1990 Cannes Film Festival

Juries

Main competition

• Bernardo Bertolucci Jury President
• Aleksei German
• Anjelica Huston
• Bertrand Blier
• Christopher Hampton
• Fanny Ardant
• Françoise Giroud
• Hayao Shibata
• Mira Nair
• Sven Nykvist

  Camera d'Or

• Christine Boisson President
• Bruno Jaeggi
• Caroline Huppert
• Catherine Magnan
• Jan Svoboda
• Martine Jouando
• Richard Billeaud
• Vecdi Sayar

  Official selection

In competition - Feature film

• Captive of the Desert by Raymond Depardon
• Come See the Paradise by Alan Parker
• Cyrano de Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• Daddy Nostalgie by Bertrand Tavernier
• Everybody's Fine by Giuseppe Tornatore
• Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach
• Interrogation by Ryszard Bugajski
• Ju Dou by Zhang Yimou
• The King's Whore by Axel Corti
• Mother by Gleb Panfilov
• Nouvelle Vague by Jean-Luc Godard
• by Víctor Gaviria
• The Sting of Death by Kōhei Oguri
• Taxi Blues by Pavel Lungin
• Tilaï by Idrissa Ouedraogo
• Ucho by Karel Kachyňa
• White Hunter Black Heart by Clint Eastwood
• Wild at Heart by David Lynch

  Un Certain Regard

• 1871 by Ken McMullen
• Abrahams Gold by Jörg Graser
• The Best Hotel on Skid Row by Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Peña
• Black Rose Is an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose Is an Emblem of Love by Sergei Solovyov
• Canticle of the Stones by Michel Khleifi
• Le casseur de pierres by Mohamed Zran
• Freeze Die Come to Life by Vitali Kanevsky
• How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea by Vasili Pichul
• The Intended by Daniel Wachsmann
• Innisfree by José Luis Guerín
• The Last Ferry by Waldemar Krzystek
• Longtime Companion by Norman René
• Night Out by Lawrence Johnston
• Pummarò by Michele Placido
• The Sacrament by Hugo Claus
• Secret Scandal by Monica Vitti
• Song of the Exile by Ann Hui
• The Space Between the Door and the Floor by Pauline Chan
• Tumultes by Bertrand Van Effenterre
• On Tour by Gabriele Salvatores

  Films out of competition

• Artificial Paradise by Karpo Godina
• The Comfort of Strangers by Paul Schrader
• Cry-Baby by John Waters
• Dreams by Akira Kurosawa
• Korczak by Andrzej Wajda
• The Little Mermaid by John Musker, Ron Clements
• No, or the Vain Glory of Command by Manoel de Oliveira
• The Plot Against Harry by Michael Roemer
• The Sun Also Shines at Night by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• The Voice of the Moon by Federico Fellini

  Short film competition

• Le baiser by Pascale Ferran
• The Bedroom 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 by John Weldon
• Yego zhena kuritsa by Igor Kovalyov

  Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

• Beyond the Ocean by Ben Gazzara
• H-2 Worker by Stéphanie Black
• Mes cinémas by Füruzan et Gülsün Karamustafa
• Overseas by Brigitte Roüan
• Queen of Temple Street by Lawrence Ah Mon
• The Reflecting Skin by Philip Ridley
• Time of the Servants by Irena Pavlaskova

• Animathon by Collectif
• Inoi by Sergey Masloboyshchikov
• Les Mains au dos by Patricia Valeix
• The Mario Lanza Story by John Martins-Manteiga
• Pièce touchée by Martin Arnold
• Sibidou by Jean-Claude Bandé
• Sostuneto by Eduardo Lamora

  Directors' Fortnight

• Alexandria Again and Forever 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 by Gianni Amelio
• Printemps Perdu by Alain Mazars
• Shimaguni Konjo by Fumiki Watanabe
• The Guardian Angel by Suzanne Osten
• Stille Betrüger by Beat Lottaz
• by Yuri Ilyenko
• To Sleep with Anger by Charles Burnett
• Time of Miracles by Goran Paskaljevic
• Warsaw Bridge by Pere Portabella

  Awards

Official awards

• Palme d'Or: Wild at Heart by David Lynch
• Grand Prix:
• * Shi no toge by Kōhei Oguri
• * Tilaï by Idrissa Ouedraogo
• Best Director: Pavel Lungin for Taksi-Blyuz
• Best Actress: Krystyna Janda for Przesłuchanie
• Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for Cyrano de Bergerac
• Best Artistic Contribution: Gleb Panfilov for Mat
• Jury Prize: Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach

• Caméra d'Or: Freeze Die Come to Life by Vitali Kanevsky
• Golden Camera - 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

• ' by Yuri Ilyenko
• The Sting of Death by Kōhei Oguri
• Special award: Manoel de Oliveira

• Foreign Film: ' by Yuri Ilyenko
• French Film: Printemps perdu by Alain Mazars

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

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