1976 Cannes Film Festival Explained

1976 Cannes Film Festival
Number:20 (In Competition)
Opening:That's Entertainment, Part II
Closing:Family Plot
Location:Cannes, France
Awards:Palme d'Or


Taxi Driver

Date: –
Founded:1946
Main:Cannes Film Festival
Previous:1975
Next:1977

The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976.[1] American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition.

American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Taxi Driver.

A new non-competitive section, L'Air du temps, focused on contemporary subjects was introduced. This section, along with sections Les Yeux fertiles of the previous edition were later integrated into Un Certain Regard section in 1978.[2] [3]

The festival opened with That's Entertainment, Part II by Gene Kelly,[4] [5] and closed with Family Plot by Alfred Hitchcock.[6]

Juries

Main Competition

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[8]

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Babatu Jean RouchNiger
Bugsy MaloneAlan ParkerUnited States
A Child in the CrowdUn enfant dans la fouleGérard BlainFrance
The Claw and the ToothLa griffe et la dentFrançois Bel
Cría CuervosCarlos SauraSpain
Down and DirtyBrutti, sporchi e cattiviEttore ScolaItaly
The InheritanceL'eredità FerramontiMauro Bolognini
Kings of the RoadIm Lauf der ZeitWim WendersWest Germany
Letters from MarusiaActas de MarusiaMiguel LittinMexico
The Marquise of ODie Marquise von O...Éric RohmerWest Germany, France
Monsieur KleinJoseph LoseyFrance, Italy
Mrs. Dery Where Are You?Déryné hol van?Gyula MaárHungary
Next Stop, Greenwich VillagePaul MazurskyUnited States
NishantShyam BenegalIndia
Pascual DuarteRicardo FrancoSpain
Private Vices, Public PleasuresVizi privati, pubbliche virtùMiklós JancsóItaly, Yugoslavia
Shadow of AngelsSchatten der EngelDaniel SchmidSwitzerland
Sweet RevengeJerry SchatzbergUnited States
Taxi DriverMartin ScorseseUnited States
The TenantLe LocataireRoman PolanskiFrance

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 15th International Critics' Week (15e Semaine de la Critique):[9]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1976 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]

Short films

Official Awards

In Competition

Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese[11]

Ettore Scola for Down and Dirty

José Luis Gómez for Pascual Duarte

Independent Awards

Commission Supérieure Technique

Michel Fano (sound) for The Claw and the Tooth

Media

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 29ème Festival International du Film - Cannes . cinema-francais.fr . fr . 4 June 2017.
  2. Web site: 1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas) . cannes-fest.com . fr . 4 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections . francofolies.over-blog.es . 14 July 2017.
  4. Book: Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache . Peter Levinson . 28 July 2015 . St. Martin's Publishing . 9781250091499 . 14 July 2017.
  5. News: The opening films at Cannes . vodkaster.com . 25 May 2017.
  6. News: The closing films at Cannes . vodkaster.com . 25 May 2017.
  7. Web site: Juries 1976: Long film . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/juryLongFilm.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy.
  8. Web site: Official Selection 1976: All the Selection . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/allSelections.html . 26 December 2013 . dmy.
  9. Web site: 15e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1976 . archives.semainedelacritique.com . 19 June 2017.
  10. Web site: Quinzaine 1976 . quinzaine-realisateurs.com . 19 June 2017 .
  11. Web site: Awards 1976: All Awards . festival-cannes.fr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220024101/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/allAward.html . 20 December 2013 . dmy.
  12. Web site: FIPRESCI Awards 1976 . fipresci.org . 30 June 2017.

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