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1983 Cannes Film Festival

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1983 Cannes Film Festival
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The 36th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1983. American author William Styron served as jury president for the main competition.

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Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Ballad of Narayama.[4][5]

In 1983, the festival's new main building, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaugurated.[6] Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it The Bunker.[7]

The festival opened with The King of Comedy by Martin Scorsese,[8][9] and closed with WarGames by John Badham.[10][11]

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Juries

Main competition

Camera d'Or

  • Bernard Jubard, French - Jury President
  • Philippe Carcassonne, French producer
  • Dan Fainaru, Israeli
  • Monique Grégoire, French
  • Alexis Grivas, Mexican
  • Adrienne Hancia, American
  • Jean-Daniel Simon, French filmmaker
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Official selection

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In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

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Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]

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Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

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Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

  • Ad astra by Ferenc Cakó
  • Un Arrivo by Dominique De Fazio
  • The Butterfly by Dieter Müller
  • Don Kichot by Krzysztof Raynoch
  • L'Égout by Maria Eugenia Santos
  • La Fonte de Barlaeus by Pierre-Henry Salfati
  • Haast een hand by Gerrit van Dijk, Jacques Overtoom, Peter Sweenen
  • Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
  • The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller
  • Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham
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Parallel sections

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International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique):[13]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]

Short films
  • Alchimie by Michèle Miron, Richard Clark
  • Conte Obscur by Manuel Gómez
  • Dédicace by Marie Brazeau
  • The Life And Death of Joe Soap by Lewis John Cooper
  • Phalloctere by Manuel Gómez
  • Saudade by Carlos Porto de Andrade Jr, Leonardo Crescenti Neto

Official Awards

In Competition

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

  • Je sais que j'ai tort mais demandez à mes copains ils disent la même chose by Pierre Levy
  • Jury Prize:
    • The Only Forgotten Take of Casablanca by Charly Weller
    • Too Much Oregano by Kerry Feltham
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Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

References

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