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:
1951 Cannes Film Festival 1951 Cannes Film Festival The 4th Cannes Film Festival was held from 3 to 20 April 1951. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial reasons. In 1951, the festival took place in April instead of September to avoid direct competition with the Venice Film Festival. As in the previous two festivals, the entire jury was made up of French persons. The Grand Prix of the Festival went to two different films, "Miss Julie" by Alf Sjöberg and "Miracle in Milan" by Vittorio De Sica. The festival honoured Michèle Morgan, Jean Marais and Jean Cocteau with the