The 20th Cannes Film Festival was held from 27 April to 12 May 1967.[4] The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni.[2] The festival opened with J'ai tué Raspoutine, directed by Robert Hossein and closed with Batouk, directed by Jean Jacques Manigot.[5][6][7]
Opening film | J'ai tué Raspoutine |
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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] 7 (Out of Competition) 16 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 27 April 1967 | – 12 May 1967
Website | festival-cannes |
Jury edit
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1967 film competition:[8]
Feature films
- Alessandro Blasetti (Italy) - Jury President
- Georges Lourau (France) - Jury Vice President
- Sergei Bondarchuk (Soviet Union)
- René Bonnell (France)
- Jean-Louis Bory (France) (critic)
- Miklós Jancsó (Hungary)
- Claude Lelouch (France)
- Shirley MacLaine (USA)
- Vincente Minnelli (USA)
- Georges Neveux (France)
- Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
- Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)
Short films
- Mark Turfkhuyer (Belgium) (journalist) - Jury President
- Tahar Cheriaa (Tunisia)
- André Coutant (France) (technician)
- Zdravka Koleva (Bulgaria)
- Jean Schmidt (France)
Official selection edit
In competition - Feature film edit
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]
- Accident by Joseph Losey
- Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
- A Degree of Murder (Mord und Totschlag) by Volker Schlöndorff
- Elvira Madigan by Bo Widerberg
- Entranced Earth (Terra em Transe) by Glauber Rocha
- Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe) by Gabriel Axel
- Hotel for Strangers (Hotel pro cizince) by Antonín Máša
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) by Aleksandar Petrović
- L'immorale by Pietro Germi
- Katerina Izmailova by Mikhail Shapiro
- The Killing Game (Jeu de massacre) by Alain Jessua
- The Last Meeting (Último encuentro) by Antonio Eceiza
- My Love, My Love (Mon amour, mon amour) by Nadine Trintignant
- Misunderstood (Incompreso) by Luigi Comencini
- Monday's Child (La chica del lunes) by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Mouchette by Robert Bresson
- Pedro Páramo by Carlos Velo
- Ten Thousand Days (Tízezer nap) by Ferenc Kósa
- Three Days and a Child by Uri Zohar
- Ulysses by Joseph Strick
- The Unknown Man of Shandigor (L'Inconnu de Shandigor) by Jean-Louis Roy
- We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo) by Elio Petri
- The Winds of the Aures (Rih al awras) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- You're a Big Boy Now by Francis Ford Coppola
Films out of competition edit
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Batouk by Jean Jacques Manigot
- Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky) by Jiří Menzel
- Le Conquérent de l'inutile (A la mémoire de Lionel Terray) by Marcel Ichac
- I Killed Rasputin (J'ai tué Raspoutine) by Robert Hossein
- Privilege by Peter Watkins
- Restauration du Grand Trianon by Pierre Zimmer
- War and Peace (Voyna i mir) by Sergei Bondarchuk
Short film competition edit
The 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 edit
International Critics' Week edit
The 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)
Awards edit
Official awards edit
The following films and people received the 1967 Official selection awards:[2]
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
- Accident by Joseph Losey
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) by Aleksandar Petrović
- Best Director: Ferenc Kósa for Ten Thousand Days (Tízezer nap)
- Best Screenplay:
- Elio Petri for We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo)
- Alain Jessua for The Killing Game (Jeu de massacre)
- 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 (Rih al awras) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Short films
- 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
- Short film Technical Prize - Special Mention: Versailles by Albert Lamorisse
Independent awards edit
FIPRESCI[2]
Commission Supérieure Technique[2]
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe) by Gabriel Axel
References edit
- ^ "Posters 1967". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "20ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "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). 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