1988 Cannes Film Festival

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1988 Cannes Film Festival
CFF88poster.jpg
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
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
Pelle the Conqueror [2]
No. of films21 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date11 May 1988 (1988-05-11) – 23 May 1988 (1988-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

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]

Contents

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

Main competition

Camera d'Or

Official selection

In Competition

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
The Abyss L'oeuvre au noir André Delvaux France, Belgium
Bird Clint Eastwood United States
The Cannibals Os Canibais Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
Chocolat Claire Denis France, Cameroon
El Dorado Carlos Saura Spain
Drowning by Numbers Peter Greenaway United Kingdom, Netherlands
L'enfance de l'art Francis Girod France
Hanussen István Szabó Hungary, West Germany, Austria
King of the Children 孩子王 Chen Kaige China
Love and Fear Fürchten und Lieben Margarethe von Trotta West Germany, France, Italy
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free El Lute II: mañana seré libre Vicente Aranda Spain
Miles from Home Gary Sinise United States
Pascali's Island James Dearden United Kingdom
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany Thomas Brasch West Germany
Patty Hearst Paul Schrader United States
Pelle the Conqueror Pelle Erobreren Bille August Denmark, Sweden
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey Vincent Ward New Zealand, Australia
A Short Film About Killing Krótki film o zabijaniu Krzysztof Kieślowski Poland
South Sur Fernando Solanas Argentina
A World Apart Chris Menges United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
Wuthering Heights 嵐が丘 Yoshishige Yoshida Japan

Un Certain Regard

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(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 HarmsSlobodan D. PesicYugoslavia
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 CohnFrance
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 TanTaiwan
Sand and Blood De sable et de sang Jeanne Labrune France
A Song of AirMerilee BennettAustralia
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

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(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

The following films were selected to receive a special screening:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(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

The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage: [3]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique): [13]

Feature film competition

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

The following feature films were screened for the 1988 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [15]

Official Awards

Ettore Scola, Jury President of the Main competition Ettore Scola.jpg
Ettore Scola, Jury President of the Main competition
Bille August, 1988 Palme d'Or winner Bille August.jpg
Bille August, 1988 Palme d'Or winner

In Competition

Caméra d'Or

Short films

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

Other awards

References

  1. ↑ "Posters 1988". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Awards 1988: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1988: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "41ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "1988 – Un monde à part (A World Apart)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Canby, Vincent (29 May 1988). "Film View, Before the Revolution – and After". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Jean-marc Barr Comes Out Of 'The Big Blue'". The Morning Call . Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "All Juries 1988". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "27e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1988". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Need for a universal story". The Hindu. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Quinzaine 1988". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1988". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1988". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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