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1983 Cannes Film Festival

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name1983 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF83poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 36th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Akira Kurosawa.
number22 (In Competition)
opening*The King of Comedy*
closing*WarGames*
locationCannes, France
awards*Palme d'Or*:
*The Ballad of Narayama*
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous[1982](1982-cannes-film-festival)
next[1984](1984-cannes-film-festival)

The Ballad of Narayama

The 36th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1983. American author William Styron served as jury president for the main competition.

Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Ballad of Narayama.

In 1983, the festival's new main building, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaugurated. Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it The Bunker.

The festival opened with The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese, and closed with WarGames by John Badham.

Juries

Main competition

  • William Styron, American author - Jury President
  • Henri Alekan, French cinematographer
  • Yvonne Baby, French journalist and author
  • Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet filmmaker and actor
  • Youssef Chahine, Egyptian filmmaker
  • Souleymane Cissé, Malian filmmaker
  • Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer
  • Mariangela Melato, Italian actress
  • Karel Reisz, British filmmaker
  • Lia van Leer, Israeli founder of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the Israel Film Archive and the Jerusalem Film Festival

''Camera d'Or''

  • Bernard Jubard, French - Jury President
  • Philippe Carcassonne, French producer
  • Dan Fainaru, Israeli
  • Monique Grégoire, French
  • Alexis Grivas, Mexican
  • Adrienne Hancia, American
  • Jean-Daniel Simon, French filmmaker

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*L'Argent*Robert BressonFrance, Switzerland
***The Ballad of Narayama*****楢山節考****Shōhei Imamura****Japan**
*Carmen*Carlos SauraSpain
*Cross Creek*Martin RittUnited States
*The Death of Mario Ricci**La mort de Mario Ricci*Claude GorettaFrance, Switzerland
*Duvar*Yılmaz GüneyTurkey, France
*Eréndira*Ruy GuerraMexico, France, West Germany
*Forbidden Relations**Visszaesők*Zsolt Kézdi-KovácsHungary
*Heat and Dust*James IvoryUnited Kingdom
*The King of Comedy* (opening film)Martin ScorseseUnited States
*Kharij*Mrinal SenIndia
*Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence*戦場のメリークリスマスNagisa ŌshimaJapan, United Kingdom, New Zealand
*Monty Python's The Meaning of Life*Terry JonesUnited Kingdom
*Moon in the Gutter**La Lune dans le caniveau*Jean-Jacques BeineixFrance
*Nostalghia*Andrei TarkovskySoviet Union, Italy
*One Deadly Summer**L'Été meurtrier*Jean BeckerFrance
*Station for Two*Вокзал для двоихEldar RyazanovSoviet Union
*The Story of Piera**Storia di Piera*Marco FerreriItaly
*El Sur*Víctor EriceSpain
*Tender Mercies*Bruce BeresfordUnited States
*The Wounded Man**L'Homme blessé*Patrice ChéreauFrance
*The Year of Living Dangerously*Peter WeirAustralia, United States

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Bella Donna*Peter KeglevicWest Germany
*Caballo salvaje*Joaquín CortésVenezuela
*Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?*Henry JaglomUnited States
*The Eighties**Les Années 80*Chantal AkermanBelgium, France
*The Haircut*Tamar Simon HoffsUnited States
*The Herdsman*牧马人Xie JinChina
*Humanonon*Michel FrançoisFrance
*La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays*André Téchiné
*Nešto između*Srđan KaranovićYugoslavia
*News Items**Faits divers*Raymond DepardonFrance
*The Pool Hustlers**Io, Chiara e lo scuro*Maurizio PonziItaly
*Poverty Certificate**Le certificat d'indigence*Moussa BathilySenegal
*The Shimmering Beast**La bête lumineuse*Pierre PerraultCanada
*Twenty Years of African Cinema**Caméra d'Afrique*Férid BoughedirTunisia
*Ulysse*Agnès VardaFrance
*Zappa*Bille AugustDenmark

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Angelo My Love*Robert DuvallUnited States
*Boat People*投奔怒海Ann HuiHong Kong, China
*Équateur*Serge GainsbourgFrance, West Germany, Gabon
*Holtpont*Ferenc RofuszHungary
*The Hunger*Tony ScottUnited Kingdom, United States
*The Man in the Silk Hat**L'homme au chapeau de soie*Maud LinderFrance
*Modori River*もどり川Tatsumi KumashiroJapan
*Streamers*Robert AltmanUnited States
*Utu*Geoff MurphyNew Zealand
*Walking, Walking**Cammina, cammina*Ermanno OlmiItaly
*WarGames* (closing film)John BadhamUnited States
*The Wicked Lady*Michael WinnerUnited Kingdom, United States

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

  • Ad astra by Ferenc Cakó
  • Un Arrivo by Dominique De Fazio
  • The Butterfly by Dieter Müller
  • Don Kichot by Krzysztof Raynoch
  • L'Égout by Maria Eugenia Santos
  • La Fonte de Barlaeus by Pierre-Henry Salfati
  • Haast een hand by Gerrit van Dijk, Jacques Overtoom, Peter Sweenen
  • Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
  • The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller
  • Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique):

  • Betrayal (Løperjenten) by Vibeke Lokkeberg (Norway)
  • Carnival in the Night (Yami no kānibaru) by Masashi Yamamoto (Japan)
  • Le Destin de Juliette by Aline Issermann (France)
  • Faux fuyants by Alain Bergala, Jean-Pierre Limosin (France)
  • Lianna by John Sayles (United States)
  • Menuet by Lili Rademakers (Belgium, Netherlands)
  • The Princess (Adj király katonát) by Pal Erdöss (Hungary)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

  • Anguelos by Georges Katakouzinos
  • Another Time, Another Place by Michael Radford
  • Barbarosa by Fred Schepisi
  • The Stationmaster's Wife (Bolwieser) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • The Compass Rose (La rosa de los vientos) by Patricio Guzman
  • Daniel Takes a Train (Szerencsés Dániel) by Pal Sandor
  • Dead End Street by Yaky Yosha
  • Demons in the Garden (Demonios en el jardín) by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon
  • ** (Eisenhans) by Tankred Dorst
  • Grenzenlos by Josef Rödl
  • The House of the Yellow Carpet (La casa del tappeto giallo) by Carlo Lizzani
  • Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) by Brigitte Sauriol
  • Last Days of the Victim (Últimos días de la víctima) by Adolfo Aristarain
  • Local Hero by Bill Forsyth
  • Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner (Brief mention in novel)
  • No Trace of Sin (Sem Sombra De Pecado) by José Fonseca e Costa
  • La rue étroite (Xiao Jie) by Yang Yanjin
  • Rupture (al-Inquita - Breakdown) by Mohamed Chouikh
  • A Woman in Flames (Die flambierte Frau) by Robert van Ackeren :Short films
  • Alchimie by Michèle Miron, Richard Clark
  • Conte Obscur by Manuel Gómez
  • Dédicace by Marie Brazeau
  • The Life And Death of Joe Soap by Lewis John Cooper
  • Phalloctere by Manuel Gómez
  • Saudade by Carlos Porto de Andrade Jr, Leonardo Crescenti Neto

Official Awards

In Competition

  • Palme d'Or: The Ballad of Narayama by Shōhei Imamura
  • Grand Prix: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones
  • Best Director:
    • Robert Bresson for L'Argent
    • Andrei Tarkovsky for Nostalghia
  • Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla for The Story of Piera
  • Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonté for The Death of Mario Ricci
  • Best Artistic Contribution: Carmen by Carlos Saura
  • Jury Prize: Kharij by Mrinal Sen

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

  • The Princess by Pál Erdöss

[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]

  • Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
  • Jury Prize:
    • The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller
    • Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

  • Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)
  • Daniel Takes a Train by Pál Sándor (Directors' Fortnight)

''Commission Supérieure Technique''

  • Technical Grand Prize: Carmen by Carlos Saura

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

  • Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky

Award of the Youth

  • Foreign Film: Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner

References

Media

References

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  2. "36ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
  3. "1983 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com.
  4. "The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era". festival-cannes.com.
  5. "1978-1986: A wind of change". fresques.ina.fr.
  6. (9 May 1983). "Jerry Lewis Is the King at Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times.
  7. "Great Cannes Openers".
  8. Dionne Jr, E.J.. (11 May 1983). "Politics Playing A Part in Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times.
  9. "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com.
  10. "All Juries 1983". festival-cannes.fr.
  11. "Official Selection 1983: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
  12. "22e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1983". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
  13. "Quinzaine 1983". quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
  14. "Awards 1983: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
  15. "FIPRESCI Awards 1983". fipresci.org.
  16. "Jury Œcuménique 1983". cannes.juryoecumenique.org.
  17. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1983". imdb.com.
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