1970 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 23rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by French artist René Ferracci.[1]
Opening filmLes Choses de la vie
Closing filmLe Bal du Comte d'Orgel
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (MASH)[2]
No. of films25 (In Competition)[3]
8 (Out of Competition)
12 (Short Film)
Festival date2 May 1970 (1970-05-02) – 16 May 1970 (1970-05-16)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 23rd Cannes Film Festival ran from 3 to 18 May 1970. This year, Robert Favre LeBret, the founder of the festival, decided not to include any films from Russia and Japan (their flags were missing on the Croisette). He was tired of the "Slavic spectacles and Japanese samurai flicks.".[4][5] The Russians took back their juror Sergei Obraztsov (head of Moscow puppet theater) and left the jury panel with only eight members.

Nobel Prize for Literature winner Miguel Ángel Asturias was appointed as President of the Jury. At the time, he was serving as ambassador from Guatemala to France. The Palme d'Or went to the MASH by Robert Altman.[2][6] The festival opened with Les Choses de la vie, directed by Claude Sautet and closed with Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel, directed by Marc Allégret.[7][8]

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1970 film competition:[9][2]

Feature films

Short films

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:[3]

Films out of competition

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

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Prix du Jury:[3]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 9th International Critics' Week (9e Semaine de la Critique):[10]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1970 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[11]

Short films

Awards

Miguel Ángel Asturias, Jury President
Robert Altman, Palme d'Or winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1970 Official selection awards:[2][6]

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI[12][2]

Commission Supérieure Technique[13]

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1970". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "23ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1970 : All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ Rex Reed (1970, June 21). How I went to the Cannes Film Festival and hated every minute of it. Los Angeles Times, p. o32. Retrieved June 24, 2008
  5. ^ McCarthy, Todd (May 18, 2013). "Cannes: Todd McCarthy Recalls Altman and Blind Date With Margot Kidder". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ a b "1970 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival". resques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "What is Cannes for you?". resques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Juries 1970: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  10. ^ "9e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1970". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Quinzaine 1970". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  12. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1970". fipresci.org. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1970". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

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