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Cannes Film Festival 1981

Highlights

Golden Palm: Best Picture: Man of Iron
Grand Prix: Light Years Away
Award for Best Actor: Ugo Tognazzi
Award for Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani
Award for Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani
Best Supporting Actor: Ian Holm
Best Supporting Actress: Yelena Solovey
Award for Best Screenplay: István Szabó

Best Artistic Contribution: Excalibur
FIPRESCI: Mephisto
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Man of Iron
Technical Prize: Within Memory
Young Cinema Award (Prix du cinéma contemporain): Looks and Smiles
Young Cinema Award (Prix du cinéma contemporain): Snow
Palm d'Or: Best Short Film: Moto perpetuo (S)

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Most nominated films

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Golden Palm: Best Picture - 1981

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Man of Iron
Winner

2 nominations 2 awards
Stepfather
Chariots of Fire
2 nominations 1 award
Potteries
Angels of Iron
Excalibur
2 nominations 1 award
Faktas
2 nominations 1 award
Heaven's Gate
The Skin
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
2 nominations 1 award
Within Memory
2 nominations 1 award
Light Years Away
2 nominations 1 award
Looks and Smiles
2 nominations 1 award
Mephisto
3 nominations 2 awards
Montenegro - Or Pigs and Pearls
Snow
2 nominations 1 award
Passion of Love
National Heritage
Possession
2 nominations 1 award
Quartet
2 nominations 1 award
Tulipää
Thief
Anima – Symphonie phantastique Out Of Competition
Blood Wedding Out Of Competition
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China Out Of Competition
Hands Up! Out Of Competition
Honeysuckle Rose Out Of Competition
The Fly (S) Out Of Competition
The Postman Always Rings Twice Out Of Competition
This Is Elvis Out Of Competition
Three Brothers Out Of Competition

Saltburn

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Light Years Away
Winner

2 nominations 1 award

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- Ugo Tognazzi
  
  Winner
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
2 nominations 1 award

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- Isabelle Adjani
  
  Winner
Quartet
2 nominations 1 award

Possession
2 nominations 1 award

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- Ian Holm
  
  Winner
Chariots of Fire
2 nominations 1 award

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- Yelena Solovey
  
  Winner
Faktas
2 nominations 1 award

Bob Marley: One Love

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- István Szabó
  
  Winner
Mephisto
3 nominations 2 awards

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Excalibur
Winner

2 nominations 1 award

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Mephisto
Winner

3 nominations 2 awards

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Man of Iron
Winner

2 nominations 2 awards

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Within Memory
Winner

2 nominations 1 award

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Looks and Smiles
Winner

2 nominations 1 award
Snow
Winner

2 nominations 1 award

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Moto perpetuo (S)
Winner

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