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The 31st Cannes Film Festival took place from 16 to 30 May 1978.[4] American filmmaker Alan J. Pakula served as jury president for the main competition.
Official poster of the 31st Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.[1] | |
| Opening film | A Hunting Accident |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Fedora |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Tree of Wooden Clogs[2] |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 16 May 1978 – 30 May 1978 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for tehe drama film The Tree of Wooden Clogs.[5]
This festival saw the introduction of a new section, the Un Certain Regard, initially as a non-competitive programme which replaced the Les Yeux Fertiles (1975-1977), L'Air du temps and Le Passé composé sections.[6]
The festival opened with A Hunting Accident by Emil Loteanu,[7] and closed with Fedora by Billy Wilder.[8]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alyam, alyam | آليام آليام | Ahmed El Maanouni | Morocco |
| Balcony in the Forest | Un balcon en forêt | Michel Mitrani | France |
| Dossier 51 | Le dossier 51 | Michel Deville | |
| Colonel Delmiro Gouveia | Coronel Delmiro Gouveia | Geraldo Sarno | Brazil |
| Grand Hôtel des Palmes | Memè Perlini | Italy | |
| Hitler: A Film from Germany | Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | West Germany, France, United Kingdom |
| Koko: A Talking Gorilla | Koko, le gorille qui parle | Barbet Schroeder | France |
| Man of Marble | Człowiek z marmuru | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| Nahapet | Նահապետ | Henrik Malyan | Soviet Union |
| The New Klan: Heritage of Hate | Leslie Shatz and Eleanor Bingham | United States | |
| Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait | Ocaña, retrato intermitente | Ventura Pons | Spain |
| People Not as Bad as They Seem | Aika hyvä ihmiseksi | Rauni Mollberg | Finland |
| Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn | Vojtěch Jasný | Austria | |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora (closing film) | Billy Wilder | West Germany, France | |
| The Last Waltz | Martin Scorsese | United States | |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
The following feature films were screened for the 17th International Critics' Week (17e Semaine de la Critique):[10]
The following films were screened for the 1978 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]
The following films and people received the 1978 Official selection awards:[2]
Michael Ritchie's 1979 film An Almost Perfect Affair, a romantic comedy starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti, features several scenes shot on location in Cannes while the 1978 Festival was taking place. A number of prominent actors, directors and journalists who attended that year made cameo appearances in the film, including Rona Barrett, Farrah Fawcett, Brooke Shields, George Peppard, Paul Mazursky, Sergio Leone, Marco Ferreri, Rex Reed and Edy Williams.[14]
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