<<< 34th annual Cannes Film Festival (1981) >>>
In Competition:
Angels of Iron / Engel aus Eisen (Thomas Brasch - West Germany)
Beau Pere / Beau-père (Bertrand Blier - France)
Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson - United Kingdom, United States)
Cserepek (István Gaál - Hungary)
Excalibur (John Boorman - United Kingdom, United States)
Faktas / Факт (Almantas Grikevičius - Soviet Union)
Flame Top / Tulipää (Pirjo Honkasalo and Pekka Lehto - Finland)
Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino - United States)
Light Years Away / Les Années lumière (Alain Tanner - France, Switzerland)
Looks and Smiles (Ken Loach - United Kingdom)
Man of Iron / Człowiek z żelaza (Andrzej Wajda - Poland)
Mephisto (István Szabó - Hungary, Austria, West Germany)
Montenegro / Montenegro eller Pärlor och svin (Dušan Makavejev - Sweden)
National Heritage / Patrimonio nacional (Luis García Berlanga - Spain)
Neige (Juliet Berto - France)
The Ones and the Others (Les Uns et les Autres - Claude Lelouch)
Passion of Love / Passione d'amore (Ettore Scola - Italy)
Possession (Andrzej Żuławski - France, West Germany)
Quartet (James Ivory - France, United Kingdom)
The Skin / La pelle (Liliana Cavani - Italy)
Thief (Michael Mann - United States)
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man / La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (Bernardo Bertolucci - Italy)
Palme d'Or:
Man of Iron by Andrzej Wajda
Grand Prix:
Light Years Away by Alain Tanner
Best Screenplay:
István Szabó for Mephisto
Best Actor:
Ugo Tognazzi for Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Best Actress:
Isabelle Adjani for Quartet and Possession
Best Supporting Actor:
Ian Holm for Chariots of Fire
Best Supporting Actress:
Yelena Solovey for Faktas
Best Artistic Contribution:
Excalibur by John Boorman