1988 Cannes Film Festival

The 41st Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1988. The Palme d'Or went to the Pelle erobreren by Bille August.[4][5][6][7]

1988 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 41st Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Tibor Timar.[1]
Opening filmLe Grand Bleu
Closing filmWillow
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Pelle erobreren)[2]
No. of films21 (In Competition)[3]
22 (Un Certain Regard)
7 (Out of Competition)
9 (Short Film)
Festival date11 May 1988 (1988-05-11) – 23 May 1988 (1988-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The festival opened with Le Grand Bleu, directed by Luc Besson[8][9] and closed with Willow, directed by Ron Howard.[10][11]

Juries
Ettore Scola, Jury President of the Main competition

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 feature film competition:[12]

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 Camera d'Or:

  • Danièle Delorme (actress) (France) President
  • Bernard Jubard
  • Carlos Avellar (journalist)
  • Chantal Calafato (cinephile)
  • David Streiff (cinephile)
  • Ekaterina Oproiu (journalist)
  • Henry Chapier (critic) (France)
  • Jacques Champreux (director) (France)

Official selection

In competition – Feature films

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

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]

Out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition.

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:[3]

  • Ab Ovo / Homoknyomok (Traces of Sand) by Ferenc Cako
  • Bukpytacy (Fioritures) by Gary Bardine
  • Cat & Mousse by David Lawson
  • Chet's Romance by Bertrand Fevre
  • Les Dômes du Plaisir by Maggie Fooke
  • Out of Town by Norman Hull
  • Pas-ta-shoot-ah by Maurizio Forestieri
  • Pleasure Domes by Maggie Fooke
  • Sculpture Physique by Yann Piquer, Jean Marie Maddeddu
  • Super Freak by Gisela Ekholm, Per Ekholm

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):[14]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • La face cachée de la lune by Yvon Marciano (France)
  • Metropolis Apocalypse by Jon Jacobs (United Kingdom) [16]
  • Artisten (The Artist) by Jonas Grimas (Sweden)
  • Klatka (The cage) by Olaf Olszewski (Poland)
  • Cidadao Jatoba (Citizen Jatoba) by Maria Luiza Aboïm (Brazil)
  • Blues Black and White by Markus Imboden (Switzerland)

Directors' Fortnight

The following feature films were screened for the 1988 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[17]

Awards
Bille August, 1988 Palme d'Or winner

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1988 Official selection awards:[2]

Golden Camera

Short films

  • Short Film Palme d'Or: Vykrutasy by Garri Bardin
  • Short Film Prize for Animation: Traces of Sand (Ab Ovo / Homoknyomok) by Ferenc Cako
  • Short Film Prize for Fiction: Physical Sculpture (Sculpture Physique) by Yann Piquer, Jean Marie Maddeddu

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[18]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[19]

Award of the Youth[20]

Other awards

References
  1. "Posters 1988". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. "Awards 1988: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
  3. "Official Selection 1988: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. "41ème Festival International du Film – Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. "1988 – Un monde à part (A World Apart)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. "Danish Family Saga Wins Top Cannes Award "Pelle The Conqueror\" Wins The Golden Palm And \"a World Apart" Wins The Special Jury Prize At The Festival, Where Serious Films Prevail". articles.philly.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. Canby, Vincent. "Film View, Before the Revolution – and After". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. "Cinema de la Plage – The Big Blue (Le Grand Bleu), Besson's marine odyssey". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  9. "Jean-marc Barr Comes Out Of 'The Big Blue'". articles.mcall.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. "Cannes Focuses On Youth The French Film Festival Begins Tonight, Putting New Emphasis On New Filmmakers". articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  11. "Youth Being Served at 41st Cannes Film Festival : 20,000 Converge for French Rite That Focuses on 'Cinema of Next 10 Years'". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  12. "All Juries 1988". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  13. Nora Johnson (Apr 22, 1990). "'Inside the Glitter Machine: Hype and Glory by William Goldman'. Illustrated. 306pp. New York: Villard Books". New York Times. p. BR12.
  14. "27e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique – 1988". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  15. "Need for a universal story". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  16. Metropolis Apocalypse (1988) at IMDb
  17. "Quinzaine 1988". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  18. "FIPRESCI Awards 1988". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  19. "Jury Œcuménique 1988". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  20. "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1988". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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