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1988 Cannes Film Festival
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The 41st Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1988.[4] Italian filmmaker Ettore Scola served as jury president for the main competition.[5]
Danish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Pelle the Conqueror.[6][7]
The festival opened with The Big Blue by Luc Besson,[8][9] and closed with Willow by Ron Howard.[10][11]
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Juries
Main competition
- Ettore Scola, Italian filmmaker - Jury President[12]
- Claude Berri, French filmmaker, producer, and actor
- William Goldman, American author
- Nastassja Kinski, German actress
- George Miller, Australian filmmaker
- Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer
- Héctor Olivera, Argentine filmmaker and producer
- David Robinson, British film critic
- Yelena Safonova, Soviet actress
- Philippe Sarde, French composer
Camera d'Or
- Danièle Delorme, French actress - Jury President
- Carlos Avellar, journalist
- Jacques Champreux, French director
- Henry Chapier, French film critic
- Chantal Calafato, cinephile
- Bernard Jubard
- Ekaterina Oproiu, journalist
- David Streiff, cinephile
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Official selection
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In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:[3]
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to receive a special screening:
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
- 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
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Parallel sections
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International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
Feature film competition
- Begurebis gadaprena by Temür Babluani (Soviet Union)
- Full Moon (Dolunay) by Sahin Kaygun (Turkey)
- Tokyo Pop by Fran Rubel Kuzui (USA)
- The Well (Jing) by Yalin Li (China)
- Testament by John Akomfrah (United Kingdom)
- Portrait of a Life (Ekti Jiban) by Raja Mitra (India)[14]
- My Dear Subject (Mon cher sujet) by Anne-Marie Miéville (France, Switzerland)
Short film competition
- La face cachée de la lune by Yvon Marciano (France)
- Metropolis Apocalypse by Jon Jacobs (United Kingdom)[citation needed]
- 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):[15]
- Amerika, Terra Incognita by Diego Risquez
- Daughter of the Nile (Ni luo he nu er) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- The Venus Trap by Robert Van Ackeren
- Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies
- Ei by Danniel Danniel
- The Heat Line (La Ligne de chaleur) by Hubert-Yves Rose
- Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz
- Légendes Vivantes by Nodar Managadzé
- Mars Froid by Igor Minayev
- Natal da Portela by Paulo Cezar Saraceni
- Noujoum A’nahar by Oussama Mohammad
- Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair
- Summer Thefts (Sarikat Sayfeya) by Yousry Nasrallah
- Soursweet by Mike Newell
- Stormy Monday by Mike Figgis
- The Story of Fausta (Romance Da Empregada) by Bruno Barreto
- Tabataba by Raymond Rajaonarivelo
- The Suitors by Ghasem Ebrahimian
Official Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Pelle the Conqueror by Bille August[2]
- Grand Prix: A World Apart by Chris Menges
- Best Director: Fernando Solanas for Sur
- Best Actress: Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi for A World Apart
- Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for Bird
- Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Greenaway for Drowning by Numbers
- Jury Prize: A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Caméra d'Or
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or
- Vykrutasy by Garri Bardin
- Short Film Prize for Animation: Traces of Sand by Ferenc Cako
- Short Film Prize for Fiction: Physical Sculpture by Yann Piquer and Jean Marie Maddeddu
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Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)[16]
- Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie by Marcel Ophüls (Un Certain Regard)
- Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Bird, for the quality of the soundtrack
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- A World Apart by Chris Menges[17]
- Special Mention: The Revolving Doors by Francis Mankiewicz[citation needed]
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz[citation needed]
- French Film: Mon cher sujet by Anne-Marie Miéville
Other awards
- Audience Award: Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair[citation needed]
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