1971 Cannes Film Festival 1971 Cannes Film Festival The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 27 May 1971. The Palme d'Or went to "The Go-Between" by Joseph Losey. The festival opened with "Gimme Shelter", a documentary about English rock band The Rolling Stones directed by David Maysles, Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and closed with "Les mariés de l'an II", directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The festival paid tribute to Charlie Chaplin and honored him with the title of "Commander of the national order of the Legion of Honor". The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1971 film competition:
1947 Cannes Film Festival The following films and people received the 1947 awards: Feature Films Short Films 1947 Cannes Film Festival The 2nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 25 September 1947. The new building that was meant to host the festival, the Palais du Festival, was still not ready, and the festival was held amid many technical and financial problems. In 1947, the entire jury of the Festival were French. Six awards were given to films of different categories. The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films: The following feature films competed for the Grand