1991 Cannes Film Festival

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.

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

Juries

Main competition

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

• Roman Polanski (Poland) - Jury President
• Férid Boughedir (Tunisia)
• Whoopi Goldberg (USA)
• Margaret Menegoz (France)
• Natalya Negoda (Soviet Union)
• Alan Parker (UK)
• Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France)
• Hans Dieter Seidel (Germany)
• Vittorio Storaro (Italy)
• Vangelis (Greece)

Camera d'Or

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

• 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: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

Un Certain Regard

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

Films out of competition

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

Short film competition

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

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

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

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

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

Short films

• Le Caire by Youssef Chahine

Awards

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1991 Official selection awards:

• Palme d'Or: Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Grand Prize of the Jury: La Belle Noiseuse by Jacques Rivette
• Best Director: Joel Coen for Barton Fink
• Best Actress: Irène Jacob for The Double Life of Véronique (La double vie de Véronique)
• Best Actor: John Turturro for Barton Fink
• Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson for Jungle Fever
• Jury Prize:
  • Europa by Lars von Trier
  • Out of Life (Hors la vie) by Maroun Bagdadi

Golden Camera

• Caméra d'Or: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael
• Caméra d'Or - Special Mention: Proof by Jocelyn Moorhouse & Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta

Short films

• Short Film Palme d'Or: With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rekami) by Mitko Panov
• Special Jury Prize: Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

• The Double Life of Véronique (La double vie de Véronique) by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)
• Riff-Raff by Ken Loach (Directors' Fortnight)

Commission Supérieure Technique

• Technical Grand Prize: Lars von Trier for Europa

Ecumenical Jury

• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: La double vie de Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Jungle Fever by Spike Lee & La Belle Noiseuse by Jacques Rivette

Award of the Youth

• • Foreign Film: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael
  • French Film: Cheb by Rachid Bouchareb

Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week

• SACD Award:
  • Best Short: Carne by Gaspar Noé
  • Best Feature: Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien

References

Media

• INA: Robert Mitchum opens the 1991 Festival (commentary in French)
• INA: List of winners of the 1991 festival (commentary in French)

External links

• 1991 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
• Official website Retrospective 1991 Archived 2019-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1991 at Internet Movie Database