1982 Cannes Film Festival
The 35th Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 26 May 1982. Italian opera and theatre director Giorgio Strehler served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to Missing by Costa-Gavras and Yol by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören.
The festival opened with the 1916 film Intolerance by D. W. Griffith, and closed with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg.
Juries
In Competition
- Giorgio Strehler, Italian opera and theatre director - Jury President
- Jean-Jacques Annaud, French filmmaker and producer
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Italian writer
- Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
- Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian author
- Florian Hopf, West-German
- Sidney Lumet, American filmmaker
- Mrinal Sen, Indian filmmaker
- Claude Soulé, French CST official
- René Thévenet, French producer
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:''Un Certain Regard''
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:- Bumerang by Zsuzsanna Zsáky
- The Cooler by Lol Creme and Kevin Godley
- Elsa by Marja Pensala
- Meow by Marcos Magalhães
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or by Arthur Joffé
- Sans préavis by Michel Gauthier
- Szarnyaslenyek boltja by Laszlo Halmai
- Ted Baryluk's Grocery by John Paskievich, Mike Mirus
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 21st International Critics' Week :- The Angel by Patrick Bokanowski
- Czułe miejsca by Piotr Andrejew
- Dhil al ardh by Taieb Louhichi
- Half a Life by Romain Goupil
- Jom by Ababacar Samb-Makharam
- The Painter by Güran Du Rees and Christina Olofson
- Parti sans laisser d'adresse by Jacqueline Veuve
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1982 Directors' Fortnight :Arais Min Kassab by Jillali FerhatiAt by Ali OzgentürkBatch '81 by Mike De LeonBolivar, Sinfonia Tropical by Diego RisquezDaimler-Benz Limousine by Filip BajonDakhal by Goutam GhoseFalensterul by Savel StiopulLa Familia Orozco by Jorge ReyesHeatwave by Philip NoyceIndia, Daughter of the Sun by Fabio BarretoKaliyugaya by Lester James PeriesKisapmata by Mike De LeonLes Papiers d'Aspern by Eduardo de GregorioThe Scarecrow by Sam PillsburySekka Tomurai Zashi by Yoichi TakabayashiThe Story Of Woo Viet by Ann HuiTime Stands Still by Peter GotharToo Far to Go by Fielder CookLa vela incantata by Gianfranco MingozziWild Flowers by Jean Pierre LefebvreBogus by Ghislain Honoré, Jacques LizziCarry On Britannia by Stuart RumensCoeurs Marins by Carlos Pedro de Andrade JrFaces by Gratia Plena by Sopa de Pollo de Mama by Carlos CastilloOfficial Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or:
- *Missing by Costa Gavras
- *Yol by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören
- Grand Prix: The Night of the Shooting Stars by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Best Director: Werner Herzog for Fitzcarraldo
- Best Screenplay: Jerzy Skolimowski for Moonlighting
- Best Actress: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak for Another Way
- Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Missing
- Best Artistic Contribution: Bruno Nuytten for Invitation au voyage
- 35th Anniversary Prize: Identification of a Woman by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Honorary Award: Hommage à Satyajit Ray
''[Caméra d'Or]''
[Short Film Palme d'Or]
- Merlin ou le cours de l'or by Arthur JofféJury Prize: Meow by Marcos Magalhães
Independent Awards
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''Commission Supérieure Technique''
- Technical Grand Prize: Raoul Coutard for ''Passion''
[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]
The Night of the Shooting Stars by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani- * Special Mention:
- ** Shadow of the Earth by Taieb Louhichi
- ** Yol by Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Time Stands Still by Péter Gothár
- French Film: Half a Life by Romain Goupil