1982 Cannes Film Festival

1982 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 35th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Italian film director Federico Fellini.[1]
Opening filmIntolerance (1916)
Closing filmE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Missing
Yol
No. of films22 (In Competition)[2]
Festival date14 May 1982 (1982-05-14) – 26 May 1982 (1982-05-26)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 35th Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 26 May 1982.[3] Italian opera and theatre director Giorgio Strehler served as jury president for the main competition.

The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to Missing by Costa-Gavras and Yol by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören.[4]

The festival opened with the 1916 film Intolerance by D. W. Griffith,[5][6] and closed with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Posters 1982". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference selection was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "35ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. ^ "1982 - Identification d'une Palme (Identification of a Palm)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. ^ Eder, Richard (20 May 1982). "At Cannes, A Search For Excitement". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Steven Spielberg to head up Cannes Film Festival jury". BBC News. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (28 February 2013). "Steven Spielberg Will Be Jury President at Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.