1988 Cannes Film Festival
 Official poster of the 41st Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Tibor Timar.[1] | |
| Opening film | The Big Blue |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Willow |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Pelle the Conqueror[2] |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 11 May 1988 – 23 May 1988 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988.[4] Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition.[5]
Danish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Pelle the Conqueror.[6][7]
The festival opened with The Big Blue by Luc Besson,[8][9] and closed with Willow by Ron Howard.[10][11]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]- Ettore Scola, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[12]
- Claude Berri, French filmmaker, producer, and actor
- William Goldman, American author
- Nastassja Kinski, German actress
- George Miller, Australian filmmaker
- Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer
- Héctor Olivera, Argentine filmmaker and producer
- David Robinson, British film critic
- Yelena Safonova, Soviet actress
- Philippe Sarde, French composer
Camera d'Or
[edit]- Danièle Delorme, French actress - Jury President
- Carlos Avellar, journalist
- Jacques Champreux, French director
- Henry Chapier, French film critic
- Chantal Calafato, cinephile
- Bernard Jubard
- Ekaterina Oproiu, journalist
- David Streiff, cinephile
Official selection
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Among Grey Stones | Среди серых камней | Kira Muratova | Soviet Union |
| Antarjali Jatra | অন্তর্জলী যাত্রা | Goutam Ghose | India |
| Gece Yolculuğu | Ömer Kavur | Turkey | |
| The Harms Case | Slučaj Harms | Slobodan D. Pesic | Yugoslavia |
| Havinck | Frans Weisz | Netherlands | |
| Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps | Marcel Ophuls | United States |
| It's Happening Tomorrow | Domani accadrà | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
| Katinka | Ved vejen | Max von Sydow | Denmark, Sweden |
| Lamento | François Dupeyron | France | |
| Lounge Chair | La méridienne | Jean-François Amiguet | Switzerland, France |
| Mapantsula | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa | |
| The Mask | La maschera | Fiorella Infascelli | Italy |
| Natalia | Bernard Cohn | France | |
| On the Silver Globe | Na srebrnym globie | Andrzej Żuławski | Poland |
| The Raggedy Rawney | Bob Hoskins | United Kingdom | |
| The Revolving Doors | Les Portes tournantes | Francis Mankiewicz | Canada, France |
| Rouge of the North | 怨女 | Fred Tan | Taiwan |
| Sand and Blood | De sable et de sang | Jeanne Labrune | France |
| A Song of Air | Merilee Bennett | Australia | |
| Stalin's Disciples | ילדי סטאלין | Nadav Levitan | Israel |
| Time of Violence | Време на насилие | Ludmil Staikov | Bulgaria |
| Why? | Proc? | Karel Smyczek | Czechoslovakia |
Out of Competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Blue (opening film) | Le Grand Bleu | Luc Besson | France, United States, Italy |
| The Blue Iguana | John Lafia | United States | |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Robert Redford | ||
| Willow (closing film) | Ron Howard | ||
Special Screenings
[edit]The following films were selected to receive a special screening:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Bill Couturié | United States | |
| Histoire(s) du cinéma | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland | |
Short film competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:[3]
- Ab Ovo / Homoknyomok (Traces of Sand) by Ferenc Cako
- Bukpytacy (Fioritures) by Gary Bardine
- Cat & Mousse by David Lawson
- Chet's Romance by Bertrand Fevre
- Les Dômes du Plaisir by Maggie Fooke
- Out of Town by Norman Hull
- Pas-ta-shoot-ah by Maurizio Forestieri
- Pleasure Domes by Maggie Fooke
- Sculpture Physique by Yann Piquer, Jean Marie Maddeddu
- Super Freak by Gisela Ekholm, Per Ekholm
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
Feature film competition
- Begurebis gadaprena by Temür Babluani (Soviet Union)
- Full Moon (Dolunay) by Sahin Kaygun (Turkey)
- Tokyo Pop by Fran Rubel Kuzui (USA)
- The Well (Jing) by Yalin Li (China)
- Testament by John Akomfrah (United Kingdom)
- Portrait of a Life (Ekti Jiban) by Raja Mitra (India)[14]
- My Dear Subject (Mon cher sujet) by Anne-Marie Miéville (France, Switzerland)
Short film competition
- La face cachée de la lune by Yvon Marciano (France)
- Metropolis Apocalypse by Jon Jacobs (United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- Artisten (The Artist) by Jonas Grimas (Sweden)
- Klatka (The cage) by Olaf Olszewski (Poland)
- Cidadao Jatoba (Citizen Jatoba) by Maria Luiza Aboïm (Brazil)
- Blues Black and White by Markus Imboden (Switzerland)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 1988 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
- Amerika, Terra Incognita by Diego Risquez
- Daughter of the Nile (Ni luo he nu er) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- The Venus Trap by Robert Van Ackeren
- Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies
- Ei by Danniel Danniel
- The Heat Line (La Ligne de chaleur) by Hubert-Yves Rose
- Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz
- Légendes Vivantes by Nodar Managadzé
- Mars Froid by Igor Minayev
- Natal da Portela by Paulo Cezar Saraceni
- Noujoum A’nahar by Oussama Mohammad
- Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair
- Summer Thefts (Sarikat Sayfeya) by Yousry Nasrallah
- Soursweet by Mike Newell
- Stormy Monday by Mike Figgis
- The Story of Fausta (Romance Da Empregada) by Bruno Barreto
- Tabataba by Raymond Rajaonarivelo
- The Suitors by Ghasem Ebrahimian
Official Awards
[edit]
In Competition
[edit]- Palme d'Or: Pelle the Conqueror by Bille August[2]
- Grand Prix: A World Apart by Chris Menges
- Best Director: Fernando Solanas for Sur
- Best Actress: Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi for A World Apart
- Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for Bird
- Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Greenaway for Drowning by Numbers
- Jury Prize: A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Short films
- Vykrutasy by Garri Bardin
- Short Film Prize for Animation: Traces of Sand by Ferenc Cako
- Short Film Prize for Fiction: Physical Sculpture by Yann Piquer and Jean Marie Maddeddu
Independent Awards
[edit]- A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)[16]
- Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie by Marcel Ophüls (Un Certain Regard)
- Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
[edit]- Technical Grand Prize: Bird, for the quality of the soundtrack
- A World Apart by Chris Menges[17]
- Special Mention: The Revolving Doors by Francis Mankiewicz[citation needed]
Award of the Youth
[edit]- Foreign Film: Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz[citation needed]
- French Film: Mon cher sujet by Anne-Marie Miéville
Other awards
[edit]- Audience Award: Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1988". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1988: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1988: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ "41ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "1988 – Un monde à part (A World Apart)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Danish Family Saga Wins Top Cannes Award "Pelle The Conqueror\" Wins The Golden Palm And \"a World Apart" Wins The Special Jury Prize At The Festival, Where Serious Films Prevail". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (29 May 1988). "Film View, Before the Revolution – and After". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cinema de la Plage – The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu), Besson's marine odyssey". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ "Jean-marc Barr Comes Out Of 'The Big Blue'". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Focuses On Youth The French Film Festival Begins Tonight, Putting New Emphasis On New Filmmakers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Youth Being Served at 41st Cannes Film Festival : 20,000 Converge for French Rite That Focuses on 'Cinema of Next 10 Years'". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "All Juries 1988". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "27e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1988". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Need for a universal story". The Hindu. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1988". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1988". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1988". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
Media
[edit]- INA: Opening of the 1988 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1988 festival (commentary in French)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
- 1988 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1988 Archived 2019-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1988 at Internet Movie Database