1984 Cannes Film Festival

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1984 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 37th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original film set by Alexandre Trauner. [1]
Opening film Fort Saganne
Closing film The Bounty
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or ( Paris, Texas ) [2]
No. of films19 (In Competition) [3]
14 (Un Certain Regard)
5 (Out of Competition)
10 (Short Film)
Festival date11 May 1984 (1984-05-11) – 23 May 1984 (1984-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1984. The Palme d'Or went to the Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders. [4] [5] [6]

Contents

The festival opened with Fort Saganne , directed by Alain Corneau [7] [8] and closed with The Bounty , directed by Roger Donaldson. [9] During this festival, a private group, under the patronage of the festival's authorities held a side event presenting film trailers. A French jury, presided by Saul Bass, awarded its Grand Prize to the trailer for Flashdance. [10]

Juries

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Dirk Bogarde, Jury President

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 feature film competition: [11]

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 Camera d'Or: [4]

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: [3]

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: [3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [3]

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 23rd International Critics' Week (23e Semaine de la Critique): [12]

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1984 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [13]

Awards

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Wim Wenders, Palme d'Or winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1984 Official selection awards: [2] [14]

Golden Camera

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes [15]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury [16]

Award of the Youth

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References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1984". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1984: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Official Selection 1984: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 "37ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "As Jury Ponders, Cannes Cuts Deals". The New York Times. 23 May 1984. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "It Was U.S.A. Weekend At Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. 21 May 1984. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Dionne Jr, E.J. (12 May 1984). "Cannes Festival Opens Without The '83 Fanfare". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Vinocur, John (14 May 1984). "A Festival Of Trailers Is Featured At Cannes". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Juries 1984: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "23e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1984". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Quinzaine 1984". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "1984 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1984". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1984". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1984". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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