1979 - Foreign Oscar submissions

Argentina, La Isla
Austria, Tales From the Vienna Woods
Belgium, Woman in a Twilight Garden
Bulgaria, The Barrier
Canada, Mourir à tue-tête
China, Effendi
Czechoslovakia, Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
Denmark, Johnny Larsen
Egypt, Alexandria...Why?
France, Une histoire simple
West Germany, The Tin Drum
Hong Kong, Raining in the Mountains
Hungary, Angi Vera
Israel, Moments
Italy, To Forget Venice
Japan, Gassan
Netherlands, A Woman Like Eve
Poland, Panny z Wilka
Spain, Mama Turns A Hundred
Sweden, A Respectable Life
Switzerland, Les Petites fugues
Soviet Union, Autumn Marathon
Yugoslavia, The Man To Destroy

1979 - Cannes

Palme d'Or

Apocalypse Now
The Tin Drum

Award for Best Director
Terence Malick, Days Of Heaven (1978)

Award for Best Actress
Sally Field, Norma Rae

Award for Best Actor
Jack Lemmon, The China Syndrome

Grand Prix of the C.S.T.
Norma Rae

F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I. Prize
Apocalypse Now

Jury's Special Grand Prix

Siberiada
La Drôlesse
Caro Papa, Stefano MADIA
Woyzeck, Eva MATTES

Palme d'Or - Short Film

Harpya
Boom (directed by Bretislav POJAR)
La Festa dels Bojos (directed by Lluis RACIONERO GRAU)

Caméra d'or
NORTHERN LIGHTS directed by John HANSON, Rob NILSSON

1978 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

The Deer Hunter
An Unmarried Woman
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
Coming Home

Best Director

Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter
Woody Allen, Interiors
Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait
Alan Parker, Midnight Express
Hal Ashby, Coming Home

Best Actor

Robert de Niro, The Deer Hunter
Laurence Olivier, The Boys From Brazil
Gary Busey, The Buddy Holly Story
Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait
Jon Voight, Coming Home

Best Actress

Jill Clayburgh, An Unmarried Woman
Geraldine Page, Interiors
Ingrid Bergman, Autumn Sonata
Ellen Burstyn, Same Time Next Year
Jane Fonda, Coming Home

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter
Richard Farnsworth, Comes A Horseman
Jack Warden, Heaven Can Wait
John Hurt, Midnight Express
Bruce Dern, Coming Home

Best Supporting Actress

Meryl Streep, The Deer Hunter
Maureen Stapleton, Interiors
Dyan Cannon, Heaven Can Wait
Maggie Smith, California Suite
Penelope Milford, Coming Home

Best Original Screenplay

Autumn Sonata
The Deer Hunter
Interiors
An Unmarried Woman
Coming Home

Best Screenplay Adaptation

Bloodbrothers
Same Time Next Year
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
California Suite

Best Cinematography

Days Of Heaven
The Deer Hunter
The Wiz
Same Time Next Year
Heaven Can Wait

Best Art Direction

Interiors
The Wiz
The Brink's Job
Heaven Can Wait
California Suite

Best Costume Design

The Wiz
Days Of Heaven
Caravans
Death On The Nile
The Swarm

Best Sound

The Buddy Holly Story
The Deer Hunter
Days Of Heaven
Hooper
Superman

Best Editing

The Boys From Brazil
The Deer Hunter
Superman
Midnight Express
Coming Home

Best Original Song

"Hopelessly Devoted To You", Grease
"Ready To Take A Chance Again", Foul Play
"When You're Loved", The Magic Of Lassie
"Last Dance", Thank God It's Friday

"The Last Time I Felt Like This", Same Time Next Year

Best Original Score

Jerry Goldsmith, The Boys From Brazil
Ennio Morricone, Days Of Heaven
David Grusin, Heaven Can Wait
Giorgio Moroder, Midnight Express
John Williams, Superman

Best Musical Score

Pretty Baby
The Buddy Holly Story
The Wiz

Best Visual Effects

Superman

Best Documentary Feature

Scared Straight!
Le vent des amoureux
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Raoni
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

Best Documentary Short

The Flight Of The Gossamer Condor
The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
Goodnight Miss Ann
Squires Of San Quentin
An Encounter With Faces

Best Cartoon

Special Delivery
Oh My Darling
Rip Van Winkle

Best Live-Action Short

Teenage Father
A Different Approach
Mandy's Grandmother
Strange Fruit

Best Foreign Film

Préparez vos mouchoirs, France
The Glass Cell, West Germany
Hungarians, Hungary
Viva Italia!, Italy
White Bim Black Ear, Soviet Union

1978 - Prix César

Meilleur film

L'Argent des autres
Le dossier 51
Molière
Une histoire simple

Meilleur réalisateur

Christian de Chalonge, L'Argent des autres
Michel Deville, Le dossier 51
Ariane Mnouchkine, Molière
Claude Sautet, Une histoire simple

Meilleur acteur

Michel Serrault, La Cage aux Folles
Jean Carmet, Le Sucre
Gérard Depardieu, Le Sucre
Claude Brasseur, Une histoire simple

Meilleure actrice

Isabelle Huppert, Violette Nozière
Romy Schneider, Une histoire simple
Annie Girardot, La Clé sur la porte
Anouk Aimée, Mon premier amour

Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle

Jacques Villeret, Robert et Robert
Michel Serrault, L'Argent des autres
Jean Carmet, Le Sucre
Claude Brasseur, Une histoire simple

Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle

Stéphane Audran, Violette Nozière
Nelly Borgeaud, Le Sucre
Arlette Bonnard, Une histoire simple
Eva Darlan, Une histoire simple

Meilleur scénario

Gilles Perrault, Michel Deville, Le dossier 51
Christian de Chalonge, Pierre Dumayet, L'Argent des autres
Georges Conchon, Jacques Rouffio, Le Sucre
Jean-Loup Dabadie, Claude Sautet, Une histoire simple

Meilleure photo

Bernard Zitzermann, Molière
Néstor Almendros, La Chambre verte
Pierre Lhomme, Judith Therpauve
Jean Boffety, Une histoire simple

Meilleurs décors

Jacques Brizzio, Violette Nozière
Guy-Claude François, Molière
François de Lamothe, One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence
Théobald Meurisse, Sale rêveur

Meilleur son

William Robert Sivel, L'État sauvage
Harald Maury, Judith Therpauve
Alix Comte, Molière
Pierre Lenoir, Une histoire simple

Meilleur montage

Raymonde Guyot, Le dossier 51
Jean Ravel, L'Argent des autres
Henri Lanoë, Un papillon sur l'épaule
Geneviève Winding, L'État sauvage

Meilleure musique

Georges Delerue, Préparez vos mouchoirs
Pierre Jansen, Violette Nozière
Antoine Duhamel, La Chanson de Roland
Philippe Sarde, Une histoire simple

Meilleur film étranger

A Wedding
Autumn Sonata
Julia (1977)
The Tree Of Wooden Clogs, Ermanno Olmi

Meilleur court-métrage d'animation

La Traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame, Jean-François Laguionie
L'Anatomiste, Yves Brangolo
Le Phénomène, Paul Doppf

Meilleur court-métrage de fiction

Dégustation maison, Sophie Tatischeff
Le Chien de Monsieur Michel, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jeudi 7 avril, Peter Kassovitz
L'Ornière, François Dupeyron

Meilleur court-métrage documentaire

L'Arbre vieux, Henri Moline
Chaotilop, Jean-Louis Gros
Tibesti Too, Raymond Depardon

1978 - Foreign Oscar submissions

Brazil, Carnival Dreams
Cuba, Viva el Presidente
Czechoslovakia, Nick Carter in Prague
Denmark, Me and Charly
France, Préparez vos mouchoirs
West Germany, The Glass Cell
Hungary, Hungarians
India, The Chess Players
Israel, Lemon Popsicle
Italy, Viva Italia!
Japan, Empire Of Passion
Kuwait, The Wedding of Zein
Lebanon, Promise of Love
Mexico, A Limitless Place
Netherlands, Pastorale 1943
Philippines, As We Were
Poland, Smierc prezydenta (1977)
Soviet Union, White Bim Black Ear
Spain, Somnambulists
Yugoslavia, Occupation in 26 Pictures

1978 - Cannes

Palme d'Or
The Tree Of Wooden Clogs

Award for Best Director
Nagisa Oshima, Empire Of Passion

Award for Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert, Violette Nozière
Jill Clayburgh, An Unmarried Woman

Award for Best Actor
Jon Voight, Coming Home

Grand Prix of the C.S.T.
Pretty Baby

Jury's Special Grand Prix

The Shout
Ciao Maschio, Marco FERRERI

Palme d'Or - Short Film
LA TRAVERSÉE DE L'ATLANTIQUE A LA RAME directed by Jean-François LAGUIONIE

Jury Prize - Short Film

A Doonesbury Special (1977)
OH MY DARLING directed by Borge RING

Un Certain Regard - F.I.P.R.E.S.C.I. Prize
Czlowiek z marmuru (1977)

Caméra d'or
ALAMBRISTA ! directed by Robert M. YOUNG

1977 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

Star Wars
Annie Hall
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
The Turning Point

Best Director

Woody Allen, Annie Hall
George Lucas, Star Wars
Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Fred Zinnemann, Julia
Herbert Ross, The Turning Point

Best Actor

John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever
Woody Allen, Annie Hall
Richard Burton, Equus
Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl
Marcello Mastroianni, A Special Day

Best Actress

Diane Keaton, Annie Hall

Marsha Mason, The Goodbye Girl
Jane Fonda, Julia
Anne Bancroft, The Turning Point
Shirley MacLaine, The Turning Point

Best Supporting Actor

Peter Firth, Equus
Alec Guinness, Star Wars
Jason Robards, Julia
Maximilian Schell, Julia
Mikail Baryshnikov, The Turning Point

Best Supporting Actress

Quinn Cummings, The Goodbye Girl
Tuesday Weld, Looking For Mr Goodbar
Vanessa Redgrave, Julia
Melinda Dillon, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Leslie Browne, The Turning Point

Best Original Screenplay

The Late Show
Annie Hall
Star Wars
The Goodbye Girl
The Turning Point

Best Screenplay Adaptation

That Obscure Object of Desire
Equus
Julia
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
Oh God

Best Cinematography

Looking For Mr Goodbar
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Julia
Islands In The Stream
The Turning Point

Best Art Direction

The Spy Who Loved Me
Star Wars
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Airport '77
The Turning Point

Best Costume Design

The Other Side Of Midnight
Julia
Star Wars
A Little Night Music
Airport '77

Best Sound

Star Wars
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
The Deep
Sorcerer
The Turning Point

Best Editing

Smokey And The Bandit
Star Wars
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Julia
The Turning Point

Best Original Song

"Someone's Waiting For You", The Rescuers
"Nobody Does It Better", The Spy Who Loved Me
"Candle On The Water", Pete's Dragon
"You Light Up My Life", You Light Up My Life
"The Slipper And The Rose Waltz", The Slipper And The Rose The Story Of Cinderella

Best Original Score

Julia
Star Wars
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Message

Best Musical Score

Pete's Dragon
The Slipper And The Rose The Story Of Cinderella
A Little Night Music

Best Visual Effects

Star Wars
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Best Sound Effects

Star Wars
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Best Documentary Feature

Who Are The DeBolts? And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?
The Children Of Theatre Street
High Grass Circus
Homage To Chagall
Union Maids

Best Documentary Short

The Shetland Experience
Gravity Is My Enemy
Agueda Martinez Our People Our Country
First Edition
Of Time Tombs And Treasures

Best Cartoon

The Sand Castle

A Doonesbury Special
The Bead Game
Jimmy The C

Best Live-Action Short

Floating Free
The Absent-Minded Waiter
I'll Find A Way
Notes On The Popular Arts
Spaceborne

Best Foreign Film

That Obscure Object Of Desire, Spain
Madame Rosa, France
Iphigenia, Greece
Operation Thunderbolt, Israel
A Special Day, Italy