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{{Infobox Film Festival

| name = 1983 Cannes Film Festival

| image = CFF83poster.jpg

| caption = Official poster of the 36th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Akira Kurosawa.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1983/posters.html |title=Posters 1983 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110201731/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1983/posters.html |archive-date=10 November 2013 |df=dmy}}

| host =

| number = 22 (In Competition)

| opening = The King of Comedy

| closing = WarGames

| location = Cannes, France

| awards = Palme d'Or:
The Ballad of Narayama

| date = {{Start date|1983|05|07|df=y}} – {{End date|1983|05|19|df=y}}

| founded = 1946

| website = {{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}

| main = Cannes Film Festival

| previous = 1982

| next = 1984

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1983.htm |title=36ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=5 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1983.htm |title=1983 - Le Jury, Les Prix |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=5 June 2017}}

In 1983, the festival's new main building, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaugurated.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/history |title=The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era |work=festival-cannes.com |access-date=31 May 2017 |archive-date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413083303/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/history |url-status=dead }} Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it The Bunker.{{cite web|url=http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/parcours/0005/1978-1986-a-wind-of-change.html |title=1978-1986: A wind of change |work=fresques.ina.fr |access-date=28 May 2017}}

The festival opened with The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/09/movies/jerry-lewis-is-the-king-at-cannes-film-festival.html |title=Jerry Lewis Is the King at Cannes Film Festival |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 1983 |access-date=25 May 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/3.asp |title=Great Cannes Openers |access-date=10 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214153441/http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/3.asp |archive-date=14 December 2013 |df=dmy}} and closed with WarGames by John Badham.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/11/movies/politics-playing-a-part-a-cannes-film-festival.html |title=Politics Playing A Part in Cannes Film Festival |work=The New York Times |first=E.J. |last=Dionne Jr |date=11 May 1983 |access-date=25 May 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.vodkaster.com/Listes-de-films/Les-films-de-cloture-du-Festival-de-Cannes |title=The closing films at Cannes |work=vodkaster.com |access-date=25 May 2017}}

Juries

=Main competition=

=''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:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1983/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1983: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213222926/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1983/allSelections.html |archive-date=13 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

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!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |L'Argent

|Robert Bresson

|France, Switzerland

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|The Ballad of Narayama

|楢山節考

|Shōhei Imamura

|Japan

colspan="2" |Carmen

|Carlos Saura

|Spain

colspan="2" |Cross Creek

|Martin Ritt

|United States

The Death of Mario Ricci

|La mort de Mario Ricci

|Claude Goretta

|France, Switzerland

colspan="2" |Duvar

|Yılmaz Güney

|Turkey, France

colspan="2" |Eréndira

|Ruy Guerra

|Mexico, France, West Germany

Forbidden Relations

|Visszaesők

|Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács

|Hungary

colspan="2" |Heat and Dust

|James Ivory

|United Kingdom

colspan="2" |The King of Comedy (opening film)

|Martin Scorsese

|United States

colspan="2" |Kharij

|Mrinal Sen

|India

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

|戦場のメリークリスマス

|Nagisa Ōshima

|Japan, United Kingdom, New Zealand

colspan="2" |Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

|Terry Jones

|United Kingdom

Moon in the Gutter

|La Lune dans le caniveau

|Jean-Jacques Beineix

|France

colspan="2" |Nostalghia

|Andrei Tarkovsky

|Soviet Union, Italy

One Deadly Summer

|L'Été meurtrier

|Jean Becker

|France

Station for Two

|Вокзал для двоих

|Eldar Ryazanov

|Soviet Union

The Story of Piera

|Storia di Piera

|Marco Ferreri

|Italy

colspan="2" |El Sur

|Víctor Erice

|Spain

colspan="2" |Tender Mercies

|Bruce Beresford

|United States

The Wounded Man

|L'Homme blessé

|Patrice Chéreau

|France

colspan="2" |The Year of Living Dangerously

|Peter Weir

|Australia, United States

=''Un Certain Regard''=

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

class="wikitable"

!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |Bella Donna

|Peter Keglevic

|West Germany

colspan="2" |Caballo salvaje

|Joaquín Cortés

|Venezuela

colspan="2" |Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

|Henry Jaglom

|United States

The Eighties

|Les Années 80

|Chantal Akerman

|Belgium, France

colspan="2" |The Haircut

|Tamar Simon Hoffs

|United States

The Herdsman

|牧马人

|Xie Jin

|China

colspan="2" |Humanonon

|Michel François

| rowspan="2" |France

colspan="2" |La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays

|André Téchiné

colspan="2" |Nešto između

|Srđan Karanović

|Yugoslavia

News Items

|Faits divers

|Raymond Depardon

|France

The Pool Hustlers

|Io, Chiara e lo scuro

|Maurizio Ponzi

|Italy

Poverty Certificate

|Le certificat d'indigence

|Moussa Bathily

|Senegal

The Shimmering Beast

|La bête lumineuse

|Pierre Perrault

|Canada

Twenty Years of African Cinema

|Caméra d'Afrique

|Férid Boughedir

|Tunisia

colspan="2" |Ulysse

|Agnès Varda

|France

colspan="2" |Zappa

|Bille August

|Denmark

=Out of Competition=

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

class="wikitable"

!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |Angelo My Love

|Robert Duvall

|United States

Boat People

|投奔怒海

|Ann Hui

|Hong Kong, China

colspan="2" |Équateur

|Serge Gainsbourg

|France, West Germany, Gabon

colspan="2" |Holtpont

|Ferenc Rofusz

|Hungary

colspan="2" |The Hunger

|Tony Scott

|United Kingdom, United States

The Man in the Silk Hat

|L'homme au chapeau de soie

|Maud Linder

|France

Modori River

|もどり川

|Tatsumi Kumashiro

|Japan

colspan="2" |Streamers

|Robert Altman

|United States

colspan="2" |Utu

|Geoff Murphy

|New Zealand

Walking, Walking

|Cammina, cammina

|Ermanno Olmi

|Italy

colspan="2" |WarGames (closing film)

|John Badham

|United States

colspan="2" |The Wicked Lady

|Michael Winner

|United Kingdom, United States

=Short Films Competition=

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

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Parallel sections

=International Critics' Week=

The following feature films were screened for the 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique):{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1983/1983_selection.php |title= 22e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1983 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |access-date=12 June 2017}}

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=Directors' Fortnight=

The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):{{cite web |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1983 |title=Quinzaine 1983 |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |access-date=12 June 2017 |archive-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214182510/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/1983/ |url-status=live }}

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:Short films

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  • 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

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Official Awards

=In Competition=

= ''[[Caméra d'Or]]'' =

= [[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){{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1983 |title=FIPRESCI Awards 1983 |work=fipresci.org |access-date=27 June 2017}}
  • Daniel Takes a Train by Pál Sándor (Directors' Fortnight)

= ''Commission Supérieure Technique'' =

= [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] =

  • Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky{{cite web|url=http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/nostalghia |title=Jury Œcuménique 1983 |work=cannes.juryoecumenique.org |access-date=30 June 2017}}

= Award of the Youth =

  • Foreign Film: Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner{{cite web |title=Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1983 |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1983 |access-date=27 June 2017 |work=imdb.com}}

References

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Media

  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00454/opening-of-the-1983-festival.html INA: Opening of the 1983 Festival] (commentary in French)
  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00226/directors-fortnight-1983.html INA: Directors' Fortnight, 1983] (commentary in French)
  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00227/closing-evening-of-the-1983-festival.html INA: Closing evening of the 1983 festival] (commentary in French)

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141411/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1983/inCompetition.html 1983 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
  • [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1983/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 1983]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1983 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1983] at Internet Movie Database

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