History

From 31^st August to 5^th Sep­tem­ber 1976. 
The Fes­ti­val cel­e­brat­ed the bicen­te­nary of The Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion. It decid­ed to launch a new lit­er­ary prize, The Lucien Bar­rière Prize for Lit­er­a­ture, award­ed every year dur­ing The Deauville Film Fes­ti­val to an Amer­i­can author. The first auc­tion of film posters was also staged. This became one of the Festival’s tra­di­tions over sub­se­quent years.