1967 Cannes Film Festival
The 20th Cannes Film Festival took place from 27 April to 12 May 1967. Italian filmmaker Alessandro Blasetti served as jury president for the main competition.
The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, then the festival's main prize, was awarded to Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni.
The festival opened with I Killed Rasputin by Robert Hossein, and closed with Batouk by Jean Jacques Manigot.
Juries
Main Competition
- Alessandro Blasetti, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Georges Lourau, French producer - Jury Vice-President
- Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet actor and filmmaker
- René Bonnell, French
- Jean-Louis Bory, French journalist and writer
- Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian filmmaker
- Claude Lelouch, French filmmaker
- Shirley MacLaine, American actress
- Vincente Minnelli, American filmmaker
- Georges Neveux, French writer
- Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian writer
- Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese filmmaker
Short Films Competition
- Mark Turfkhuyer, Belgian journalist - Jury President
- Tahar Cheriaa, Tunisian
- André Coutant, French technician
- Zdravka Koleva, Bulgarian
- Jean Schmidt, French
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:- 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 :The Bell by Yukio Aoshima L'Horizon by Jacques Rouffio Jozsef Katis by Wim Verstappen Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator by Dusan Makavejev The Times That Are by Pierre Perrault Rondo by Zvonimir Berkovic Trio by Gianfranco Mingozzi Ukamau by Jorge Sanjinés Aramayo Warrendale by Allan KingOfficial Awards
Main Competition
- Grand Prix International du Festival: Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
- Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
- *Accident by Joseph Losey
- *I Even Met Happy Gypsies by Aleksandar Petrović
- Best Director: Ferenc Kósa for Ten Thousand Days
- Best Screenplay:
- *Elio Petri for We Still Kill the Old Way
- *Alain Jessua for The Killing Game
- 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 by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Short Films Competition
- 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
- *Special Mention: Versailles by Albert Lamorisse
Independent Awards
[FIPRESCI Prize]
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe by Gabriel Axel