The 20th Cannes Film Festival took place from 27 April to 12 May 1967.[4] Italian filmmaker Alessandro Blasetti served as jury president for the main competition.
![]() Official poster of the 20th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by René Ferracci.[1] | |
| Opening film | I Killed Rasputin |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Batouk |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: Blowup[2] |
| No. of films | 24 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 27 April 1967 – 12 May 1967 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was awarded to Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni.[2]
The festival opened with I Killed Rasputin by Robert Hossein, and closed with Batouk by Jean Jacques Manigot.[5][6][7]
Juries
editMain Competition
edit- Alessandro Blasetti, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[8]
- 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
edit- Mark Turfkhuyer, Belgian journalist - Jury President
- Tahar Cheriaa, Tunisian
- André Coutant, French technician
- Zdravka Koleva, Bulgarian
- Jean Schmidt, French
Official selection
editIn Competition
editThe following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | Joseph Losey | United Kingdom | |
| Blowup | Michelangelo Antonioni | United Kingdom, Italy | |
| The Climax | L'immorale | Pietro Germi | Italy |
| Degree of Murder | Mord und Totschlag | Volker Schlöndorff | West Germany |
| Elvira Madigan | Bo Widerberg | Sweden | |
| Entranced Earth | Terra em Transe | Glauber Rocha | Brazil |
| Hagbard and Signe | Den røde kappe / Den röda kappan / Rauða skikkjan | Gabriel Axel | Denmark, Sweden, Iceland |
| Hotel for Strangers | Hotel pro cizince | Antonín Máša | Czechoslovakia |
| I Even Met Happy Gypsies | Скупљачи перја | Aleksandar Petrović | Yugoslavia |
| Katerina Izmailova | Катерина Измайлова | Mikhail Shapiro | Soviet Union |
| The Killing Game | Jeu de massacre | Alain Jessua | France |
| The Last Meeting | Último encuentro | Antonio Eceiza | Spain |
| My Love, My Love | Mon amour, mon amour | Nadine Trintignant | France |
| Misunderstood | Incompreso | Luigi Comencini | Italy |
| Monday's Child | La chica del lunes | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Argentina |
| Mouchette | Robert Bresson | France | |
| Pedro Páramo | Carlos Velo | Mexico | |
| Ten Thousand Days | Tízezer nap | Ferenc Kósa | Hungary |
| Three Days and a Child | שלושה ימים וילד | Uri Zohar | Israel |
| Ulysses | Joseph Strick | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Unknown Man of Shandigor | L'Inconnu de Shandigor | Jean-Louis Roy | Switzerland |
| We Still Kill the Old Way | A ciascuno il suo | Elio Petri | Italy |
| The Winds of the Aures | ريح الاوراس | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Algeria |
| You're a Big Boy Now | Francis Ford Coppola | United States | |
Out of Competition
editThe following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batouk (closing film) | Jean Jacques Manigot | France | |
| Closely Watched Trains | Ostre sledované vlaky | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia |
| Le Conquérent de l'inutile (A la mémoire de Lionel Terray) | Marcel Ichac | France | |
| I Killed Rasputin (opening film) | J'ai tué Raspoutine | Robert Hossein | France, Italy |
| Privilege | Peter Watkins | United Kingdom | |
| Restauration du Grand Trianon | Pierre Zimmer | France | |
| War and Peace | Война и мир | Sergei Bondarchuk | Soviet Union |
Short Films Competition
editThe following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[3]
- 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
editInternational Critics' Week
editThe following feature films were screened for the 6th International Critics' Week (6e Semaine de la Critique):[9]
- 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
edit
Main Competition
edit- Grand Prix International du Festival: Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni[2]
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
- Best Director: Ferenc Kósa for Ten Thousand Days
- Best Screenplay:
- 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
edit- 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
editCommission Supérieure Technique
edit- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe by Gabriel Axel[2]
References
edit- ↑ "Posters 1967". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "20ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1967: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "1967 - Accidents de parcours (Road accidents)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ↑ A.H. Weiler, The Flight Plan of 'Peter Pan' , New York Times. pp. 11. 27 November February 1966. Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Opening of the 1967 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival". ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
Translation: On the occasion of the coming projection of "Batouk", which will close the 20th Festival International du Film de Cannes...
- ↑ "Juries 1967: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "6e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1967". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967". imdb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
Media
edit- INA: Opening of the 1967 festival (commentary in French)
External links
edit- 1967 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1967 Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967 at Internet Movie Database
