1991 Cannes Film Festival

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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 filmHomicide
Closing filmThelma & Louise
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Barton Fink)[2]
No. of films19 (En Competition)[3]
20 (Un Certain Regard)
7 (Out of Competition)
11 (Short Film)
Festival date9 May 1991 (1991-05-09) – 20 May 1991 (1991-05-20)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991. The Palme d'Or went to Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.[4][5][6][7]

The festival opened with Homicide, directed by David Mamet[8] and closed with Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott.[9]

Juries[]

Roman Polanski, Jury President of the Main competition

Main competition[]

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 feature film competition:[10]

Camera d'Or[]

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 Caméra d'Or:[4]

  • Géraldine Chaplin (actress) (United States) President
  • Didier Beaudet (France)
  • Eva Sirbu (journalist) (Romania)
  • Fernando Lara (cinephile) (Spain)
  • Gilles Colpart (critic) (France)
  • Jan Aghed (journalist) (Sweden)
  • Myriam Zemmour (cinephile) (France)
  • (director) (France)

Official selection[]

In competition - Feature film[]

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]

English title Original title Director(s) Production
The Assassin of the Tsar Tsareubiytsa Karen Shakhnazarov Soviet Union
Anna Karamazoff Rustam Khamdamov Soviet Union
Barton Fink - Palme d'Or winner 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 Véronique 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 David Mamet United States
Jungle Fever Spike Lee United States
Life on a String Biān zǒu biān chàng 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 To meteoro vima tou pelargou Theodoros 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 competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]

Films out of competition[]

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Short film 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
  • by Bill Plympton
  • La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
  • W.A.L. by Robert Turlo
  • (Z podniesionymi rekami) by

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

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]

Short films
  • Le Caire by Youssef Chahine

Awards[]

Joel and Ethan Coen, Palme d'Or winners

Official awards[]

The following films and people received the 1991 Official selection awards:[2][13]

Golden Camera

Short films

Independent awards[]

FIPRESCI Prizes[15]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[16]

Award of the Youth[14]

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Posters 1991". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Awards 1991: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Official Selection 1991: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "44ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ^ "'Barton Fink' Wins the Top Prize And 2 Others at Cannes Festival". nytimes.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Coen Brothers' "Barton Fink" Wins Golden Palm At Cannes". deseretnews.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "American Film Wins At Cannes, But Madonna Comes A Cropper". articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
  8. ^ "The Cinematic Carnival Of Cannes". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "`Barton Fink` Makes History At Cannes Fest". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Juries 1991: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
  11. ^ "30e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1991". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Quinzaine 1991". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  13. ^ "1991 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1991". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  15. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1991". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1991". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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