1980 Cannes Film Festival
The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The Palme d'Or went to the All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.
The festival opened with Fantastica, directed by Gilles Carle and closed with Sono fotogenico, directed by Dino Risi. The showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was interrupted by an electricians strike.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1980 feature film competition:Feature films
- Kirk Douglas Jury President
- Ken Adam
- Robert Benayoun
- Veljko Bulajić
- Leslie Caron
- Charles Champlin
- André Delvaux
- Gian Luigi Rondi
- Michael Spencer
- Albina du Boisrouvray
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
- Being There by Hal Ashby
- The Big Red One by Samuel Fuller
- Breaker Morant by Bruce Beresford
- Bye Bye Brasil by Carlos Diegues
- The Constant Factor by Krzysztof Zanussi
- Dedicatoria by Jaime Chávarri
- Ek Din Pratidin by Mrinal Sen
- Fantastica by Gilles Carle
- The Heiresses by Márta Mészáros
- Jaguar by Lino Brocka
- Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
- A Leap in the Dark by Marco Bellocchio
- The Long Riders by Walter Hill
- Loulou by Maurice Pialat
- The Missing Link by Picha
- Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
- Out of the Blue by Dennis Hopper
- Put on Ice by Bernhard Sinkel
- Sauve qui peut by Jean-Luc Godard
- Special Treatment by Goran Paskaljević
- La terrazza by Ettore Scola
- A Week's Vacation by Bertrand Tavernier
Un Certain Regard
- Ballad of Tara by Bahram Bayzai
- The Candidate by Volker Schlöndorff
- Christopher's House by Lars Lennart Forsberg
- Csontváry by Zoltán Huszárik
- Days of Dreams by Vlatko Gilić
- La femme enfant by Raphaële Billetdoux
- The Gamekeeper by Ken Loach
- by Annie Tresgot
- The Rabbit Case by Jaromil Jireš
- Sitting Ducks by Henry Jaglom
- To Love the Damned by Marco Tullio Giordana
- Ways in the Night by Krzysztof Zanussi
- The Willi Busch Report by Niklaus Schilling
Films out of competition
- Breaking Glass by Brian Gibson
- City of Women by Federico Fellini
- I'm Photogenic by Dino Risi
- Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders and Nicholas Ray
- Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King by Yan Ding Xian, Wang Shuchen and Jingda Xu
- Public Telephone by Jean-Marie Périer
- The Risk of Living by Gérald Calderon
- Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Stir by Stephen Wallace
- SuperTotò by Brando Giordani and Emilio Ravel
Short film competition
- 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
- 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
- Afternoon of War by Karl Francis
- Aziza by Abdellatif Ben Ammar
- The Blood Of Hussain by Jamil Dehlavi
- Carny by Robert Kaylor
- ' 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
- Die Patriotin by Alexander Kluge
- Pełnia by Andrzej Kondratiuk
- Prostitute by Tony Garnett
- Radio On by Christopher Petit
- Die Reinheit des Herzens by Robert van Ackeren
- Sonntagskinder by Michael Verhoeven
- Sunday Daughters by János Rózsa
- Union City by Marcus Reichert
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1980 awards:- Palme d'Or:
- *All That Jazz by Bob Fosse
- *Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa
- Grand Prix: Mon oncle d'Amérique 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: Constans by Krzysztof Zanussi
- Caméra d'Or: Adrien's Story by Jean-Pierre Denis
- 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
- Mon oncle d'Amérique by Alain Resnais
- Provincial Actors by Agnieszka Holland
- ' by Tizuka Yamasaki
- Technical Grand Prize: Le Risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: