1991 Cannes Film Festival
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The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991.[4] French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski served as jury president for the main competition.
Official poster of the 44th Cannes Film Festival, an original illustration by Philippe and Pascal Lemoine.[1] | |
| Opening film | Homicide |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Thelma & Louise |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Barton Fink[2] |
| No. of films | 19 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 9 May 1991 – 20 May 1991 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
American filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy film Barton Fink.[5][6][7]
The festival opened with Homicide by David Mamet,[8] and closed with Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott.[9]
Juries
Main competition
- Roman Polanski, French-Polish filmmaker - Jury President[10]
- Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress
- Margaret Ménégoz, German-French producer
- Natalya Negoda, Soviet actress
- Alan Parker, British filmmaker
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau, French filmmaker
- Hans Dieter Seidel, German film critic
- Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
- Vangelis, Greek musician
Camera d'Or
- Geraldine Chaplin, American actress - Jury President[4]
- Jan Aghed, Swedish journalist
- Didier Beaudet, French
- Gilles Colpart, French film critic
- Roger Kahane, French film director
- Fernando Lara, Spanish cinephile
- Eva Sirbu, Romanian journalist
- Myriam Zemmour, French cinephile
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Assassin of the Tsar | Цареубийца | Karen Shakhnazarov | Soviet Union |
| Anna Karamazoff | Анна Карамазофф | Rustam Khamdamov | |
| Barton Fink | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | United States | |
| La Belle Noiseuse | Jacques Rivette | France, Switzerland | |
| Bix | Pupi Avati | Italy | |
| Cold Moon | Lune froide | Patrick Bouchitey | France |
| The Double Life of Veronique | La double vie de Véronique | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland, France, Norway |
| Europa | Lars von Trier | Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland | |
| The Flesh | La carne | Marco Ferreri | Italy |
| Guilty by Suspicion | Irwin Winkler | United States, France | |
| Homicide (opening film) | David Mamet | United States | |
| Jungle Fever | Spike Lee | ||
| Life on a String | 边走边唱 | Chen Kaige | China |
| Malina | Werner Schroeter | Germany, Austria | |
| Out of Life | Hors la vie | Maroun Bagdadi | France |
| A Rage in Harlem | Bill Duke | United States | |
| The Suspended Step of the Stork | Το Mετέωρο Bήμα Tου Πελαργού | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Van Gogh | Maurice Pialat | France | |
| The Yes Man | Il portaborse | Daniele Luchetti | Italy |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyz n the Hood | John Singleton | United States | |
| Burial of a Potato | Pogrzeb kartofla | Jan Jakub Kolski | Poland |
| A Captive in the Land | Пленник земли | John Berry | Soviet Union,
United States |
| The Chosen One | Ishanou | Aribam Syam Sharma | India |
| Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole | Переход товарища Чкалова через Северный полюс | Maksim Pezhemsky | Soviet Union |
| L'entraînement du champion avant la course | Bernard Favre | France | |
| Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema | Ucieczka z kina 'Wolność' | Wojciech Marczewski | Poland |
| Fire! | Ta Dona | Adama Drabo | Mali |
| Friends, Comrades | Ystävät, toverit | Rauni Mollberg | Finland |
| Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper | United States | |
| Holidays on the River Yarra | Leo Berkeley | Australia | |
| In the Alleys of Love | در کوچههای عشق | Khosrow Sinai | Iran |
| Lebewohl, Fremde | Tevfik Başer | Germany | |
| Paths of Death and Angels | Halálutak és angyalok | Zoltán Kamondi | Hungary |
| Revenge | Месть | Yermek Shinarbayev | Soviet Union |
| The Tradition | Laada | Drissa Toure | Burkina Faso |
| Sango Malo | Bassek Ba Kobhio | Cameroon, Burkina Faso | |
| Treasure Island | L'île au trésor | Raúl Ruiz | United Kingdom, France, United States |
| Woman of the Port | La mujer del puerto | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| Yumeji | 夢二 | Seijun Suzuki | Japan |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le film du cinéma suisse | Michel Soutter and Jean-François Amiguet | Switzerland | |
| Jacquot de Nantes | Agnès Varda | France | |
| Life Stinks | Mel Brooks | United States | |
| Madonna: Truth or Dare | Alek Keshishian | ||
| Prospero's Books | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Italy, Japan | |
| Rhapsody in August | 八月の狂詩曲 | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Thelma & Louise (closing film) | Ridley Scott | United States | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Broken Skin by Anna Campion
- Casino by Gil Bauwens
- Les éffaceurs by Gérald Frydman
- Ja, Wałęsa by Jacek Skalski
- Mal de blocs by Marc Saint-Pierre, Nathalie Saint-Gelais
- La Noce by Régis Obadia, Joëlle Bouvier
- Nokturno by Nikola Majdak
- Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
- La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- W.A.L. by Robert Turlo
- With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rekami) by Mitko Panov
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 30th International Critics' Week (30e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
Feature film competition
- Diabły, diabły by Dorota Kędzierzawska (Poland)
- Laafi - Tout va bien by S. Pierre Yameogo (Burkina Faso)
- Liquid Dreams by Mark S. Manos (United States)
- Robert's Movie by Canan Gerede (Turkey)
- Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta (Canada)
- Trumpet Number 7 by Adrian Velicescu (United States)
- La Vie des morts by Arnaud Desplechin (France)
- Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien (United Kingdom)
Short film competition
- Carne by Gaspar Noé (France)
- Die mysreriosen lebenslinien by David Rühm (Austria)
- Livraison à domicile by Claude Philippot (France)
- A Nice Arrangement by Gurinder Chadha (United Kingdom)
- Once Upon a Time by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
- Petit drame dans la vie d’une femme by Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
- Une Symphonie du havre by Barbara Doran (Canada)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1991 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- The Adjuster by Atom Egoyan
- Annabelle partagée by Francesca Comencini
- The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez by Peter Sellars
- Chichkhan by Fadhel Jaïbi, M. Ben Mahmoud
- Danzón by Maria Novaro
- O Drapetis by Lefteris Xanthopoulos
- És mégis... by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
- An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée) by André Forcier
- The Indian Runner by Sean Penn
- Lost In Siberia by Alexander Mitta
- Ovo Malo Duse by Ademir Kenović
- Paris Trout by Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Proof by Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Adam's Rib by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich
- Riff-Raff by Ken Loach
- Toto the Hero (Toto le héros) by Jaco Van Dormael
- Suffocating Heat (Caldo soffocante) by Giovanna Gagliardo
- Short films
- Le Caire by Youssef Chahine
Official Awards
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In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen[13]
- Grand Prize of the Jury: La Belle Noiseuse by Jacques Rivette
- Best Director: Joel Coen for Barton Fink
- Best Actress: Irène Jacob for The Double Life of Veronique
- Best Actor: John Turturro for Barton Fink
- Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson for Jungle Fever
- Jury Prize:
Caméra d'Or
- Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael[2]
- Special Mention:
Short Film Palme d'Or
- With Hands Raised by Mitko Panov
- Special Jury Prize: Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- The Double Life of Veronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)[15]
- Riff-Raff by Ken Loach (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- The Double Life of Veronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski[16]
- Special Mention:
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael[14]
- French Film: Cheb by Rachid Bouchareb
International Critics' Week
- SACD Award:
- Best Short: Carne by Gaspar Noé[14]
- Best Feature: Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien
