1991 Cannes Film Festival
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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) |
| Number of films |
19 (En Competition)[2] 20 (Un Certain Regard) 7 (Out of Competition) 11 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 9 May 1991 – 20 May 1991 |
| Website |
festival-cannes |
The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 9–20, 1991. The Palme d'Or went to the Barton Fink by Ethan and Joel Coen.[3][4]
The festival opened with Homicide, directed by David Mamet and closed with Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott.[5][6][7]
Jury
- Roman Polanski (Poland) (president)
- Férid Boughedir (Tunisia)
- Whoopi Goldberg (USA)
- Margaret Menegoz (France)
- Natalia Negoda (Russia)
- Alan Parker (UK)
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France)
- Hans Dieter Seidel (Germany)
- Vittorio Storaro (Italy)
- Vangelis (Greece)
Feature film competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Rage in Harlem | Bill Duke | United States | |
| Anna Karamazoff | Rustam Khamdamov | Soviet Union | |
| Barton Fink | Ethan and Joel Coen | United States | |
| Biān zǒu biān chàng | Chen Kaige | China | |
| Bix | Pupi Avati | Italy | |
| Europa | Lars von Trier | Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden / Switzerland | |
| Guilty by Suspicion | Irwin Winkler | United States / France | |
| Homicide | David Mamet | United States | |
| Hors la vie | Maroun Bagdadi | France | |
| Il portaborse | Daniele Luchetti | Italy | |
| Jungle Fever | Spike Lee | United States | |
| La Belle Noiseuse | Jacques Rivette | France / Switzerland | |
| La carne | Marco Ferreri | Italy | |
| La double vie de Véronique | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland / France / Norway | |
| Lune froide | Patrick Bouchitey | France | |
| Malina | Werner Schroeter | Germany / Austria | |
| To meteoro vima tou pelargou | Theodoros Angelopoulos | Greece | |
| Tsareubiytsa | Karen Shakhnazarov | Soviet Union | |
| Van Gogh | Maurice Pialat | France |
Un Certain Regard
Roman Polanski, Jury President
- A Captive in the Land by John Berry
- Boyz n the Hood by John Singleton
- Dar kouchehay-e eshq by Khosrow Sinai
- Halálutak és angyalok by Zoltán Kamondi
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse by Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
- Holidays on the River Yarra by Leo Berkeley
- Ishanou by Aribam Syam Sharma
- L'entraînement du champion avant la course by Bernard Favre
- L'île au trésor by Raúl Ruiz
- Mest by Yermek Shinarbayev
- La mujer del puerto by Arturo Ripstein
- Laada by Drissa Toure
- Lebewohl, Fremde by Tevfik Başer
- Perekhod tovarishcha Chkalova cherez severnyy polyus by Maksim Pezhemsky
- Pogrzeb kartofla by Jan Jakub Kolski
- Sango Malo by Bassek Ba Kobhio
- Ta Dona by Adama Drabo
- Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc' by Wojciech Marczewski
- Ystävät, toverit by Rauni Mollberg
- Yumeji by Seijun Suzuki
Films out of competition
- In Bed with Madonna by Alek Keshishian
- Jacquot de Nantes by Agnès Varda
- Le film du cinéma suisse by Michel Soutter, Jean-François Amiguet
- Life Stinks by Mel Brooks
- Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway
- Hachigatsu no rapusodī by Akira Kurosawa
- Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott
Short film competition
- Broken Skin by Anna Campion
- Casino by Gil Bauwens
- La Noce by Régis Obadia and Joëlle Bouvier
- La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- Ja walesa by Jacek Skalski
- Les éffaceurs by Gérald Frydman
- Mal de blocs by Marc Saint-Pierre and Nathalie Saint-Gelais
- Nokturno by Nikola Majdak
- Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
- W.A.L. by Robert Turlo
- Z podniesionymi rekami by Mitko Panov
Awards
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Ethan and Joel Coen, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.
- Palme d'Or: Barton Fink by Ethan and Joel Coen
- Grand Prize of the Jury: La Belle Noiseuse by Jacques Rivette
- Jury Prize:
- Best Actor: John Turturro for Barton Fink
- Best Actress: Irène Jacob for La double vie de Véronique
- Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson for Jungle Fever
- Best Director: Joel Coen for Barton Fink
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Z podniesionymi rekami by Mitko Panov
- Best Artistic Contribution: Europa by Lars von Trier
- Technical Grand Prize: Europa by Lars von Trier
- Caméra d'Or: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael
- Caméra d'Or - Special Mention:
- SACD Award:
- Best Short: Carne by Gaspar Noé
- Best Feature: Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien
- Perspectives du Cinéma Award:
- Cauchemar blanc by Mathieu Kassovitz
- Cheb by Rachid Bouchareb
- Le coup suprême by Jean-Pierre Sentier
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: La double vie de Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
- Award of the Youth:
- Foreign Film: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael
- French Film: Cheb by Rachid Bouchareb
References
- ↑ "Posters 1991". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Official Selection 1991 : All the Selection". Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ↑ Canby, Vincent (21 May 1991). "'Barton Fink' Wins the Top Prize And 2 Others at Cannes Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "COEN BROTHERS' `BARTON FINK' WINS GOLDEN PALM AT CANNES". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "The Cinematic Carnival Of Cannes". Chicago Tribune. 7 May 1991. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "American Film Wins At Cannes, But Madonna Comes A Cropper". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "`Barton Fink` Makes History At Cannes Fest". Chicago Tribune. 21 May 1991. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
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