 Official poster of the 36th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by
Akira Kurosawa.
[1] | |
| Opening film | The King of Comedy |
|---|---|
| Closing film | WarGames |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or ( Narayama Bushiko) [2] |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition)
[3] 16 ( Un Certain Regard) 13 (Out of Competition) 10 ( Short Film) |
| Festival date | 7 May 1983 – 19 May 1983 |
| Website |
festival-cannes |
The 36th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1983. The Palme d'Or went to the Narayama Bushiko by Shōhei Imamura. [4] [5]
In 1983, the new building for the main events of the festival, 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, directed by Martin Scorsese [8] [9] and closed with WarGames, directed by John Badham. [10] [11]
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983 feature film competition: [12]
- William Styron (USA) - Jury President
- Henri Alekan (France)
- Yvonne Baby (journalist) (France)
- Sergei Bondarchuk (Soviet Union)
- Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
- Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt (France)
- Mariangela Melato (Italy)
- Karel Reisz (UK)
- Lia Van Leer (cinematheque official) (Israel)
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983 Camera d'Or:
- Bernard Jubard (France) - Jury President
- Philippe Carcassonne (France)
- Dan Fainaru (Israel)
- Monique Grégoire (France)
- Alexis Grivas (Mexico)
- Adrienne Hancia (USA)
- Jean-Daniel Simon (France)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [3]
- L'Argent by Robert Bresson
- The Ballad of Narayama by Shohei Imamura
- Carmen by Carlos Saura
- Cross Creek by Martin Ritt
- The Death of Mario Ricci (La mort de Mario Ricci) by Claude Goretta
- Duvar by Yılmaz Güney
- Eréndira by Ruy Guerra
- Forbidden Relations (Visszaesők) by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
- Heat and Dust by James Ivory
- The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese
- Kharij by Mrinal Sen
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Nagisa Oshima
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones
- Moon in the Gutter (La Lune dans le caniveau) by Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky
- One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier) by Jean Becker
- The South (El Sur) by Víctor Erice
- Station for Two (Vokzal dlya dvoikh) by Eldar Ryazanov
- The Story of Piera (Storia di Piera) by Marco Ferreri
- Tender Mercies by Bruce Beresford
- The Wounded Man (L'Homme blessé) by Patrice Chéreau
- The Year of Living Dangerously by Peter Weir
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: [3]
- Bella Donna by Peter Keglevic
- La bête lumineuse by Pierre Perrault
- Caballo salvaje by Joaquín Cortés
- Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? by Henry Jaglom
- Le certificat d'indigence by Moussa Bathily
- The Eighties (Les Années 80) by Chantal Akerman
- The Haircut by Tamar Simon Hoffs
- The Herdsman (Mu Ma Ren) by Xie Jin
- La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays by André Téchiné
- Nešto između by Srđan Karanović
- News Items (Faits divers) by Raymond Depardon
- The Pool Hustlers (Io, Chiara e lo scuro) by Maurizio Ponzi
- Twenty Years of African Cinema (Caméra d'Afrique) by Férid Boughedir
- Ulysse by Agnès Varda
- Zappa by Bille August
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]
- Angelo My Love by Robert Duvall
- Boat People by Ann Hui
- Walking, Walking (Cammina, cammina) by Ermanno Olmi
- Équateur by Serge Gainsbourg
- Holtpont by Ferenc Rofusz
- The Man in the Silk Hat (L'homme au chapeau de soie) by Maud Linder
- Modori River (Modori-gawa) by Tatsumi Kumashiro
- Streamers by Robert Altman
- The Hunger by Tony Scott
- The Wicked Lady by Michael Winner
- Utu by Geoff Murphy
- WarGames by John Badham
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]
- Ad astra by Ferenc Cakó
- Un Arrivo by Dominique De Fazio
- The Butterfly by Dieter Müller
- Don Kichot by Krzysztof Raynoch
- L'Égout by Maria Eugenia Santos
- La Fonte de Barlaeus by Pierre-Henry Salfati
- Haast een hand by Gerrit van Dijk, Jacques Overtoom, Peter Sweenen
- Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
- The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller
- Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique): [13]
- Betrayal (Løperjenten) by Vibeke Lokkeberg (Norway)
- Carnival in the Night (Yami no kānibaru) by Masashi Yamamoto (Japan)
- Le Destin de Juliette by Aline Issermann (France)
- Faux fuyants by Alain Bergala, Jean-Pierre Limosin (France)
- Lianna by John Sayles (United States)
- Menuet by Lili Rademakers (Belgium, Netherlands)
- The Princess (Adj király katonát) by Pal Erdöss (Hungary)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [14]
- Anguelos by Georges Katakouzinos
- Another Time, Another Place by Michael Radford
- Barbarosa by Fred Schepisi
- The Stationmaster's Wife (Bolwieser) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- The Compass Rose (La rosa de los vientos) by Patricio Guzman
- Daniel Takes a Train (Szerencsés Dániel) by Pal Sandor
- Dead End Street by Yaky Yosha
- Demons in the Garden (Demonios en el jardín) by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon
- Strange Fruits (Eisenhans) by Tankred Dorst
- Grenzenlos by Josef Rödl
- The House of the Yellow Carpet (La casa del tappeto giallo) by Carlo Lizzani
- Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) by Brigitte Sauriol
- Last Days of the Victim (Últimos días de la víctima) by Adolfo Aristarain
- Local Hero by Bill Forsyth
- Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner ( Brief mention in novel)
- No Trace of Sin (Sem Sombra De Pecado) by José Fonseca e Costa
- La rue étroite (Xiao Jie) by Yang Yanjin
- Rupture (al-Inquita - Breakdown) by Mohamed Chouikh
- A Woman in Flames (Die flambierte Frau) by Robert van Ackeren
- Short films
- Alchimie by Michèle Miron, Richard Clark
- Conte Obscur by Manuel Gómez
- Dédicace by Marie Brazeau
- The Life And Death of Joe Soap by Lewis John Cooper
- Phalloctere by Manuel Gómez
- Saudade by Carlos Porto de Andrade Jr, Leonardo Crescenti Neto
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1983 Official selection awards: [2] [5]
- Palme d'Or: The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko) by Shōhei Imamura
- Grand Prix: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones
- Best Director (Grand prix du cinéma de création):
- Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla for The Story of Piera
- Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonté for The Death of Mario Ricci
- Best Artistic Contribution: Carmen by Carlos Saura
- Jury Prize: Kharij by Mrinal Sen
Golden Camera
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film: The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller & Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham
Independent awards
- Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)
- Daniel Takes a Train (Szerencsés Dániel) by Pál Sándor (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury [16]
Award of the Youth [17]
- Foreign Film: Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner
References
- ^ "Posters 1983". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1983: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1983: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
- ^ "36ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ a b "1983 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1978-1986: A wind of change". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Jerry Lewis Is the King at Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. 9 May 1983. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Great Cannes Openers". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Dionne Jr, E.J. (11 May 1983). "Politics Playing A Part in Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "All Juries 1983". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "22e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1983". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1983". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1983". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1983". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1983". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1983 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Directors' Fortnight, 1983 (commentary in French)
- INA: Closing evening of the 1983 festival (commentary in French)
External links
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Official poster of the 36th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by
Akira Kurosawa.
[1] | |
| Opening film | The King of Comedy |
|---|---|
| Closing film | WarGames |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or ( Narayama Bushiko) [2] |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition)
[3] 16 ( Un Certain Regard) 13 (Out of Competition) 10 ( Short Film) |
| Festival date | 7 May 1983 – 19 May 1983 |
| Website |
festival-cannes |
The 36th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1983. The Palme d'Or went to the Narayama Bushiko by Shōhei Imamura. [4] [5]
In 1983, the new building for the main events of the festival, 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, directed by Martin Scorsese [8] [9] and closed with WarGames, directed by John Badham. [10] [11]
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983 feature film competition: [12]
- William Styron (USA) - Jury President
- Henri Alekan (France)
- Yvonne Baby (journalist) (France)
- Sergei Bondarchuk (Soviet Union)
- Youssef Chahine (Egypt)
- Souleymane Cissé (Mali)
- Gilbert de Goldschmidt (France)
- Mariangela Melato (Italy)
- Karel Reisz (UK)
- Lia Van Leer (cinematheque official) (Israel)
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983 Camera d'Or:
- Bernard Jubard (France) - Jury President
- Philippe Carcassonne (France)
- Dan Fainaru (Israel)
- Monique Grégoire (France)
- Alexis Grivas (Mexico)
- Adrienne Hancia (USA)
- Jean-Daniel Simon (France)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [3]
- L'Argent by Robert Bresson
- The Ballad of Narayama by Shohei Imamura
- Carmen by Carlos Saura
- Cross Creek by Martin Ritt
- The Death of Mario Ricci (La mort de Mario Ricci) by Claude Goretta
- Duvar by Yılmaz Güney
- Eréndira by Ruy Guerra
- Forbidden Relations (Visszaesők) by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
- Heat and Dust by James Ivory
- The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese
- Kharij by Mrinal Sen
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Nagisa Oshima
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones
- Moon in the Gutter (La Lune dans le caniveau) by Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky
- One Deadly Summer (L'été meurtrier) by Jean Becker
- The South (El Sur) by Víctor Erice
- Station for Two (Vokzal dlya dvoikh) by Eldar Ryazanov
- The Story of Piera (Storia di Piera) by Marco Ferreri
- Tender Mercies by Bruce Beresford
- The Wounded Man (L'Homme blessé) by Patrice Chéreau
- The Year of Living Dangerously by Peter Weir
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: [3]
- Bella Donna by Peter Keglevic
- La bête lumineuse by Pierre Perrault
- Caballo salvaje by Joaquín Cortés
- Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? by Henry Jaglom
- Le certificat d'indigence by Moussa Bathily
- The Eighties (Les Années 80) by Chantal Akerman
- The Haircut by Tamar Simon Hoffs
- The Herdsman (Mu Ma Ren) by Xie Jin
- La matiouette ou l'arrière-pays by André Téchiné
- Nešto između by Srđan Karanović
- News Items (Faits divers) by Raymond Depardon
- The Pool Hustlers (Io, Chiara e lo scuro) by Maurizio Ponzi
- Twenty Years of African Cinema (Caméra d'Afrique) by Férid Boughedir
- Ulysse by Agnès Varda
- Zappa by Bille August
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]
- Angelo My Love by Robert Duvall
- Boat People by Ann Hui
- Walking, Walking (Cammina, cammina) by Ermanno Olmi
- Équateur by Serge Gainsbourg
- Holtpont by Ferenc Rofusz
- The Man in the Silk Hat (L'homme au chapeau de soie) by Maud Linder
- Modori River (Modori-gawa) by Tatsumi Kumashiro
- Streamers by Robert Altman
- The Hunger by Tony Scott
- The Wicked Lady by Michael Winner
- Utu by Geoff Murphy
- WarGames by John Badham
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]
- Ad astra by Ferenc Cakó
- Un Arrivo by Dominique De Fazio
- The Butterfly by Dieter Müller
- Don Kichot by Krzysztof Raynoch
- L'Égout by Maria Eugenia Santos
- La Fonte de Barlaeus by Pierre-Henry Salfati
- Haast een hand by Gerrit van Dijk, Jacques Overtoom, Peter Sweenen
- Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
- The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller
- Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique): [13]
- Betrayal (Løperjenten) by Vibeke Lokkeberg (Norway)
- Carnival in the Night (Yami no kānibaru) by Masashi Yamamoto (Japan)
- Le Destin de Juliette by Aline Issermann (France)
- Faux fuyants by Alain Bergala, Jean-Pierre Limosin (France)
- Lianna by John Sayles (United States)
- Menuet by Lili Rademakers (Belgium, Netherlands)
- The Princess (Adj király katonát) by Pal Erdöss (Hungary)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [14]
- Anguelos by Georges Katakouzinos
- Another Time, Another Place by Michael Radford
- Barbarosa by Fred Schepisi
- The Stationmaster's Wife (Bolwieser) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- The Compass Rose (La rosa de los vientos) by Patricio Guzman
- Daniel Takes a Train (Szerencsés Dániel) by Pal Sandor
- Dead End Street by Yaky Yosha
- Demons in the Garden (Demonios en el jardín) by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon
- Strange Fruits (Eisenhans) by Tankred Dorst
- Grenzenlos by Josef Rödl
- The House of the Yellow Carpet (La casa del tappeto giallo) by Carlo Lizzani
- Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) by Brigitte Sauriol
- Last Days of the Victim (Últimos días de la víctima) by Adolfo Aristarain
- Local Hero by Bill Forsyth
- Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner ( Brief mention in novel)
- No Trace of Sin (Sem Sombra De Pecado) by José Fonseca e Costa
- La rue étroite (Xiao Jie) by Yang Yanjin
- Rupture (al-Inquita - Breakdown) by Mohamed Chouikh
- A Woman in Flames (Die flambierte Frau) by Robert van Ackeren
- Short films
- Alchimie by Michèle Miron, Richard Clark
- Conte Obscur by Manuel Gómez
- Dédicace by Marie Brazeau
- The Life And Death of Joe Soap by Lewis John Cooper
- Phalloctere by Manuel Gómez
- Saudade by Carlos Porto de Andrade Jr, Leonardo Crescenti Neto
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1983 Official selection awards: [2] [5]
- Palme d'Or: The Ballad of Narayama (Narayama Bushiko) by Shōhei Imamura
- Grand Prix: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life by Terry Jones
- Best Director (Grand prix du cinéma de création):
- Best Actress: Hanna Schygulla for The Story of Piera
- Best Actor: Gian Maria Volonté for The Death of Mario Ricci
- Best Artistic Contribution: Carmen by Carlos Saura
- Jury Prize: Kharij by Mrinal Sen
Golden Camera
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
- Jury Prize - Best Short Film: The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller & Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham
Independent awards
- Nostalghia by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)
- Daniel Takes a Train (Szerencsés Dániel) by Pál Sándor (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury [16]
Award of the Youth [17]
- Foreign Film: Miss Lonelyhearts by Michael Dinner
References
- ^ "Posters 1983". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1983: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1983: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
- ^ "36ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ a b "1983 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1978-1986: A wind of change". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ "Jerry Lewis Is the King at Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. 9 May 1983. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Great Cannes Openers". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Dionne Jr, E.J. (11 May 1983). "Politics Playing A Part in Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "All Juries 1983". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "22e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1983". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1983". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1983". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1983". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1983". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1983 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Directors' Fortnight, 1983 (commentary in French)
- INA: Closing evening of the 1983 festival (commentary in French)