7th Moscow International Film Festival
The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film Confessions of a Police Captain directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film Live Today, Die Tomorrow! directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film The White Bird Marked with Black directed by Yuri Ilyenko.
Jury
- Grigori Kozintsev
- Chinghiz Aitmatov
- Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
- Sergei Gerasimov
- Erwin Geschonneck
- Karel Zeman
- Giuliano Montaldo
- James Aldridge
- Galsaniin Rinchensambu
- Armando Robles Godoy
- Beata Tyszkiewicz
- Youssef Chahine
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Production country |
| Akseli and Elina | Akseli ja Elina | Edvin Laine | Finland |
| The White Bird Marked with Black | Belaya ptitsa s chyornoj otmetinoj | Yuri Ilyenko | Soviet Union |
| The Birch Wood | Brzezina | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| In the Family | Em Família | Paulo Porto | Brazil |
| The Sandpit Generals | The Sandpit Generals | Hall Bartlett | United States |
| Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment | Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis | Konrad Wolf | East Germany, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia |
| Güemes – la tierra en armas | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Argentina | |
| Girl Nyun | Girl Nyun | Nguyen Duk Hinh, Ding Nhat Min | North Vietnam |
| The Days of Water | Los días del agua | Manuel Octavio Gómez | Cuba |
| Son-in-Law | Khurgen khuu | Dejidiin Gigjid | Mongolia |
| Spaniards in Paris | Españolas en París | Roberto Bodegas | Spain |
| The Key | Klíč | Vladimír Čech | Czechoslovakia |
| Cromwell | Cromwell | Ken Hughes | Great Britain |
| Mathias Kneissl | Mathias Kneissl | Reinhard Hauff | West Germany |
| Last Crusade | Mihai Viteazul | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Romania, France, Italy |
| Mon oncle Antoine | Mon oncle Antoine | Claude Jutra | Canada |
| Knife | السكين Knife | Khaled Hammada | Syria |
| L'Opium et le Bâton | L'Opium et le Bâton | Ahmed Rachedi | Algeria |
| Wrathful Journey | Gnevno patuvane | Nikola Korabov | Bulgaria |
| Confessions of a Police Captain | Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica | Damiano Damiani | Italy |
| Sagina Mahato | Sagina Mahato | Tapan Sinha | India |
| Hail, Mary! | Салют, Мария!, Salyut, Maria! | Iosif Kheifits | Soviet Union |
| Live Today, Die Tomorrow! | Hadaka no jukyusai | Kaneto Shindo | Japan |
| The Toth Family | Isten hozta, őrnagy úr! | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| Law Breakers | Les Assassins de l'ordre | Marcel Carné | France, Italy |
| Fellagas | Fellagas | Omar Khlifi | Tunisia, Bulgaria |
| Black Seed | Crno seme | Kiril Cenevski | Yugoslavia |
| Mr. Naive | Aghaye hallou | Dariush Mehrjui | Iran |
| Emitaï | Emitaï | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal |
Awards
- Golden Prize:
- * Confessions of a Police Captain by Damiano Damiani
- * Live Today, Die Tomorrow! by Kaneto Shindo
- * The White Bird Marked with Black by Yuri Ilyenko
- Golden Prize for Direction: Andrzej Wajda for The Birch Wood
- Silver Prizes:
- * Emitaï by Ousmane Sembène
- * The Key by Vladimír Čech
- * In the Family by Paulo Porto
- Special Prizes:
- * Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment by Konrad Wolf
- * The Days of Water by Manuel Octavio Gómez
- Prizes:
- * Best Actor: Daniel Olbrychski for The Birch Wood
- * Best Actor: Richard Harris for Cromwell
- * Best Actress: Ada Rogovtseva for Hail, Mary!
- * Best Actress: Idalia Anreus for The Days of Water
- Diplomas:
- * Ensemble of actors for Son-in-Law
- * Young actress: Kin Zung for Girl Nyun
- Prix FIPRESCI: The Days of Water by Manuel Octavio Gómez
- Special Mention: Little Big Man by Arthur Penn