# 1989 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.
American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his debut film Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
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.
The festival opened with New York Stories, an anthology film by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and closed with Old Gringo by Luis Puenzo.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Wim Wenders, West German filmmaker - Jury President
* Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker
* Claude Beylie
* Renée Blanchar, Canadian filmmaker
* Silvio Clementelli, Italian producer
* Georges Delerue, French composer
* Sally Field, American actress
* Christine Gouze-Rénal, French producer
* Peter Handke, Austrian author
* Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish filmmaker

### Camera d'Or

* Raf Vallone, Italian actor - Jury President
* Klaus Eder, journalist
* Yvan Gauthier, cinephile
* Bernard Jubard
* Philippe Maarek, film critic
* Moustafa Salah Hashem, film critic
* Peter Scarlet, cinephile
* Suzanne Schiffman, French filmmaker

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Black Rain | 黒い雨 | Shōhei Imamura | Japan |
| Chimère | Chimère | Claire Devers | France |
| Cinema Paradiso | Nuovo cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy, France |
| Do the Right Thing | Do the Right Thing | Spike Lee | United States |
| Evil Angels | Evil Angels | Fred Schepisi | Australia, United States |
| Francesco | Francesco | Liliana Cavani | Italy, West Germany |
| Jesus of Montreal | Jésus de Montréal | Denys Arcand | Canada, France |
| Kuarup | Kuarup | Ruy Guerra | Brazil |
| Lost Angels | Lost Angels | Hugh Hudson | United States |
| Monsieur Hire | Monsieur Hire | Patrice Leconte | France |
| Moon Child | El niño de la luna | Agustí Villaronga | Spain |
| Mystery Train | Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch | United States, Japan |
| Reunion | Reunion | Jerry Schatzberg | United Kingdom, France, West Germany |
| Rosalie Goes Shopping | Rosalie Goes Shopping | Percy Adlon | West Germany |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| Spider's Web | Das Spinnennetz | Bernhard Wicki | West Germany |
| Splendor | Splendor | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Sweetie | 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 | Torrents of Spring | Jerzy Skolimowski | United Kingdom, France, Italy |
| The Women on the Roof | Kvinnorna på taket | Carl-Gustav Nykvist | Sweden |

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
| 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 | 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 | Piravi | Shaji N. Karun | India |
| The Prisoner of St. Petersburg | The Prisoner of St. Petersburg | Ian Pringle | Australia, West Germany |
| Santa Sangre | 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 | Venus Peter | Ian Sellar | United Kingdom |
| Voices of Sarafina! | 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 |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| New York Stories (opening film) | New York Stories (opening film) | Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese | United States |
| Old Gringo (closing film) | Old Gringo (closing film) | Luis Puenzo | United States |

### Special Screenings

The following films were selected to receive a special screening:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| 1001 films (short) | 1001 films (short) | André Delvaux | Belgium |
| 50 ans (short) | 50 ans (short) | Gilles Carle | Canada |
| Fight for Us | Orapronobis | Lino Brocka | Philippines |
| Ganashatru | গণশত্রু | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | David Lean | United Kingdom, United States |
| Liberté | Liberté | Laurent Jacob | France |
| The Monkey Folk | Le peuple singe | Gérard Vienne | France |
| Scandal | Scandal | Michael Caton-Jones | United Kingdom |

### Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
* Beau Fixe Sur Cormeilles by Gilles Lacombe
* Blind Alley by Emmanuel Salinger
* Full Metal Racket by William Nunez
* The Gest of Segu (Segu janjo) by Mambaye Coulibaly
* Kitchen Sink by Alison Maclean
* Manly Games (Muzné hry) by Jan Svankmajer
* Performance Pieces (Morceaux Choisis) by Tom Abrams
* The Persistent Peddler (Le Colporteur) by Claude Cloutier
* Le Théâtre du Père Carlo by Rao Kheidmets
* Yes We Can by Faith Hubley

## Parallel sections
### International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 28th International Critics' Week (28e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
* Rose of the Desert (Rose des Sables) by Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (Algeria)
* Tjoet Nja’ Dhien by Eros Djarot (Indonesia)
* As Tears Go By by Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong)
* Waller's Last Trip (Wallers letzter Gang) by Christian Wagner (West Germany)
* Arab by Fadhel Jaibi and Fadhel Jaziri (Tunisia)
* La Ville de Yun by U-Sun Kim (Japan)
* Les Poissons morts (Die toten Fische) by Michael Synek (Austria)
* Montalvo et l’enfant by Claude Mourieras (France)
* Black Square (Chyornyy kvadrat) by Iosif Pasternak (Soviet Union)
* Duende by Jean-Blaise Junod (Switzerland)
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):
* Caracas by Michael Schottenberg
* Der 7. Kontinent by Michael Haneke
* Der Philosoph [de] by Rudolf Thome
* Eat a Bowl Of Tea by Wayne Wang
* El Rio que nos Lleva by Antonio del Real
* Zerograd by Karen Shakhnazarov
* Il piccolo diavolo by Roberto Benigni
* Maria Von Den Sternen by Thomas Mauch
* Melancholia [de] by Andi Engel [de]
* Niu Peng by Dai Sijie
* Piccoli Equivoci by Ricky Tognazzi
* Sidewalk Stories by Charles Lane
* Sis by Zülfü Livaneli
* Speaking Parts by Atom Egoyan
* Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo

## Official Awards
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
* Grand Prix:
** Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
** Too Beautiful for You by Bertrand Blier
* Best Director: Emir Kusturica for Time of the Gypsies
* Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Evil Angels
* Best Actor: James Spader for Sex, Lies, and Videotape
* Best Artistic Contribution: Jim Jarmusch for Mystery Train
* Jury Prize: Jesus of Montreal by Denys Arcand
* Special Award: Gregory Peck

### Caméra d'Or

* My 20th Century by Ildikó Enyedi
** Special Mention:
*** Piravi by Shaji N. Karun
*** Waller's Last Trip by Christian Wagner

### Short Film Palme d'Or

* 50 ans by Gilles Carle
** Best Short Film:
*** Performance Pieces by Tom Abrams
*** Yes We Can by Faith Hubley

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh (In competition)
* Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Directors' Fortnight)

### Commission Supérieure Technique

* Technical Grand Prize: Black Rain by Shōhei Imamura

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Jesus of Montreal by Denys Arcand
** Special Mention:
*** Black Rain by Shōhei Imamura
*** Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo

### Award of the Youth

* Foreign Film: Caracas by Michael Schottenberg