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.A.H. Weiler, The Flight Plan of 'Peter Pan' , New York Times. pp. 11. 27 November February 1966. Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
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: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAccidentJoseph LoseyUnited KingdomBlowupMichelangelo AntonioniUnited Kingdom, Italy The ClimaxL'immoralePietro GermiItalyDegree of MurderMord und TotschlagVolker SchlöndorffWest GermanyElvira MadiganBo WiderbergSwedenEntranced EarthTerra em TranseGlauber RochaBrazilHagbard and SigneDen røde kappe / Den röda kappan / Rauða skikkjanGabriel AxelDenmark, Sweden, IcelandHotel for StrangersHotel pro cizinceAntonín MášaCzechoslovakiaI Even Met Happy GypsiesСкупљачи перјаAleksandar PetrovićYugoslaviaKaterina IzmailovaКатерина ИзмайловаMikhail ShapiroSoviet UnionThe Killing GameJeu de massacreAlain JessuaFranceThe Last MeetingÚltimo encuentroAntonio EceizaSpainMy Love, My LoveMon amour, mon amourNadine TrintignantFranceMisunderstoodIncompresoLuigi ComenciniItalyMonday's ChildLa chica del lunesLeopoldo Torre NilssonArgentinaMouchetteRobert BressonFrancePedro PáramoCarlos VeloMexicoTen Thousand DaysTízezer napFerenc KósaHungaryThree Days and a Childשלושה ימים וילדUri ZoharIsraelUlyssesJoseph StrickIreland, United Kingdom, United StatesThe Unknown Man of ShandigorL'Inconnu de ShandigorJean-Louis RoySwitzerlandWe Still Kill the Old WayA ciascuno il suoElio PetriItalyThe Winds of the Auresريح الاوراسMohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeriaYou're a Big Boy NowFrancis Ford CoppolaUnited States
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryBatouk (closing film)Jean Jacques ManigotFranceClosely Watched TrainsOstre sledované vlakyJiří MenzelCzechoslovakiaLe Conquérent de l'inutile (A la mémoire de Lionel Terray)Marcel IchacFranceI Killed Rasputin (opening film)J'ai tué RaspoutineRobert HosseinFrance, ItalyPrivilegePeter WatkinsUnited KingdomRestauration du Grand TrianonPierre ZimmerFranceWar and PeaceВойна и мирSergei BondarchukSoviet Union
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 (6e Semaine de la Critique):
The Bell (Kane) by Yukio Aoshima (Japan) L'Horizon by Jacques Rouffio (France) Jozsef Katis by Wim Verstappen (Netherlands) Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (Ljubavni slučaj ili tragedija službenice P.T.T.) by Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia) The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) by Pierre Perrault (Canada) Rondo by Zvonimir Berkovic (Yugoslavia) Trio by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy) Ukamau by Jorge Sanjinés Aramayo (Bolivia) Warrendale by Allan King (Canada)
Official 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 I Even Met Happy Gypsies by Aleksandar Petrović Entranced Earth by Glauber Rocha
Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize - Special Mention: Hagbard and Signe by Gabriel Axel
OCIC Award Mouchette by Robert Bresson
References
Media INA: Opening of the 1967 festival (commentary in French)
External links 1967 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1967 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1967 at Internet Movie Database