1989 Cannes Film Festival

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1989 Cannes Film Festival
CFF89poster.jpg
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
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or :
Sex, Lies, and Videotape [2]
No. of films22 (In Competition) [3]
Festival date11 May 1989 (1989-05-11) – 23 May 1989 (1989-05-23)
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

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]

Contents

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]

Juries

Wim Wenders, Jury President for the Main competition Wim Wenders(cannesPhotocall)-.jpg
Wim Wenders, Jury President for the Main competition

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
Black Rain 黒い雨 Shōhei Imamura Japan
Chimère Claire Devers France
Cinema Paradiso Nuovo cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore Italy, France
Do the Right Thing Spike Lee United States
Evil Angels Fred Schepisi Australia, United States
Francesco Liliana Cavani Italy, West Germany
Jesus of Montreal Jésus de Montréal Denys Arcand Canada, France
Kuarup Ruy Guerra Brazil
Lost Angels Hugh Hudson United States
Monsieur Hire Patrice Leconte France
Moon Child El niño de la luna Agustí Villaronga Spain
Mystery Train Jim Jarmusch United States, Japan
Reunion Jerry Schatzberg United Kingdom, France, West Germany
Rosalie Goes Shopping Percy Adlon West Germany
Sex, Lies, and Videotape Steven Soderbergh United States
Spider's Web Das Spinnennetz Bernhard Wicki West Germany
Splendor Ettore Scola Italy
Sweetie Jane Campion Australia
Time of the Gypsies Дом за вешање Emir Kusturica Yugoslavia, Italy
Too Beautiful for You Trop belle pour toi Bertrand Blier France
Torrents of Spring Jerzy Skolimowski United Kingdom, France, Italy
The Women on the Roof Kvinnorna på taketCarl-Gustav NykvistSweden

Un Certain Regard

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
Black Sin Schwarze Sünde Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet West Germany, France
BaroqueBarroco 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 MuchnaCzechoslovakia
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 SellarUnited Kingdom
Voices of Sarafina! Nigel Noble United States
Whirlwind СмерчBako SadykovSoviet Union
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은? Bae Yong-kyun South Korea
Wired Larry Peerce United States

Out of Competition

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

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(s)Production Country
New York Stories (opening film) Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese United States
Old Gringo (closing film) Luis Puenzo

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to receive a special screening:

English TitleOriginal TitleDirector(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
LibertéLaurent JacobFrance
The Monkey FolkLe peuple singeGérard Vienne
Scandal Michael Caton-Jones United Kingdom

Short Films 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 28th International Critics' Week (28e Semaine de la Critique): [14]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • Warszawa Koluszki by Jerzy Zalewski (Poland)
  • Le Porte plume by Marie-Christine Perrodin (France)
  • Blind Curve by Gary Markowitz (United States)
  • The Three Soldiers by Kamal Musale (Switzerland)
  • Work Experience by James Hendrie (United Kingdom)
  • Der Mensch mit den modernen Nerven by Bady Minck (Austria/Luxembourg)
  • Trombone en coulisses by Hubert Toint (Belgium, France)
  • Wstega mobiusa by Lukasz Karwowski (Poland)
  • La Femme mariée de Nam Xuong by Tran Anh Hung (France)

Directors' Fortnight

The following feature films were screened for the 1989 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [15]

Official Awards

In Competition

Caméra d'Or

Short Film Palme d'Or

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Commission Supérieure Technique

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

Award of the Youth

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Awards 1989: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1989: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "42ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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  10. ↑ "Cannes '89: The Glitter, The Hoopla, The Movies". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
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  14. ↑ "28e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1989". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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