![]() Official poster of the 20th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by René Ferracci.[1]  | |
| Opening film | J'ai tué Raspoutine | 
|---|---|
| Closing film | Batouk | 
| Location | Cannes, France | 
| Founded | 1946 | 
| Awards | Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Blowup)[2]  | 
| No. of films | 24 (In Competition)[3] 7 (Out of Competition) 16 (Short Film)  | 
| Festival date | 27 April 1967 – 12 May 1967 | 
| Website | festival-cannes | 
The 20th Cannes Film Festival was held from 27 April to 12 May 1967.[4] The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni.[2] The festival opened with J'ai tué Raspoutine, directed by Robert Hossein and closed with Batouk, directed by Jean Jacques Manigot.[5][6][7]
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1967 film competition:[8]
Feature films
- Alessandro Blasetti (Italy) Jury President
 - Georges Lourau (France) 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) 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:[3]
- Accident by Joseph Losey
 - Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
 - A Degree of Murder (Mord und Totschlag) by Volker Schlöndorff
 - Elvira Madigan by Bo Widerberg
 - Entranced Earth (Terra em Transe) by Glauber Rocha
 - Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe) by Gabriel Axel
 - Hotel for Strangers (Hotel pro cizince) by Antonín Máša
 - I Even Met Happy Gypsies (Skupljači perja) by Aleksandar Petrović
 - L'immorale by Pietro Germi
 - Katerina Izmailova by Mikhail Shapiro
 - The Killing Game (Jeu de massacre) by Alain Jessua
 - The Last Meeting (Último encuentro) by Antonio Eceiza
 - My Love, My Love (Mon amour, mon amour) by Nadine Trintignant
 - Misunderstood (Incompreso) by Luigi Comencini
 - Monday's Child (La chica del lunes) by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
 - Mouchette by Robert Bresson
 - Pedro Páramo by Carlos Velo
 - Ten Thousand Days (Tízezer nap) by Ferenc Kósa
 - Three Days and a Child by Uri Zohar
 - Ulysses by Joseph Strick
 - The Unknown Man of Shandigor (L'Inconnu de Shandigor) by Jean-Louis Roy
 - We Still Kill the Old Way (A ciascuno il suo) by Elio Petri
 - The Winds of the Aures (Rih al awras) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
 - You're a Big Boy Now by Francis Ford Coppola
 
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Batouk by Jean Jacques Manigot
 - Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledované vlaky) by Jiří Menzel
 - Le Conquérent de l'inutile (A la mémoire de Lionel Terray) by Marcel Ichac
 - I Killed Rasputin (J'ai tué Raspoutine) by Robert Hossein
 - Privilege by Peter Watkins
 - Restauration du Grand Trianon by Pierre Zimmer
 - War and Peace (Voyna i mir) by Sergei Bondarchuk
 
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:[3]
- Crunch-crunch by Carlos Marchiori
 - Dada by Greta Deses
 - L'Emploi du temps by Bernard Lemoine
 - Gloire à Félix Tournachon by André Martin
 - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature by John Hubley
 - Insitne umenie by Vlado Kubenko
 - Jedan plus jedan jeste tri by Branko Ranitovic
 - Larghetto by Waclaw Kondek
 - Napló by György Kovásznai
 - Opus by Don Levy
 - Remedios Varo by Jomí García Ascot
 - Sky Over Holland by John Fernhout
 - La Tana by Luigi Di Gianni
 - Toys by Grant Munro
 - Versailles by Albert Lamorisse
 - Die Widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie by Peter Schamoni
 
Parallel section
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 6th International Critics' Week (6e Semaine de la Critique):[9]
- The Bell (Kane) by Yukio Aoshima (Japan)
 - L'Horizon by Jacques Rouffio (France)
 - Jozsef Katis by Wim Verstappen (Netherlands)
 - Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (Ljubavni slučaj ili tragedija službenice P.T.T.) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
 - The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) by Pierre Perrault (Canada)
 - Rondo by Zvonimir Berkovic (Yugoslavia)
 - Trio by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy)
 - Ukamau by Jorge Sanjinés Aramayo (Bolivia)
 - Warrendale by Allan King (Canada)
 
Awards


Official awards
The following films and people received the 1967 Official selection awards:[2]
- 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[2]
Commission Supérieure Technique[2]
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe (Den røde kappe) by Gabriel Axel
 
References
- ↑ "Posters 1967". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 "20ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
 - 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1967: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
 - ↑ "1967 - Accidents de parcours (Road accidents)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ A.H. Weiler, The Flight Plan of 'Peter Pan' , New York Times. pp. 11. 27 November February 1966. Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
 - ↑ "Opening of the 1967 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑  "Cannes Film Festival". ina.fr. Retrieved 25 May 2017. 
Translation: On the occasion of the coming projection of "Batouk", which will close the 20th Festival International du Film de Cannes...
 - ↑ "Juries 1967: Long film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
 - ↑ "6e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1967". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
 - ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967". imdb.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
 
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
 
