1986 Cannes Film Festival

1986 Cannes Film Festival
The 39th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 1986. The Palme d'Or went to The Mission by Roland Joffé.
The festival opened with Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski and closed with El Amor brujo, directed by Carlos Saura.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 feature film competition:
Sydney Pollack, American director, producer, and actor (Jury President)
Alexandre Mnouchkine, French producer
Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian-French production designer
Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter
Danièle Thompson, French director and screenwriter
István Szabó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter
Philip French, English film critic and producer
Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress
Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 Camera d'Or:
Anne Fichelle
Christophe Ghristi (cinephile)
Eva Zaoralova (journalist)
Ivan Starcevic (journalist)
Lawrence Kardish (cinephile)
Pierre Murat (critic)
Serge Leroy (director)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
After Hours by Martin Scorsese
Boris Godunov by Sergei Bondarchuk
Down by Law by Jim Jarmusch
The Fringe Dwellers by Bruce Beresford
Fool for Love by Robert Altman
Genesis by Mrinal Sen
I Love You by Marco Ferreri
The Last Image (La dernière image) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) by Arnaldo Jabor
Max, Mon Amour by Nagisa Oshima
Ménage (Tenue de soirée) by Bertrand Blier
The Mission by Roland Joffé
Mona Lisa by Neil Jordan
Otello by Franco Zeffirelli
Poor Butterfly (Pobre mariposa) by Raúl de la Torre
Rosa Luxemburg by Margarethe von Trotta
Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky
The Sacrifice (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky
Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime) by André Téchiné
Thérèse by Alain Cavalier
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
A Girl's Own Story by Jane Campion
Backlash by Bill Bennett
Belizaire the Cajun by Glen Pitre
Burke & Wills by Graeme Clifford
Coming Up Roses by Stephen Bayly
Das zweite Schraube-Fragment by Walter Andreas Christen
Desert Bloom by Eugene Corr
Laputa by Helma Sanders-Brahms
Man of Ashes (Rih essed) by Nouri Bouzid
Passionless Moments by Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
A Promise (Ningen no yakusoku) by Yoshishige Yoshida
The Pied Piper (Krysař) by Jiří Barta
Salomè by Claude d'Anna
Shtei Etzbaot Mi'Tzidon by Eli Cohen
Tai Yang by Benzheng Yu
Two Friends by Jane Campion
The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) by Rauni Mollberg
Welcome in Vienna by Axel Corti
Where Are You Going? (Za kude putuvate) by Rangel Vulchanov
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
A Matter of Life and Death by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Absolute Beginners by Julien Temple
El Amor brujo by Carlos Saura
The Chipmunk Adventure by Janice Karman
The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg
Don Quixote by Orson Welles
Hannah and Her Sisters by Woody Allen
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà) by Claude Lelouch
Pirates by Roman Polanski
Precious Images by Chuck Workman
T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais by Agnès Varda
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
15-Août by Nicole Garcia (France)
Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov (Russia)
A Gentle Spirit (Lagodna) by Piotr Dumala
Le Vent by Csaba Varga
Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert (France)
Les Petits Coins by Pascal Aubier
Miroir d'ailleurs by Willy Kempeneers
Nouilles Sèches (Dry Noodles) by Dan Collins
Peel by Jane Campion (Australia)
Question d'optiques by Claude Luyet
Quinoscopio by Juan Padron
Street of Crocodiles by Brothers Quay
Turbo Concerto by Martin Barry
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 25th International Critics' Week (25e Semaine de la Critique):
40 Square Meters of Germany (40 Quadratmeter Deutschland) by Tevfik Baser (West Germany)
Devil in the Flesh by Scott Murray (Australia)
La Dona del traghetto by Amedeo Fago (Italy)
Esther by Amos Gitaï (Israel)
Faubourg Saint-Martin by Jean-Claude Guiguet (France)
San Antoñito by Pepe Sanchez (Colombia)
Sleepwalk by Sara Driver (United States)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1986 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Cactus by Paul Cox
Comic Magazine (Komikku Zasshi Nanka Iranai) by Yōjirō Takita
Dancing in the Dark by Leon Marr
The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand
Defence of the Realm by David Drury
Devil in the Flesh (Diavolo in corpo) by Marco Bellocchio
Giovanni Senzapensieri by Marco Colli
Golden Eighties by Chantal Akerman
Malandro (Ópera do Malandro) by Ruy Guerra
Memoirs of a Sinner by Wojciech Has
Qing Chun Jin by Nuanxin Zhang
Schmutz by Paulus Manker
She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
Sid and Nancy by Alex Cox
Sorekara by Yoshimitsu Morita
Tarot by Rudolf Thome
Visszaszamlalas by Pal Erdoss
Working Girls by Lizzie Borden
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1986 awards:
Palme d'Or: The Mission by Roland Joffé
Grand Prix: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for After Hours
Best Actress:
Barbara Sukowa for Rosa Luxemburg
Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar)
Best Actor:
Michel Blanc for Ménage (Tenue de soirée)
Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa
Best Artistic Contribution: Sven Nykvist (for the cinematography) for The Sacrifice (Offret)
Jury Prize: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Noir et Blanc by Claire Devers
Un Certain Regard
Prix Un Certain Regard: Man of Ashes (Rih essed) by Nouri Bouzid
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: Peel by Jane Campion
Jury Prize for Fiction: Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert
Jury Prize for Animation: Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
The Decline of the American Empire (Le déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand (Directors' Fortnight)
The Sacrifice (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: The Mission by Roland Joffé
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
French Film: High Speed by Monique Dartonne and Michel Kaptur
References
Media
INA: Roman Polanski presents Pirates at the opening of the 1986 Festival (interview in French)
INA: List of winners of the 1986 festival (commentary in French)
External links
1986 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1986
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1986 at Internet Movie Database
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