The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976. American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition.
American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Taxi Driver.
A new non-competitive section, L'Air du temps, focused on contemporary subjects was introduced. This section, along with sections Les Yeux fertiles of the previous edition were later integrated into Un Certain Regard section in 1978.
The festival opened with That's Entertainment, Part II by Gene Kelly, and closed with Family Plot by Alfred Hitchcock.
Juries
Main Competition
- Tennessee Williams, American author - Jury President
- Jean Carzou, French painter
- Costa-Gavras, Greek-French filmmaker
- Mario Cecchi Gori, Italian producer
- András Kovács, Hungarian filmmaker
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author
- Charlotte Rampling, British actress
- Lorenzo López Sancho, Spanish journalist
- Georges Schéhadé, Lebanese author
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
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 15th International Critics' Week (15e Semaine de la Critique):
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1976 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- Short films
Official Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese
- Grand Prix:
- Cría Cuervos by Carlos Saura
- The Marquise of O by Éric Rohmer
- Best Director: Ettore Scola for Down and Dirty
- Best Actress:
- Dominique Sanda for The Inheritance
- Mari Törőcsik for Mrs. Dery Where Are You?
- Best Actor: José Luis Gómez for Pascual Duarte
Short Film Palme d'Or
- Metamorphosis by Barry Greenwald
- Jury Prize:
- Agulana by Gérald Frydman
- Nightlife by Robin Lehman
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prize
- Kings of the Road by Wim Wenders (Unanimously) (In competition)
- Strongman Ferdinand by Alexander Kluge
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Michel Fano (sound) for The Claw and the Tooth
References
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1976 festival (commentary in French)
- INA: The wonders of the music hall at Cannes (commentary in French)
External links
- 1976 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1976
- Cannes Film Festival:1976 Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database
