1967 Cannes Film Festival
The 20th Cannes Film Festival was held from 27 April to 12 May 1967. The Grand Prix du Festival International du Film went to the Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni. The festival opened with J'ai tué Raspoutine, directed by Robert Hossein and closed with Batouk, directed by Jean Jacques Manigot.
Jury
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1967 film competition:Feature films
- Alessandro Blasetti Jury President
- Georges Lourau Vice President
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- René Bonnell
- Jean-Louis Bory
- Miklós Jancsó
- Claude Lelouch
- Shirley MacLaine
- Vincente Minnelli
- Georges Neveux
- Gian Luigi Rondi
- Ousmane Sembène
- Mark Turfkhuyer President
- Tahar Cheriaa
- André Coutant
- Zdravka Koleva
- Jean Schmidt
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film:- Accident by Joseph Losey
- Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni
- A Degree of Murder by Volker Schlöndorff
- Elvira Madigan by Bo Widerberg
- Entranced Earth by Glauber Rocha
- Hagbard and Signe by Gabriel Axel
- Hotel for Strangers by Antonín Máša
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies by Aleksandar Petrović
- L'immorale by Pietro Germi
- Katerina Izmailova by Mikhail Shapiro
- The Killing Game by Alain Jessua
- The Last Meeting by Antonio Eceiza
- My Love, My Love by Nadine Trintignant
- Misunderstood by Luigi Comencini
- Monday's Child by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Mouchette by Robert Bresson
- Pedro Páramo by Carlos Velo
- Ten Thousand Days by Ferenc Kósa
- Three Days and a Child by Uri Zohar
- Ulysses by Joseph Strick
- The Unknown Man of Shandigor by Jean-Louis Roy
- We Still Kill the Old Way by Elio Petri
- The Winds of the Aures by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- You're a Big Boy Now by Francis Ford Coppola
Films out of competition
- Batouk by Jean Jacques Manigot
- Closely Watched Trains by Jiří Menzel
- Le Conquérent de l'inutile by Marcel Ichac
- I Killed Rasputin by Robert Hossein
- Privilege by Peter Watkins
- Restauration du Grand Trianon by Pierre Zimmer
- War and Peace by Sergei Bondarchuk
Short film competition
- 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 King
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1967 Official selection awards:- 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
- Prix spécial du Jury: Ukamau by Jorge Sanjines
- 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
- 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
- Short film Technical Prize - Special Mention: Versailles by Albert Lamorisse
Independent awards
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- *Skupljači perja by Aleksandar Petrović
- *Terra em Transe by Glauber Rocha
- Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe by Gabriel Axel
- Mouchette by Robert Bresson
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