1985 Cannes Film Festival

The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 8 - 20.

Jury

• Miloš Forman (USA) (President)
• Claude Imbert (France) (Journalist)
• Edwin Zbonek (Austria)
• Francis Veber (France)
• Jorge Amado (Brazil)
• Mauro Bolognini (Italy)
• Michel Perez (France)
• Mo Rothmann (USA)
• Néstor Almendros (Argentina)
• Sarah Miles (UK)

Films in competition

The following films competed for the Palme d'Or.

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Adieu Bonaparte	وداعا بونابرت‎	Youssef Chahine	Egypt
Birdy		Alan Parker	United States
Bliss		Ray Lawrence	Australia
Chicken with Vinegar	Poulet au vinaigre	Claude Chabrol	France
The Coca-Cola Kid		Dušan Makavejev	Australia
Colonel Redl	Oberst Redl	István Szabó	Hungary
Derborence		Francis Reusser	Switzerland
Detective	Détective	Jean-Luc Godard	France
Farewell to the Ark	さらば箱舟	Shūji Terayama	Japan
Insignificance		Nicholas Roeg	United Kingdom
Joshua Then and Now		Ted Kotcheff	Canada
Kiss of the Spider Woman	O Beijo da Mulher Aranha	Héctor Babenco	Brazil
The Official Story	La historia oficial	Luis Puenzo	Argentina
Madman at War	Scemo di guerra	Dino Risi	Italy
Mask		Peter Bogdanovich	United States
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters		Paul Schrader	United States
Pale Rider		Clint Eastwood	United States
Rendez-vous		André Téchiné	France
The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal	Le due vite di Mattia Pascal	Mario Monicelli	Italy
When Father Was Away on Business	Отац на службеном путу	Emir Kusturica	Yugoslavia

Un Certain Regard

• A Private Function by Malcolm Mowbray
• A.K. by Chris Marker
• Ad Sof Halaylah by Eitan Green
• Das Mal des Todes by Peter Handke
• Dediščina by Matjaž Klopčič
• Une femme en Afrique by Raymond Depardon
• Himatsuri by Mitsuo Yanagimachi
• Il diavolo sulla collina by Vittorio Cottafavi
• Latino by Haskell Wexler
• Le thé au harem d'Archimède by Mehdi Charef
• Milyy, dorogoy, lyubimyy, edinstvennyy... by Dinara Asanova
• Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Michel Mitrani
• Le mystère Alexina by René Féret
• Oriana by Fina Torres
• Padre nuestro by Francisco Regueiro
• Tokyo-Ga by Wim Wenders

Films out of competition

• Die Nacht by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
• Jumping by Osamu Tezuka
• Le soulier de Satin by Manoel de Oliveira
• Night Magic by Lewis Furey
• Steaming by Joseph Losey
• The Emerald Forest by John Boorman
• The Glenn Miller Story by Anthony Mann
• The Purple Rose of Cairo by Woody Allen
• Witness by Peter Weir

Short film competition

• L'anniversaire de Georges by Patrick Traon
• Jenitba by Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov
• Stop by Krzysztof Kiwerski
• Tusagi by Bondo Shoshitaishvili

Awards

• Palme d'Or: Otac na sluzbenom putu by Emir Kusturica
• Grand Prix: Birdy
• Jury Prize: Oberst Redl
• Best Actor: William Hurt for Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Best Actress:
  • Norma Aleandro for La historia oficial
  • Cher for Mask
• Best Director: André Téchiné for Rendez-vous
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Jenitba by Slav Bakalov and Rumen Petkov
• Best Artistic Contribution: John Bailey (cinematographer), Eiko Ishioka (production designer/costume designer) and Philip Glass (composer) for Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
• Technical Grand Prize: Insignificance by Nicolas Roeg
• Caméra d'Or: Oriana by Fina Torres
• Perspectives du Cinéma Award: Visage de chien by Jacek Gasiorowski
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Otac na sluzbenom putu by Emir Kusturica
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo by Woody Allen
  • Visages de femmes by Désiré Ecaré
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: La historia oficial by Norma Aleandro
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Le temps d'un instant by Pierre Jallaud
• FIFA Award: Extended Play by David Casci
• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: Dance with a Stranger by Mike Newell
  • French Film: Le thé au harem d'Archimède by Mehdi Charef

External links

• 1985 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1985 at Internet Movie Database