1971 Cannes Film Festival

1971 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 24th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by French artist René Ferracci.
Opening filmGimme Shelter
Closing filmThe Married Couple of the Year Two
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
The Go-Between
No. of films26 (In Competition)
Festival date12 May 1971 (1971-05-12) – 27 May 1971 (1971-05-27)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 24th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 27 May 1971. French actress Michèle Morgan served as jury president for the main competition. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was awarded to The Go-Between by Joseph Losey.

This edition paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor.

The festival opened with Gimme Shelter by David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, and closed with The Married Couple of the Year Two by Jean-Paul Rappeneau.

Juries

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

  • Véra Volmane, Franch journalist - Jury President
  • Charles Duvanel, Swiss
  • Etienne Novella, Franch

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Apokal Paul Anczykowski West Germany
Between Miracles Per grazia ricevuta Nino Manfredi Italy
The Boat on the Grass Le Bateau sur l'herbe Gérard Brach France
Death in Venice Morte a Venezia Luchino Visconti Italy, France
Drive, He Said Jack Nicholson United States
Family Life Życie rodzinne Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
The Flight Бег Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov Soviet Union
The Go-Between Joseph Losey United Kingdom
Goya, a Story of Solitude Goya, historia de una soledad Nino Quevedo Spain
Joe Hill Bo Widerberg Sweden, United States
Johnny Got His Gun Dalton Trumbo United States
Lady Caliph La Califfa Alberto Bevilacqua France, Italy
Loot Silvio Narizzano United Kingdom
Love Szerelem Károly Makk Hungary
The Married Couple of the Year Two (closing film) Les mariés de l'an II Jean-Paul Rappeneau France, Italy, Romania
Mira Fons Rademakers Netherlands, Belgium
Murmur of the Heart Le souffle au cœur Louis Malle France, Italy, West Germany
The Panic in Needle Park Jerry Schatzberg United States
Pindorama Arnaldo Jabor Brazil
Raphael, or The Debauched One Raphaël ou le débauché Michel Deville France
Sacco & Vanzetti Sacco e Vanzetti Giuliano Montaldo Italy, France
Sick Animals Animale bolnave Nicolae Breban Romania
A Soul to Devils 闇の中の魑魅魍魎 Kō Nakahira Japan
Taking Off Miloš Forman United States
Wake in Fright Outback Ted Kotcheff Australia, United Kingdom, United States
Walkabout Nicolas Roeg United Kingdom, Australia, United States

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:

  • Astronaut Coffee Break by Edward Casazza
  • Centinelas del silencio by Robert Amram
  • Fair Play by Bronislaw Zeman
  • Hans Hartrung by Christian Ferlet
  • I mari della mia fantasia by Ernesto G. Laura
  • Jardin by Claude Champion
  • La fin du jeu by Renaud Walter
  • Le coeur renverse by Maurice Frydland
  • Memorial by James Allen
  • Mixed-Double by Bent Barfod
  • Patchwork by Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Daniel Suter, Manolo Otero, Gérald Poussin
  • Paul Delvaux, ou les femmes défendues by Henri Storck
  • Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
  • Stuiter by Jan Oonk
  • Une statuette by Carlos Vilardebo

Parallel Sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 10th International Critics' Week (10e Semaine de la Critique):

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1971 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

Short films

  • Apotheosis by John Lennon, Yoko Ono (United Kingdom)
  • Cannes, 70... by Jean-Paul Jaud (France)
  • Essai à la mille by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
  • Estado de sitio by Jaime Chávarri (Spain)
  • Grumes by Jean-Pierre Bonneau (France)
  • Habitude by Dan Wolman (Israel)
  • La belleza by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)
  • La Pierre qui flotte by Jean-Jacques Andrien (Belgium)
  • Le Cri by Paul Dopff (France)
  • Le Vampire de la Cinémathèque by Roland Lethem (Belgium)
  • Le voyage du Lieutenant Le Bihan by László Szabó (France)
  • Les bulles du cardinal by Ody Roos (Luxembourg)
  • Meatdaze by Jeff Keen (United Kingdom)
  • Mégalodrame by Alain Colas (France)
  • Moment by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
  • Monangambeee by Sarah Maldoror (Angola)
  • Mortem by Adam Schmedes (Denmark)
  • Okasareta hakui by Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)
  • Please Don't Stand On My Sunshine by Ned McCann (Australia)
  • R.S.V.P. by W. Pinkston, J. Mason V. (United States)
  • Rosée Du Matin by Jean Dasque (France)
  • Sex by David Avidan (Israel)
  • Sur les traces de Baal by Abdellatif Ben Ammar (Tunisia)
  • Underground Again by Laure Guggenheim (France)
  • Venceremos by Pedro Chaskel (Chile)
  • Viva Cariri by Geraldo Sarno (Brazil)

Official Awards

Michèle Morgan, Jury President
Joseph Losey, Palme d'Or winner

Main Competition

Short Films Competition

  • Prix spécial du Jury: Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
  • Special Mention:
    • Stuiter by Jan Oonk
    • Une Statuette by Carlos Vilardebó

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

Commission Supérieure Technique

OCIC Award

Other Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1971". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1971 : All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1971: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 "24ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "25th Cannes Film Festival". ina.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "1971 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "1971: Tribute to Charlie Chaplin". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Charlie Chaplin Stole the Show at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "From anecdote to legend". cannes.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Juries 1971: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "10e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1971". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Quinzaine 1971". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1971". fipresci.org. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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