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1976 Cannes Film Festival

{{Short description|Film festival in France}}

{{Infobox Film Festival

| name = 1976 Cannes Film Festival

| image = CFF76poster.jpg

| caption = Official poster of the 29th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/posters.html |title=Posters 1976 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220023853/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/posters.html |archive-date=20 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

| host =

| number = 20 (In Competition)

| opening = That's Entertainment, Part II

| closing = Family Plot

| location = Cannes, France

| awards = Palme d'Or:
Taxi Driver

| date = {{Start date|1976|05|13|df=y}} – {{End date|1976|05|28|df=y}}

| founded = 1946

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

| main = Cannes Film Festival

| previous = 1975

| next = 1977

}}

The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1976.htm |title=29ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=4 June 2017}} American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1976.htm |title=1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas) |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=4 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://francofolies.over-blog.es/2014/05/festival-de-cannes-les-differentes-categories-de-selections.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections |work=francofolies.over-blog.es |access-date=14 July 2017}}

The festival opened with That's Entertainment, Part II by Gene Kelly,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBfVCQAAQBAJ&q=That%27s+Entertainment%2C+Part+II+opening+Cannes+1976&pg=PA378 |title=Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache |author=Peter Levinson |date=28 July 2015 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing |isbn=9781250091499 |access-date=14 July 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/cannes-les-films-d-ouverture/937413 |title=The opening films at Cannes |work=vodkaster.com |access-date=25 May 2017}} and closed with Family Plot by Alfred Hitchcock.{{cite news|url=http://www.vodkaster.com/listes-de-films/les-films-de-cloture-du-festival-de-cannes/959023 |title=The closing films at Cannes |work=vodkaster.com |access-date=25 May 2017}}

Juries

= Main Competition =

  • Tennessee Williams, American author - Jury President{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/juryLongFilm.html |title=Juries 1976: Long film |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100025/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/juryLongFilm.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}
  • Jean Carzou, French painter
  • Costa-Gavras, Greek-French filmmaker
  • Mario Cecchi Gori, Italian producer
  • András Kovács, Hungarian filmmaker
  • Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author
  • Charlotte Rampling, British actress
  • Lorenzo López Sancho, Spanish journalist
  • Georges Schéhadé, Lebanese author

Official selection

=In Competition=

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1976: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226221940/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1976/allSelections.html |archive-date=26 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

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!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |Babatu

|Jean Rouch

|Niger

Bugsy Malone

|

|Alan Parker

|United States

A Child in the Crowd

|Un enfant dans la foule

|Gérard Blain

| rowspan="2" |France

The Claw and the Tooth

|La griffe et la dent

|François Bel

colspan="2" |Cría Cuervos

|Carlos Saura

|Spain

Down and Dirty

|Brutti, sporchi e cattivi

|Ettore Scola

| rowspan="2" |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

colspan="2" |Monsieur Klein

|Joseph Losey

|France, Italy

Mrs. Dery Where Are You?

|Déryné hol van?

|Gyula Maár

|Hungary

colspan="2" |Next Stop, Greenwich Village

|Paul Mazursky

|United States

colspan="2" |Nishant

|Shyam Benegal

|India

colspan="2" |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

colspan="2" |Sweet Revenge

|Jerry Schatzberg

|United States

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| colspan="2" |Taxi Driver

|Martin Scorsese

|United States

The Tenant

|Le Locataire

|Roman Polanski

|France

=Out of Competition=

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

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=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 15th International Critics' Week (15e Semaine de la Critique):{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1976/1976_selection.php |title= 15e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1976 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |access-date=19 June 2017}}

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=Directors' Fortnight=

The following films were screened for the 1976 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):{{cite web |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1976 |title=Quinzaine 1976 |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |access-date=19 June 2017 }}

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:Short films

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  • 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)

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Official Awards

File:Tennessee Williams NYWTS.jpg, Jury President]]

File:Martin Scorsese Cannes 2010 (cropped).jpg, Palme d'Or winner]]

=In Competition=

= [[Short Film Palme d'Or]] =

Independent Awards

= [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]] =

  • Kings of the Road by Wim Wenders (Unanimously) (In competition){{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1976 |title=FIPRESCI Awards 1976 |work=fipresci.org |access-date=30 June 2017}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Strongman Ferdinand|de|Der starke Ferdinand|fr|Ferdinand le radical|it|Ferdinando il duro}} by Alexander Kluge

= ''Commission Supérieure Technique'' =

References

{{Reflist}}

Media

  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00166/opening-of-the-1976-festival.html INA: Opening of the 1976 festival] (commentary in French)
  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00167/the-wonders-of-the-music-hall-at-cannes.html INA: The wonders of the music hall at Cannes] (commentary in French)

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141411/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1976/inCompetition.html 1976 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
  • [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1976/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 1976]
  • [https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/1976 Cannes Film Festival:1976] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103162403/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Cannes_Film_Festival/1976 |date=2009-01-03 }} at Internet Movie Database

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Cannes Film Festival, 1976

Cannes Film Festival, 1976

Category:Cannes Film Festival