1988 Cannes Film Festival

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1988 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 41st Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Tibor Timar. [1]
Opening film Le Grand Bleu
Closing film Willow
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or ( Pelle erobreren ) [2]
No. of films21 (In Competition) [3]
22 (Un Certain Regard)
7 (Out of Competition)
9 (Short Film)
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 was held from 11 to 23 May 1988. The Palme d'Or went to the Pelle erobreren by Bille August. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

The festival opened with Le Grand Bleu , directed by Luc Besson [8] [9] and closed with Willow , directed by Ron Howard. [10] [11]

Juries

Ettore Scola, Jury President of the Main competition Ettore Scola.jpg
Ettore Scola, Jury President of the Main competition

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 feature film competition: [12]

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 Camera d'Or:

Official selection

In competition – Feature films

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]

Out of competition

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

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): [14]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • La face cachée de la lune by Yvon Marciano (France)
  • Metropolis Apocalypse by Jon Jacobs (United Kingdom) [16]
  • 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): [17]

Awards

Bille August, 1988 Palme d'Or winner Bille August.jpg
Bille August, 1988 Palme d'Or winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1988 Official selection awards: [2]

Golden Camera

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes [18]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury [19]

Award of the Youth [20]

Other awards

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