1984 Cannes Film Festival
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.
The festival opened with Fort Saganne, directed by Alain Corneau and closed with The Bounty, directed by Roger Donaldson. 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.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 feature film competition:- Dirk Bogarde Jury President
- Franco Cristaldi
- Michel Deville
- Stanley Donen
- Istvan Dosai
- Arne Hestenes
- Isabelle Huppert
- Ennio Morricone
- Jorge Semprún
- Vadim Yusov
Camera d'Or
- Mehmet Basutcu
- José Luis Guarner
- Bernard Jubard
- Michel Jullien
- Samuel Lachize
- Serge Leroy
- Fee Vaillant
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:- Another Country by Marek Kanievska
- Diary for My Children by Márta Mészáros
- The Bounty by Roger Donaldson
- Cal by Pat O'Connor
- Day Is Longer Than Night by Lana Gogoberidze
- The Element of Crime by Lars von Trier
- Ghare Baire by Satyajit Ray
- Henry IV by Marco Bellocchio
- Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
- The 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 by Bertrand Tavernier
- This Is My Country by Lino Brocka
- Under the Volcano by John Huston
- Vigil by Vincent Ward
- Voyage to Cythera by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Where the Green Ants Dream by Werner Herzog
Un Certain Regard
- Abel Gance et son Napoléon by Nelly Kaplan
- 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 by Francisco Norden
- Maria's Day by Judit Elek
- El Norte by Gregory Nava
- The Road to Bresson by Leo De Boer, Jurriën Rood
- Spinning Wheel by Doo-yong Lee
- Le tartuffe by Gérard Depardieu
- Where Is Parsifal? by Henri Helman
Films out of competition
- After the Rehearsal 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
- 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
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 23rd International Critics' Week :- Argie by Jorge Blanco
- Bless Their Little Hearts by Billy Woodberry
- Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain by Agneta Elers-Jarleman
- Boy Meets girl by Léos Carax
- Dreams of the City by Mohammed Malas
- Etienne, le roi by Gábor Koltay
- White Trash by Uwe Schrader
Directors' Fortnight
- 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 by Jacobo Penzo
- Memoirs of Prison 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 by Jean-Claude Labrecque
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1984 Official selection awards:- 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: Francisco Rabal and Alfredo Landa for Los santos inocentes
- Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Biziou for Another Country
- Caméra d'Or: Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Le Cheval de fer by Gérald Frydman and Pierre Levie
- Premier Prix: Tchouma by David Takaichvili
Independent awards
- Memoirs of Prison by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
- Voyage to Cythera by Theodoros Angelopoulos
- Technical Grand Prize: Forbrydelsens element by Lars von Trier
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
- Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Los santos inocentes by Mario Camus
- Foreign Film: Epílogo by Gonzalo Suárez
- French Film: Boy Meets Girl by Leos Carax
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