 Official poster of the 29th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Polish painter Wojciech Siudmak.[1] | |
| Opening film | That's Entertainment, Part II |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Family Plot |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Taxi Driver[2] |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 13 May 1976 – 28 May 1976 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976.[4] American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition.
American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Taxi Driver.
A new non-competitive section, L'Air du temps, focused on contemporary subjects was introduced. This section, along with sections Les Yeux fertiles of the previous edition were later integrated into Un Certain Regard section in 1978.[5][6]
The festival opened with That's Entertainment, Part II by Gene Kelly,[7][8] and closed with Family Plot by Alfred Hitchcock.[9]
- ^ "Posters 1976". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
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- ^ "1976 - Les Affranchis (Goodfellas)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Les différentes catégories de sélections". francofolies.over-blog.es. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Peter Levinson (28 July 2015). Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache. St. Martin's Publishing. ISBN 9781250091499. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.