1986 Cannes Film Festival
The 39th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 1986. The Palme d'Or went to The Mission by Roland Joffé.[4][5][6][7][8]
Opening film | Pirates |
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Closing film | El Amor brujo |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (The Mission)[2] |
No. of films | 20 (In Competition)[3] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 10 (Out of Competition) 13 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 8 May 1986 – 19 May 1986 |
Website | festival-cannes |
The festival opened with Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski[9] and closed with El Amor brujo, directed by Carlos Saura.[10][11]
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 feature film competition:[12]
- Sydney Pollack, American director, producer, and actor (Jury President)
- Alexandre Mnouchkine, French producer
- Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian-French production designer
- Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter
- Danièle Thompson, French director and screenwriter
- István Szabó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
- Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter
- Philip French, English film critic and producer
- Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress
- Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 Camera d'Or:
- Anne Fichelle
- Christophe Ghristi (cinephile)
- Eva Zaoralova (journalist)
- Ivan Starcevic (journalist)
- Lawrence Kardish (cinephile)
- Pierre Murat (critic)
- Serge Leroy (director)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- After Hours by Martin Scorsese
- Boris Godunov by Sergei Bondarchuk
- Down by Law by Jim Jarmusch
- The Fringe Dwellers by Bruce Beresford
- Fool for Love by Robert Altman
- Genesis by Mrinal Sen
- I Love You by Marco Ferreri
- The Last Image (La dernière image) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
- Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) by Arnaldo Jabor
- Max, Mon Amour by Nagisa Oshima
- Ménage (Tenue de soirée) by Bertrand Blier
- The Mission by Roland Joffé
- Mona Lisa by Neil Jordan
- Otello by Franco Zeffirelli
- Poor Butterfly (Pobre mariposa) by Raúl de la Torre
- Rosa Luxemburg by Margarethe von Trotta
- Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky
- The Sacrifice (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime) by André Téchiné
- Thérèse by Alain Cavalier
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- A Girl's Own Story by Jane Campion
- Backlash by Bill Bennett
- Belizaire the Cajun by Glen Pitre
- Burke & Wills by Graeme Clifford
- Coming Up Roses by Stephen Bayly
- Das zweite Schraube-Fragment by Walter Andreas Christen
- Desert Bloom by Eugene Corr
- Laputa by Helma Sanders-Brahms
- Man of Ashes (Rih essed) by Nouri Bouzid
- Passionless Moments by Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
- A Promise (Ningen no yakusoku) by Yoshishige Yoshida
- The Pied Piper (Krysař) by Jiří Barta
- Salomè by Claude d'Anna
- Shtei Etzbaot Mi'Tzidon by Eli Cohen
- Tai Yang by Benzheng Yu
- Two Friends by Jane Campion
- The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) by Rauni Mollberg
- Welcome in Vienna by Axel Corti
- Where Are You Going? (Za kude putuvate) by Rangel Vulchanov
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- A Matter of Life and Death by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- Absolute Beginners by Julien Temple
- El Amor brujo by Carlos Saura
- The Chipmunk Adventure by Janice Karman
- The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg
- Don Quixote by Orson Welles
- Hannah and Her Sisters by Woody Allen
- A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà) by Claude Lelouch
- Pirates by Roman Polanski
- Precious Images by Chuck Workman
- T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais by Agnès Varda
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- 15-Août by Nicole Garcia (France)
- Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov (Russia)
- A Gentle Spirit (Lagodna) by Piotr Dumala
- Le Vent by Csaba Varga
- Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert (France)
- Les Petits Coins by Pascal Aubier
- Miroir d'ailleurs by Willy Kempeneers
- Nouilles Sèches (Dry Noodles) by Dan Collins
- Peel by Jane Campion (Australia)
- Question d'optiques by Claude Luyet
- Quinoscopio by Juan Padron
- Street of Crocodiles by Brothers Quay
- Turbo Concerto by Martin Barry
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 25th International Critics' Week (25e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
- 40 Square Meters of Germany (40 Quadratmeter Deutschland) by Tevfik Baser (West Germany)
- Devil in the Flesh by Scott Murray (Australia)[14]
- La Dona del traghetto by Amedeo Fago (Italy)
- Esther by Amos Gitaï (Israel)
- Faubourg Saint-Martin by Jean-Claude Guiguet (France)
- San Antoñito by Pepe Sanchez (Colombia)
- Sleepwalk by Sara Driver (United States)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1986 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
- Cactus by Paul Cox
- Comic Magazine (Komikku Zasshi Nanka Iranai) by Yōjirō Takita
- Dancing in the Dark by Leon Marr
- The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand
- Defence of the Realm by David Drury
- Devil in the Flesh (Diavolo in corpo) by Marco Bellocchio
- Giovanni Senzapensieri by Marco Colli
- Golden Eighties by Chantal Akerman
- Malandro (Ópera do Malandro) by Ruy Guerra
- Memoirs of a Sinner by Wojciech Has
- Qing Chun Jin by Nuanxin Zhang
- Schmutz by Paulus Manker
- She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
- Sid and Nancy by Alex Cox
- Sorekara by Yoshimitsu Morita
- Tarot by Rudolf Thome
- Visszaszamlalas by Pal Erdoss
- Working Girls by Lizzie Borden
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1986 awards:[2]
- Palme d'Or: The Mission by Roland Joffé
- Grand Prix: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Best Director: Martin Scorsese for After Hours
- Best Actress:
- Barbara Sukowa for Rosa Luxemburg
- Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar)
- Best Actor:
- Michel Blanc for Ménage (Tenue de soirée)
- Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa
- Best Artistic Contribution: Sven Nykvist (for the cinematography) for The Sacrifice (Offret)
- Jury Prize: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier
Golden Camera
Un Certain Regard
- Prix Un Certain Regard: Man of Ashes (Rih essed) by Nouri Bouzid
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Peel by Jane Campion
- Jury Prize for Fiction: Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert
- Jury Prize for Animation: Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov
Independent awards
- The Decline of the American Empire (Le déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand (Directors' Fortnight)
- The Sacrifice (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury[17]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
- French Film: High Speed by Monique Dartonne and Michel Kaptur
References
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- "39ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- "1986 - Tenue de soirée (exigée) (Formal Wear (required))". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- Mathews, Jack (20 May 1986). "'Mission' Successful; Joffe Film Top Winner". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- "Very Sincerely Yours, Jeremy Irons". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- "Cannes: It's a Wrap". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- Bernstein, Richard (9 May 1986). "At The Cannes Festival, Escapism And Reality". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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- "4 American Films Make It To Cannes". Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- "All Juries 1986". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- "25e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1986". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- "Devil in the Flesh / Awards". ozmovies.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- "Quinzaine 1986". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "FIPRESCI Awards 1986". fipresci.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- "Jury Œcuménique 1986". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Media
- INA: Roman Polanski presents Pirates at the opening of the 1986 Festival (interview in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1986 festival (commentary in French)