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]
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
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or :[ 3]
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production Country
The Abyss
L'oeuvre au noir
André Delvaux
France, Belgium
Bird
Clint Eastwood
United States
The Cannibals
Os Canibais
Manoel de Oliveira
Portugal
Chocolat
Claire Denis
France, Cameroon
El Dorado
Carlos Saura
Spain
Drowning by Numbers
Peter Greenaway
United Kingdom, Netherlands
L'enfance de l'art
Francis Girod
France
Hanussen
István Szabó
Hungary, West Germany, Austria
King of the Children
孩子王
Chen Kaige
China
Love and Fear
Fürchten und Lieben
Margarethe von Trotta
West Germany, France, Italy
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free
El Lute II: mañana seré libre
Vicente Aranda
Spain
Miles from Home
Gary Sinise
United States
Pascali's Island
James Dearden
United Kingdom
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany
Thomas Brasch
West Germany
Patty Hearst
Paul Schrader
United States
Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle Erobreren
Bille August
Denmark, Sweden
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Vincent Ward
New Zealand, Australia
A Short Film About Killing
Krótki film o zabijaniu
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Poland
South
Sur
Fernando Solanas
Argentina
A World Apart
Chris Menges
United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
Wuthering Heights
嵐が丘
Yoshishige Yoshida
Japan
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]
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):[ 13]
Feature film competition
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]
Official Awards
Ettore Scola , Jury President of the Main competitionBille August , 1988 Palme d'Or winner
In Competition
Short films
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
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
Other awards
References
External links
Awards Awards given by independent entities Parallel events By year