1980 Cannes Film Festival
The 33rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 and 23 May 1980. American actor Kirk Douglas served as jury president for the main competition. During the festival the showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was notoriously interrupted by an electricians strike.
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.
The festival opened with Fantastica by Gilles Carle, and closed with I'm Photogenic by Dino Risi.
Juries
Main Competition
- Kirk Douglas, American actor - Jury President
- Ken Adam, British production designer
- Robert Benayoun, French film critic and author
- Veljko Bulajić, Yugoslavian filmmaker
- Leslie Caron, French actress and dancer
- Charles Champlin, American film critic and writer
- André Delvaux, Belgium filmmaker
- Albina du Boisrouvray, French producer
- Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian writer
- Michael Spencer, Canadian producer and filmmaker
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:- Arrêt momentané by Marie-France Siegler
- The Beloved by Michel Bouchard
- The Performer by Norma Bailey
- Grandomaniya by Nikolay Todorov
- Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
- Magyar kepek by Csaba Szórády
- La Petite enfance du cinéma by Joël Farges
- Rails by Manolo Otero
- Scheherazade by Susan Casey and Nancy Naschke
- Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
- Sky Dance by Faith Hubley
- Z górki by Marian Cholerek
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 19th International Critics' Week :- Adrien's Story by Jean-Pierre Denis
- Babylon by Franco Rosso
- Best Boy by Ira Wohl
- Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy by Salvatore Piscicelli
- Provincial Actors by Agnieszka Holland
- The Nineteen Year-Old's Map by Mitsuo Yanagimachi
- Ticket of No Return by Ulrike Ottinger
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1980 Directors' Fortnight :- Afternoon of War by Karl Francis
- Aziza by Abdellatif Ben Ammar
- The Blood Of Hussain by Jamil Dehlavi
- Carny by Robert Kaylor
- Gaijin: Roads to Freedom by Tizuka Yamasaki
- Gal Young Un by Victor Nuñez
- The Handyman by Micheline Lanctôt
- Hazal by Ali Ozgentürk
- Morning Undersea by Lauro Antonio
- Manoa by Solveig Hoogesteijn
- Mater Amatisima by José A. Salgot
- Oggetti Smarriti by Giuseppe Bertolucci
- Opname by Erik van Zuylen and Marja Kok
- Order by Sohrab Shahid Saless
- ' by Alexander Kluge
- Pełnia by Andrzej Kondratiuk
- Prostitute by Tony Garnett
- Radio On by Christopher Petit
- ' by Robert van Ackeren
- Sunday Children by Michael Verhoeven
- Sunday Daughters by János Rózsa
- Union City by Marcus Reichert
- Noticiero Incine by Frank Pineda and Ramiro Lacayo
- Ovtcharsko by Christo Kovatchev
- Vietnam, voyage dans le temps by Edgar Telles Ribeiro
Official Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or:
- *All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
- *Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
- Grand Prix: My American Uncle by Alain Resnais
- Best Screenplay: Ettore Scola, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli for La terrazza
- Best Actress: Anouk Aimée for A Leap in the Dark
- Best Actor: Michel Piccoli for A Leap in the Dark
- Best Supporting Actress: Milena Dravić for Special Treatment & Carla Gravina for La terrazza
- Best Supporting Actor: Jack Thompson for Breaker Morant
- Jury Prize: The Constant Factor by Krzysztof Zanussi
''[Caméra d'Or]''
[Short Film Palme d'Or]
- Seaside Woman by Oscar Grillo
- Jury Prize: Canada Vignettes: The Performer by Norma Bailey & Krychle by Zdenek Smetana
Independent Awards
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My American Uncle by Alain Resnais Provincial Actors by Agnieszka Holland Gaijin: Roads to Freedom by Tizuka Yamasaki''Commission Supérieure Technique''
- Technical Grand Prize: Le Risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon