1986 Cannes Film Festival

Juries

Main competition

• Sydney Pollack Jury President
• Alexandre Mnouchkine
• Alexandre Trauner
• Charles Aznavour
• Danièle Thompson
• István Szabó
• Lino Brocka
• Philip French
• Sonia Braga
• Tonino Delli Colli

  Camera d'Or

• Anne Fichelle
• Christophe Ghristi
• Eva Zaoralova
• Ivan Starcevic
• Lawrence Kardish
• Pierre Murat
• Serge Leroy

  Official selection

In competition - Feature film

• After Hours by Martin Scorsese
• Boris Godunov by Sergei Bondarchuk
• Down by Law by Jim Jarmusch
• The Fringe Dwellers by Bruce Beresford
• Fool for Love by Robert Altman
• Genesis by Mrinal Sen
• I Love You by Marco Ferreri
• The Last Image by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
• Love Me Forever or Never by Arnaldo Jabor
• Max, Mon Amour by Nagisa Oshima
• Ménage by Bertrand Blier
• The Mission by Roland Joffé
• Mona Lisa by Neil Jordan
• Otello by Franco Zeffirelli
• Poor Butterfly by Raúl de la Torre
• Rosa Luxemburg by Margarethe von Trotta
• Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky
• The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Scene of the Crime by André Téchiné
• Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

  Un Certain Regard

• A Girl's Own Story by Jane Campion
• Backlash by Bill Bennett
• Belizaire the Cajun by Glen Pitre
• Burke & Wills by Graeme Clifford
• Coming Up Roses by Stephen Bayly
• Das zweite Schraube-Fragment by Walter Andreas Christen
• Desert Bloom by Eugene Corr
• Laputa by Helma Sanders-Brahms
• Man of Ashes by Nouri Bouzid
• Passionless Moments by Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
• A Promise by Yoshishige Yoshida
• The Pied Piper by Jiří Barta
• Salomè by Claude d'Anna
• Shtei Etzbaot Mi'Tzidon by Eli Cohen
• Tai Yang by Benzheng Yu
• Two Friends by Jane Campion
• The Unknown Soldier by Rauni Mollberg
• Welcome in Vienna by Axel Corti
• Where Are You Going? by Rangel Vulchanov

  Films out of competition

• A Matter of Life and Death by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
• Absolute Beginners by Julien Temple
• El Amor brujo by Carlos Saura
• The Chipmunk Adventure by Janice Karman
• The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg
• Don Quixote by Orson Welles
• Hannah and Her Sisters by Woody Allen
• by Claude Lelouch
• Pirates by Roman Polanski
• Precious Images by Chuck Workman
• T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais by Agnès Varda

  Short film competition

• 15-Août by Nicole Garcia
• Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov
• A Gentle Spirit by Piotr Dumala
• Le Vent by Csaba Varga
• Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert
• Les Petits Coins by Pascal Aubier
• Miroir d'ailleurs by Willy Kempeneers
• Nouilles Sèches by Dan Collins
• Peau by Jane Campion
• Question d'optiques by Claude Luyet
• Quinoscopio by Juan Padron
• Street of Crocodiles by Brothers Quay
• Turbo Concerto by Martin Barry

  Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

• 40 Square Meters of Germany by Tevfik Baser
• Devil in the Flesh by Scott Murray
• La Dona del traghetto by Amedeo Fago
• Esther by Amos Gitaï
• Faubourg Saint-Martin by Jean-Claude Guiguet
• San Antoñito by Pepe Sanchez
• Sleepwalk by Sara Driver

  Directors' Fortnight

• Cactus by Paul Cox
• Comic Magazine by Yōjirō Takita
• Dancing in the Dark by Leon Marr
• The Decline of the American Empire by Denys Arcand
• Defence of the Realm by David Drury
• Devil in the Flesh by Marco Bellocchio
• Giovanni Senzapensieri by Marco Colli
• Golden Eighties by Chantal Akerman
• Malandro by Ruy Guerra
• Memoirs of a Sinner by Wojciech Has
• Qing Chun Jin by Nuanxin Zhang
• Schmutz by Paulus Manker
• She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
• Sid and Nancy by Alex Cox
• Sorekara by Yoshimitsu Morita
• Tarot by Rudolf Thome
• Visszaszamlalas by Pal Erdoss
• Working Girls by Lizzie Borden

  Awards

Official awards

• Palme d'Or: The Mission by Roland Joffé
• Grand Prix: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Best Director: Martin Scorsese for After Hours
• Best Actress: Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never & Barbara Sukowa for Rosa Luxemburg
• Best Actor: Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa & Michel Blanc for Ménage
• Best Artistic Contribution: Sven Nykvist for The Sacrifice
• Jury Prize: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

• Caméra d'Or: Noir et Blanc by Claire Devers

• Prix Un Certain Regard: Man of Ashes by Nouri Bouzid

• Short Film Palme d'Or: Peel by Jane Campion
• Jury Prize for Fiction: Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert
• Jury Prize for Animation: Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov

  Independent awards

• The Decline of the American Empire by Denys Arcand
• The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky

• Technical Grand Prize: The Mission by Roland Joffé

• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

• Foreign Film: She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
• French Film: High Speed by Monique Dartonne and Michel Kaptur

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