1991_Cannes_Film_Festival

1991 Cannes Film Festival

1991 Cannes Film Festival

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The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991. The Palme d'Or went to Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.[4][5][6][7]

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The festival opened with Homicide, directed by David Mamet[8] and closed with Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott.[9]

Juries

Roman Polanski, Jury President of the Main competition

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 feature film competition:[10]

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 Caméra d'Or:[4]

  • Géraldine Chaplin (actress) (United States) President
  • Didier Beaudet (France)
  • Eva Sirbu (journalist) (Romania)
  • Fernando Lara (cinephile) (Spain)
  • Gilles Colpart (critic) (France)
  • Jan Aghed (journalist) (Sweden)
  • Myriam Zemmour (cinephile) (France)
  • Roger Kahane (director) (France)

Official selection

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

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Un Certain Regard

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

Films out of competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]

Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]

  • Broken Skin by Anna Campion
  • Casino by Gil Bauwens
  • Les éffaceurs by Gérald Frydman
  • Ja, Wałęsa by Jacek Skalski
  • Mal de blocs by Marc Saint-Pierre, Nathalie Saint-Gelais
  • La Noce by Régis Obadia, Joëlle Bouvier
  • Nokturno by Nikola Majdak
  • Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
  • La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
  • W.A.L. by Robert Turlo
  • With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rekami) by Mitko Panov

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 30th International Critics' Week (30e Semaine de la Critique):[11]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

  • Carne by Gaspar Noé (France)
  • Die mysreriosen lebenslinien by David Rühm (Austria)
  • Livraison à domicile by Claude Philippot (France)
  • A Nice Arrangement by Gurinder Chadha (United Kingdom)
  • Once Upon a Time by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
  • Petit drame dans la vie d’une femme by Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
  • Une Symphonie du havre by Barbara Doran (Canada)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1991 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]

Short films

Awards

Joel and Ethan Coen, Palme d'Or winners

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1991 Official selection awards:[2][13]

Golden Camera

Short films

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes[15]

Commission Supérieure Technique

Ecumenical Jury[16]

Award of the Youth[14]

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[14]

References

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    "Posters 1991". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Awards 1991: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Official Selection 1991: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  4. [4]
    "44ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. [5]
    Canby, Vincent (21 May 1991). "'Barton Fink' Wins the Top Prize And 2 Others at Cannes Festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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    "Coen Brothers' "Barton Fink" Wins Golden Palm At Cannes". deseretnews.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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    "American Film Wins At Cannes, But Madonna Comes A Cropper". articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
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    "The Cinematic Carnival Of Cannes". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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    "'Barton Fink' Makes History At Cannes Fest". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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    "Juries 1991: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
  11. [11]
    "30e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1991". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  12. [12]
    "Quinzaine 1991". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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    "1991 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. [14]
    "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1991". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  15. [15]
    "FIPRESCI Awards 1991". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  16. [16]
    "Jury Œcuménique 1991". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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