The 43rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 May 1990. The Palme d'Or went to Wild at Heart by David Lynch.
The festival opened with Dreams, directed by Akira Kurosawa and closed with The Comfort of Strangers, directed by Paul Schrader.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 feature film competition:
- Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy) - Jury President
- Fanny Ardant (France)
- Bertrand Blier (France)
- Aleksei German (USSR)
- Françoise Giroud (France)
- Christopher Hampton (UK)
- Anjelica Huston (USA)
- Mira Nair (India)
- Sven Nykvist (Sweden)
- Hayao Shibata (Japan)
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 Camera d'Or:
- Christine Boisson (actress) - Jury President
- Richard Billeaud
- Caroline Huppert (director)
- Bruno Jaeggi (journalist)
- Martine Jouando (critic)
- Catherine Magnan (cinephile)
- Jan Svoboda (journalist)
- Vecdi Sayar (cinephile)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
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 29th International Critics' Week (29e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1990 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1990 Official selection 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
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: Freeze Die Come to Life (Zamri, umri, voskresni!) by Vitali Kanevsky
- Golden Camera - Special Mention: Time of the Servants by Irena Pavlásková & Farendj by Sabine Prenczina
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson
- First Prize of the Jury: The Bedroom (De slaapkamer) by Maarten Koopman
- Second Prize of the Jury: Revestriction by Barthelemy Bompard
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Swan Lake: The Zone (Lebedyne ozero-zona) by Yuri Ilyenko (Directors' Fortnight)
- The Sting of Death (Shi no toge) by Kōhei Oguri (In competition)
- Special award: Manoel de Oliveira
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Pierre Lhomme (cinematography) in Cyrano de Bergerac
Ecumenical Jury
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Everybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene) by Giuseppe Tornatore
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Hidden Agenda by Ken Loach & Taksi-Blyuz by Pavel Lungin
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Swan Lake: The Zone (Lebedyne ozero-zona) by Yuri Ilyenko
- French Film: Printemps perdu by Alain Mazars
Other awards
- Prix de la Critique Internationale: The Sting of Death (Shi no toge) by Kōhei Oguri
- Audience Award:
- Abraham's Gold by Jörg Graser
- Sur by Fernando Solanas
References
Media
- INA: Arrival of the stars for the opening of the 1990 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: Presentation of the jury of the 43rd Festival (commentary in French)
External links
- 1990 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1990 Archived 2019-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1990 at Internet Movie Database
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