The 33rd Cannes International Film Festival in  1980 took place from May 9 to May 23, 1980.
competition
The following films were shown in the competition of this year's festival:
| Movie title | Director | Country of production | Actor (selection) | 
| All That Jazz * | Bob Fosse | United States | Roy Scheider , Jessica Lange | 
| The Beloved | Michel Bouchard | Canada |  | 
| The Big Red One | Samuel Fuller | United States | Lee Marvin , Mark Hamill , Robert Carradine | 
| Bye bye Brazil | Carlos Diegues | France , Brazil , Argentina |  | 
| A man remains true to himself | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland |  | 
| Dedicatoria | Jaime Chávarri | Spain , France |  | 
| Ek Din Pratidine | Mrinal Sen | India | Mamata Shankar , Gita Sen | 
| Exploding dreams | Dennis Hopper | Canada | Linda Manz , Dennis Hopper | 
| The case of Lieutnant Morant | Bruce Beresford | Australia | Edward Woodward | 
| Fantastica | Gilles Carle | France , Canada | Claudine Auger , John Vernon | 
| The missing link | Picha | France , Belgium | Cartoon | 
| Vacation for a week | Bertrand Tavernier | France | Nathalie Baye , Gérard Lanvin , Michel Galabru | 
| jaguar | Lino Brocka | Philippines |  | 
| Kagemusha - The Warrior's Shadow * | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |  | 
| Chilled | Bernhard Sinkel | Germany | Helmut Griem , Martin Benrath , Ángela Molina | 
| Long riders | Walter Hill | United States | David Carradine , Keith Carradine , Robert Carradine | 
| The Loulou | Maurice Pialat | France | Isabelle Huppert , Gérard Depardieu | 
| My uncle from America | Alain Resnais | France | Gérard Depardieu , Nicole Garcia | 
| Örökség | Márta Mészáros | France , Hungary | Isabelle Huppert | 
| Poseban tretman | Goran Paskaljević | Yugoslavia |  | 
| Save yourself who can (life) | Jean-Luc Godard | France , Austria , Germany , Switzerland | Isabelle Huppert , Jacques Dutronc , Nathalie Baye | 
| The leap into the void | Marco Bellocchio | Italy , France | Michel Piccoli , Anouk Aimée , Michele Placido | 
| The terrace | Ettore Scola | Italy , France | Vittorio Gassman , Ugo Tognazzi , Jean-Louis Trintignant | 
| Welcome Mr. Chance | Hal Ashby | United States | Peter Sellers , Shirley MacLaine , Melvyn Douglas | 
* = Golden palm
International jury
That year, American actor Kirk Douglas was the jury president. He headed the following jury: Ken Adam , Robert Benayoun , Veljko Bulajić , Leslie Caron , Charles Champlin , André Delvaux , Gian Luigi Rondi , Michael Spencer and Albina du Boisrouvray .
Award winners
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Golden Palm : All That Jazz and Kagemusha - The Warrior's Shadow
- Grand Jury Prize: My Uncle from America
- Special prize of the jury: Constans
- Best Actor: Michel Piccoli in Leap into the Void
- Best actress: Anouk Aimée in The Leap into the Void
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jack Thompson in The Fall of Lieutnant Morant
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Milena Dravic in Poseban tretman and Carla Gravina in Die Terrasse
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