 Official poster of the 32nd Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original illustration by Belgian artist Jean-Michel Folon.[1] | |
| Opening film | Hair |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Us Two |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Apocalypse Now The Tin Drum |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition)[2] |
| Festival date | 10 May 1979 – 24 May 1979 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 32nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 24 May 1979.[3] French writer Françoise Sagan served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola (screened as a work in progress), and The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff.[4]
Sagan, raised a controversy as she complained about Robert Favre Le Bret, director of the festival, pressure on the jury for the choice of Coppola's film, while she had chose Schlöndorff's film.[5]
The festival opened with Hair by Miloš Forman,[6][7] and closed with Us Two by Claude Lelouch.[8]
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- ^ "1979 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "1978-1986: A wind of change - Controversy". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "Film Festival Opens in Cannes". The New York Times. May 12, 1979. 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.