1969 Cannes Film Festival

1969 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 22nd Cannes Film Festival[1]
Opening filmSweet Charity
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (If....)[2]
No. of films26 (In Competition)[3]
6 (Out of Competition)
14 (Short Film)
Festival date8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) – 23 May 1969 (1969-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

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]

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]

  1. ^ "1969 The Festival Poster". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "22ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference selection was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "1969 - Année polémique (Year of controversy)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ Holston, Kim R. (13 December 2012). 1969 Cannes Film Festival sweet charity opening film. McFarland. ISBN 9780786492619. Retrieved 25 May 2017.