1980 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Michel Landi. | |
| Opening film | Fantastica |
|---|---|
| Closing film | I'm Photogenic |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: All That Jazz Kagemusha |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 9 May 1980 – 23 May 1980 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 33rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 and 23 May 1980. American actor Kirk Douglas served as jury president for the main competition. During the festival the showing of Andrei Tarkovsky's film Stalker was notoriously interrupted by an electricians strike.
The Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, was jointly awarded to All That Jazz by Bob Fosse and Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa.
The festival opened with Fantastica by Gilles Carle, and closed with I'm Photogenic by Dino Risi.