The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 23 May 1969 . At this festival a new non-competitive section called Directors' Fortnight was added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.[ 4]
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to If.... by Lindsay Anderson .[ 2] The festival opened with Sweet Charity , directed by Bob Fosse .[ 5]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1969 film competition:[ 6]
Feature films
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:[ 3]
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[ 3]
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival :[ 3]
Le Ballet des Jacungos by Jean Manzon
Cîntecele Renasterii by Mirel Ilieşiu
Goldframe by Raoul Servais
L'Homme aux chats by Henri Glaeser
Moc osudu by Jiří Brdečka
Niebieska kula by Mirosław Kijowicz
La Pince à ongles by Jean-Claude Carrière
Red Arrows by John Edwards
Short Seven by Jonne Severijn
Su sambene non est aba by Luigi Gonzo & Manfredo Manfredi
Toccata 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 (8e Semaine de la Critique):[ 7]
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1969 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[ 8]
Short films
5/7/35 by Jean Mazeas (France)
Adrien s’éloigne by Claude Guillemot (France)
Arrabal by Jacques Poitrenaud (France)
Athènes, ville sourire by Lambros Liaropoulos (Greece)
Black Movie by Adrian (filmmaker) (France)
Chinese Chekers by Stephen Dwoskin (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 Otto Muehl (France)
Marie et le Curé by Diourka Medveczky (France)
Miss Paris et le Majordome by Georges Dumoulin (France)
Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin by Pascal Aubier (France)
N.O.T.H.I.N.G. by Paul Sharits (France)
Naissant by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
On the Every Day of the Eyes of Death by Robert Beavers (France)
Paris des Négritudes by Jean Schmidt (France)
Permanence by Busioc Ionesco (Romania)
Que s’est-il passé en Mai? by Jean-Pierre Savignac (France)
Rohfilm by G. Hein (France)
S. Macht am Sonntag-Nachmittag keinen Film by Dieter Meier (France)
Scenes from Under Childhood by Stan Brakhage (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 Dieter Meier (France)
Versucht mit Synth. Ton by Kurt Kren (France)
Winged Dialogue by Robert Beavers (France)
Awards
Luchino Visconti, Jury President
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1969 Official selection awards:[ 2]
Short films
Independent awards
FIPRESCI [ 10] [ 2]
Commission Supérieure Technique [ 2]
References
External links
Awards Awards given by independent entities Parallel events By year