1978 Cannes Film Festival
The 31st International Film Festival of Cannes 1978 took place until May 30, 1978 by May 16.
Competition
In the competition of the festival the following films were shown:
* = Golden Palm
International Jury
This year's jury president was the director Alan J. Pakula. He stood in front of the following judges: Franco Brusati, François Chalais, Michel Ciment, Claude Goretta, Andrei Konchalovsky, Harry Saltzman, Liv Ullmann and Georges Wakhevitch.
Award winners
- Palme d'Or: The Tree of Wooden Clogs
- Grand Jury Prize: Monkey Dream and The Shout
- Best Actor: John Voight in Coming Home
- Best Actress Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman and Isabelle Huppert in Violet Nozière
- Best Director: Nagisa Oshima
- Technology Price: Pretty Baby
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- FIPRESCI Award: Man of Marble by Andrzej Wajda
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Tree of Wooden Clogs and The Spiral