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1976 Cannes Film Festival

The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976.[4] American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition.

1976 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 29th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak.[1]
Opening filmThat's Entertainment, Part II
Closing filmFamily Plot
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Taxi Driver[2]
No. of films20 (In Competition)[3]
Festival date13 May 1976 (1976-05-13) – 28 May 1976 (1976-05-28)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Taxi Driver.

A new non-competitive section, L'Air du temps, focused on contemporary subjects was introduced. This section, along with sections Les Yeux fertiles of the previous edition were later integrated into Un Certain Regard section in 1978.[5][6]

The festival opened with That's Entertainment, Part II by Gene Kelly,[7][8] and closed with Family Plot by Alfred Hitchcock.[9]

Juries

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Main Competition

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Official selection

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In Competition

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The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Babatu Jean Rouch Niger
Bugsy Malone Alan Parker United States
A Child in the Crowd Un enfant dans la foule Gérard Blain France
The Claw and the Tooth La griffe et la dent François Bel
Cría Cuervos Carlos Saura Spain
Down and Dirty Brutti, sporchi e cattivi Ettore Scola Italy
The Inheritance L'eredità Ferramonti Mauro Bolognini
Kings of the Road Im Lauf der Zeit Wim Wenders West Germany
Letters from Marusia Actas de Marusia Miguel Littin Mexico
The Marquise of O Die Marquise von O... Éric Rohmer West Germany, France
Monsieur Klein Joseph Losey France, Italy
Mrs. Dery Where Are You? Déryné hol van? Gyula Maár Hungary
Next Stop, Greenwich Village Paul Mazursky United States
Nishant Shyam Benegal India
Pascual Duarte Ricardo Franco Spain
Private Vices, Public Pleasures Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù Miklós Jancsó Italy, Yugoslavia
Shadow of Angels Schatten der Engel Daniel Schmid Switzerland
Sweet Revenge Jerry Schatzberg United States
Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese United States
The Tenant Le Locataire Roman Polanski France

Out of Competition

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The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Short Films Competition

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The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

Parallel sections

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International Critics' Week

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The following feature films were screened for the 15th International Critics' Week (15e Semaine de la Critique):[11]

Directors' Fortnight

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The following films were screened for the 1976 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]

Short films
  • L'enfant prisonnier by Jean-Michel Carré (France)
  • The Labyrinth Tale (Meikyū-tan) by Shuji Terayama (Japan)
  • Leonina by Jean-Paul Courraud (France)
  • Les Stars by Serge Lutens (France)
  • Pierre Molinier - 7 Rue Des Faussets by Noël Simsolo (France, Luxembourg)
  • Walter by Serge Dubor (France)

Official Awards

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Tennessee Williams, Jury President
 
Martin Scorsese, Palme d'Or winner

In Competition

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Short Film Palme d'Or

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Independent Awards

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FIPRESCI Prize

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Commission Supérieure Technique

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References

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  1. ^ "Posters 1976". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Awards 1976: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1976: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ "29ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ "1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections". francofolies.over-blog.es. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ^ Peter Levinson (28 July 2015). Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache. St. Martin's Publishing. ISBN 9781250091499. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. ^ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Juries 1976: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. ^ "15e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1976". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Quinzaine 1976". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  13. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1976". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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