1983 Cannes Film Festival

1983 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 36th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Akira Kurosawa.[1]
Opening filmThe King of Comedy
Closing filmWarGames
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
The Ballad of Narayama[2]
No. of films22 (In Competition)[3]
Festival date7 May 1983 (1983-05-07) – 19 May 1983 (1983-05-19)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

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]

  1. ^ "Posters 1983". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
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  4. ^ "36ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. ^ "1983 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "1978-1986: A wind of change". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Jerry Lewis Is the King at Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. 9 May 1983. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Great Cannes Openers". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  10. ^ Dionne Jr, E.J. (11 May 1983). "Politics Playing A Part in Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  11. ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.