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1967 Cannes Film Festival

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name1967 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF67poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 20th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by René Ferracci.
number24 (In Competition)
openingI Killed Rasputin
closingBatouk
locationCannes, France
awards*Grand Prix du Festival
International du Film*:
Blowup
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous1966
next1968

International du Film](palme-d-or)*: Blowup

The 20th Cannes Film Festival took place from 27 April to 12 May 1967. Italian filmmaker Alessandro Blasetti 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 Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni.

The festival opened with I Killed Rasputin by Robert Hossein, and closed with Batouk by Jean Jacques Manigot.

Juries

Main Competition

  • Alessandro Blasetti, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Georges Lourau, French producer - Jury Vice-President
  • Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet actor and filmmaker
  • René Bonnell, French
  • Jean-Louis Bory, French journalist and writer
  • Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian filmmaker
  • Claude Lelouch, French filmmaker
  • Shirley MacLaine, American actress
  • Vincente Minnelli, American filmmaker
  • Georges Neveux, French writer
  • Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian writer
  • Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese filmmaker

Short Films Competition

  • Mark Turfkhuyer, Belgian journalist - Jury President
  • Tahar Cheriaa, Tunisian
  • André Coutant, French technician
  • Zdravka Koleva, Bulgarian
  • Jean Schmidt, French

Official selection

In Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
AccidentJoseph LoseyUnited Kingdom
*Blowup*Michelangelo AntonioniUnited Kingdom, Italy
The ClimaxL'immoralePietro GermiItaly
Degree of MurderMord und TotschlagVolker SchlöndorffWest Germany
Elvira MadiganBo WiderbergSweden
Entranced EarthTerra em TranseGlauber RochaBrazil
Hagbard and SigneDen røde kappe / Den röda kappan / Rauða skikkjanGabriel AxelDenmark, Sweden, Iceland
Hotel for StrangersHotel pro cizinceAntonín MášaCzechoslovakia
I Even Met Happy GypsiesСкупљачи перјаAleksandar PetrovićYugoslavia
Katerina IzmailovaКатерина ИзмайловаMikhail ShapiroSoviet Union
The Killing GameJeu de massacreAlain JessuaFrance
The Last MeetingÚltimo encuentroAntonio EceizaSpain
My Love, My LoveMon amour, mon amourNadine TrintignantFrance
MisunderstoodIncompresoLuigi ComenciniItaly
Monday's ChildLa chica del lunesLeopoldo Torre NilssonArgentina
MouchetteRobert BressonFrance
Pedro PáramoCarlos VeloMexico
Ten Thousand DaysTízezer napFerenc KósaHungary
Three Days and a Childשלושה ימים וילדUri ZoharIsrael
UlyssesJoseph StrickIreland, United Kingdom, United States
The Unknown Man of ShandigorL'Inconnu de ShandigorJean-Louis RoySwitzerland
We Still Kill the Old WayA ciascuno il suoElio PetriItaly
The Winds of the Auresريح الاوراسMohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeria
You're a Big Boy NowFrancis Ford CoppolaUnited States

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Batouk (closing film)Jean Jacques ManigotFrance
Closely Watched TrainsOstre sledované vlakyJiří MenzelCzechoslovakia
Le Conquérent de l'inutile (A la mémoire de Lionel Terray)Marcel IchacFrance
I Killed Rasputin (opening film)J'ai tué RaspoutineRobert HosseinFrance, Italy
PrivilegePeter WatkinsUnited Kingdom
Restauration du Grand TrianonPierre ZimmerFrance
War and PeaceВойна и мирSergei BondarchukSoviet Union

Short Films Competition

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

  • Crunch-crunch by Carlos Marchiori
  • Dada by Greta Deses
  • L'Emploi du temps by Bernard Lemoine
  • Gloire à Félix Tournachon by André Martin
  • Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature by John Hubley
  • Insitne umenie by Vlado Kubenko
  • Jedan plus jedan jeste tri by Branko Ranitovic
  • Larghetto by Waclaw Kondek
  • Napló by György Kovásznai
  • Opus by Don Levy
  • Remedios Varo by Jomí García Ascot
  • Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
  • La Tana by Luigi Di Gianni
  • Toys by Grant Munro
  • Versailles by Albert Lamorisse
  • Die Widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie by Peter Schamoni

Parallel section

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 6th International Critics' Week (6e Semaine de la Critique):

  • The Bell (Kane) by Yukio Aoshima (Japan)
  • L'Horizon by Jacques Rouffio (France)
  • Jozsef Katis by Wim Verstappen (Netherlands)
  • Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (Ljubavni slučaj ili tragedija službenice P.T.T.) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
  • The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) by Pierre Perrault (Canada)
  • Rondo by Zvonimir Berkovic (Yugoslavia)
  • Trio by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy)
  • Ukamau by Jorge Sanjinés Aramayo (Bolivia)
  • Warrendale by Allan King (Canada)

Official Awards

Main Competition

  • Grand Prix International du Festival: Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
  • Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
    • Accident by Joseph Losey
    • I Even Met Happy Gypsies by Aleksandar Petrović
  • Best Director: Ferenc Kósa for Ten Thousand Days
  • Best Screenplay:
    • Elio Petri for We Still Kill the Old Way
    • Alain Jessua for The Killing Game
  • Best Actress: Pia Degermark for Elvira Madigan
  • Best Actor: Oded Kotler for Three Days and a Child
  • Best First Work: The Winds of the Aures by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Short Films Competition

  • Grand Prix International du Festival: Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
  • Prix spécial du Jury:
    • Gloire à Félix Tournachon by André Martin
    • Jedan plus jedan jeste tri by Branko Ranitovic
  • Short film Technical Prize: Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
    • Special Mention: Versailles by Albert Lamorisse

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI Prize]]

  • I Even Met Happy Gypsies by Aleksandar Petrović
  • Entranced Earth by Glauber Rocha

Commission Supérieure Technique

  • Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe by Gabriel Axel

[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]

  • Mouchette by Robert Bresson

References

Media

References

  1. "Posters 1967". festival-cannes.fr.
  2. "1967 - Accidents de parcours (Road accidents)". cannes-fest.com.
  3. "20ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
  4. A.H. Weiler, ''The Flight Plan of 'Peter Pan' '', New York Times. pp. 11. 27 November February 1966. Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
  5. "Opening of the 1967 festival". fresques.ina.fr.
  6. "Cannes Film Festival". ina.fr.
  7. "Juries 1967: Long film". festival-cannes.fr.
  8. "Official Selection 1967: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
  9. "6e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1967". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
  10. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967". imdb.com.
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