Awards for 1981

Grand Prize of the Jury

WINNER

Light Years Away: Alain Tanner

Jury Prize

Best Short Film

WINNERS

Zea: André Leduc
Le rat: Elisabeth Huppert

Best Actor

WINNER

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man: Ugo Tognazzi

Best Actress

WINNER

Quartet, Possession: Isabelle Adjani

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Chariots of Fire: Ian Holm

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

Faktas: Elena Solovey

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Mephisto: István Szabó

Best Artistic Contribution

WINNER

Excalibur: John Boorman

Technical Grand Prize

WINNER

Bolero: unknown
For the sound quality.

Golden Camera

WINNER

Desperado City: Vadim Glowna

Young Cinema Award

WINNERS

Looks and Smiles: Ken Loach
Tied with Neige.
Neige: Juliet Berto, Jean-Henri Roger
Tied with Looks and Smiles.

'La Chance de Cannes' Award

WINNER

Take Your Ten Thousand Francs and Get Out: Mahmoud Zemmouri

FIPRESCI Prize

WINNERS

Mephisto: István Szabó
Malou: Jeanine Meerapfel

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

WINNER

Man of Iron: Andrzej Wajda

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention

WINNERS

Looks and Smiles: Ken Loach
Chariots of Fire: Hugh Hudson

Palme d'Or

WINNER

Man of Iron: Andrzej Wajda

IN-COMPETITION

Beau Pere: Bertrand Blier
Chariots of Fire: Hugh Hudson
Potteries: István Gaál
Angels of Iron: Thomas Brasch
Excalibur: John Boorman
Faktas: Alimantas Grikiavicius
Heaven's Gate: Michael Cimino
La pelle: Liliana Cavani
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man: Bernardo Bertolucci
Bolero: Claude Lelouch
Light Years Away: Alain Tanner
Looks and Smiles: Ken Loach
Mephisto: István Szabó
Ne me parlez plus jamais d'amour: Sylvain Madigan
Neige: Juliet Berto
Passione d'amore: Ettore Scola
National Heritage: Luis García Berlanga
Possession: Andrzej Zulawski
Quartet: James Ivory
Montenegro: Dusan Makavejev
Flame Top: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto
Thief: Michael Mann
Festival title: Violent Streets.

Palme d'Or - Best Short Film

WINNER

Moto perpetuo: Béla Vajda

IN-COMPETITION

Alephah: Gérald Frydman
André Derain, thèmes et variations: François Porcile
Dilemma: John Halas
Diskzokej: Jirí Barta
The King and the Goblin: Lubomir Benes
Le rat: Elisabeth Huppert
Manövergäste: G. Nicolas Hayek
Maskirani razbojnik: Petar Lalovic
Ravnovesie: Boiko Kanev
Trcanje: Dusko Sevo
Zea: André Leduc

Jury:

Jacques Deray: France, president
Ellen Burstyn: USA
Jean-Claude Carrière: France
Robert Chazal: France
Attilio D'Onofrio: Italy
Christian Defaye: Switzerland, journalist
Carlos Diegues: Brazil
Antonio Gala: Spain
Andrei Petrov: Soviet Union
Douglas Slocombe: UK

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