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The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 27 May 1971. The Palme d'Or went to The Go-Between by Joseph Losey.
The festival opened with Gimme Shelter, a documentary about English rock band the Rolling Stones directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and closed with Les mariés de l'an II, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The festival paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor.
Juries
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1971 film competition:
Feature Films
Michèle Morgan, French actress - Jury President
Pierre Billard, French journalist and film critic
Michael Birkett, British film producer
Anselmo Duarte, Brazilian filmmaker
István Gaál, Hungarian filmmaker
Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker
Aleksandar Petrović, Yugoslav filmmaker
Maurice Rheims, French art historian and novelist
Erich Segal, American author
Short Films
Véra Volmane, Franch journalist - Jury President
Charles Duvanel, Swiss
Etienne Novella, Franch
Official selection
= In Competition – Feature film
=The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix International du Festival:
Apokal by Paul Anczykowski
Between Miracles (Per grazia ricevuta) by Nino Manfredi
The Boat on the Grass (Le Bateau sur l'herbe) by Gérard Brach
La califfa by Alberto Bevilacqua
Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) by Luchino Visconti
Drive, He Said by Jack Nicholson
Family Life (Życie rodzinne) by Krzysztof Zanussi
The Flight (Beg) by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov
The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
Goya, a Story of Solitude (Goya, historia de una soledad) by Nino Quevedo
Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Loot by Silvio Narizzano
Love (Szerelem) by Károly Makk
The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les mariés de l'an II) by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Mira by Fons Rademakers
Murmur of the Heart (Le souffle au cœur) by Louis Malle
The Panic in Needle Park by Jerry Schatzberg
Pindorama by Arnaldo Jabor
Raphael, or The Debauched One (Raphaël ou le débauché) by Michel Deville
Sacco & Vanzetti (Sacco e Vanzetti) by Giuliano Montaldo
Sick Animals (Animale bolnave) by Nicolae Breban
A Soul to Devils (Yami no naka no chimimoryo) by Kō Nakahira
Taking Off by Miloš Forman
Wake in Fright by Ted Kotcheff
Walkabout by Nicolas Roeg
= 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:
Parallel Sections
= International Critics' Week
=The following feature films were screened for the 10th International Critics' Week (10e Semaine de la Critique):
= Directors' Fortnight
=The following films were screened for the 1971 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Short films
Official Awards
The following films and people received the 1971 Official selection awards:
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The Go-Between by Joseph Losey
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury:
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Taking Off by Miloš Forman
Best Actress: Kitty Winn for The Panic in Needle Park
Best Actor: Riccardo Cucciolla for Sacco e Vanzetti
Jury Prize:
Joe Hill by Bo Widerberg
Szerelem by Károly Makk
Best First Work: Between Miracles by Nino Manfredi
25th Anniversary Prize: Death in Venice by Luchino Visconti
= Short Films
=Prix spécial du Jury: Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
Special Mention:
Stuiter by Jan Oonk
Une Statuette by Carlos Vilardebó
Independent Awards
= FIPRESCI
=FIPRESCI Prize: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
= Commission Supérieure Technique
=Technical Grand Prize: The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
= OCIC Award
=Szerelem by Károly Makk
= Other Awards
=Special Mention: Lili Darvas and Mari Törőcsik, the lead actresses in Szerelem
References
Media
INA: 25th Cannes Film Festival (commentary in French)
INA: Michèle Morgan, president of the 1971 jury (commentary in French)
INA: About the film The Go-Between by Joseph Losey (interview in French and English)
External links
1971 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1971 Archived 2019-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1971 at Internet Movie Database