1971 Cannes Film Festival

1971 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 24th Cannes Film Festival
Opening film	Gimme Shelter
Closing film	Les mariés de l'an II
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or (The Go-Between)
Number of films	25 (In Competition)[1] 8 (Out of Competition) 15 (Short Film)
Festival date	12 May 1971 – 27 May 1971
Website	festival-cannes.com/en

The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 12 - 27, 1971. The Palme d'Or went to The Go-Between by Joseph Losey.^[2][3]

The festival opened with Gimme Shelter, a documentary about English rock band The Rolling Stones directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and closed with Les mariés de l'an II, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau.^[4][5] The festival paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor.^[6][7]

Jury

Michèle Morgan, Jury President

• Michèle Morgan (France) (president)
• Pierre Billard (France)
• Michael Birkett (UK)
• Anselmo Duarte (Brazil)
• István Gaál (Hungary)
• Sergio Leone (Italy)
• Aleksandar Petrović (Yugoslavia)
• Maurice Rheims (France)
• Erich Segal (USA)
• Véra Volmane (France) (journalist) (short films president)
• Charles Duvanel (Switzerland) (short films)
• Etienne Novella (France) (short films)

Feature film competition

• Animale bolnave by Nicolae Breban
• Apokal by Paul Anczykowski
• Le Bateau sur l'herbe by Gérard Brach
• Beg by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov
• La califfa by Alberto Bevilacqua
• Drive, He Said by Jack Nicholson
• The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
• Goya, historia de una soledad by Nino Quevedo
• Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
• Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
• Loot by Silvio Narizzano
• Les mariés de l'an II by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• Mira by Fons Rademakers
• Morte a Venezia by Luchino Visconti
• The Panic in Needle Park by Jerry Schatzberg
• Per grazia ricevuta by Nino Manfredi
• Pindorama by Arnaldo Jabor
• Raphaël ou le débauché by Michel Deville
• Sacco e Vanzetti by Giuliano Montaldo
• Le souffle au cœur by Louis Malle
• Szerelem by Károly Makk
• Taking Off by Miloš Forman
• Wake in Fright by Ted Kotcheff
• Walkabout by Nicolas Roeg
• Yami no naka no chimimoryo by Kō Nakahira
• Życie rodzinne by Krzysztof Zanussi

Films out of competition

• Gimme Shelter by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
• La Maison sous les Arbres by René Clément
• Le Chasseur by François Reichenbach
• Le feu sacré by Vladimir Forgency
• Les amis by Gérard Blain
• Narcissus by Peter Foldes
• The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
• The Trojan Women by Michael Cacoyannis

Awards

• Palme d'Or: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
• Grand Prix:
  • Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
  • Taking Off by Miloš Forman
• Jury Prize:
  • Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
  • Szerelem by Károly Makk
• Best Actor: Riccardo Cucciolla for Sacco e Vanzetti
• Best Actress: Kitty Winn for The Panic in Needle Park
• Special Mention: Lili Darvas and Mari Törőcsik, the lead actresses in Szerelem
• Technical Grand Prize: The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
• Best First Work: Per grazia ricevuta by Nino Manfredi
• 25th Anniversary Prize: Morte a Venezia by Luchino Visconti (also for his whole work)
• FIPRESCI Prize: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
• OCIC Award: Szerelem by Károly Makk
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
• Special Mention - Short Film:
  • Stuiter by Jan Oonk
  • Une Statuette by Carlos Vilardebó

References

1. "Official Selection 1971 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "Awards 1971 : All Awards". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
3. "1971 - Blast in Cannes". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
4. "From anecdote to legend". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
5. "CHARLIE CHAPLIN STOLE THE SHOW at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
6. "1971: Tribute to Charlie Chaplin". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
7. "25th Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 10 December 2013.

External links

• 1971 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival 1971
• Cannes Film Festival:1971 at Internet Movie Database
• 24ème Festival International du Film - Cannes