1985 Cannes Film Festival

1985 Cannes Film Festival
The 38th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 20 May 1985. The Palme d'Or went to the When Father Was Away on Business by Emir Kusturica.
The festival opened with Witness, directed by Peter Weir and closed with The Emerald Forest, directed by John Boorman. The festival paid a tribute to American actor James Stewart and screened a restored version of his 1954 film The Glenn Miller Story, directed by Anthony Mann.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1985 feature film competition:
Miloš Forman (Czechoslovakia) Jury President
Claude Imbert (France) (journalist)
Edwin Zbonek (Austria)
Francis Veber (France)
Jorge Amado (Brazil)
Mauro Bolognini (Italy)
Michel Perez (France)
Mo Rothman (USA)
Néstor Almendros (Spain)
Sarah Miles (UK)
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1985 Camera d'Or:
Bernard Jubard
Bertrand Van Effenterre (director)
Joël Magny (critic)
Jose Vieira Marques (cinephile)
Lorenzo Codelli (journalist)
Peter Cowie (film historian)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
A.K. by Chris Marker
Ad Sof Halaylah by Eitan Green
Dear, Dearest, Beloved, Unique... (Milyy, dorogoy, lyubimyy, edinstvennyy...) by Dinara Asanova
Il diavolo sulle colline by Vittorio Cottafavi
Empty Quarter: A Woman in Africa (Une femme en Afrique) by Raymond Depardon
Fire Festival (Himatsuri) by Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Heritage (Dediščina) by Matjaž Klopčič
Latino by Haskell Wexler
Das Mal des Todes by Peter Handke
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Michel Mitrani
The Mystery of Alexina (Le mystère Alexina) by René Féret
Oriana by Fina Torres
Padre nuestro by Francisco Regueiro
A Private Function by Malcolm Mowbray
Tea in the Harem (Le thé au harem d'Archimède) by Mehdi Charef
Tokyo-Ga by Wim Wenders
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
The Emerald Forest by John Boorman
The Glenn Miller Story by Anthony Mann
Jumping by Osamu Tezuka
Die Nacht by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Night Magic by Lewis Furey
The Purple Rose of Cairo by Woody Allen
The Satin Slipper (Le soulier de Satin) by Manoel de Oliveira
Steaming by Joseph Losey
Witness by Peter Weir
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
L'anniversaire de Georges by Patrick Traon
Mariage (Jenitba) by Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov
Stop by Krzysztof Kiwerski
Tusagi by Bondo Shoshitaishvili
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 24th International Critics' Week (24e Semaine de la Critique):
Le Temps détruit by Pierre Beuchot (France)
Faces of Women (Visages de femmes) by Desiré Ecaré (Ivory Coast)
Kolp by Roland Suso Richter (West Germany)
Vertiges by Christine Laurent (France)
The Color of Blood by Bill Duke (United States)
Fucha by Michał Dudziewicz (Poland)
A Canary Cage by Pavel Chukhray (Soviet Union)
A Marvada Carne by André Klotzel (Brazil)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1985 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
A Flash of Green by Victor Nuñez
Crossover Dreams by Leon Ichaso
Da Capo by Pekka Lehto, Pirjo Honkasalo
Dance with a Stranger by Mike Newell
Desperately Seeking Susan by Susan Seidelman
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart by Wayne Wang
Love on the Pyramids Plateau (Al Hob Fawk Habadet al Haram) by Atef El Tayeb
A Suspended Life (Ghazal el-Banat) by Jocelyne Saab
Blue Mountains by Eldar Shengelaia
Impiegati by Pupi Avati
The City and the Dogs (La ciudad y los perros) by Francisco J. Lombardi
La noche más hermosa by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Les anges by Ridha Behi
Lieber Karl by Maria Knilli
Megfelelo Ember Kenyes Feladatra by János Kovácsi
O Erotas tou Odyssea by Vassilis Vafeas
The Funeral (Osōshiki) by Juzo Itami
The Innocent by John Mackenzie
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1985 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: When Father Was Away on Business by Emir Kusturica
Grand Prix: Birdy by Alan Parker
Best Director: André Téchiné for Rendez-vous
Best Actress:
Norma Aleandro for The Official Story
Cher for Mask
Best Actor: William Hurt for Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Artistic Contribution: Paul Schrader for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Jury Prize: Colonel Redl by István Szabó
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Oriana by Fina Torres
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: Mariage (Jenitba) by Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na sluzbenom putu) by Emir Kusturica (In competition)
The Purple Rose of Cairo by Woody Allen (Out of competition)
Faces of Women (Visages de femmes) by Desiré Ecaré (International Critics' Week)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: Insignificance by Nicolas Roeg
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Official Story (La historia oficial) by Norma Aleandro
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: Dance with a Stranger by Mike Newell
French Film: Tea in the Harem (Le thé au harem d'Archimède) by Mehdi Charef
References
Media
INA: Opening of the 1985 Festival (commentary in French)
INA: List of winners of the 1985 festival (commentary in French)
External links
1985 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1985
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1985 at Internet Movie Database
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