Official poster of the 42nd Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Ludovic. [1] | |
| Opening film | New York Stories |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Old Gringo |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or : Sex, Lies, and Videotape [2] |
| No. of films | 22 (In Competition) [3] |
| Festival date | 11 May 1989 – 23 May 1989 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 42nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1989. West German filmmaker Wim Wenders served as jury president for the main competition. [4]
American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh won the Palme d'Or , the festival's top prize, for his debut film Sex, Lies, and Videotape . [5] [6] [7] [8]
During the 1989 festival, the first Cinéma & liberté forum was held with the participation of a hundred famous directors from various countries. They discussed about the freedom of expression and signed a declaration protesting against all forms of censorship still existing in the world. [9]
The festival opened with New York Stories , an anthology film by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, [10] and closed with Old Gringo by Luis Puenzo. [11] [12]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [3]
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section: [3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sin | Schwarze Sünde | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet | West Germany, France |
| Baroque | Barroco | Paul Leduc | Mexico, Cuba |
| Errors of Youth | Ошибки юности | Boris Frumin | Soviet Union |
| Fool's Mate | Zugzwang | Mathieu Carrière | West Germany |
| Golden Horseshoes | صفايح ذهب | Nouri Bouzid | Tunisia |
| Malpractice | Bill Bennett | Australia | |
| My 20th Century | Az én XX. századom | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary, West Germany, Cuba |
| Nine Circles of Hell | Devět kruhů pekla | Milan Muchna | Czechoslovakia |
| Piravi | Shaji N. Karun | India | |
| The Prisoner of St. Petersburg | Ian Pringle | Australia, West Germany | |
| Santa Sangre | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Mexico, Italy | |
| The Tenth One in Hiding | Il decimo clandestino | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
| Thick Skinned | Peaux de vaches | Patricia Mazuy | France |
| Treffen in Travers | Michael Gwisdek | East Germany | |
| Venus Peter | Ian Sellar | United Kingdom | |
| Voices of Sarafina! | Nigel Noble | United States | |
| Whirlwind | Смерч | Bako Sadykov | Soviet Union |
| Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? | 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은? | Bae Yong-kyun | South Korea |
| Wired | Larry Peerce | United States | |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Stories (opening film) | Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese | United States | |
| Old Gringo (closing film) | Luis Puenzo | ||
The following films were selected to receive a special screening:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 films(short) | André Delvaux | Belgium | |
| 50 ans (short) | Gilles Carle | Canada | |
| Fight for Us | Orapronobis | Lino Brocka | Philippines |
| Ganashatru | গণশত্রু | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | David Lean | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Liberté | Laurent Jacob | France | |
| The Monkey Folk | Le peuple singe | Gérard Vienne | |
| Scandal | Michael Caton-Jones | United Kingdom | |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [3]
The following feature films were screened for the 28th International Critics' Week (28e Semaine de la Critique): [14]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following feature films were screened for the 1989 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [15]