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]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
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 |
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 | ||
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 | |
The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:[3]
The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following feature films were screened for the 1988 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
Short films
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