1973 Cannes Film Festival

Jury

Main Competition

• Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress - Jury President
• 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:

Out of Competition

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

• 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:

• 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 Druks
• 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):

• 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):

• 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
• 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:
  • 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|FIPRESCI Prize]]

• La Grande Bouffe by Marco Ferreri
• The Mother and the Whore by Jean Eustache

Commission Supérieure Technique

• Technical Grand Prize: Cries and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman

[[SIGNIS|OCIC Award]]

• Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg

References

Media

• INA: Opening of the Cannes Film Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: Interview with Jerry Schatzberg for Scarecrow (interview in French and English)

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