Jury

• Roberto Rossellini
  Roberto Rossellini
  Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
  
   (Italy) (president)
• N'Sougan Agblemagnon (author)
• Anatole Dauman
  Anatole Dauman
  Anatole Dauman was a French film producer. He produced films by Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Bresson, Wim Wenders, Nagisa Oshima, Andrei Tarkovsky, Chris Marker, Volker Schlöndorff, Walerian Borowczyk, and Alain Resnais....
  
   (France)
• Jacques Demy
  Jacques Demy
  Jacques Demy was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or the political agitation of Jean-Luc Godard, Demy instead created a self-contained fantasy world closer to that of François...
  
   (France)
• Carlos Fuentes
  Carlos Fuentes
  Carlos Fuentes Macías is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. He has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.-Biography:Fuentes was born in...
  
   (Mexico)
• Benoîte Groult
  Benoîte Groult
  Benoîte Groult is a French writer.- Biography :Groult, the daughter of a fashion designer, was raised in the Parisian upper class. After her studies in literature ended in 1953, she worked as a journalist for television...
  
   (France)
• Pauline Kael
  Pauline Kael
  Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991. Earlier in her career, her work appeared in City Lights, McCall's and The New Republic....
  
   (USA) (journalist)
• Marthe Keller
  Marthe Keller
  Marthe Keller is a Swiss actress and opera director. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16...
  
   (Switzerland)
• Yuri Ozerov
  Yuri Ozerov (director)
  Yuri Ozerov was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1950 and 1995.-Early life:...
  
   (Soviet Union)

Feature film competition

• 3 Women
  3 Women (film)
  3 Women is a 1977 American film directed by Robert Altman, starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice Rule. The story came directly from a dream Altman had, which he did not fully understand, but nonetheless adapted into a treatment, intending to film without a script...
  
  by Robert Altman
  Robert Altman
  Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.His films MASH , McCabe and...
  
  
• Bang! by Jan Troell
• Black Joy
  Black Joy (1977 film)
  Black Joy is a British film released in 1977, directed by Anthony Simmons. The story of an immigrant country boy in Brixton, London, it has been described as the UK's only example of a "Blaxploitation" movie, a genre more familiar in the United States. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film...
  
  by Anthony Simmons
  Anthony Simmons (writer)
  Anthony "Tony" Simmons is a British writer/film producer. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie Il Grido.-Career:Simmons claimed: "I wasn’t aiming to be a film director. I...
  
  
• Bound for Glory by Hal Ashby
  Hal Ashby
  Hal Ashby was an American film director and film editor.-Birth and early years:Born William Hal Ashby in Ogden, Utah, Ashby grew up in a Mormon household and had a tumultuous childhood as part of a dysfunctional family which included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide and his...
  
  
• Budapesti mesék
  Budapest Tales
  Budapest Tales is a 1976 Hungarian drama film directed by István Szabó. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ági Mészáros as Fényes' Mother* Maja Komorowska as Girl Who Knows the Colors* Franciszek Pieczka* András Bálint as Fényes...
  
  by István Szabó
  István Szabó
  István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
  
  
• Car Wash by Michael Schultz
  Michael Schultz
  Michael Schultz is an American director and producer of film and television.-Life and career:Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances , a factory worker, and Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman...
  
  
• Der Amerikanische Freund
  The American Friend
  The American Friend is a 1977 film by Wim Wenders, loosely adapted from the novel Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith. The film is of the neo-noir genre, and features Dennis Hopper as career criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley...
  
  by Wim Wenders
  Wim Wenders
  Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
  
  
• The Duellists
  The Duellists
  The Duellists is a 1977 historical drama film that was Ridley Scott's first feature film as a director. It won the Best Debut Film award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  by Ridley Scott
  Ridley Scott
  Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
  
  
• Elisa, vida mía
  Elisa, vida mía
  Elisa, vida mía is a 1977 Spanish drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura. The film stars Saura's long-term companion and frequent collaborator, Geraldine Chaplin...
  
  by Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura
  Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
  
  
• Gruppenbild mit Dame
  Group Portrait with Lady (film)
  Group Portrait with Lady is a 1977 German-French drama film directed by Aleksandar Petrović. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  by Aleksandar Petrović
• Ifigeneia
  Iphigenia (film)
  Iphigenia is a 1977 Greek film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to be sacrificed...
  
  by Michael Cacoyannis
• J.A. Martin photographe
  J.A. Martin Photographer
  J.A. Martin Photographer is a 1977 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress...
  
  by Jean Beaudin
  Jean Beaudin
  Jean Beaudin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress. The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure...
  
  
• Kičma
  Backbone (film)
  Backbone , is a 1975 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Vlatko Gilić. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Dragan Nikolić - Pavle Gvozdenović* Predrag Laković - Pepi* Mira Banjac* Milutin Butković* Stanislava Janjic - Ana...
  
  by Vlatko Gilic
• La Communion solennelle
  Solemn Communion
  Solemn Communion is a 1977 French comedy film directed by René Féret. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Christian Drillaud - Young Charles Gravet* Claude Bouchery - Jules Ternolain...
  
  by René Féret
  René Féret
  René Féret is a French actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. His film Solemn Communion, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Solemn Communion...
  
  
• La dentellière
  The Lacemaker
  The Lacemaker is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellière by Pascal Lainé.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Pomme* Yves Beneyton - François...
  
  by Claude Goretta
  Claude Goretta
  Claude Goretta is an internationally successful television producer and film director. His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
  
• Le camion
  The Lorry
  The Lorry is a 1977 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival....
  
  by Marguerite Duras
  Marguerite Duras
  Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
  
  
• Oi kynigoi
  The Hunters (1977 film)
  The Hunters is a 1977 Greek drama film directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Mairi Hronopoulou* Eva Kotamanidou* Aliki Georgouli* Vangelis Kazan as hotelier* Betty Valassi...
  
  by Theodoros Angelopoulos
• Padre Padrone
  Padre Padrone
  Padre padrone is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside....
  
  by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are noted Italian film directors and screenwriters...
  
  
• Podranki
  Wounded Game
  Wounded Game is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Gubenko. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Juozas Budraitis* Aleksandr Kalyagin* Zhanna Bolotova* Rolan Bykov* Bukhuti Zaqariadze* Evgeni Evstigneev...
  
  by Nikolai Gubenko
  Nikolai Gubenko
  Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko is a Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in twelve films between 1964 and 1977. He also directed eight films between 1970 and 1988. His film Wounded Game, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  
• Un borghese piccolo piccolo by Mario Monicelli
  Mario Monicelli
  Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana , three times nominated for Oscar.-Biography:...
  
  
• Un taxi mauve by Yves Boisset
  Yves Boisset
  Yves Boisset is a French film director and scriptwriter.French director Yves Boisset began his career as an assistant director. After working with such directors as Hossein, Cioampi and Clement, he began directing short films until the late 1960s when he made his feature film debut...
  
  
• Una giornata particolare
  A Special Day
  A Special Day is a 1977 Italian language film which tells the story of a housewife and her neighbor who stay at home in Rome on the day that Adolf Hitler visits Benito Mussolini. It stars Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni and John Vernon, and was directed by Ettore Scola. The film was a...
  
  by Ettore Scola

Short film competition

• Arte tairona by Francisco Norden
  Francisco Norden
  Francisco Norden is a Colombian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer born in Brussels from an Austrian father and a Colombian mother. He has directed eight films between 1963 and 2005...
  
  
• Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
• Envisage by Peter Foldes
  Peter Foldes
  Peter Foldes, born in 1924 in Budapest, Hungary and died March 29, 1977 in Paris, was a director and animator of British nationality.-Biography:...
  
  
• Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
  Marcell Jankovics
  Marcell Jankovics is a Hungarian graphic artist, cartoon director, animator and author. He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short movie "Sisyphus".d That movie was used for a GMC Yukon Hybrid ad during the 2008 Super Bowl based on an agreement between the Hungarian film studio...
  
  
• Mao par lui-même by René Viénet
  René Viénet
  René Viénet is a French sinologist who is famous as a situationist writer and filmmaker. Viénet used the situationist technique of détournement — the diversion of already existing cultural elements to new subversive purposes.- Career :...
  
  
• Rumble by Jules Engel
  Jules Engel
  Jules Engel was a Jewish-Hungarian American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director, and teacher...
  
  
• Stille Post by Ivan Steiger
• Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
  Jean Pierre Lefebvre
  Jean Pierre Lefebvre is a French Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers....
  
  

Awards

• Palme d'Or
  Palme d'Or
  The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
  
  : Padre Padrone
  Padre Padrone
  Padre padrone is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside....
  
  by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
  Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are noted Italian film directors and screenwriters...
  
  
• Best Actor
  Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....
  
  : Fernando Rey
  Fernando Rey
  Fernando Casado Arambillet , best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States...
  
   for Elisa, vida mía
  Elisa, vida mía
  Elisa, vida mía is a 1977 Spanish drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura. The film stars Saura's long-term companion and frequent collaborator, Geraldine Chaplin...
  
  
• Best Actress
  Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
  The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....
  
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  • Shelley Duvall
    Shelley Duvall
    Shelley Alexis Duvall is an American film and television actress best known for her roles in The Shining, Popeye, Thieves Like Us and 3 Women....
    
     for 3 Women
    3 Women (film)
    3 Women is a 1977 American film directed by Robert Altman, starring Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Janice Rule. The story came directly from a dream Altman had, which he did not fully understand, but nonetheless adapted into a treatment, intending to film without a script...
    
    
  • Monique Mercure
    Monique Mercure
    Monique Mercure, is a Canadian actress.-Career:Mercure was born in Montreal, Quebec. At the 1977 Cannes Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress for the film J.A. Martin Photographer...
    
     for J.A. Martin photographe
    J.A. Martin Photographer
    J.A. Martin Photographer is a 1977 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress...
    
    
• Best Music: Norman Whitfield
  Norman Whitfield
  Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s...
  
   for Car Wash
• Technical Grand Prize: Car Wash by Michael Schultz
  Michael Schultz
  Michael Schultz is an American director and producer of film and television.-Life and career:Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances , a factory worker, and Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman...
  
  
• Best First Work: The Duellists
  The Duellists
  The Duellists is a 1977 historical drama film that was Ridley Scott's first feature film as a director. It won the Best Debut Film award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival...
  
  by Ridley Scott
  Ridley Scott
  Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
  
   (Unanimously)
• Short Film Palme d'Or
  Short Film Palme d'Or
  The Short Film Palme d'Or is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the same jury of the Cinéfondation....
  
  : Küzdök by Marcell Jankovics
  Marcell Jankovics
  Marcell Jankovics is a Hungarian graphic artist, cartoon director, animator and author. He received his Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short movie "Sisyphus".d That movie was used for a GMC Yukon Hybrid ad during the 2008 Super Bowl based on an agreement between the Hungarian film studio...
  
  
• Jury Prize - Best Short Film: Di Cavalcanti by Glauber Rocha
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Parallel Section: Kilenc hónap by Márta Mészáros
    Márta Mészáros
    Márta Mészáros is a Hungarian film director. She worked as an English Teachersmeaning? filmmaker in the 1960s, but in the following decade began making films drawing on the oppression of both state and gender...
    
    
  • Competition: Padre Padrone
    Padre Padrone
    Padre padrone is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside....
    
    by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
    Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
    Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are noted Italian film directors and screenwriters...
    
    
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
  • La dentellière
    The Lacemaker
    The Lacemaker is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellière by Pascal Lainé.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Pomme* Yves Beneyton - François...
    
    by Claude Goretta
    Claude Goretta
    Claude Goretta is an internationally successful television producer and film director. His 1981 film La provinciale was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
    
    
  • J.A. Martin photographe
    J.A. Martin Photographer
    J.A. Martin Photographer is a 1977 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress...
    
    by Jean Beaudin
    Jean Beaudin
    Jean Beaudin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress. The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure...
    
    

External links

• 1977 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1977 at Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...