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]
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 competitionMain 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) - Jury President
- Jan Aghed (journalist) (Sweden)
- Didier Beaudet (France)
- Gilles Colpart (critic) (France)
- Roger Kahane (director) (France)
- Fernando Lara (cinephile) (Spain)
- Eva Sirbu (journalist) (Romania)
- Myriam Zemmour (cinephile) (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.
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 winnersOfficial 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
- ^ "Posters 1991". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1991: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1991: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b "44ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Coen Brothers' "Barton Fink" Wins Golden Palm At Cannes". deseretnews.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "American Film Wins At Cannes, But Madonna Comes A Cropper". articles.philly.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
- ^ "The Cinematic Carnival Of Cannes". Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "'Barton Fink' Makes History At Cannes Fest". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1991: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
- ^ "30e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1991". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1991". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "1991 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1991". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1991". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1991". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Media
- INA: Robert Mitchum opens the 1991 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1991 festival (commentary in French)
External links
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