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1991 Cannes Film Festival
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]
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 (En Competition)[3] 20 (Un Certain Regard) 7 (Out of Competition) 11 (Short Film) |
| Festival date | 9 May 1991 – 20 May 1991 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The festival opened with Homicide, directed by David Mamet[8] and closed with Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott.[9]
Juries edit
Main competition edit
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 feature film competition:[10]
- Roman Polanski (Poland) - Jury President
- Férid Boughedir (Tunisia)
- Whoopi Goldberg (USA)
- Margaret Menegoz (France)
- Natalya Negoda (Soviet Union)
- Alan Parker (UK)
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France)
- Hans Dieter Seidel (Germany)
- Vittorio Storaro (Italy)
- Vangelis (Greece)
Camera d'Or edit
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 Caméra d'Or:[4]
- Géraldine Chaplin (actress) - Jury President
- Jan Aghed (journalist) (Sweden)
- Didier Beaudet (France)
- Gilles Colpart (critic) (France)
- Roger Kahane (director) (France)
- Fernando Lara (cinephile) (Spain)
- Eva Sirbu (journalist) (Romania)
- Myriam Zemmour (cinephile) (France)
Official selection edit
In competition - Feature film edit
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
Un Certain Regard edit
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- Boyz n the Hood by John Singleton
- Burial of a Potato (Pogrzeb kartofla) by Jan Jakub Kolski
- A Captive in the Land by John Berry
- The Chosen One (Ishanou) by Aribam Syam Sharma
- Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (Perekhod tovarishcha Chkalova cherez severnyy polyus) by Maksim Pezhemsky
- L'entraînement du champion avant la course by Bernard Favre
- Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (Ucieczka z kina 'Wolność') by Wojciech Marczewski
- Fire! (Ta Dona) by Adama Drabo
- Friends, Comrades (Ystävät, toverit) by Rauni Mollberg
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse by Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
- Holidays on the River Yarra by Leo Berkeley
- In the Alleys of Love (Dar kouchehay-e eshq) by Khosrow Sinai
- Lebewohl, Fremde by Tevfik Başer
- Paths of Death and Angels (Halálutak és angyalok) by Zoltán Kamondi
- Revenge (Mest) by Yermek Shinarbayev
- The Tradition (Laada) by Drissa Toure
- Sango Malo by Bassek Ba Kobhio
- Treasure Island (L'île au trésor) by Raúl Ruiz
- Woman of the Port (La mujer del puerto) by Arturo Ripstein
- Yumeji by Seijun Suzuki
Films out of competition edit
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- Le film du cinéma suisse by Michel Soutter, Jean-François Amiguet
- Jacquot de Nantes by Agnès Varda
- Life Stinks by Mel Brooks
- Madonna: Truth or Dare (aka. In Bed with Madonna) by Alek Keshishian
- Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway
- Rhapsody in August (Hachigatsu no rapusodī) by Akira Kurosawa
- Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott
Short film competition edit
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 edit
International Critics' Week edit
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 edit
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
Awards edit
Official awards edit
The following films and people received the 1991 Official selection awards:[2][13]
- Palme d'Or: Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- 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 Véronique (La double vie de Véronique)
- Best Actor: John Turturro for Barton Fink
- Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson for Jungle Fever
- Jury Prize:
- Europa by Lars von Trier
- Out of Life (Hors la vie) by Maroun Bagdadi
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael
- Caméra d'Or - Special Mention: Proof by Jocelyn Moorhouse & Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta[14]
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rekami) by Mitko Panov
- Special Jury Prize: Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
Independent awards edit
- The Double Life of Véronique (La double vie de Véronique) by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)
- Riff-Raff by Ken Loach (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury[16]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: La double vie de Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Jungle Fever by Spike Lee & La Belle Noiseuse by Jacques Rivette[14]
Award of the Youth[14]
- Foreign Film: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael
- French Film: Cheb by Rachid Bouchareb
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[14]
- SACD Award:
- Best Short: Carne by Gaspar Noé
- Best Feature: Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien
References edit
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- ^ a b "44ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (21 May 1991). "'Barton Fink' Wins the Top Prize And 2 Others at Cannes Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ . deseretnews.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ . articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
- ^ "The Cinematic Carnival Of Cannes". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "'Barton Fink' Makes History At Cannes Fest". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ . festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
- ^ "30e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1991". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1991". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "1991 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1991". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1991". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1991". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Media edit
- INA: Robert Mitchum opens the 1991 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1991 festival (commentary in French)
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
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- Official website Retrospective 1991 2019-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1991 at Internet Movie Database