1984 Cannes Film Festival
![]() Official poster of the 37th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original film set by Alexandre Trauner.[1] | |
Opening film | Fort Saganne |
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Closing film | The Bounty |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (Paris, Texas)[2] |
No. of films | 19 (In Competition)[3] 14 (Un Certain Regard) 5 (Out of Competition) 10 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 11 May 1984 | – 23 May 1984
Website | festival-cannes |
The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1984. The Palme d'Or went to the Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders.[4][5][6]
The festival opened with Fort Saganne, directed by Alain Corneau[7][8] and closed with The Bounty, directed by Roger Donaldson.[9] During this festival, a private group, under the patronage of the festival's authorities held a side event presenting film trailers. A French jury, presided by Saul Bass, awarded its Grand Prize to the trailer for Flashdance.[10]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 feature film competition:[11]
- Dirk Bogarde (UK) - Jury President
- Franco Cristaldi (Italy)
- Michel Deville (France)
- Stanley Donen (USA)
- Istvan Dosai (cinematographer) (Hungary)
- Arne Hestenes (journalist) (Norway)
- Isabelle Huppert (France)
- Ennio Morricone (Italy)
- Jorge Semprún (Spain)
- Vadim Yusov (Soviet Union)
Camera d'Or
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 Camera d'Or:[4]
- Bernard Jubard (France) - Jury President
- Mehmet Basutcu (Turkey)
- José Luis Guarner (Spain)
- Michel Jullien (France)
- Samuel Lachize (France) (critic)
- Serge Leroy (France)
- Fee Vaillant (West Germany)
Official selection
[edit]In competition - Feature film
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- Another Country by Marek Kanievska
- Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek) by Márta Mészáros
- The Bounty by Roger Donaldson
- Cal by Pat O'Connor
- Day Is Longer Than Night (Dges game utenebia) by Lana Gogoberidze
- The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element) by Lars von Trier
- Ghare Baire by Satyajit Ray
- Henry IV (Enrico IV) by Marco Bellocchio
- Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
- The Pirate (La pirate) by Jacques Doillon
- Quilombo by Carlos Diegues
- Los santos inocentes by Mario Camus
- Success Is the Best Revenge by Jerzy Skolimowski
- A Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne) by Bertrand Tavernier
- This Is My Country (Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim) by Lino Brocka
- Under the Volcano by John Huston
- Vigil by Vincent Ward
- Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kythera) by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Where the Green Ants Dream by Werner Herzog
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- Abel Gance et son Napoléon by Nelly Kaplan
- Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema (Un poeta nel Cinema: Andreij Tarkovskij) by Donatella Baglivo
- Feroz by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
- De grens by Leon de Winter
- Le jour S... by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Khandhar by Mrinal Sen
- Man of Flowers by Paul Cox
- A Man of Principle (Cóndores no entierran todos los días) by Francisco Norden
- Maria's Day (Mária-nap) by Judit Elek
- El Norte by Gregory Nava
- The Road to Bresson (De weg naar Bresson) by Leo De Boer, Jurriën Rood
- Spinning Wheel (Yeoin janhoksa moulleya moulleya) by Doo-yong Lee
- Le tartuffe by Gérard Depardieu
- Where Is Parsifal? by Henri Helman
Films out of competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- After the Rehearsal (Efter repetitionen) by Ingmar Bergman
- Beat Street by Stan Lathan
- Broadway Danny Rose by Woody Allen
- Choose Me by Alan Rudolph
- Fort Saganne by Alain Corneau
- Once Upon a Time in America by Sergio Leone
Short film competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Ajtó by Mária Horváth
- Bottom's Dream by John Canemaker
- Le Cheval de fer by Gérald Frydman, Pierre Levie
- Orpheus and Eurydice by Lesley Keen
- Points by Dan Collins
- Ett Rum by Mats Olof Olsson
- Het Scheppen van een koe by Paul Driessen
- Le Spectacle by Gilles Chevallier
- Chiri by David Takaichvili
- Tip Top by Paul Driessen
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were screened for the 23rd International Critics' Week (23e Semaine de la Critique):[12]
- Argie by Jorge Blanco (Argentina)
- Bless Their Little Hearts by Billy Woodberry (United States)
- Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (Smärtgränsen) by Agneta Elers-Jarleman (Sweden)
- Boy Meets girl by Léos Carax (France)
- Dreams of the City (Ahlam el Madina) by Mohammed Malas (Syria)
- Etienne, le roi (István, a király) by Gábor Koltay (Hungary)
- White Trash (Kanakerbraut) by Uwe Schrader (West Germany)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1984 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]
- Atomstodin by Thorsteinn Jonsson
- The Bostonians by James Ivory
- Epílogo by Gonzalo Suarez
- Die Erben by Walter Bannert
- Everlasting Love by Michael Mak
- Ezkimo Asszony Fazik by Janos Xantus
- Flight to Berlin by Christopher Petit
- The Hit by Stephen Frears
- The House of Water (La casa de agua) by Jacobo Penzo
- Memoirs of Prison (Memórias do Cárcere) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Nunca Fomos Tao Felizes by Murilo Salles
- Old Enough by Marisa Silver
- Orinoko – Nuevo Mundo by Diego Risquez
- Raffl by Christian Berger
- Revanche by Nicholas Vergitsis
- Sista Leken by Jon Lindstrom
- Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch
- Variety by Bette Gordon
- The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves) by Jean-Claude Labrecque
Awards
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Official awards
[edit]The following films and people received the 1984 Official selection awards:[2][14]
- Palme d'Or: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
- Grand Prix: Napló gyermekeimnek by Márta Mészáros
- Best Director: Bertrand Tavernier for Un dimanche à la campagne
- Best Screenplay: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra and Thanassis Valtinos for Taxidi stin Kythera
- Best Actress: Helen Mirren for Cal
- Best Actor: Alfredo Landa and for Francisco Rabal Los santos inocentes (Ex aequo)
- Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Biziou (cinematographer) for Another Country
Golden Camera
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Le Cheval de fer by Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie
- Premier Prix: Tchouma by David Takaichvili
Independent awards
[edit]- Memoirs of Prison (Memórias do Cárcere) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Directors' Fortnight)
- Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders (In competition)
- Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kythera) by Theodoros Angelopoulos (In competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury[16]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Los santos inocentes by Mario Camus[17]
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Epílogo by Gonzalo Suárez
- French Film: Boy Meets Girl by Leos Carax
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1984". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Awards 1984: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1984: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013.
- ^ a b "37ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "As Jury Ponders, Cannes Cuts Deals". The New York Times. 23 May 1984. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "It Was U.S.A. Weekend At Cannes Film Festival". The New York Times. 21 May 1984. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Dionne Jr, E.J. (12 May 1984). "Cannes Festival Opens Without The '83 Fanfare". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The opening films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The closing films at Cannes". vodkaster.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Vinocur, John (14 May 1984). "A Festival Of Trailers Is Featured At Cannes". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Juries 1984: Feature film". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
- ^ "23e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1984". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1984". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "1984 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1984". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1984". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1984". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- 1984 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1984
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1984 at the Internet Movie Database
Media
[edit]- INA: List of winners of the 1984 festival (commentary in French)