1990 Cannes Film Festival

Juries

Main competition

• Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
• Fanny Ardant, French actress
• Bertrand Blier, French filmmaker
• Aleksei German, Soviet filmmaker
• Françoise Giroud, French journalist
• Christopher Hampton, British author and filmmaker
• Anjelica Huston, American actress
• Mira Nair, Indian filmmaker
• Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer
• Hayao Shibata, Japanese

''Camera d'Or''

• Christine Boisson, French actress - Jury President
• Richard Billeaud
• Caroline Huppert, French director
• Bruno Jaeggi, journalist
• Martine Jouando, film critic
• Catherine Magnan, cinephile
• Jan Svoboda, journalist
• Vecdi Sayar, cinephile

Official selection

In Competition

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

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:

Out of Competition

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

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

• Le baiser by Pascale Ferran
• The Bedroom (De slaapkamer) by Maarten Koopman
• Jours de plaine by Réal Berard, André Leduc
• The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson
• Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy by Tracey Moffatt
• Les Pediants by Prinzgau
• Le pinceau à lèvres by Bruno Bauer Chiche
• Polvo Enamorado by Javier Lopez Izquierdo
• Portrét by Pavel Koutský
• Revestriction by Barthelemy Bompard
• To Be (Etre Ou Ne Pas Être) by John Weldon
• ru (His wife the chicken) by Igor Kovalyov

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 29th International Critics' Week (29e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition

• Beyond the Ocean by Ben Gazzara (Italy)
• H-2 Worker by Stéphanie Black (United States)
• Mes cinémas by Füruzan et Gülsün Karamustafa (Turkey)
• Overseas (Outremer) by Brigitte Roüan (France)
• Queen of Temple Street by Lawrence Ah Mon (Hong Kong)
• The Reflecting Skin by Philip Ridley (United Kingdom)
• Time of the Servants by Irena Pavlaskova (Czechoslovakia) Short film competition
• Animathon by Collectif (Canada)
• Inoi by Sergey Masloboyshchikov (Soviet Union)
• Les Mains au dos by Patricia Valeix (France)
• The Mario Lanza Story by John Martins-Manteiga (Canada)
• Pièce touchée by Martin Arnold (Austria)
• Sibidou by Jean-Claude Bandé (Burkina Faso)
• Sostuneto by Eduardo Lamora (Norway)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1990 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

• Alexandria Again and Forever (Iskindiriah Kaman Oue Kaman) by Youssef Chahine
• Bagh Bahadur by Buddhadeb Dasgupta
• Céllövölde by Arpad Sopsits
• December Bride by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
• End Of The Night by Keith McNally
• Halfaouine Child of the Terraces by Ferid Boughedir
• Inimene, Keda Polnud by Peeter Simm
• Laguerat by Georgi Djulgerov
• Margarit i Margarita by Nikolay Volev
• Metropolitan by Whit Stillman
• Paper Mask by Christopher Morahan
• Pervii Etage by Igor Minayev
• Open Doors (Porte Aperte) by Gianni Amelio
• Printemps Perdu by Alain Mazars
• Shimaguni Konjo by Fumiki Watanabe
• The Guardian Angel (Skyddsängeln) by Suzanne Osten
• Stille Betrüger by Beat Lottaz
• Swan Lake: The Zone (Lebedyne ozero. Zona) by Yuri Ilyenko
• To Sleep with Anger by Charles Burnett
• Time of Miracles (Vreme čuda) by Goran Paskaljevic
• Warsaw Bridge (Pont de Varsòvia) by Pere Portabella

Official Awards

In Competition

• Palme d'Or: Wild at Heart by David Lynch
• Grand Prix:
  • The Sting of Death by Kōhei Oguri
  • Tilaï by Idrissa Ouédraogo
• Best Director: Pavel Lungin for Taxi Blues
• Best Actress: Krystyna Janda for Interrogation
• Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for Cyrano de Bergerac
• Best Artistic Contribution: Gleb Panfilov for Mother
• Jury Prize: Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

• Freeze Die Come to Life by Vitali Kanevsky
  • Special Mention:
    • Time of the Servants by Irena Pavlásková
    • Farendj by Sabine Prenczina

[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]

• The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson
• First Prize of the Jury: The Bedroom by Maarten Koopman
• Second Prize of the Jury: Revestriction by Barthelemy Bompard

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

• Swan Lake: The Zone by Yuri Ilyenko (Directors' Fortnight)
• The Sting of Death by Kōhei Oguri (In competition)
• Special Award: Manoel de Oliveira

''Commission Supérieure Technique''

• Technical Grand Prize: Pierre Lhomme (cinematography) in Cyrano de Bergerac

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

• Everybody's Fine by Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Special Mention:
    • Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach
    • Taxi Blues by Pavel Lungin

Award of the Youth

• Foreign Film: Swan Lake: The Zone by Yuri Ilyenko
• French Film: Printemps perdu by Alain Mazars

International Critics' Week

• Prix de la Critique Internationale: The Sting of Death by Kōhei Oguri
• Audience Award:
  • Abraham's Gold by Jörg Graser
  • Sur by Fernando Solanas

References

Media

• INA: Arrival of the stars for the opening of the 1990 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: Presentation of the jury of the 43rd Festival (commentary in French)

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