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1989 Cannes Film Festival

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Opening film
  
New York Stories

Location
  
Cannes, France

Closing film
  
Old Gringo

Founded
  
1946

1989 Cannes Film Festival

Awards
  
Palme d'Or (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)

Number of films
  
22 (En Competition)19 (Un Certain Regard)10 (Out of Competition)10 (Short Film)

The 42nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 11-23, 1989. The Palme d'Or went to the Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh.

Contents

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

Jury

  • Wim Wenders (president)
  • Christine Gouze-Renal
  • Claude Beylie
  • Georges Delerue
  • Hector Babenco
  • Krzysztof Kieślowski
  • Peter Handke
  • Renée Blanchar
  • Sally Field
  • Silvio Clementelli

    • Feature film competition

  • Chimère by Claire Devers
  • Das Spinnennetz by Bernhard Wicki
  • Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee
  • Dom za vešanje by Emir Kusturica
  • El niño de la luna by Agustí Villaronga
  • Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) by Fred Schepisi
  • Francesco by Liliana Cavani
  • Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
  • Kuarup by Ruy Guerra
  • Kuroi ame by Shohei Imamura
  • Kvinnorna på taket by Carl-Gustav Nykvist
  • Lost Angels by Hugh Hudson
  • Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
  • Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch
  • Nuovo cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Reunion by Jerry Schatzberg
  • Rosalie Goes Shopping by Percy Adlon
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
  • Splendor by Ettore Scola
  • Sweetie by Jane Campion
  • Torrents of Spring by Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Trop belle pour toi by Bertrand Blier

    • Un Certain Regard

  • Devět kruhů pekla by Milan Muchna
  • Én XX. századom, Az by Ildikó Enyedi
  • Barroco by Paul Leduc
  • Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan kkadakeun? by Bae Yong-Kyun
  • Zugzwang by Mathieu Carrière
  • Il decimo clandestino by Lina Wertmüller
  • Malpractice by Bill Bennett
  • Oshibki yunosti by Boris Frumin
  • Peaux de vaches by Patricia Mazuy
  • Piravi by Shaji N. Karun
  • Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky
  • Schwarze Sünde by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
  • Safa'ih min dhahab by Nouri Bouzid
  • Smertch by Bako Sadykov
  • The Prisoner of St. Petersburg by Ian Pringle
  • Treffen in Travers by Michael Gwisdek
  • Venus Peter by Ian Sellar
  • Voices of Sarafina! by Nigel Noble
  • Wired by Larry Peerce

    • Films out of competition

  • 1001 films by André Delvaux
  • 50 ans by Gilles Carle
  • Ganashatru by Satyajit Ray
  • Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean
  • Le peuple singe by Gérard Vienne
  • Orapronobis by Lino Brocka
  • New York Stories by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese
  • Old Gringo by Luis Puenzo
  • Scandal by Michael Caton-Jones

    • Awards

  • Palme d'Or: Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
  • Grand Prix:
  • Nuovo cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Trop belle pour toi by Bertrand Blier
  • Jury Prize: Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
  • Best Actor: James Spader for Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)
  • Best Director: Emir Kusturica for Dom za vešanje
  • Short Film Palme d'Or: 50 ans by Gilles Carle
  • Best Artistic Contribution: Jim Jarmusch for Mystery Train
  • Special Mention - Best Short Film:
  • Performance Pieces by Tom Abrams
  • Yes We Can by Faith Hubley
  • Technical Grand Prize: Kuroi ame by Shōhei Imamura
  • Special Award: Gregory Peck
  • Caméra d'Or: Én XX. századom, Az by Ildikó Enyedi
  • Golden Camera - Special Mention:
  • Piravi by Shaji N. Karun
  • Wallers letzter Gang by Christian Wagner
  • Perspectives du Cinéma Award: Erreur de jeunesse by Radovan Tadic
  • Audience Award: Manika, une vie plus tard by Fernando Solanas
  • FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
  • Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
  • Kuroi ame by Shōhei Imamura
  • Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo
  • Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: Caracas by Michael Schottenberg
  • French Film: Erreur de jeunesse by Radovan Tadic

    • References

    1989 Cannes Film Festival Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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