1983 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 36th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Akira Kurosawa.[1] | |
| Opening film | The King of Comedy |
|---|---|
| Closing film | WarGames |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Ballad of Narayama[2] |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 7 May 1983 – 19 May 1983 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
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.[4][5]
In 1983, the festival's new main building, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaugurated.[6] Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it The Bunker.[7]
The festival opened with The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese,[8][9] and closed with WarGames by John Badham.[10][11]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]- William Styron, American author - Jury President[12]
- Henri Alekan, French cinematographer
- Yvonne Baby, French journalist and author
- Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet filmmaker and actor
- Youssef Chahine, Egyptian filmmaker
- Souleymane Cissé, Malian filmmaker
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt, French producer
- Mariangela Melato, Italian actress
- Karel Reisz, British filmmaker
- Lia van Leer, Israeli founder of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Jerusalem Cinematheque, the Israel Film Archive and the Jerusalem Film Festival
Camera d'Or
[edit]- 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
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Donna | Peter Keglevic | West Germany | |
| Caballo salvaje | Joaquín Cortés | Venezuela | |
| Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Henry Jaglom | United States | |
| The Eighties | Les Années 80 | Chantal Akerman | Belgium, France |
| The Haircut | Tamar Simon Hoffs | United States | |
| The Herdsman | 牧马人 | Xie Jin | China |
| Humanonon | Michel François | France | |
| La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays | André Téchiné | ||
| 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 |
| Ulysse | Agnès Varda | France | |
| Zappa | Bille August | Denmark | |
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo My Love | Robert Duvall | United States | |
| Boat People | 投奔怒海 | Ann Hui | Hong Kong, China |
| Équateur | Serge Gainsbourg | France, West Germany, Gabon | |
| Holtpont | Ferenc Rofusz | Hungary | |
| 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 |
| Streamers | Robert Altman | United States | |
| Utu | Geoff Murphy | New Zealand | |
| Walking, Walking | Cammina, cammina | Ermanno Olmi | Italy |
| WarGames (closing film) | John Badham | United States | |
| The Wicked Lady | Michael Winner | United Kingdom, United States | |
Short Films Competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Ad astra by Ferenc Cakó
- Un Arrivo by Dominique De Fazio
- The Butterfly by Dieter Müller
- Don Kichot by Krzysztof Raynoch
- L'Égout by Maria Eugenia Santos
- La Fonte de Barlaeus by Pierre-Henry Salfati
- Haast een hand by Gerrit van Dijk, Jacques Overtoom, Peter Sweenen
- Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
- The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller
- Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
- Betrayal (Løperjenten) by Vibeke Lokkeberg (Norway)
- Carnival in the Night (Yami no kānibaru) by Masashi Yamamoto (Japan)
- Le Destin de Juliette by Aline Issermann (France)
- Faux fuyants by Alain Bergala, Jean-Pierre Limosin (France)
- Lianna by John Sayles (United States)
- Menuet by Lili Rademakers (Belgium, Netherlands)
- The Princess (Adj király katonát) by Pal Erdöss (Hungary)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]
- Anguelos by Georges Katakouzinos
- Another Time, Another Place by Michael Radford
- Barbarosa by Fred Schepisi
- The Stationmaster's Wife (Bolwieser) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- The Compass Rose (La rosa de los vientos) by Patricio Guzman
- Daniel Takes a Train (Szerencsés Dániel) by Pal Sandor
- Dead End Street by Yaky Yosha
- Demons in the Garden (Demonios en el jardín) by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon
- Strange Fruits (Eisenhans) by Tankred Dorst
- Grenzenlos by Josef Rödl
- The House of the Yellow Carpet (La casa del tappeto giallo) by Carlo Lizzani
- Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) by Brigitte Sauriol
- Last Days of the Victim (Últimos días de la víctima) by Adolfo Aristarain
- Local Hero by Bill Forsyth
- Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner (Brief mention in novel)
- No Trace of Sin (Sem Sombra De Pecado) by José Fonseca e Costa
- La rue étroite (Xiao Jie) by Yang Yanjin
- Rupture (al-Inquita - Breakdown) by Mohamed Chouikh
- A Woman in Flames (Die flambierte Frau) by Robert van Ackeren
- Short films
- 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
Official Awards
[edit]In Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or: The Ballad of Narayama by Shōhei Imamura[2]
- Grand Prix: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones
- Best Director:
- Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla for The Story of Piera
- Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonté for The Death of Mario Ricci
- Best Artistic Contribution: Carmen by Carlos Saura
- Jury Prize: Kharij by Mrinal Sen
- The Princess by Pál Erdöss
- 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
[edit]- Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)[15]
- Daniel Takes a Train by Pál Sándor (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]Award of the Youth
[edit]- Foreign Film: Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1983". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1983: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1983: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
- ^ "36ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "1983 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "1978-1986: A wind of change". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Jerry Lewis Is the King at Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. 9 May 1983. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Great Cannes Openers". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Dionne Jr, E.J. (11 May 1983). "Politics Playing A Part in Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "All Juries 1983". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "22e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1983". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1983". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1983". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1983". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1983". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Media
[edit]- INA: Opening of the 1983 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Directors' Fortnight, 1983 (commentary in French)
- INA: Closing evening of the 1983 festival (commentary in French)