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1988 Cannes Film Festival
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| image | CFF88poster.jpg |
| caption | Official poster of the 41st Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by *Tibor Timar*. |
| number | 21 (In Competition) |
| opening | *The Big Blue* |
| closing | *Willow* |
| location | Cannes, France |
| awards | *Palme d'Or*: |
| *Pelle the Conqueror* | |
| date | – |
| founded | 1946 |
| website | |
| main | Cannes Film Festival |
| previous | [1987](1987-cannes-film-festival) |
| next | [1989](1989-cannes-film-festival) |
Pelle the Conqueror
The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988. Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition.
Danish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Pelle the Conqueror.
The festival opened with The Big Blue by Luc Besson, and closed with Willow by Ron Howard.
Juries
Main competition
- Ettore Scola, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Claude Berri, French filmmaker, producer, and actor
- William Goldman, American author
- Nastassja Kinski, German actress
- George Miller, Australian filmmaker
- Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer
- Héctor Olivera, Argentine filmmaker and producer
- David Robinson, British film critic
- Yelena Safonova, Soviet actress
- Philippe Sarde, French composer
''Camera d'Or''
- Danièle Delorme, French actress - Jury President
- Carlos Avellar, journalist
- Jacques Champreux, French director
- Henry Chapier, French film critic
- Chantal Calafato, cinephile
- Bernard Jubard
- Ekaterina Oproiu, journalist
- David Streiff, cinephile
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *The Abyss* | *L'oeuvre au noir* | André Delvaux | France, Belgium |
| *Bird* | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
| *The Cannibals* | *Os Canibais* | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| *Chocolat* | Claire Denis | France, Cameroon | |
| *El Dorado* | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| *Drowning by Numbers* | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom, Netherlands | |
| *L'enfance de l'art* | Francis Girod | France | |
| *Hanussen* | István Szabó | Hungary, West Germany, Austria | |
| *King of the Children* | 孩子王 | Chen Kaige | China |
| *Love and Fear* | *Fürchten und Lieben* | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany, France, Italy |
| *El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free* | *El Lute II: mañana seré libre* | Vicente Aranda | Spain |
| *Miles from Home* | Gary Sinise | United States | |
| *Pascali's Island* | James Dearden | United Kingdom | |
| *The Passenger – Welcome to Germany* | *Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany* | Thomas Brasch | West Germany |
| *Patty Hearst* | Paul Schrader | United States | |
| ***Pelle the Conqueror*** | ***Pelle Erobreren*** | **Bille August** | **Denmark, Sweden** |
| *The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey* | Vincent Ward | New Zealand, Australia | |
| *A Short Film About Killing* | *Krótki film o zabijaniu* | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
| *South* | *Sur* | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| *A World Apart* | Chris Menges | United Kingdom, Zimbabwe | |
| *Wuthering Heights* | 嵐が丘 | Yoshishige Yoshida | Japan |
''Un Certain Regard''
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Among Grey Stones* | Среди серых камней | Kira Muratova | Soviet Union |
| *Antarjali Jatra* | অন্তর্জলী যাত্রা | Goutam Ghose | India |
| *Gece Yolculuğu* | Ömer Kavur | Turkey | |
| *The Harms Case* | *Slučaj Harms* | Slobodan D. Pesic | Yugoslavia |
| *Havinck* | Frans Weisz | Netherlands | |
| *Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie* | *Hôtel Terminus: Klaus Barbie, sa vie et son temps* | Marcel Ophuls | United States |
| *It's Happening Tomorrow* | *Domani accadrà* | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
| *Katinka* | *Ved vejen* | Max von Sydow | Denmark, Sweden |
| *Lamento* | François Dupeyron | France | |
| *Lounge Chair* | *La méridienne* | Jean-François Amiguet | Switzerland, France |
| *Mapantsula* | Oliver Schmitz | South Africa | |
| *The Mask* | *La maschera* | Fiorella Infascelli | Italy |
| *Natalia* | Bernard Cohn | France | |
| *On the Silver Globe* | *Na srebrnym globie* | Andrzej Żuławski | Poland |
| *The Raggedy Rawney* | Bob Hoskins | United Kingdom | |
| *The Revolving Doors* | *Les Portes tournantes* | Francis Mankiewicz | Canada, France |
| *Rouge of the North* | 怨女 | Fred Tan | Taiwan |
| *Sand and Blood* | *De sable et de sang* | Jeanne Labrune | France |
| *A Song of Air* | Merilee Bennett | Australia | |
| *Stalin's Disciples* | ילדי סטאלין | Nadav Levitan | Israel |
| *Time of Violence* | Време на насилие | Ludmil Staikov | Bulgaria |
| *Why?* | *Proc?* | Karel Smyczek | Czechoslovakia |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *The Big Blue* (opening film) | *Le Grand Bleu* | Luc Besson | France, United States, Italy |
| *The Blue Iguana* | John Lafia | United States | |
| *The Milagro Beanfield War* | Robert Redford | ||
| *Willow* (closing film) | Ron Howard |
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to receive a special screening:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam* | Bill Couturié | United States | |
| *Histoire(s) du cinéma* | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland |
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:
- Ab Ovo / Homoknyomok (Traces of Sand) by Ferenc Cako
- Bukpytacy (Fioritures) by Gary Bardine
- Cat & Mousse by David Lawson
- Chet's Romance by Bertrand Fevre
- Out of Town by Norman Hull
- Pas-ta-shoot-ah by Maurizio Forestieri
- Pleasure Domes by Maggie Fooke
- Sculpture Physique by Yann Piquer, Jean Marie Maddeddu
- Super Freak by Gisela Ekholm, Per Ekholm
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
- Begurebis gadaprena by Temür Babluani (Soviet Union)
- Full Moon (Dolunay) by Sahin Kaygun (Turkey)
- Tokyo Pop by Fran Rubel Kuzui (USA)
- The Well (Jing) by Yalin Li (China)
- Testament by John Akomfrah (United Kingdom)
- Portrait of a Life (Ekti Jiban) by Raja Mitra (India)
- My Dear Subject (Mon cher sujet) by Anne-Marie Miéville (France, Switzerland) Short film competition
- La face cachée de la lune by Yvon Marciano (France)
- Metropolis Apocalypse by Jon Jacobs (United Kingdom)
- Artisten (The Artist) by Jonas Grimas (Sweden)
- Klatka (The cage) by Olaf Olszewski (Poland)
- Cidadao Jatoba (Citizen Jatoba) by Maria Luiza Aboïm (Brazil)
- Blues Black and White by Markus Imboden (Switzerland)
Directors' Fortnight
The following feature films were screened for the 1988 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- Amerika, Terra Incognita by Diego Risquez
- Daughter of the Nile (Ni luo he nu er) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- ** by Robert Van Ackeren
- Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies
- Ei by Danniel Danniel
- The Heat Line (La Ligne de chaleur) by Hubert-Yves Rose
- Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz
- Légendes Vivantes by Nodar Managadzé
- Mars Froid by Igor Minayev
- Natal da Portela by Paulo Cezar Saraceni
- Noujoum A’nahar by Oussama Mohammad
- Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair
- Summer Thefts (Sarikat Sayfeya) by Yousry Nasrallah
- Soursweet by Mike Newell
- Stormy Monday by Mike Figgis
- The Story of Fausta (Romance Da Empregada) by Bruno Barreto
- Tabataba by Raymond Rajaonarivelo
- The Suitors by Ghasem Ebrahimian
Official Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Pelle the Conqueror by Bille August
- Grand Prix: A World Apart by Chris Menges
- Best Director: Fernando Solanas for Sur
- Best Actress: Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi for A World Apart
- Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for Bird
- Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Greenaway for Drowning by Numbers
- Jury Prize: A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski
''[[Caméra d'Or]]''
- Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair Short films
[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]
- Vykrutasy by Garri Bardin
- Short Film Prize for Animation: Traces of Sand by Ferenc Cako
- Short Film Prize for Fiction: Physical Sculpture by Yann Piquer and Jean Marie Maddeddu
Independent Awards
[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]
- A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)
- Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie by Marcel Ophüls (Un Certain Regard)
- Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies (Directors' Fortnight)
''Commission Supérieure Technique''
- Technical Grand Prize: Bird, for the quality of the soundtrack
[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]
- A World Apart by Chris Menges
- Special Mention: The Revolving Doors by Francis Mankiewicz
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz
- French Film: Mon cher sujet by Anne-Marie Miéville
Other awards
- Audience Award: Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair
References
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1988 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1988 festival (commentary in French)
References
- "Posters 1988". festival-cannes.fr.
- "41ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
- "1988 – Un monde à part (A World Apart)". cannes-fest.com.
- "Danish Family Saga Wins Top Cannes Award "Pelle The Conqueror" Wins The Golden Palm And "a World Apart" Wins The Special Jury Prize At The Festival, Where Serious Films Prevail.". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
- Canby, Vincent. (29 May 1988). "Film View, Before the Revolution – and After". The New York Times.
- "Cinema de la Plage – The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu), Besson's marine odyssey". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Jean-marc Barr Comes Out Of 'The Big Blue'". [[The Morning Call]].
- "Cannes Focuses On Youth The French Film Festival Begins Tonight, Putting New Emphasis On New Filmmakers". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
- "Youth Being Served at 41st Cannes Film Festival : 20,000 Converge for French Rite That Focuses on 'Cinema of Next 10 Years'".
- "All Juries 1988". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Official Selection 1988: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
- "27e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1988". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
- (5 May 2007). "Need for a universal story". The Hindu.
- "Quinzaine 1988". quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
- "Awards 1988: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
- "FIPRESCI Awards 1988". fipresci.org.
- "Jury Œcuménique 1988". cannes.juryoecumenique.org.
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