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1970 Cannes Film Festival

The 23rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 18 May 1970. Guatemalan author and Nobel Prize laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias served as jury president for the main competition.

Juries
Main Competition Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan author, diplomat and Nobel Prize laureate - Jury President • Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic • Kirk Douglas, American actor • Christine Gouze-Rénal, French producer • Vojtěch Jasný, Czechoslovak filmmaker • Félicien Marceau, French playwright • Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppeteer • Karel Reisz, British filmmaker • Volker Schlöndorff, West-German filmmaker Short Films Competition • Fred Orain, producer • Jerzy Płażewski, Polish film critic • Vincio Delleani, Italian ==Official selection==
Official selection
In Competition The following feature films competed for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: Short Films Competition The following short films competed for the Prix du Jury: ==Parallel sections==
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 9th International Critics' Week (9e Semaine de la Critique): Directors' Fortnight The following films were screened for the 1970 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): • A nous deux, France by Désiré Ecaré (Ivory Coast, France) • The Age of the Fish by Roland Gall (West Germany) • ''L'Araignée d'eau'' by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (France) • Arthur Penn: Themes, Variants, Images & Words [doc.) by Robert Hughes (United States) • Bhuvan Shome by Mrinal Sen (India) • Caliche sangriento by Helvio Soto (Chile) • The Year of the Cannibals by Liliana Cavani (Italy) • Cowards by Simon Nuchtern (United States) • Des Christs par milliers by Philippe Arthuys (France) • Détruisez-vous by Serge Bard (France) • Don Giovanni by Carmelo Bene (Italy) • '''' by Werner Schroeter (West Germany) • End Of The Road by Aram Avakian (United States) • Entre tu et vous by Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx (Canada) • ''L'Escadron Volapük'' by René Gilson (France) • ''L'Étrangleur'' by Paul Vecchiali (France) • Even Dwarfs Started Small (Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen) by Werner Herzog (West Germany) • Un Film by Sylvina Boissonnas (France) • Fuoricampo by Peter Del Monte (Italy) • Give God a Chance on Sunday (Dieu existe tous les dimanches) by Henrik Stangerup (Denmark) • Handcuffs (Lisice) by Krsto Papić (Yugoslavia) • La Hora de los niños by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico) • The House of Light (La Chambre Blanche) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada) • The Howl (''L'urlo'') by Tinto Brass (Italy) • The Inheritors (Os Herdeiros) by Carlos Diegues (Brazil) • James ou pas by Michel Soutter (Switzerland) • Jänken by Lars Forsberg (Sweden) • Jutrzenka by Jaime Camino (Spain) • Killed the Family and Went to the Movies (Matou a Família e Foi ao Cinema) by Júlio Bressane (Brazil) • Macunaíma by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade (Brazil) • A Married Couple (doc.) by Allan King (Canada) • Molo by Wojciech Solarz (Poland) • My Friend Pierrette (Mon amie Pierrette) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada) • ''L'Odyssée du général José'' by Jorge Fraga (Cuba) • ''L'Opium et le Bâton'' by Ahmed Rachedi (Algeria) • Palaver by Emile Degelin (Belgium) • Paradise Now (doc.) by Sheldon Rochlin (United Kingdom) • Portrait by Jérôme Hill (United States) • Une Pulsation by Carlos Paez Vilaro and Gérard Levy-Clerc (France, Uruguay) • Putney Swope by Robert Downey Sr. (United States) • Q-Bec My Love by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada) • Reason Over Passion by Joyce Wieland (Canada) • Reconstituirea by Lucian Pintilie (Romania) • Le Révélateur by Philippe Garrel (France) • Right On by Herbert Danska (United States) • Ruchome piaski by Władysław Ślesicki (Poland) • School Play by Charles Rydell (United States) • Som Natt Och Dag by Jonas Cornell (Sweden) • Struktura kryształu by Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland) • Sweet Hunters (Ternos caçadores) by Ruy Guerra (Panama) • ''Troupe d'élite, fleur de Marie'' by Oimel Mai (West Germany) • Valparaíso, mi amor by Aldo Francia (Chile) • Wind from the East (''Le Vent d'est'') by Jean-Luc Godard (Italy) • Les Yeux ne veulent pas en tout temps se fermer by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet (West Germany) :Short films20 September by Kurt Kren (France) • Aaa by Dieter Meier (France) • Ai Love by Takahiko Limura (France) • All My Life by Bruce Baillie (United States) • American Woman by Bruce E. Meintjies (United States) • Back And Forth by Michael Snow (United States) • Bartleby 1970 by Jean-Pierre Bastid (France) • Béjart by Atahualpa Lichy (France, Venezuela) • Berkeley by Patrick Reynolds (United States) • Bliss by Gregory Markopoulos (France) • Cosinus Alpha by Kurt Kren (France) • Das Sonnenbad by Bernd Upnmoor (West Germany) • David Perry by Albie Thoms (Australia) • Dimanche Après-midi by Stéphane Kurc (France) • Disson. Zeitreih by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France) • Eros, O Basil by Gregory Markopoulos (France) • Faces by John Moore and Takahiko Limura (France) • Fenstergucker by Kurt Kren (France) • Film Oder Macht by Vlado Kristl (France) • Georges Albert, Aventurier by Daniel Edinger (France) • In The Void by Ronald Bijlsma (Netherlands) • ''It's So Peaceful'' by Fritz André Kracht (France) • La Bergère En Colère by Francis Warin (France) • La Cazadora Inconsciente by Rafael R. Balerdi (Spain) • La Question ordinaire by Claude Miller (France) • La Tête Froide by Patrick Hella (Belgium) • Labyrinthe by Piotr Kamler (France) • Le Coo by Paul Dopff (France) • Le Voyage De M. Guitton by Pascal Aubier (France) • Les Trois Cousins by René Vautier (France) • Manha Cinzenta by Olney A. Sau Paulo (Brazil) • Mauern by Kurt Kren (France) • Messages, Messages by Steven Arnold (United States) • One More Time by Daniel Pommereulle (France) • Papa und Mama by Kurt Kren (France) • Park Rape by Jon Beckjord (United States) • Piece Mandala by Paul Sharits (France) • Play 4 + 5 by Klaus Schönherr (France) • Portrait D. Cor by Klaus Schönherr (France) • Portraits by Gregory Markopoulos (France) • S.W.B. by Gérard Pires (France) • Scenes From by Stan Brakhage (France) • Selbst Verst by Selbst Verst (France) • Sodoma by Otto Muehl (France) • ''Some Won't Go'' by Gil Toff (United States) • Still Nacht by Hans Peter Kochenrath (France) • Stock Exchange Transplant by Douglas Collins (United States) • T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G by Paul Sharits (France) • Talla by Malcolm Le Grice (France) • The Mechanical Man by Ronald Fritz (United States) • Underground Explosion by Kurt Kren (France) • Vite by Daniel Pommereulle (France) • Work In Progress by W. Hein and G. Hein (France) • Zelenka by Robert Rosen (United States) == Official Awards ==
Official Awards
, Jury President Main CompetitionGrand Prix du Festival International du Film: M*A*S*H by Robert AltmanGrand Prix Spécial du Jury: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion by Elio PetriBest Director: John Boorman for Leo the LastBest Actress: Ottavia Piccolo for MetelloBest Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for The Pizza TriangleJury Prize: • The Falcons by István GaálThe Strawberry Statement by Stuart HagmannBest First Work: Hoa-Binh by Raoul Coutard Short Films Competition Prix du Jury: The Magic Machines by Bob Curtis • Special Mention: Et Salammbo? by Jean-Pierre Richard == Independent Awards ==
Independent Awards
=== FIPRESCI Prize === • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion by Elio Petri Commission Supérieure Technique Technical Grand Prize: Le Territoire des autres by François Bel ==References==
Media
• INA: Opening of the 1970 Cannes Festival (commentary in French) ==External links==
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