Awards 1979

Feature films

• Palme d'Or Ex-aequo

  APOCALYPSE NOW (A WORK IN PROGRESS) directed by Francis COPPOLA
• DIE BLECHTROMMEL directed by Volker SCHLÖNDORFF

• Award for Best Director

  Terrence MALICK for DAYS OF HEAVEN

• Award for Best Actress

  Sally FIELD in NORMA RAE directed by Martin RITT

• Award for Best Actor

  Jack LEMMON in THE CHINA SYNDROME directed by James BRIDGES

• Grand Prix of the C.S.T.

  NORMA RAE directed by Martin RITT

• International Critic's Prize by the F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I.

  APOCALYPSE NOW (A WORK IN PROGRESS) directed by Francis COPPOLA

• Jury's Special Grand Prix

  SIBERIADA directed by Andrei MIKHALKOV-KONTCHALOVSKI

• LA DRÔLESSE directed by Jacques DOILLON

• CARO PAPA played by Stefano MADIA

• WOYZECK played by Eva MATTES

Short Films

• Palme d'Or - Short Film

  HARPYA directed by Raoul SERVAIS

• BOOM directed by Bretislav POJAR

• LA FESTA DELS BOJOS directed by Lluis RACIONERO GRAU