1969 Cannes Film Festival
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The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 23 May 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called Directors' Fortnight was added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.[4]
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Opening film | Sweet Charity |
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Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (If....)[2] |
No. of films | 26 (In Competition)[3] 6 (Out of Competition) 14 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) – 23 May 1969 (1969-05-23) |
Website | festival-cannes |
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The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to If.... by Lindsay Anderson.[2] The festival opened with Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse.[5]