# 1984 Cannes Film Festival

The 37th Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1984. British actor Dirk Bogarde served as jury president for the main competition.
German filmmaker Wim Wenders won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Paris, Texas.
During this festival, a private group, under the patronage of the festival's authorities held a side event presenting film trailers. A French jury, presided by Saul Bass, awarded its Grand Prize to the trailer for Flashdance.
The festival opened with Fort Saganne by Alain Corneau, and closed with The Bounty by Roger Donaldson.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Dirk Bogarde, British actor - Jury President
* Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer
* Michel Deville, French filmmaker
* Stanley Donen, American filmmaker and choreographer
* Istvan Dosai, Hungarian cinematographer
* Arne Hestenes, Norwegian journalist
* Isabelle Huppert, French actress
* Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and conductor
* Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer
* Vadim Yusov, Soviet cinematographer

### Camera d'Or

* Bernard Jubard,French - Jury President
* Mehmet Basutcu, Turkish
* José Luis Guarner, Spanish
* Michel Jullien, French
* Samuel Lachize, French film critic
* Serge Leroy, French
* Fee Vaillant, West-German

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Another Country | Another Country | Marek Kanievska | United Kingdom |
| The Bounty (closing film) | The Bounty (closing film) | Roger Donaldson | United Kingdom |
| Cal | Cal | Pat O'Connor | Ireland |
| Day Is Longer Than Night | დღეს ღამე უთენებია | Lana Gogoberidze | Soviet Union |
| Diary for My Children | Napló gyermekeimnek | Márta Mészáros | Hungary |
| The Element of Crime | Forbrydelsens Element | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| Ghare Baire | Ghare Baire | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Henry IV | Enrico IV | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| The Holy Innocents | Los santos inocentes | Mario Camus | Spain |
| Paris, Texas | Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | West Germany, France |
| The Pirate | La pirate | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Quilombo | Quilombo | Carlos Diegues | Brazil |
| Success Is the Best Revenge | Le succès à tout prix | Jerzy Skolimowski | France, United Kingdom |
| A Sunday in the Country | Un dimanche à la campagne | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| This Is My Country | Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim | Lino Brocka | Philippines |
| Under the Volcano | Under the Volcano | John Huston | Mexico, United States |
| Vigil | Vigil | Vincent Ward | New Zealand |
| Voyage to Cythera | Ταξίδι στα Κύθηρα | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Where the Green Ants Dream | Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen | Werner Herzog | West Germany |

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Abel Gance et son Napoléon | Abel Gance et son Napoléon | Nelly Kaplan | France |
| Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema | Un poeta nel Cinema: Andreij Tarkovskij | Donatella Baglivo | Italy |
| The Border | De grens | Leon de Winter | Netherlands |
| Feroz | Feroz | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Spain |
| Le jour S... | Le jour S... | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | Canada |
| Khandhar | Khandhar | Mrinal Sen | India |
| Man of Flowers | Man of Flowers | Paul Cox | Australia |
| A Man of Principle | Cóndores no entierran todos los días | Francisco Norden | Colombia |
| Maria's Day | Mária-nap | Judit Elek | Hungary |
| Mulleya Mulleya | 여인 잔혹사 물레야 물레야 | Lee Doo-yong | South Korea |
| El Norte | El Norte | Gregory Nava | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Road to Bresson | De weg naar Bresson | Leo de Boer and Jurriën Rood | Netherlands |
| Le tartuffe | Le tartuffe | Gérard Depardieu | France |
| Where Is Parsifal? | Where Is Parsifal? | Henri Helman | United Kingdom |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| After the Rehearsal | Efter repetitionen | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Beat Street | Beat Street | Stan Lathan | United States |
| Broadway Danny Rose | Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen | United States |
| Choose Me | Choose Me | Alan Rudolph | United States |
| Fort Saganne (opening film) | Fort Saganne (opening film) | Alain Corneau | France |
| Once Upon a Time in America | C'era una volta in America | Sergio Leone | Italy, United States |

### Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
* Ajtó by Mária Horváth
* Bottom's Dream by John Canemaker
* Le Cheval de fer by Gérald Frydman, Pierre Levie
* Orpheus and Eurydice by Lesley Keen
* Points by Dan Collins
* Ett Rum by Mats Olof Olsson
* Het Scheppen van een koe by Paul Driessen
* Le Spectacle by Gilles Chevallier
* Chiri by David Takaichvili
* Tip Top by Paul Driessen

## Parallel sections
### International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 23rd International Critics' Week (23e Semaine de la Critique):
* Argie by Jorge Blanco (Argentina)
* Bless Their Little Hearts by Billy Woodberry (United States)
* Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (Smärtgränsen) by Agneta Elers-Jarleman (Sweden)
* Boy Meets girl by Léos Carax (France)
* Dreams of the City (Ahlam el Madina) by Mohammed Malas (Syria)
* Etienne, le roi (István, a király) by Gábor Koltay (Hungary)
* White Trash [de] (Kanakerbraut) by Uwe Schrader [de] (West Germany)

### Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1984 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
* Atomstodin by Thorsteinn Jonsson
* The Bostonians by James Ivory
* Epílogo by Gonzalo Suarez
* Die Erben by Walter Bannert
* Everlasting Love by Michael Mak
* Ezkimo Asszony Fazik by Janos Xantus
* Flight to Berlin by Christopher Petit
* The Hit by Stephen Frears
* The House of Water (La casa de agua) by Jacobo Penzo
* Memoirs of Prison (Memórias do Cárcere) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
* Nunca Fomos Tao Felizes by Murilo Salles
* Old Enough by Marisa Silver
* Orinoko – Nuevo Mundo by Diego Risquez
* Raffl by Christian Berger
* Revanche by Nicholas Vergitsis
* Sista Leken by Jon Lindstrom
* Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch
* Variety by Bette Gordon
* The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves) by Jean-Claude Labrecque

## Official Awards
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
* Grand Prix: Diary for My Children by Márta Mészáros
* Best Director: Bertrand Tavernier for A Sunday in the Country
* Best Screenplay: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra and Thanassis Valtinos for Voyage to Cythera
* Best Actress: Helen Mirren for Cal
* Best Actor: Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal for The Holy Innocents
* Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Biziou (cinematographer) for Another Country

### Caméra d'Or

* Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch

### Short Film Palme d'Or

* Le Cheval de fer by Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie
* Premier Prix: Tchouma by David Takaichvili

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* Memoirs of Prison by Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Directors' Fortnight)
* Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders (In competition)
* Voyage to Cythera by Theodoros Angelopoulos (In competition)

### Commission Supérieure Technique

* Technical Grand Prize: The Element of Crime by Lars von Trier

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
** Special Mention: The Holy Innocents by Mario Camus

### Award of the Youth

* Foreign Film: Epílogo by Gonzalo Suárez
* French Film: Boy Meets Girl by Leos Carax