![]() Official poster of the 42nd Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Ludovic.[1]  | |
| Opening film | New York Stories | 
|---|---|
| Closing film | Old Gringo | 
| Location | Cannes, France | 
| Founded | 1946 | 
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)[2]  | 
| No. of films | 22 (En Competition)[3] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 10 (Out of Competition) 10 (Short Film)  | 
| Festival date | 11 May 1989 – 23 May 1989 | 
| Website | festival-cannes | 
The 42nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1989. The Palme d'Or went to Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh.[4][5][6][7]
The festival opened with New York Stories, anthology film directed by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese[8] and closed with Old Gringo, directed by Luis Puenzo.[9][10]
During the 1989 festival, the first Cinéma & liberté forum was held with the participation of a hundred famous directors from various countries. They discussed about the freedom of expression and signed a declaration protesting against all forms of censorship still existing in the world.[11]
Juries
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Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1989 feature film competition:[12]
- Wim Wenders Jury President
 - Christine Gouze-Rénal
 - Claude Beylie
 - Georges Delerue
 - Hector Babenco
 - Krzysztof Kieślowski
 - Peter Handke
 - Renée Blanchar
 - Sally Field
 - Silvio Clementelli
 
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1989 Camera d'Or:
- Raf Vallone (actor) president
 - Bernard Jubard
 - Klaus Eder (journalist)
 - Moustafa Salah Hashem (Critic)
 - Peter Scarlet (cinephile)
 - Philippe Maarek (critic)
 - Suzanne Schiffman (screenwriter)
 - Yvan Gauthier (cinephile)
 
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- Black Rain (Kuroi ame) by Shohei Imamura
 - Chimère by Claire Devers
 - Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) by Giuseppe Tornatore
 - Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee
 - Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark)[13] by Fred Schepisi
 - Francesco by Liliana Cavani
 - Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) by Denys Arcand
 - Kuarup by Ruy Guerra
 - Lost Angels by Hugh Hudson
 - Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
 - Moon Child (El niño de la luna) by Agustí Villaronga
 - Mystery Train by Jim Jarmusch
 - Reunion by Jerry Schatzberg
 - Rosalie Goes Shopping by Percy Adlon
 - Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
 - Spider's Web (Das Spinnennetz) by Bernhard Wicki
 - Splendor by Ettore Scola
 - Sweetie by Jane Campion
 - Time of the Gypsies (Dom za vešanje) by Emir Kusturica
 - Too Beautiful for You (Trop belle pour toi) by Bertrand Blier
 - Torrents of Spring by Jerzy Skolimowski
 - The Women on the Roof (Kvinnorna på taket) by Carl-Gustav Nykvist
 
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- Black Sin (Schwarze Sünde) by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
 - Devět kruhů pekla by Milan Muchna
 - Barroco by Paul Leduc
 - Errors of Youth (Oshibki yunosti) by Boris Frumin
 - Fool's Mate (Zugzwang) by Mathieu Carrière
 - Golden Horseshoes (Safa'ih min dhahab) by Nouri Bouzid
 - Malpractice by Bill Bennett
 - My 20th Century (Én XX. századom, Az) by Ildikó Enyedi
 - Piravi by Shaji N. Karun
 - The Prisoner of St. Petersburg by Ian Pringle
 - Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky
 - The Tenth One in Hiding (Il decimo clandestino) by Lina Wertmüller
 - Thick Skinned (Peaux de vaches) by Patricia Mazuy
 - Treffen in Travers by Michael Gwisdek
 - Venus Peter by Ian Sellar
 - Voices of Sarafina! by Nigel Noble
 - Whirlwind (Smertch) by Bako Sadykov
 - Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan kkadakeun?) by Bae Yong-Kyun
 - Wired by Larry Peerce
 
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition.
Special screenings
- 1001 films by André Delvaux
 - 50 ans by Gilles Carle
 - Fight for Us (Orapronobis) by Lino Brocka
 - Ganashatru by Satyajit Ray
 - Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean
 - Liberté by Laurent Jacob
 - The Monkey Folk (Le peuple singe) by Gérard Vienne
 - Scandal by Michael Caton-Jones
 
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:[3]
- Beau Fixe Sur Cormeilles by Gilles Lacombe
 - Blind Alley by Emmanuel Salinger
 - Full Metal Racket by William Nunez
 - The Gest of Segu (Segu janjo) by Mambaye Coulibaly
 - Kitchen Sink by Alison Maclean
 - Manly Games (Muzné hry) by Jan Svankmajer
 - Performance Pieces (Morceaux Choisis) by Tom Abrams
 - The Persistent Peddler (Le Colporteur) by Claude Cloutier
 - Le Théâtre du Père Carlo by Rao Kheidmets
 - Yes We Can by Faith Hubley
 
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 28th International Critics' Week (28e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
Feature film competition
- Rose of the Desert (Rose des Sables) by Mohamed Rachid Benhadj (Algeria)
 - Tjoet Nja’ Dhien by Eros Djarot (Indonesia)
 - As Tears Go By by Wong Kar-wai (Hong Kong)
 - Waller's Last Trip (Wallers letzter Gang) by Christian Wagner (West Germany)
 - Arab by Fadhel Jaibi and Fadhel Jaziri (Tunisia)
 - La Ville de Yun by U-Sun Kim (Japan)
 - Les Poissons morts (Die toten Fische) by Michael Synek (Austria)
 - Montalvo et l’enfant by Claude Mourieras (France)
 - Black Square (Chyornyy kvadrat) by Iosif Pasternak (Soviet Union)
 - Duende by Jean-Blaise Junod (Switzerland)
 
Short film competition
- Warszawa Koluszki by Jerzy Zalewski (Poland)
 - Le Porte plume by Marie-Christine Perrodin (France)
 - Blind Curve by Gary Markowitz (United States)
 - The Three Soldiers by Kamal Musale (Switzerland)
 - Work Experience by James Hendrie (United Kingdom)
 - Der Mensch mit den modernen Nerven by Bady Minck (Austria/Luxembourg)
 - Trombone en coulisses by Hubert Toint (Belgium, France)
 - Wstega mobiusa by Lukasz Karwowski (Poland)
 - La Femme mariée de Nam Xuong by Tran Anh Hung (France)
 
Directors' Fortnight
The following feature films were screened for the 1989 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
- Caracas by Michael Schottenberg
 - Der 7. Kontinent by Michael Haneke
 - Der Philosoph by Rudolf Thome
 - Eat a Bowl Of Tea by Wayne Wang
 - El Rio que nos Lleva by Antonio del Real
 - Zerograd by Karen Shakhnazarov
 - Il piccolo diavolo by Roberto Benigni
 - Maria Von Den Sternen by Thomas Mauch
 - Melancholia by Andi Engel
 - Niu Peng by Dai Sijie
 - Piccoli Equivoci by Ricky Tognazzi
 - Sidewalk Stories by Charles Lane
 - Sis by Zülfü Livaneli
 - Speaking Parts by Atom Egoyan
 - Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo
 
Awards
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Official awards
The following films and people received the 1989 awards:[2][16][17]
- Palme d'Or: Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh
 - Grand Prix:
 - Best Director: Emir Kusturica for Dom za vešanje
 - Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Evil Angels
 - Best Actor: James Spader for Sex, Lies, and Videotape
 - Best Artistic Contribution: Jim Jarmusch for Mystery Train
 - Jury Prize: Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
 
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: My 20th Century (Én XX. századom, Az) by Ildikó Enyedi
 - Golden Camera - Special Mention: Piravi by Shaji N. Karun & Waller's Last Trip by Christian Wagner[18]
 
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: 50 ans by Gilles Carle (Out of competition)
 - Special Mention - Best Short Film: Performance Pieces by Tom Abrams & Yes We Can by Faith Hubley
 
Independent awards
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh (In competition)
 - Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo (Directors' Fortnight)
 
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury[20]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
 - Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Kuroi ame by Shōhei Imamura & Yaaba by Idrissa Ouedraogo[18]
 
Award of the Youth[18]
- Foreign Film: Caracas by Michael Schottenberg
 
Other awards
- Special Award: Gregory Peck
 
References
- ↑ "Posters 1989". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
 - 1 2 "Awards 1989: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014.
 - 1 2 3 4 "Official Selection 1989: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
 - ↑ "Americans Big Winners At Cannes Film Fest". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "A Low-budget American Film Soars At Cannes". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ Canby, Vincent (27 May 1989). "Critic's Notebook- For the Cannes Winner, Untarnished Celebrity". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "26-Year-Old American Director Takes To Award At Cannes". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "Cannes '89: The Glitter, The Hoopla, The Movies". articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
 - ↑ "Cannes Director Tries To 'Lighten Up' This Year". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "U.S films to open Cannes". news.google.com (The Lewiston Journal). May 2, 1989. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
 - ↑ "All Juries 1989". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
 - ↑ "A Cry in the Dark (1988) - Release dates". IMDb.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "28e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1989". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
 - ↑ "Quinzaine 1989". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
 - ↑ "42ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
 - ↑ "1989 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
 - 1 2 3 "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1989". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
 - ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1989". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
 - ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1989". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
 
Media
- INA: Climbing of the steps for the opening of the 1989 festival (commentary in French)
 - INA: Assessment of and reactions to the list of winners of the 1989 Festival (commentary in French)
 
