The 22nd

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films ...

was held from 8 to 23 May

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

. At this festival a new non-competitive section called

Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festi ...

was added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to '' If....'' by

Lindsay Anderson Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for ...

. The festival opened with ''

Sweet Charity ''Sweet Charity'' is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon alongside John McMartin. It is based on ...

'', directed by

Bob Fosse Robert Louis Fosse (; June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals ''The Pajam ...

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1969 film competition: Feature films *

Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the ...

(Italy) (president) * Chinghiz Aitmatov (Soviet Union) *

Marie Bell Marie Bell (23 December 1900 – 14 August 1985), born Marie-Jeanne Bellon-Downey, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bear ...

(France) *Jaroslav Boček (Czechoslovakia) *

Veljko Bulajić Veljko Bulajić (born 22 March 1928) is a Montenegrin film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient. He has spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing World War II-themed movies from the Partisan f ...

(Yugoslavia) *

Stanley Donen Stanley Donen ( ; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are '' On the Town,'' (1949) and ''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), both of which he co-directed with Gene Kell ...

(USA) *Jerzy Glucksman (Sweden) (student) *Robert Kanters (France) (critic) *

Sam Spiegel Samuel P. Spiegel (November 11, 1901December 31, 1985) was an American independent film producer born in the Galician area of Austria-Hungary. Financially responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed motion pictures of the 20th centur ...

(USA) Short films *Charles Duvanel (Switzerland) *Mihnea Gheorghiu (Romania) *Claude Soulé (France) (CST official)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: *'' Ådalen 31'' by

Bo Widerberg Bo Gunnar Widerberg (; 8 June 1930 – 1 May 1997) was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor. Biography Early life Widerberg was born in Malmö, Malmöhus County, Sweden. Career Widerberg was the director of films such as ''Rave ...

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All My Compatriots ''All My Compatriots'', also known as ''All My Countrymen'' ( cs, Všichni dobří rodáci), is a 1968 Czechoslovak film directed by Vojtěch Jasný. Considered the "most Czech" of his contemporary filmmakers, Jasný's style was primarily lyrici ...

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Vojtěch Jasný Vojtěch Jasný (30 November 1925 – 15 November 2019) was a Czech director, screenwriter and professor who has written and directed over 50 films. Jasný made feature and documentary films in Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria, USA & Canada, and ...

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The Appointment ''The Appointment'' is a 1969 psychological drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Omar Sharif and Anouk Aimée. Written by James Salter, it is based on the story by Antonio Leonviola. Plot After becoming involved with the ex-fianc� ...

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Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), '' Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976 ...

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Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commer ...

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Louis Malle Louis Marie Malle (; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down," Malle's filmogr ...

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Dillinger Is Dead ''Dillinger Is Dead'' ( it, Dillinger è morto) is a 1969 Italian drama directed by Marco Ferreri. It stars Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg and Annie Girardot. The story is a darkly satiric blend of fantasy and reality. It follows a bored, alienat ...

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Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one o ...

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Don't Let the Angels Fall ''Don't Let the Angels Fall'' is a 1969 Canadian drama film directed by George Kaczender. In 1971, it was named Best Foreign Feature Film by the Critics and Journalists Association of Ceylon. Plot A Montreal businessman ( Arthur Hill), who's goi ...

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George Kaczender George Kaczender (19 April 1933 – 24 August 2016) was a Hungarian-born Canadian film director. He directed 26 films between 1963 and 2001. Biography Kaczender left Hungary in 1956 as a political refugee after studying film and working as ...

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Antonio das Mortes ''Antonio das Mortes'' ( pt, O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro, lit. "The Dragon of Wickedness Against the Holy Warrior") is a 1969 Brazilian western film directed by Glauber Rocha. It is often cited as the last installment of Rocha's ...

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Glauber Rocha Glauber de Andrade Rocha (; 14 March 1939 – 22 August 1981) was a Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most influential moviemakers of Brazilian cinema and a key figure of Cinema Novo. His films '' Black God, Whit ...

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Easy Rider ''Easy Rider'' is a 1969 American independent drug culture road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper. Fonda and Hopper play two bikers who travel through the American So ...

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Dennis Hopper Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in '' Giant'' (1956). In the next ten year ...

*'' End of a Priest'' by

Evald Schorm Evald Schorm (15 December 1931 – 14 December 1988) was a Czech film and stage director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 26 films between 1959 and 1988. Schorm was a notable exponent of the Czech Film New Wave. Biography Schorm was bo ...

*'' Flashback'' by

Raffaele Andreassi Raffaele Andreassi ( L'Aquila, 2 August 1924 - 20 November 2008) was an Italian film director most known for his movie Flashback from 1969. The movie is about a soldier in World War II and received many awards. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes ...

*'' The Great Love'' by

Pierre Étaix Pierre Étaix (; 23 November 1928 – 14 October 2016) was a French clown, comedian and filmmaker. Étaix made a series of short- and feature-length films, many of them co-written by influential screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. He won an Acad ...

*'' Hunting Flies'' by

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...

*'' Hymn to a Tired Man'' by

Masaki Kobayashi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, best known for the epic trilogy ''The Human Condition'' (1959–1961), the samurai films '' Harakiri'' (1962) and '' Samurai Rebellion'' (1967), and the horror anthology ''Kwaidan'' (1964). ''Sens ...

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Isadora Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, ''Isídōros'' (a compound of Ἶσις, ''Ísis'', and δῶρον, ''dōron'': "gift of he goddessIsis"). The male equivalent is Isidore. The name surviv ...

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Karel Reisz Karel Reisz (21 July 1926 – 25 November 2002) was a Czech-born British filmmaker, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known films he directed are '' Saturday Night and S ...

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It Rains in My Village ''It Rains in My Village'' ( sh, Biće skoro propast sveta, ) is a 1968 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Aleksandar Petrović, partly inspired by the novel Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Plot A mentally challenged girl is defended by a young ma ...

'' by Aleksandar Petrović *'' Machine Gun McCain'' by

Giuliano Montaldo Giuliano Montaldo (born 22 February 1930) is an Italian film director. Biography While he was still a young student, Montaldo was recruited by the director Carlo Lizzani for the role of leading actor in the film ''Achtung! Banditi!'' (1951). ...

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Man on Horseback ''Man on Horseback'' (german: Michael Kohlhaas – der Rebell, link=no) is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff based on the novel '' Michael Kohlhaas'' by Heinrich von Kleist. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film ...

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Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s ...

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The Man Who Thought Life ''The Man Who Thought Life'' ( da, Manden der tænkte ting) is a 1969 Danish science fiction thriller film directed by Jens Ravn and based upon the 1938 novel by Valdemar Holst.Jens Ravn Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) Jensen may refer to: People *Jensen (surn ...

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Matzor ''Matzor'' ( he, מצור, translit. Siege) is a 1969 Israeli film directed by Italian director Gilberto Tofano. It involves the theme of a widowed mother (actress Gila Almagor), her lover (actor Dahn Ben Amotz) and ex-husband friend (actor ...

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Gilberto Tofano Gilberto is the Iberian and Italian version of the originally Norman-French given name '' Gilbert'', used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. In Galician, it's spelled Xilberto or Xilberte. ''Gilbert'' is ultimately derived from the Ger ...

*'' Metti una sera a cena'' by

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director, and author. He was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spen ...

*'' My Night at Maud's'' by

Éric Rohmer Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer (; 21 March 192011 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World ...

*'' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' by Ronald Neame *''

Slaves Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

'' by Herbert Biberman *'' Spain Again'' by

Jaime Camino Jaime Camino (11 June 1936 – 4 December 2015) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He directed 16 films between 1962 and 2001. His 1976 film '' Long Vacations of 36'' was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. ...

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Costa Gavras Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and s ...

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: * ''

Andrei Rublev Andrei Rublev ( rus, Андре́й Рублёв, p=ɐnˈdrʲej rʊˈblʲɵf , also transliterated as ''Andrey Rublyov'') was a Muscovite icon painter born in the 1360s who died between 1427 and 1430 in Moscow. He is considered to be one of th ...

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Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

* '' Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life'' (''L'amour de la vie'') by François Reichenbach * '' The Deserter and the Nomads'' (''Zbehovia a pútnici'') by

Juraj Jakubisko Juraj Jakubisko (born 30 April 1938) is a Slovak film director. He has directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often takes the dual role of cinematographer, and is often also credited as a screenplay writer as he usually co-writ ...

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Frozen Flashes ''Die gefrorenen Blitze'' (''Frozen Lightning''; English-language title: Frozen Flashes; French-language title: Et l'Angleterre sera détruite, ''England Shall Be Destroyed'') is a two-part 1967 East-German film. The plot revolves around the hist ...

'' (''Et L'Angleterre Sera Détruite'') by János Veiczi * ''

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That Cold Day in the Park ''That Cold Day in the Park'' is a 1969 psychological thriller film directed by Robert Altman and starring Sandy Dennis. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Miles and adapted for the screen by Gillian Freeman, it was filmed on locati ...

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Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New ...

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival: *''Le Ballet des Jacungos'' by Jean Manzon *''Cîntecele Renasterii'' by Mirel Ilieşiu *''Goldframe'' by

Raoul Servais Raoul Servais (born 1 May 1928) is a Belgian filmmaker, animator, and comics artist. He was born in Ostend, Belgium, and is a fundamental figure of the Belgian animation scene, as well as the founder of the animation faculty of the Royal Academy ...

*''L'Homme aux chats'' by Henri Glaeser *''Moc osudu'' by

Jiří Brdečka Jiří Brdečka (24 December 1917 – 2 June 1982) was a Czech writer, artist, and film director. Life Brdečka was born in Hranice (then in Austria-Hungary) to a literary family; his father, Otakar Brdečka (1881 – 1930), wrote under the pse ...

*''Niebieska kula'' by Mirosław Kijowicz *''La Pince à ongles'' by

Jean-Claude Carrière Jean-Claude Carrière (; 17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing '' Heureux Anniversaire'' (1963), and was later conferred an Honorary ...

*''Red Arrows'' by John Edwards *''Short Seven'' by Jonne Severijn *''Su sambene non est aba'' by Luigi Gonzo &

Manfredo Manfredi Manfredo Manfredi (; 16 April 1859, Piacenza – 13 October 1927, Piacenza) was an Italian architect. In 1880, Manfredi began his studies at the Accademia di belle arti di Roma (Academy of Fine Arts in Rome). In 1884 he came in second in the arc ...

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Toccata Toccata (from Italian ''toccare'', literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtu ...

'' by Herman van der Horst *''El Triunfo de la muerte'' by José María Gutiérrez *''Das Verräterische Herz'' by Paul Anczykowski *''World of Man'' by Albert Fischer & Michael Collyer

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 8th

International Critics' Week The International Critics' Week (french: Semaine de la Critique) was founded in 1962 and is organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. It was created following the showing of '' The Connection'' directed by Shirley Clarke which had been ...

(8e Semaine de la Critique): * '' Cabascabo'' by

Oumarou Ganda Oumarou Ganda (1935 – 1 January 1981) was a Nigerien director and actor who helped bring African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s. Life Ganda was born in Niamey, the capital of Niger, in 1935 and was of Djerma ethn ...

(Niger) * '' Charles mort ou vif'' by

Alain Tanner Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had r ...

(Switzerland) * ''Sziget a szárazföldön'' by Judit Elek (Hungary) * ''

The Hour of the Furnaces ''The Hour of the Furnaces'' ( es, La hora de los hornos) is a 1968 Argentine film directed by Octavio Getino and Fernando Solanas. 'The paradigm of revolutionary activist cinema', it addresses the politics of the 'Third worldist' films and La ...

'' (''La Hora de los hornos'') by

Fernando Solanas Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician. His films include; '' La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)'' (1968), '' Tangos: el exilio de Gardel'' ...

(Argentina) * ''King, Murray'' by David Hoffman (United States) * ''

More More or Mores may refer to: Computing * MORE (application), outline software for Mac OS * more (command), a shell command * MORE protocol, a routing protocol * Missouri Research and Education Network Music Albums * ''More!'' (album), by Booka ...

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Barbet Schroeder Barbet Schroeder (born 26 August 1941) is an Iranian-born Swiss film director and producer who started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Since the late 1980s, he has dire ...

(Luxembourg) * ''My Girlfriend’s Wedding'' by

Jim McBride Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim' ...

(United States) * ''Pagine chiuse'' by Gianni da Campo (Italy) * '' La Rosière de Pessac'' by

Jean Eustache Jean Eustache (; 30 November 1938 – 5 November 1981) was a French filmmaker. During his short career, he completed numerous short films, in addition to a pair of highly regarded features, of which the first, '' The Mother and the Whore'', is ...

(France) * ''La Voie'' by Mohamed Slimane Riad (Algeria) * ''

In the Year of the Pig ''In the Year of the Pig'' is an American documentary film directed by Emile de Antonio about American involvement in the Vietnam War. It was released in 1968 while the U.S. was in the middle of its military engagement, and was politically contro ...

'' by Emile de Antonio (United States) * ''

Hunting Scenes from Bavaria ''Hunting Scenes from Bavaria'' () is a 1969 West German film directed by Peter Fleischmann. It is based on a play of the same name by Martin Sperr, who also played the main role in the film. It was chosen as West Germany's official submission ...

'' (''Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern'') by Peter Fleischmann (West Germany) * ''Paris n’existe pas'' by

Robert Benayoun Robert Benayoun (12 December 1926 in Kenitra, Morocco – 20 October 1996, Paris) was a French film critic and author, and one-time member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival of 1980. He wrote books on Tex Avery, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, the ...

(France)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1969

(Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): * ''Acéphale'' by Patrick Deval (France) * '' Adam 2'' by

Jan Lenica Jan Lenica (4 January 1928, Poznań, Poland – 5 October 2001, Berlin) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist. A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the e ...

(West Germany) * ''Ballade pour un chien'' by

René Allio René Allio (; 3 August 1924, Marseille – 27 March 1995, Paris) was a French film and theater director. Filmography * '' The Shameless Old Lady'', by Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), k ...

, Gérard Vergez (France) * '' Barravento'' by

(Brazil) * '' Between Salt and Sweet Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce)'' by

Michel Brault Michel Brault, OQ (25 June 1928 – 21 September 2013) was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of Direct Cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National ...

(Canada) * ''Brandy in the Wilderness'' by Stanton Kaye (United States) * '' O Bravo Guerreiro'' by Gustavo Dahl (Brazil) * ''

Brazil Year 2000 ''Brazil Year 2000'' ( pt, Brasil Ano 2000) is a 1969 Brazilian drama film directed by Walter Lima Jr. Cast * Anecy Rocha as Girl * Ênio Gonçalves as Reporter * Hélio Fernando as Son * Iracema de Alencar as Mother * Zbigniew Ziembinsk ...

'' (''Brasil Ano 2000'') by

Walter Lima Jr Walter Lima Jr. (born 26 November 1938) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1965. His 1969 film '' Brazil Year 2000'' was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Silver ...

(Brazil) * ''

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(France) * ''Capitu'' by

Paulo César Saraceni Paulo César Saraceni (5 November 1933 – 14 April 2012) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1960 and 2011. His 1999 film '' Traveller'' was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival ...

(Brazil) * '' Capricci'' by

Carmelo Bene Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002), was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema. He die ...

(Italy) * ''

Christopher's Movie Matinée ''Christopher's Movie Matinée'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mort Ransen and released in 1968. Depicting the youth counterculture hippie movement in the Toronto district of Yorkville, the film was unusual in that it directly enga ...

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Mort Ransen Mort Ransen (August 16, 1933 – September 4, 2021) was a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known for his Genie Award-winning 1995 film ''Margaret's Museum''. Ransen was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was educated at the ...

(Canada) * ''Le Cinématographe'' by Michel Baulez (France) * ''De mère en fille'' (doc.) by Anne-Claire Poirier (Canada) * '' Death by Hanging'' (''Kōshikei'') by Nagisa Oshima (Japan) * ''

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief is a 1969 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Synopsis The film centers around Birdie, a young Japanese book thief who is caught by a store clerk named Umeko. As their encounters grow increasingly fraught with tension and desire ...

'' (''Shinjuku Dorobō Nikki'') by Nagisa Oshima (Japan) * '' Drôle de jeu'' by

Pierre Kast Pierre Kast (; 22 September 1920, Paris20 October 1984, Rome) was a French people, French screenwriter and film and television director. Biography A member of the ''Cahiers du cinéma'' in the 1950s, Kast created many short films and documentarie ...

(France) * '' Duett för kannibaler'' by

Susan Sontag Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, philosopher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. He ...

(Sweden) * ''Eine Ehe'' by Hans Rolf Strobel, Heinrich Tichawsky (West Germany) * ''

The Ernie Game ''The Ernie Game'' is a 1967 Canadian drama film directed by Don Owen. Plot The film centres on Ernie Turner and his attempts to survive in the world after he's released from an asylum. He grows increasingly alienated and his fragile mental s ...

'' by Don Owen (Canada) * ''L'été'' by Marcel Hanoun (France) * ''Face To Face'' (''Cara a cara'') by

Júlio Bressane Júlio Eduardo Bressane de Azevedo (born February 13, 1946) is a Brazilian filmmaker and writer. Biography A representative of the Brazilian '' cinema marginal'', Julio Bressane began making films as an assistant director of Walter Lima Jr., in ...

(Brazil) * ''La primera carga al machete'' by Manuel Octavio Gomez (Cuba) * ''Five Girls Around the Neck'' (''Pět holek na krku'') by

(Czechoslovakia) * ''Fuoco!'' by Gian Vittorio Baldi (Italy) * ''

A Gentle Woman ''A Gentle Woman'' (french: Une femme douce) is a 1969 French tragedy film directed by Robert Bresson. It is Bresson's first film in color, and adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1876 short story " A Gentle Creature" (russian: Кроткая, tra ...

'' (''Une femme douce'') by

Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have l ...

(France) * ''Les Gommes'' by Francis Deroisy (Belgium) * ''

Head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals ...

'' by Bob Rafelson (United States) * ''Het compromis'' by Philo Bregstein (Netherlands) * ''The Illiac Passion'' by Gregory Markopoulos (France) * ''Image, Flesh and Voice'' by Ed Emshwiller (United States) * '' Invasión'' by

Hugo Santiago Hugo Santiago Muchnick (12 December 1939 – 27 February 2018) was an Argentine film director. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and lived in France from 1959 until his death in 2018. Santiago studied Literature, Philosophy and Music. From 1959 ...

(Argentina) * ''Jardim de guerra'' by Neville dAlmeida (Brazil) * ''Le Joujou Chéri'' by

Gabriel Axel Axel Gabriel Erik Mørch better known as Gabriel Axel (18 April 1918 – 9 February 2014)Ronald Berganbr>Obituary: Gabriel Axel ''The Guardian'', 10 February 2014 was a Danish film director, actor, writer and producer, best known for '' Bab ...

(Denmark) * ''

Kid Sentiment ''Kid Sentiment'' is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1968. Mixing fiction with documentary in the direct cinema style and working with a cast of non-professional actors, the film depicts 1960s youth cult ...

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Jacques Godbout Jacques Godbout, OC, CQ (born November 27, 1933) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler (''touche-à-tout''), Godbout has become one of the most important wri ...

(Canada) * ''Le lit de la Vierge'' by Philippe Garrel (France) * ''

Lucía ''Lucía'' is a 1968 Cuban black-and-white drama film directed by Humberto Solás, and written by Solás, Julio García Espinosa and Nelson Rodríguez. It was the winner of the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Fi ...

'' by Humberto Solas (Cuba) * ''Mai 68, la belle ouvrage'' (doc.) by Jean-Luc Magneron (France) * ''Marie'' by Marta Meszaros (Hungary) * '' Marketa Lazarová'' by František Vláčil (Czechoslovakia) * ''Money, Money'' by José Varela (France) * ''The Most Beautiful Age'' by

Jaroslav Papoušek Jaroslav Papoušek (19 February 1920 – 16 July 1996) was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He started as a sculptor, before writing screenplays with Miloš Forman and Ivan Passer. In 1968 he started directing his own screenplays. Sele ...

(Czechoslovakia) * ''Mumbo-Jumbo'' by Jean-Luc Magneron (France) * '' Nocturne 29'' by

Pere Portabella Pere Portabella i Ràfols (; born in 1927) is a Spanish politician, director, and producer. In 1977, he was elected Senator in Spain's first democratic elections and participated in the writing of the Spanish Constitution. As a filmmaker, his st ...

(Spain) * ''Nous n’irons plus au bois'' by Georges Dumoulin (France) * '' Our Lady of the Turks'' (''Nostra Signora dei Turchi'') by

(Italy) * '' Partner'' by

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(Italy) * ''Paul'' by Diourka Medveczky (France) * ''

Paulina Is Leaving ''Paulina is Leaving'' (french: Paulina s'en va) is a 1969 French drama film written and directed by André Téchiné, starring Bulle Ogier and Marie-France Pisier. It marked Téchiné's debut as a director. It remains Téchiné's less known fil ...

'' (''Paulina s’en va'') by

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(France) * ''La Poupée Rouge'' by Francis Leroi (France) * ''

The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl ''The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl'' (french: Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce) is a Canadian satirical comedy-drama film, directed by Gilles Carle and released in 1968. The film stars Julie Lachapelle as Julie, a young sexually liberated woman who g ...

(Le viol d'une jeune fille douce)'' by

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(Canada) * ''Rhodesia Countdown'' by Michael Raeburn (Southern Rhodesia) * ''Scratch Harry'' by Alex Matter (United States) * ''Sirocco'' (''Sirokkó'') by Miklos Jancso (Hungary) * '' The Smugglers'' (''Les contrebandières'') by Luc Moullet (France) * ''Soliloquy'' by

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(United Kingdom) * '' Straight to the Heart (Jusqu'au cœur)'' by

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(Canada) * ''Terry Withmore For an Example'' by Bill Brodie (Sweden) * ''

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'' by

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(United States) * '' A Time of Roses'' (''Ruusujen aika'') by

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(Finland) * '' The Trip'' by

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(United States) * ''Tu imagines Robinson'' by

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(France) * ''Vie provisoire'' by Mauricio Gomez Leite (Brazil) * ''Les vieilles lunes'' by David Fahri (Switzerland) * ''Vive la mort'' by

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(Switzerland) * ''Le Voyage'' by Fernando Cony Campos (Brazil) * ''Wheel of Ashes'' by Peter Goldman (United States) * ''Yvon, Yvonne'' by Claude Champion (Switzerland) :Short films * ''5/7/35'' by Jean Mazeas (France) * ''Adrien s’éloigne'' by Claude Guillemot (France) * ''Arrabal'' by

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(France) * ''Athènes, ville sourire'' by Lambros Liaropoulos (Greece) * ''Black Movie'' by Adrian (filmmaker) (France) * ''Chinese Chekers'' by

(United Kingdom) * ''Einer Mädchenhaut'' by Klaus Schönherr (France) * ''Erin Ereinté'' by Jean-Paul Aubert (France) * ''Flash-Parc'' by Frank Cassenti (France) * ''Fuses'' by Carolee Schneemann (United States) * ''Galaxie'' by Gregory Markopoulos (France) * ''Gedanken beim Befühlen'' by Klaus Schönherr (France) * ''Hemingway'' by Fausto Canel (Cuba) * ''Jeanne et la moto'' by Diourka Medveczky (France) * ''Journal de séjour a Marseille'' by C. Lindenmeyer, Gérard Levy-Clerc (France) * ''La page dévoilée'' by Jim Hodgetts et Mike Marshall (France) * ''La poursuite impitoyable'' by J.J. Schakmundes, R. Guillon (France) * ''Le mariage de Clovis'' by Daniel Duval (France) * ''Le Sursitaire'' by Serge Huet (France) * ''Les Stabiles'' by Christian Lara (France) * ''Libi'' by

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(France) * ''Marie et le Curé'' by Diourka Medveczky (France) * ''Miss Paris et le Majordome'' by Georges Dumoulin (France) * ''Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin'' by

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(France) * ''N.O.T.H.I.N.G.'' by

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(France) * ''Naissant'' by

(United Kingdom) * ''On the Every Day of the Eyes of Death'' by

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(France) * '' Scenes from Under Childhood'' by

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(France) * ''Souvenir de la nuit du 4'' by Patrice Gauthier, Henry Lange (France) * ''Speak'' by John Latham (United Kingdom) * ''The Mysteries'' by Gregory Markopoulos (France) * ''Twice A Man'' by Gregory Markopoulos (France) * ''Untebrochene Flugverbindungen'' by

(France) * ''Versucht mit Synth. Ton'' by

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(France) * ''Winged Dialogue'' by

(France)

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1969 Official selection awards: * Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: '' If....'' by

* Grand Prix Spécial du Jury: '' Ådalen 31'' by

* Best Director: **

for ''

'' **

for ''

'' (''Všichni dobří rodáci'') *

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Vanessa Redgrave Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist. Throughout her career spanning over seven decades, Redgrave has garnered numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Television Award, tw ...

for ''

'' *

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic fi ...

for '' Z'' * Jury Prize: '' Z'' by

(Unanimously) *Best First Work: ''

'' by

Short films * Grand Prix International du Festival: ''Cîntecele Renasterii'' by Mirel Ilieşiu *Prix spécial du Jury: ''La Pince à ongles'' by

Independent awards

FIPRESCI *

FIPRESCI Prize The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

: ''

'' by

Commission Supérieure Technique * Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: ''

' (''Všichni dobří rodáci'') by

*Short film - Special Mention: '' Cîntecele Renasterii'' by Mirel Ilieşiu & ''

'' by

Herman van der Horst Herman may refer to: People * Herman (name), list of people with this name * Saint Herman (disambiguation) * Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman Places in the United States * Herman, Arkansas * Herman, Michigan * Herman, Minn ...

References

Media

INA: Opening of the 1969 Festival
(commentary in French)

(commentary in French)

External links

(web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1969

Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1969
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