1988 Cannes Film Festival
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The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988.[4] Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition.[5]
Official poster of the 41st Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Tibor Timar.[1] | |
| Opening film | The Big Blue |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Willow |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Pelle the Conqueror[2] |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 11 May 1988 – 23 May 1988 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
Danish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Pelle the Conqueror.[6][7]
The festival opened with The Big Blue by Luc Besson,[8][9] and closed with Willow by Ron Howard.[10][11]
Juries
Main competition
- Ettore Scola, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[12]
- 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:[3]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
| 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:[3]
- 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):[13]
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)[14]
- 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)[citation needed]
- 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):[15]
- Amerika, Terra Incognita by Diego Risquez
- Daughter of the Nile (Ni luo he nu er) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- The Venus Trap 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[2]
- 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
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 Prizes
- A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)[16]
- 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[17]
- Special Mention: The Revolving Doors by Francis Mankiewicz[citation needed]
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz[citation needed]
- French Film: Mon cher sujet by Anne-Marie Miéville
Other awards
- Audience Award: Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair[citation needed]
