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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)
opening*I Killed Rasputin*
closing*Batouk*
locationCannes, France
awards*Grand Prix du Festival
International du Film*:
*Blowup*
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous[1966](1966-cannes-film-festival)
next[1968](1968-cannes-film-festival)

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
*Accident*Joseph LoseyUnited Kingdom
***Blowup*****Michelangelo Antonioni****United Kingdom, Italy**
*The Climax**L'immorale*Pietro GermiItaly
*Degree of Murder**Mord und Totschlag*Volker SchlöndorffWest Germany
*Elvira Madigan*Bo WiderbergSweden
*Entranced Earth**Terra em Transe*Glauber RochaBrazil
*Hagbard and Signe**Den røde kappe* / *Den röda kappan* / *Rauða skikkjan*Gabriel AxelDenmark, Sweden, Iceland
*Hotel for Strangers**Hotel pro cizince*Antonín MášaCzechoslovakia
*I Even Met Happy Gypsies*Скупљачи перјаAleksandar PetrovićYugoslavia
*Katerina Izmailova*Катерина ИзмайловаMikhail ShapiroSoviet Union
*The Killing Game**Jeu de massacre*Alain JessuaFrance
*The Last Meeting**Último encuentro*Antonio EceizaSpain
*My Love, My Love**Mon amour, mon amour*Nadine TrintignantFrance
*Misunderstood**Incompreso*Luigi ComenciniItaly
*Monday's Child**La chica del lunes*Leopoldo Torre NilssonArgentina
*Mouchette*Robert BressonFrance
*Pedro Páramo*Carlos VeloMexico
*Ten Thousand Days**Tízezer nap*Ferenc KósaHungary
*Three Days and a Child*שלושה ימים וילדUri ZoharIsrael
*Ulysses*Joseph StrickIreland, United Kingdom, United States
*The Unknown Man of Shandigor**L'Inconnu de Shandigor*Jean-Louis RoySwitzerland
*We Still Kill the Old Way**A ciascuno il suo*Elio PetriItaly
*The Winds of the Aures*ريح الاوراسMohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeria
*You're a Big Boy Now*Francis 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 Trains**Ostre sledované vlaky*Jiří MenzelCzechoslovakia
*Le Conquérent de l'inutile* (*A la mémoire de Lionel Terray*)Marcel IchacFrance
*I Killed Rasputin* (opening film)*J'ai tué Raspoutine*Robert HosseinFrance, Italy
*Privilege*Peter WatkinsUnited Kingdom
*Restauration du Grand Trianon*Pierre ZimmerFrance
*War and Peace*Война 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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