1967 Cannes Film Festival

The 20th Cannes Film Festival was held from 27 April to 12 May 1967. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni. The festival opened with J'ai tué Raspoutine, directed by Robert Hossein and closed with Batouk, directed by Jean Jacques Manigot.

Jury

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1967 film competition:

Feature films

• Alessandro Blasetti (Italy) - Jury President
• Georges Lourau (France) - Jury Vice President
• Sergei Bondarchuk (Soviet Union)
• René Bonnell (France)
• Jean-Louis Bory (France) (critic)
• Miklós Jancsó (Hungary)
• Claude Lelouch (France)
• Shirley MacLaine (USA)
• Vincente Minnelli (USA)
• Georges Neveux (France)
• Gian Luigi Rondi (Italy)
• Ousmane Sembène (Senegal)

Short films

• Mark Turfkhuyer (Belgium) (journalist) - Jury President
• Tahar Cheriaa (Tunisia)
• André Coutant (France) (technician)
• Zdravka Koleva (Bulgaria)
• Jean Schmidt (France)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:

Films out of competition

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

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:

Parallel section

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 6th International Critics' Week (6e Semaine de la Critique):

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1967 Official selection awards:

• Grand Prix International du Festival: Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
• Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
  • Accident by Joseph Losey
  • I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) by Aleksandar Petrović
• Best Director: Ferenc Kósa for Ten Thousand Days (Tízezer nap)
• Best Screenplay:
  • Elio Petri for We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo)
  • Alain Jessua for The Killing Game (Jeu de massacre)
• Best Actress: Pia Degermark for Elvira Madigan
• Best Actor: Oded Kotler for Three Days and a Child
• Best First Work: The Winds of the Aures (Rih al awras) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Short films

• Grand Prix International du Festival: Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
• Prix spécial du Jury: Gloire à Félix Tournachon by André Martin & Jedan plus jedan jeste tri by Branko Ranitovic-
• Short film Technical Prize: Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
• Short film Technical Prize - Special Mention: Versailles by Albert Lamorisse

Independent awards

FIPRESCI

• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Skupljači perja by Aleksandar Petrović
  • Terra em Transe by Glauber Rocha

Commission Supérieure Technique

• Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe) by Gabriel Axel

OCIC Award

• Mouchette by Robert Bresson

References

Media

• INA: Opening of the 1967 festival (commentary in French)

External links

• 1967 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
• Official website Retrospective 1967 Archived 2019-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967 at Internet Movie Database