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1989 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 42nd Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Ludovic.[1]
Opening filmNew York Stories
Closing filmOld Gringo
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Sex, Lies,
and Videotape)[2]
No. of films22 (En Competition)[3]
19 (Un Certain Regard)
10 (Out of Competition)
10 (Short Film)
Festival date11 May 1989 (1989-05-11) – 23 May 1989 (1989-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

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.[4][5][6][7]

The festival opened with New York Stories, anthology film directed by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese[8] and closed with Old Gringo, directed by Luis Puenzo.[9][10]

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.[11]

Juries

Wim Wenders, Jury President of the Main competition

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1989 feature film competition:[12]

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 (journalist)
  • 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:[3]

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition.

Special screenings

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:[3]

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 28th International Critics' Week (28e Semaine de la Critique):[14]

Feature film competition

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)
  • 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):[15]

Awards

Steven Soderbergh, Palme d'Or winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1989 awards:[2][16][17]

Golden Camera

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[19]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[20]

Award of the Youth[18]

Other awards

References

  1. ^ "Posters 1989". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Awards 1989: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1989: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Americans Big Winners At Cannes Film Fest". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "A Low-budget American Film Soars At Cannes". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ Canby, Vincent (27 May 1989). "Critic's Notebook- For the Cannes Winner, Untarnished Celebrity". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "26-Year-Old American Director Takes To Award At Cannes". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Cannes '89: The Glitter, The Hoopla, The Movies". articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Cannes Director Tries To 'Lighten Up' This Year". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ^ "U.S films to open Cannes". news.google.com (The Lewiston Journal). May 2, 1989. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  11. ^ "The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  12. ^ "All Juries 1989". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  13. ^ "A Cry in the Dark (1988) - Release dates". IMDb.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  14. ^ "28e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1989". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Quinzaine 1989". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  16. ^ "42ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  17. ^ "1989 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  18. ^ a b c "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1989". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  19. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1989". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  20. ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1989". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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