1984 Cannes Film Festival

1984 Cannes Film Festival
The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1984. The Palme d'Or went to the Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders.
The festival opened with Fort Saganne, directed by Alain Corneau and closed with The Bounty, directed by Roger Donaldson. 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.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 feature film competition:
Dirk Bogarde (UK) Jury President
Franco Cristaldi (Italy)
Michel Deville (France)
Stanley Donen (USA)
Istvan Dosai (Hungary) (cinematography)
Arne Hestenes (Norway) (journalist)
Isabelle Huppert (France)
Ennio Morricone (Italy)
Jorge Semprún (Spain)
Vadim Yusov (Soviet Union)
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 Camera d'Or:
Mehmet Basutcu (Turkey)
José Luis Guarner (Spain)
Bernard Jubard (France)
Michel Jullien (France)
Samuel Lachize (France) (critic)
Serge Leroy (France)
Fee Vaillant (West Germany)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Another Country by Marek Kanievska
Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek) by Márta Mészáros
The Bounty by Roger Donaldson
Cal by Pat O'Connor
Day Is Longer Than Night (Dges game utenebia) by Lana Gogoberidze
The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element) by Lars von Trier
Ghare Baire by Satyajit Ray
Henry IV (Enrico IV) by Marco Bellocchio
Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
The Pirate (La pirate) by Jacques Doillon
Quilombo by Carlos Diegues
Los santos inocentes by Mario Camus
Success Is the Best Revenge by Jerzy Skolimowski
A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne) by Bertrand Tavernier
This Is My Country (Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim) by Lino Brocka
Under the Volcano by John Huston
Vigil by Vincent Ward
Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kythera) by Theodoros Angelopoulos
Where the Green Ants Dream by Werner Herzog
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Abel Gance et son Napoléon by Nelly Kaplan
Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema (Un poeta nel Cinema: Andreij Tarkovskij) by Donatella Baglivo
Feroz by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
De grens by Leon de Winter
Le jour S... by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Khandhar by Mrinal Sen
Man of Flowers by Paul Cox
A Man of Principle (Cóndores no entierran todos los días) by Francisco Norden
Maria's Day (Mária-nap) by Judit Elek
El Norte by Gregory Nava
The Road to Bresson (De weg naar Bresson) by Leo De Boer, Jurriën Rood
Spinning Wheel (Yeoin janhoksa moulleya moulleya) by Doo-yong Lee
Le tartuffe by Gérard Depardieu
Where Is Parsifal? by Henri Helman
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
After the Rehearsal (Efter repetitionen) by Ingmar Bergman
Beat Street by Stan Lathan
Broadway Danny Rose by Woody Allen
Choose Me by Alan Rudolph
Fort Saganne by Alain Corneau
Once Upon a Time in America by Sergio Leone
Short film 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)
(Kanakerbraut) by (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
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1984 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
Grand Prix: Napló gyermekeimnek by Márta Mészáros
Best Director: Bertrand Tavernier for Un dimanche à la campagne
Best Screenplay: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra and Thanassis Valtinos for Taxidi stin Kythera
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for Cal
Best Actor: Alfredo Landa and for Francisco Rabal Los santos inocentes (Ex aequo)
Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Biziou (cinematographer) for Another Country
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch
Short films
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 (Memórias do Cárcere) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Directors' Fortnight)
Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders (In competition)
Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kythera) by Theodoros Angelopoulos (In competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: Forbrydelsens element by Lars von Trier
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Los santos inocentes by Mario Camus
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: Epílogo by Gonzalo Suárez
French Film: Boy Meets Girl by Leos Carax
References
Media
INA: List of winners of the 1984 festival (commentary in French)
External links
1984 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1984
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1984 at Internet Movie Database
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