1978 Cannes Film Festival

Main Competition • Alan J. Pakula, American filmmaker - Jury President • Franco Brusati, Italian filmmaker • François Chalais, French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian • Michel Ciment, French film critic • Claude Goretta, Swiss filmmaker • Andrei Konchalovsky, Soviet filmmaker • Harry Saltzman, Canadian producer • Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress • Georges Wakhévitch, French art director ==Official selection==

In Competition The following feature films competed for the ''Palme d'Or'': Un Certain Regard The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section: 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: • Christmas Morning by Tiernan MacBride • A Doonesbury Special by John Hubley • Letter to a Friend by Sonia Hofmann • Maladie by Paul Vecchiali • Oh My Darling by Børge Ring • The Oriental Nightfish by Ian Emes • ''Le Serpentine d'oro'' by Anna Maria Tatò • ''La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame'' by Jean-François Laguionie • Uj lakok by Liviusz Gyulai ==Parallel sections==

International Critics' Week The following feature films were screened for the 17th International Critics' Week (17e Semaine de la Critique): • Alambrista! by Robert Young (United States) • A Breach in the Wall (Une Brèche dans le mur) by Jillali Ferhati (Morocco) • Fragrance of Wild Flowers (Miris poljskog cveca) by Srđan Karanović (Yugoslavia) • Jubilee by Derek Jarman (United Kingdom) • One and One (En och en) by Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist & Ingrid Thulin (Sweden) • Roberte by Robert Zucca (France) • This Is the Night (Per questa notte) by Carlo di Carlo (Italy) • '' (Die Frau gegenüber'') by Hans Noever (West Germany) Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 1978 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): • Alicia en la España de las maravillas by Jordi Feliu • Bilbao by Bigas Luna • Fine Manners (Les belles manières) by Jean-Claude Guiguet • Los Gaminos by Ciro Duran • The Getting of Wisdom by Bruce Beresford • Girlfriends by Claudia Weill • '''' by Reinhard Hauff • Los Hijos de Fierro by Fernando Solanas • The Holy Alliance (A Santa Aliança) by Eduardo Geada • Insiang by Lino Brocka • The Mafu Cage by Karen Arthur • Mother and Daughter (Maternale) by Giovanna Gagliardo • Oka Oori Katha by Mrinal Sen • One and One (En och en) by Erland Josephson, Sven Nykvist, Ingrid Thulin • '' (El regno di Napoli'') by Werner Schroeter • Renaldo and Clara by Bob Dylan • Rocking Horse (Susetz) by Yaky Yosha • The Scenic Route by Mark Rappaport • A Summer Rain (Chuvas de Verão) by Carlos Diegues • I Vecchi e I Giovani by Marco Leto • Zoo Zéro by Alain Fleischer ==Official Awards==

, Jury President , ''Palme d'Or'' winner In Competition The following films and people received the 1978 Official selection awards: • ''Palme d'Or: The Tree of Wooden Clogs'' by Ermanno Olmi • Grand Prix: • Bye Bye Monkey by Marco Ferreri • The Shout by Jerzy Skolimowski • Best Director: Nagisa Ōshima for Empire of Passion • Best Actress: • Jill Clayburgh for An Unmarried Woman • Isabelle Huppert for Violette Nozière • Best Actor: Jon Voight for Coming Home === ''Caméra d'Or'' === • Alambrista! by Robert M. Young === Short Film Palme d'Or === • Rowing Across the Atlantic by Jean-François Laguionie • Jury Prize: • A Doonesbury Special by John Hubley, Faith Hubley and Garry Trudeau • Oh My Darling by Børge Ring == Independent awards ==

=== FIPRESCI Prize === • Man of Marble by Andrzej Wajda (Un Certain Regard - Unanimously) • Fragrance of Wild Flowers by Srdjan Karanovic (International Critics' Week) Commission Supérieure Technique • Technical Grand Prize: Pretty Baby by Louis Malle === Prize of the Ecumenical Jury === • The Tree of Wooden Clogs by Ermanno Olmi ==Cultural references==

Michael Ritchie's 1979 film An Almost Perfect Affair, a romantic comedy starring Keith Carradine and Monica Vitti, features several scenes shot on location in Cannes while the 1978 Festival was taking place. A number of prominent actors, directors and journalists who attended that year made cameo appearances in the film, including Rona Barrett, Farrah Fawcett, Brooke Shields, George Peppard, Paul Mazursky, Sergio Leone, Marco Ferreri, Rex Reed and Edy Williams. ==References==

• INA: Opening of the 1978 Festival (commentary in French) • INA: Chronicle of the 1978 Cannes Festival (commentary in French) == External links ==