1971 Cannes Film Festival

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 Short 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
 * Véra Volmane, Franch journalist - Jury President
 * Charles Duvanel, Swiss
 * Etienne Novella, Franch

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:


 * Le Chasseur by François Reichenbach
 * The Deadly Trap (La Maison sous les Arbres) by René Clément
 * The Friends (Les amis) by Gérard Blain
 * Gimme Shelter by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
 * The Hellstrom Chronicle by Walon Green
 * Narcissus by Peter Foldes
 * The Sacred Fire (Le feu sacré) by Vladimir Forgency
 * The Trojan Women by Michael Cacoyannis

Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


 * Astronaut Coffee Break by Edward Casazza
 * Centinelas del silencio by Robert Amram
 * Fair Play by Bronislaw Zeman
 * Hans Hartrung by Christian Ferlet
 * I mari della mia fantasia by Ernesto G. Laura
 * Jardin by Claude Champion
 * La fin du jeu by Renaud Walter
 * Le coeur renverse by Maurice Frydland
 * Memorial by James Allen
 * Mixed-Double by Bent Barfod
 * Patchwork by Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Daniel Suter, Manolo Otero, Gérald Poussin
 * Paul Delvaux, ou les femmes défendues by Henri Storck
 * Star Spangled Banner by Roger Flint
 * Stuiter by Jan Oonk
 * Une statuette by Carlos Vilardebo

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 10th International Critics' Week (10e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family by Morley Markson (Canada)
 * Bronco Bullfrog by Barney Platts-Mills (United Kingdom)
 * Expédition punitive by Magyar Dessö (Hungary)
 * I Love You, I Kill You by Uwe Brandner (West Germany)
 * Loving Memory by Tony Scott (United Kingdom)
 * A Matter of Life (Question de vie) by André Théberge (Canada)
 * Le Moindre geste by Jean-Pierre Daniel, Fernand Deligny (France)
 * Les Passagers by Annie Tresgot (Algeria)
 * Trash by Paul Morrissey (United States)
 * Viva la muerte by Fernando Arrabal (Tunisia, France)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1971 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * A Fable by Al Freeman Jr. (United States)
 * Are You Afraid? (Er i bange?) (doc.) by Henning Carlsen (Denmark)
 * Badou Boy by Djibril Diop Mambety (Senegal)
 * Bang Bang by Andréa Tonacci (Brazil)
 * Birds, Orphans and Fools (Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni) by Juraj Jakubisko (France, Czechoslovakia)
 * Brother Carl by Susan Sontag (Sweden)
 * The Ceremony (Gishiki) by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
 * Cleopatra by Michel Auder (United States)
 * The Cow (Gāv) by Dariush Mehrjui (Iran)
 * Cuadecuc, vampir by Pere Portabella (Spain)
 * Don't Deliver Us from Evil (Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal) by Joël Séria (France)
 * Du Cote D'Orouet by Jacques Rozier (France)
 * Dziura w ziemi by Andrzej Kondratiuk (Poland)
 * Agnus dei (Égi bárány) by Miklós Jancsó (Hungary)
 * Equinox (Equinozio) by Maurizio Ponzi (Italy)
 * Fata Morgana by Werner Herzog (West Germany)
 * Festival panafricain d'Alger 1969 (doc.) by William Klein (Algeria)
 * La fin des Pyrénées by Jean-Pierre Lajournade (France)
 * Four Nights of a Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un rêveur) by Robert Bresson (France)
 * Goin' Down the Road by Donald Shebib (Canada)
 * How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Como era gostoso o meu francês) by Nelson Pereira Dos Santos (Brazil)
 * It Is Necessary to Be Among the Peoples of the World to Know Them (Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir) by Fernand Dansereau (Canada)
 * Lea in Winter (Léa l'hiver) by Marc Monnet (France)
 * Lenz (1971 film) by George Moorse (West Germany)
 * The Machine by A. Shermann, J. Rozenberg (Switzerland)
 * Le Maître du temps (doc.) by Jean-Daniel Pollet (France)
 * Makin' It by Simon Hartog (United Kingdom)
 * Mare's Tail by David Larcher (United Kingdom)
 * Mathias Kneissl by Reinhard Hauff (West Germany)
 * México, la revolución congelada by Raymundo Gleyzer (Argentina)
 * O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil (Moi, Schizo) by Antônio Calmon (Brazil)
 * Ni vainqueurs, ni vaincus by A. Cabado, N. Spoliansky (Argentina)
 * Of Gods and the Undead (Os Deuses e os Mortos) by Ruy Guerra (Brazil)
 * The Past That Lives by Philo Bregstein (Netherlands)
 * Prea mic pentru un razboi atît de mare by Radu Gabrea (Romania)
 * Puntos suspensivos o Esperando a los bárbaros by Edgardo Cozarinsky (Argentina)
 * Rape (Voldtekt) by Anja Breien (Norway)
 * The Salamander (La salamandre) by Alain Tanner (Switzerland, France)
 * Sex Jack (Seikozu) by Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)
 * Staféta by András Kovács (Hungary)
 * The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach (Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach) by Volker Schlöndorff (West Germany)
 * Los testigos by Charles Elsesser (Chile)
 * Those Damned Savages (Les maudits sauvages) by Jean Pierre Lefebvre (Canada)
 * THX 1138 by George Lucas (United States)
 * Tokyo senso sengo hiwa by Nagisa Oshima (Japan)
 * Umut by Yılmaz Güney (Turkey)
 * Valparaiso, Valparaiso by Pascal Aubier (France)
 * Voto mas fusil by Helvio Soto (Chile)
 * W.R. - Misterije organizma by Dušan Makavejev (Yugoslavia)
 * Wanda by Barbara Loden (United States)

Short films

 * Apotheosis by John Lennon, Yoko Ono (United Kingdom)
 * Cannes, 70... by Jean-Paul Jaud (France)
 * Essai à la mille by Jean-Claude Labrecque (Canada)
 * Estado de sitio by Jaime Chávarri (Spain)
 * Grumes by Jean-Pierre Bonneau (France)
 * Habitude by Dan Wolman (Israel)
 * La belleza by Arturo Ripstein (Mexico)
 * La Pierre qui flotte by Jean-Jacques Andrien (Belgium)
 * Le Cri by Paul Dopff (France)
 * Le Vampire de la Cinémathèque by Roland Lethem (Belgium)
 * Le voyage du Lieutenant Le Bihan by László Szabó (France)
 * Les bulles du cardinal by Ody Roos (Luxembourg)
 * Meatdaze by Jeff Keen (United Kingdom)
 * Mégalodrame by Alain Colas (France)
 * Moment by Stephen Dwoskin (United Kingdom)
 * Monangambeee by Sarah Maldoror (Angola)
 * Mortem by Adam Schmedes (Denmark)
 * Okasareta hakui by Kōji Wakamatsu (Japan)
 * Please Don't Stand On My Sunshine by Ned McCann (Australia)
 * R.S.V.P. by W. Pinkston, J. Mason V. (United States)
 * Rosée Du Matin by Jean Dasque (France)
 * Sex by David Avidan (Israel)
 * Sur les traces de Baal by Abdellatif Ben Ammar (Tunisia)
 * Underground Again by Laure Guggenheim (France)
 * Venceremos] by Pedro Chaskel (Chile)
 * Viva Cariri by Geraldo Sarno (Brazil)

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

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

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)