1980 Cannes Film Festival
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The 33rd Cannes Film Festival was held between 9 and 23 May 1980. The Palme d'Or went to the All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.[4][5]
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Opening film | Fantastica |
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Closing film | Sono fotogenico |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (All That Jazz and Kagemusha)[2] |
No. of films | 23 (In Competition)[3] 14 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Out of Competition) 12 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 9 May 1980 (1980-05-09) – 23 May 1980 (1980-05-23) |
Website | festival-cannes |
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The festival opened with Fantastica, directed by Gilles Carle[6][7] and closed with Sono fotogenico, directed by Dino Risi.[8] The showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was interrupted by an electricians strike.[9]