1989 Cannes Film Festival

1989 Cannes Film Festival
The 42nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1989. The Palme d'Or went to Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh.
The festival opened with New York Stories, anthology film directed by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and closed with Old Gringo, directed by Luis Puenzo.
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.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1989 feature film competition:
Wim Wenders Jury President
Christine Gouze-Rénal
Claude Beylie
Georges Delerue
Hector Babenco
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Peter Handke
Renée Blanchar
Sally Field
Silvio Clementelli
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1989 Camera d'Or:
Raf Vallone (actor) president
Bernard Jubard
Klaus Eder (journalist)
Moustafa Salah Hashem (Critic)
Peter Scarlet (cinephile)
Philippe Maarek (critic)
Suzanne Schiffman (screenwriter)
Yvan Gauthier (cinephile)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Black Rain (Kuroi ame) by Shohei Imamura
Chimère by Claire Devers
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) by Giuseppe Tornatore
Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee
Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) by Fred Schepisi
Francesco by Liliana Cavani
Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) by Denys Arcand
Kuarup by Ruy Guerra
Lost Angels by Hugh Hudson
Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
Moon Child (El niño de la luna) by Agustí Villaronga
Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch
Reunion by Jerry Schatzberg
Rosalie Goes Shopping by Percy Adlon
Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
Spider's Web (Das Spinnennetz) by Bernhard Wicki
Splendor by Ettore Scola
Sweetie by Jane Campion
Time of the Gypsies (Dom za vešanje) by Emir Kusturica
Too Beautiful for You (Trop belle pour toi) by Bertrand Blier
Torrents of Spring by Jerzy Skolimowski
The Women on the Roof (Kvinnorna på taket) by Carl-Gustav Nykvist
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Black Sin (Schwarze Sünde) by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Devět kruhů pekla by Milan Muchna
Barroco by Paul Leduc
Errors of Youth (Oshibki yunosti) by Boris Frumin
Fool's Mate (Zugzwang) by Mathieu Carrière
Golden Horseshoes (Safa'ih min dhahab) by Nouri Bouzid
Malpractice by Bill Bennett
My 20th Century (Én XX. századom, Az) by Ildikó Enyedi
Piravi by Shaji N. Karun
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg by Ian Pringle
Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Tenth One in Hiding (Il decimo clandestino) by Lina Wertmüller
Thick Skinned (Peaux de vaches) by Patricia Mazuy
Treffen in Travers by Michael Gwisdek
Venus Peter by Ian Sellar
Voices of Sarafina! by Nigel Noble
Whirlwind (Smertch) by Bako Sadykov
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan kkadakeun?) by Bae Yong-Kyun
Wired by Larry Peerce
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition.
New York Stories by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese
Old Gringo by Luis Puenzo
Special screenings
1001 films by André Delvaux
50 ans by Gilles Carle
Fight for Us (Orapronobis) by Lino Brocka
Ganashatru by Satyajit Ray
Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean
Liberté by Laurent Jacob
The Monkey Folk (Le peuple singe) by Gérard Vienne
Scandal by Michael Caton-Jones
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:
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
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
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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
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1989 awards:
Palme d'Or: Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
Grand Prix:
Nuovo cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
Trop belle pour toi by Bertrand Blier
Best Director: Emir Kusturica for Dom za vešanje
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: Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: My 20th Century (Én XX. századom, Az) by Ildikó Enyedi
Golden Camera - Special Mention: Piravi by Shaji N. Karun & Waller's Last Trip by Christian Wagner
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: 50 ans by Gilles Carle (Out of competition)
Special Mention - 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: Kuroi ame by Shōhei Imamura
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Kuroi ame by Shōhei Imamura & Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: Caracas by Michael Schottenberg
Other awards
Special Award: Gregory Peck
References
Media
INA: Climbing of the steps for the opening of the 1989 festival (commentary in French)
INA: Assessment of and reactions to the list of winners of the 1989 Festival (commentary in French)
External links
1989 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1989
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1989 at Internet Movie Database
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