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	Grand Prize of the Jury
	Jury Prize
	...Best Short Film
	Best Actor
	Best Actress
	Best Supporting Actor
	Best Supporting Actress
	Best Director
	Technical Grand Prize
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	Young Cinema Award
	FIPRESCI Prize
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Cannes Film Festival: 1979

Golden Palm

Date:	10 May - 24 May
Jury:	Françoise Sagan (France) (president); Sergio Amidei (Italy); Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud (Switzerland); Luis García Berlanga (Spain); Maurice Bessy (France); Paul Claudon (France); Jules Dassin (USA); Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács (Hungary); Robert Rozhdestvensky (Soviet Union) (author); Susannah York (UK)


Winners:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola - The film was screend as a work in progess. Blechtrommel, Die (1979) - Volker Schlöndorff
Other In-Competition Films:
	Arven (1979) - Anja Breien Bez znieczulenia (1978) - Andrzej Wajda Caro papà (1979) - Dino Risi China Syndrome, The (1979) - James Bridges (I) Days of Heaven (1978) - Terrence Malick Drôlesse, La (1979) - Jacques Doillon Europeans, The (1979) - James Ivory Ingorgo - Una storia impossibile, L' (1979) - Luigi Comencini Magyar rapszódia (1979) - Miklós Jancsó My Brilliant Career (1979) - Gillian Armstrong Norma Rae (1979) - Martin Ritt (I) Okupacija u 26 slika (1978) - Lordan Zafranovic Sibiriada (1979) - Andrei Konchalovsky Sobrevivientes, Los (1979) - Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Soeurs Brontë, Les (1979) - André Téchiné Série noire (1979) - Alain Corneau (I) Victoria (1979) - Bo Widerberg Vrouw tussen hond en wolf, Een (1979) - André Delvaux Woyzeck (1979) - Werner Herzog

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Harpya (1979) - Raoul Servais
Other In-Competition Films:
	Barbe bleue (1979/I) - Olivier Gillon (I) Bum (1979) - Bretislav Pojar Dame de Monte Carlo, La (1979) - Dominique Delouche Festa dels bojos, La (1979) - Lluis Racionero Grau Helping Hand (1979) - John P. Taylor; Zlatko Pavlinovic Mur, Le (1979) - Jan January Janczak Petite histoire un peu triste (1979) - Didier Pourcel Põld (1978) - Rein Raamat Waltzing Policemen, The (1979) - Kerry Feltham Zwei Frauen in der Oper (1979) - Christian Veit-Attendorff

Grand Prize of the Jury


Winner:
	Sibiriada (1979) - Andrei Konchalovsky

Jury Prize

Best Short Film


Winners:
	Bum (1979) - Bretislav Pojar Festa dels bojos, La (1979) - Lluis Racionero Grau

Best Actor


Winner:
	China Syndrome, The (1979) - Jack Lemmon (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Norma Rae (1979) - Sally Field

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Caro papà (1979) - Stefano Madia

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Woyzeck (1979) - Eva Mattes

Best Director


Winner:
	Days of Heaven (1978) - Terrence Malick

Technical Grand Prize


Winner:
	Norma Rae (1979) - Martin Ritt (I)

Golden Camera


Winner:
	Northern Lights (1978) - John Hanson (I); Rob Nilsson

Young Cinema Award


Winner:
	Drôlesse, La (1979) - Jacques Doillon

FIPRESCI Prize

Parallel Section


Winners:
	Angi Vera (1979) - Pál Gábor Black Jack (1979) - Ken Loach

Competition


Winner:
	Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury


Winner:
	Bez znieczulenia (1978) - Andrzej Wajda

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention


Winner:
	Arven (1979) - Anja Breien