The 30th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 27 May 1977.[ 4] Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini served as jury president for the main competition.
Italian filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani won the Palme d'Or , the festival's top prize, for their drama film Padre Padrone .
A new non-competitive section, Le Passé composé , was held only at this edition, focusing on compilations. This section, along with Les Yeux fertiles and L'Air du temps of the previous two years, were later integrated into the Un Certain Regard in 1978.[ 5] [ 6]
The festival opened with The Bishop's Bedroom by Dino Risi ,[ 7] [ 8] and closed with Slap Shot by George Roy Hill .[ 9]
Juries
Main Competition
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or :[ 3]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[ 3]
Aïda by Pierre Jourdan
All This and World War II by Susan Winslow (United States)
Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben by Horst Seemann (East Germany)
La Bible by Marcel Carné (France) (documentary)
The Bishop's Bedroom (La stanza del vescovo ) by Dino Risi (Italy, France)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen by Ray Hubbard (United States)
Bogart by Marshall Flaum (United States)
Camelamos Naquerar (short) by Miguel Alcobendas (Spain)
Carrara by Christian Paureilhe (France)
Catherine by Paul Seban (France)
The Children of Theatre Street (doc.) by Robert Dornhelm (United States)
Cine Folies (documentary) by Philippe Collin (France)
Un Cuore Semplice by Giorgio Ferrara (Italy)
Dearest Executioners (Queridísimos verdugos ) by Basilio M. Patino (Spain)
Des femmes et des nanas by Jean Pierre Marchand (France)
Il gabbiano by Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
Ha-Gan by Victor Nord (Israel)
Harlan County, USA (doc.) by Barbara Kopple (United States)
Heinrich [de ] by Helma Sanders-Brahms (West Germany)
Les Lieux d'une fugue by Georges Perec (France) (short)
Life Goes to the Movies (doc.) by Mel Stuart (United States)
Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? (doc.) by Coline Serreau (France)
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch by Richard Patterson (United States)
Moi Tintin (doc.) by Gérard Valet, Henri Roanne (France, Belgium)
Mozart - Aufzeichnungen einer Jugend by Klaus Kirschner (West Germany)
El mundo de Pau Casals by Jean Baptiste Bellsolell (Spain)
The Naked Civil Servant by Jack Gold (United Kingdom)
News from Home by Chantal Akerman (France)
One Man by Robin Spry (Canada)
Paradistorg by Gunnel Lindblom (Sweden)
The Passionate Industry (doc.) by Joan Long (Australia)
The Pictures That Moved (doc.) by Paul Andersen (Australia)
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray by Pierre Boutron (France)
Pumping Iron (doc.) by George Butler , Robert Fiore (United States)
Le ragioni del successo by Luca Verdone (Italy)
Raoni (doc.) by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux (France, Belgium, Brazil)
Rhinoceros by Tom O'Horgan (United States, United Kingdom, Canada)
Le Roi Pelé (doc.) by François Reichenbach (France)
San Gottardo by Villi Hermann (Switzerland)
Scott Joplin by Jeremy Paul Kagan (United States)
Slap Shot by George Roy Hill (United States)
That's Action by G. David Schine (documentary) (United States)
Torre Bela by Thomas Harlan (Italy, Portugal)
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano by Nikita Mikhalkov (Soviet Union)
La vie au ralenti by Jean-Christophe Rose (France)
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or :[ 3]
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 16th International Critics' Week (16e Semaine de la Critique):[ 11]
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1977 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[ 12]
Short films
Claude Chauvy, l'art du tournage en bois by Jean-Pierre Bonneau (France)
Eggs by John Hubley (United States)
Hors-jeu by Georges Schwisgebel (Switzerland)
Nights (Nyhtes ) by Georges Katakouzinos (Greece)
Sauf dimanches et fêtes by François Ode (France)
Windy Day by John Hubley , Faith Hubley (United States)
Official Awards
Roberto Rossellini , Jury President
Palme d'Or winner Paolo Taviani with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
In Competition
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
References
External links
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