptLandscape After the BattleKrajobraz po bitwieAndrzej WajdaPolandLast LeapLe dernier sautÉdouard LuntzFranceLeo the LastJohn BoormanUnited KingdomLong Live the Bride and Groom¡Vivan los novios!Luis García BerlangaSpainMalatestaPeter LilienthalWest GermanyM*A*S*HRobert AltmanUnited StatesMetelloMauro BologniniItalyThe Palace of AngelsO Palácio dos AnjosWalter Hugo KhouriBrazil, FranceThe Pizza TriangleDramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca)Ettore ScolaItaly, SpainA Simple StoryUne si simple histoireAbdellatif Ben AmmarTunisiaThe Strawberry StatementStuart HagmannUnited StatesTell Me That You Love Me, Junie MoonOtto PremingerUnited StatesThe Things of Life (opening film)Les Choses de la vieClaude SautetFrance, Italy, SwitzerlandTulips of HaarlemI tulipani di HaarlemFranco BrusatiItaly Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: 30em English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Ball of Count Orgel (closing film) Le Bal du comte d'Orgel Marc Allégret France Mictlan o la casa de los que ya no son Raúl Kamffer Mexico The Territory of Others Le territoire des autres Gérard Vienne, Jacqueline Lecompte, Michel Fano, François Bel France They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Sydney Pollack United States Tristana Luis Buñuel Spain, France, Italy The Virgin and the Gypsy Christopher Miles United Kingdom Voyage Chez Les Vivants Henry Brandt Switzerland Woodstock Michael Wadleigh United States Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Prix du Jury: 30em English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country A Day With the Boys Ein Tag mit den Jungen Volker Schlöndorff West Germany Comme Larrons En Foire Edmond Freess France The Devil Without a Lady El diablo sin dama Eduardo Calcagno Argentina Et Salammbo? Jean-Pierre Richard Tunisia Gipsy Pentecost (The Feast of St. Sara) Laurence Boulting United Kingdom Kaleidoski Jacques Ertaud France The Other Silence L'autre silence Nestor Matsas Greece Light Lumière Paul Cohen United States The Magic Machines Bob Curtis United States The Deadly Smell Smrtící vůně Václav Bedřich Czechoslovakia The Epitaph Gurucharan Singh India A Time for Memory Un temps pour la mémoire Georges Pessis France Parallel sections International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 9th International Critics' Week (9e Semaine de la Critique):http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1970/1970_selection.php 9e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1970 archives.semainedelacritique.com 20 June 2017 30em English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Camarades Marin Karmitz France Éloge du chiac Michel Brault Canada Kes Ken Loach United Kingdom Mistreatment Misshandlingen Lars Lennart Forsberg Sweden The Siege O Cerco António da Cunha Telles Portugal We Can See It's Not You On voit bien que c’est pas toi Christian Zarifian France Ramparts of Clay Remparts d’argile Jean-Louis Bertucelli France, Algeria The River Schooners Les Voitures d’eau Pierre Perrault Canada Oh, Sun Soleil Ô Med Hondo Mauritania, France The Crows Vrane Gordan Mihić, Ljubiša KozomaraYugoslavia Warm in the Bud Rudolph Caringi United States Ice Robert Kramer United States Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 1970 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1970 Quinzaine 1970 quinzaine-realisateurs.com 2 July 2017 12 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170912020736/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/1970/ live 30em A nous deux, France by Désiré Ecaré (Ivory Coast, France) The Age of the Fish by Roland Gall (West Germany) L'Araignée d'eau by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (France) Arthur Penn: Themes, Variants, Images & Words [doc.) by Robert Hughes (United States) Bhuvan Shome by Mrinal Sen (India) Caliche sangriento by Helvio Soto (Chile) The Year of the Cannibals by Liliana Cavani (Italy) Cowards by Simon Nuchtern (United States) Des Christs par milliers by Philippe Arthuys (France) Détruisez-vous by Serge Bard (France) Don Giovanni by Carmelo Bene (Italy) Eika Katappa fr by Werner Schroeter (West Germany) End Of The Road by Aram Avakian (United States) Entre tu et vous by Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx (Canada) L'Escadron Volapük by René Gilson (France) L'Étrangleur by Paul Vecchiali (France) Even Dwarfs Started Small (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen) by Werner Herzog (West Germany) Un Film by Sylvina Boissonnas (France) Fuoricampo by Peter Del Monte (Italy) Give God a Chance on Sunday (Dieu existe tous les dimanches) by Henrik Stangerup (Denmark) Handcuffs (Lisice) by Krsto Papić (Yugoslavia) La Hora de los niños by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico) The House of Light (La Chambre Blanche) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada) The Howl (L'urlo) by Tinto Brass (Italy) The Heirs (Os Herdeiros) by Carlos Diegues (Brazil) James ou pas by Michel Soutter (Switzerland) Jänken by Lars Forsberg (Sweden) Jutrzenka by Jaime Camino (Spain) Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil) Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazil) A Married Couple (doc.) by Allan King (Canada) Molo by Wojciech Solarz (Poland) My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada) L'Odyssée du général José by Jorge Fraga (Cuba) L'Opium et le Bâton by Ahmed Rachedi (Algeria) Palaver by Emile Degelin (Belgium) Paradise Now (doc.) by Sheldon Rochlin (United Kingdom) Portrait by Jérôme Hill (United States) Une Pulsation by Carlos Paez Vilaro and Gérard Levy-Clerc (France, Uruguay) Putney Swope by Robert Downey Sr. (United States) Q-Bec My Love by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada) Reason Over Passion by Joyce Wieland (Canada) Reconstituirea by Lucian Pintilie (Romania) Le Révélateur by Philippe Garrel (France) Right On by Herbert Danska (United States) Ruchome piaski by Władysław Ślesicki (Poland) School Play by Charles Rydell (United States) Som Natt Och Dag by Jonas Cornell (Sweden) Struktura kryształu by Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland) Sweet Hunters (Ternos caçadores) by Ruy Guerra (Panama) Troupe d'élite, fleur de Marie by Oimel Mai (West Germany) Valparaíso, mi amor by Aldo Francia (Chile) Wind from the East (Le Vent d'est) by Jean-Luc Godard (Italy) Les Yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet (West Germany) Short films 30em 20 September by Kurt Kren (France) Aaa by Dieter Meier (France) Ai Love by Takahiko Limura (France) All My Life by Bruce Baillie (United States) American Woman by Bruce E. Meintjies (United States) Back And Forth by Michael Snow (United States) Bartleby 1970 by Jean-Pierre Bastid (France) Béjart by Atahualpa Lichy (France, Venezuela) Berkeley by Patrick Reynolds (United States) Bliss by Gregory Markopoulos (France) Cosinus Alpha by Kurt Kren (France) Das Sonnenbad by Bernd Upnmoor (West Germany) David Perry by Albie Thoms (Australia) Dimanche Après-midi by Stéphane Kurc (France) Disson. Zeitreih by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France) Eros, O Basil by Gregory Markopoulos (France) Faces by John Moore and Takahiko Limura (France) Fenstergucker by Kurt Kren (France) Film Oder Macht by Vlado Kristl (France) Georges Albert, Aventurier by Daniel Edinger (France) In The Void by Ronald Bijlsma (Netherlands) It's So Peaceful by Fritz André Kracht (France) La Bergère En Colère by Francis Warin (France) La Cazadora Inconsciente by Rafael R. Balerdi (Spain) La Question ordinaire by Claude Miller (France) La Tête Froide by Patrick Hella (Belgium) Labyrinthe by Piotr Kamler (France) Le Coo by Paul Dopff (France) Le Voyage De M. Guitton by Pascal Aubier (France) Les Trois Cousins by René Vautier (France) Manha Cinzenta by Olney A. Sau Paulo (Brazil) Mauern by Kurt Kren (France) Messages, Messages by Steven Arnold (United States) One More Time by Daniel Pommereulle (France) Papa und Mama by Kurt Kren (France) Park Rape by Jon Beckjord (United States) Piece Mandala by Paul Sharits (France) Play 4 + 5 by Klaus Schönherr (France) Portrait D. Cor by Klaus Schönherr (France) Portraits by Gregory Markopoulos (France) S.W.B. by Gérard Pires (France) Scenes From by Stan Brakhage (France) Selbst Verst by Selbst Verst (France) Sodoma by Otto Muehl (France) Some Won't Go by Gil Toff (United States) Still Nacht by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France) Stock Exchange Transplant by Douglas Collins (United States) T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G by Paul Sharits (France) Talla by Malcolm Le Grice (France) The Mechanical Man by Ronald Fritz (United States) Underground Explosion by Kurt Kren (France) Vite by Daniel Pommereulle (France) Work In Progress by W. Hein and G. Hein (France) Zelenka by Robert Rosen (United States) Official Awards thumb|200px|Miguel Ángel Asturias, Jury President thumb|165px|Robert Altman, Palme d'Or winner Main Competition Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: M*A*S*H by Robert Altman Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion by Elio Petri Best Director: John Boorman for Leo the Last Best Actress: Ottavia Piccolo for Metello Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for The Pizza Triangle Jury Prize: The Falcons by István Gaál The Strawberry Statement by Stuart Hagmann Best First Work: Hoa-Binh by Raoul Coutard Short Films Competition Prix du Jury: The Magic Machines by Bob Curtis Special Mention: Et Salammbo? by Jean-Pierre Richard Independent Awards FIPRESCI Prize Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion by Elio Petrihttp://www.fipresci.org/awards/1970 FIPRESCI Awards 1970 fipresci.org 2 July 2017 Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: Le Territoire des autres by François Belhttps://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1970 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1970 imdb.com 2 July 2017 References Media INA: Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival (commentary in French) External links 1970 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1970 https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232123/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1970/selection/in-competition-feature-films 2019-01-13 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1970 at Internet Movie Database Cannes Film Festival, 1970 Cannes Film Festival, 1970 Category:Cannes Film Festival by year