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: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryAll That JazzBob FosseUnited StatesBeing ThereHal AshbyUnited StatesThe Big Red OneSamuel FullerBreaker MorantBruce BeresfordAustraliaBye Bye BrazilBye Bye BrasilCarlos DieguesBrazil, France, ArgentinaThe Constant FactorConstansKrzysztof ZanussiPolandDedicatoriaJaime ChávarriSpainEk Din Pratidinএক দিন প্রতিদিনMrinal SenIndiaFantastica (opening film)Gilles CarleFrance, CanadaThe HeiressesÖrökségMárta MészárosHungaryJaguarLino BrockaPhilippinesKagemusha影武者Akira KurosawaJapanA Leap in the DarkSalto nel vuotoMarco BellocchioItalyThe Long Riders Walter HillUnited StatesLoulou Maurice PialatFranceThe Missing LinkLe Chaînon manquantPichaBelgium, FranceMy American UncleMon oncle d'AmériqueAlain ResnaisFranceOut of the BlueDennis HopperUnited States, CanadaPut on IceKaltgestelltBernhard SinkelWest GermanyEvery Man for HimselfSauve qui peut (la vie)Jean-Luc GodardFrance, Austria, West Germany, SwitzerlandSpecial TreatmentПосебан третманGoran PaskaljevićYugoslaviaLa terrazzaEttore ScolaItalyA Week's VacationUne semaine de vacancesBertrand TavernierFrance
Un Certain Regard The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryBallad of Taraچریکه تاراBahram BeyzaiIranThe CandidateDer KandidatVolker SchlöndorffWest GermanyChristopher's HouseKristoffers husLars Lennart ForsbergSwedenCsontváry Zoltán HuszárikHungaryDays of DreamsДани од сноваVlatko GilićYugoslaviaLa femme enfant Die Stumme LiebeRaphaële BilletdouxFrance, West GermanyThe GamekeeperKen LoachUnited KingdomPortrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy WilderPortrait d'un homme 'à 60% parfait': Billy WilderAnnie Tresgot and Michel CimentFranceThe Rabbit CaseCausa králíkJaromil JirešCzechoslovakiaSitting DucksHenry JaglomUnited StatesTo Love the DamnedMaledetti vi ameròMarco Tullio GiordanaItalyWege in der NachtKrzysztof ZanussiWest GermanyThe Willi Busch ReportDer Willi-Busch-ReportNiklaus Schilling
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryBreaking GlassBrian GibsonUnited KingdomCity of WomenLa città delle donneFederico FelliniItalyI'm Photogenic (closing film)Sono fotogenicoDino RisiLightning Over WaterWim Wenders and Nicholas RayWest Germany, SwedenNezha Conquers the Dragon King哪吒闹海Wang Shuchen, Yan Dingxian, Xu JingdaChinaPublic TelephoneTéléphone publicJean-Marie PérierFranceThe Risk of LivingLe risque de vivreGérald CalderonStalkerСталкерAndrei TarkovskySoviet UnionStirStephen WallaceAustraliaSuperTotòBrando Giordani and Emilio RavelItaly
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 (19e Semaine de la Critique): 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 (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): 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
Short films 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 (unanimously) 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 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
FIPRESCI Prizes My American Uncle by Alain Resnais (In competition) Provincial Actors by Agnieszka Holland (International Critics' Week) Gaijin: Roads to Freedom by Tizuka Yamasaki (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: Le Risque de vivre by Gérald Calderon (out of competition)
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury The Constant Factor by Krzysztof Zanussi
References
Media INA: Joint Palme d'Or to Akira Kurosawa and Bob Fosse (Dirk Bogarde and Kirk Douglas present the Palme d'Or to Akira Kurosawa for "Kagemusha" and to Bob Fosse for "All That Jazz" - commentary in French) INA: Chronicle of the 1980 Festival (commentary in French)
External links 1980 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive) Official website Retrospective 1980 Cannes Film Festival:1980 at Internet Movie Database