1991 Cannes Film Festival
The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991. The Palme d'Or went to the 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 Jury President
- Férid Boughedir
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Margaret Menegoz
- Natalya Negoda
- Alan Parker
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Hans Dieter Seidel
- Vittorio Storaro
- Vangelis
Camera d'Or
- Géraldine Chaplin President
- Didier Beaudet
- Eva Sirbu
- Fernando Lara
- Gilles Colpart
- Jan Aghed
- Myriam Zemmour
- Roger Kahane
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:- Boyz n the Hood by John Singleton
- Burial of a Potato by Jan Jakub Kolski
- A Captive in the Land by John Berry
- The Chosen One by Aribam Syam Sharma
- Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole by Maksim Pezhemsky
- L'entraînement du champion avant la course by Bernard Favre
- Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema by Wojciech Marczewski
- Fire! by Adama Drabo
- Friends, Comrades by Rauni Mollberg
- by Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper
- Holidays on the River Yarra by Leo Berkeley
- In the Alleys of Love by Khosrow Sinai
- Lebewohl, Fremde by Tevfik Başer
- Paths of Death and Angels by Zoltán Kamondi
- Revenge by Yermek Shinarbayev
- The Tradition by Drissa Toure
- Sango Malo by Bassek Ba Kobhio
- Treasure Island by Raúl Ruiz
- Woman of the Port by Arturo Ripstein
- Yumeji by Seijun Suzuki
Films out of competition
- Le film du cinéma suisse by Michel Soutter, Jean-François Amiguet
- Jacquot de Nantes by Agnès Varda
- Life Stinks by Mel Brooks
- by Alek Keshishian
- Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway
- Rhapsody in August by Akira Kurosawa
- Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott
Short film competition
- Broken Skin by Anna Campion
- Casino by Gil Bauwens
- Les éffaceurs by Gérald Frydman
- Ja, Wałęsa by Jacek Skalski
- Mal de blocs by Marc Saint-Pierre, Nathalie Saint-Gelais
- La Noce by Régis Obadia, Joëlle Bouvier
- Nokturno by Nikola Majdak
- Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
- La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- W.A.L. by Robert Turlo
- With Hands Raised by Mitko Panov
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 30th International Critics' Week :Feature film competition
- Diabły, diabły by Dorota Kędzierzawska
- Laafi - Tout va bien by S. Pierre Yameogo
- Liquid Dreams by Mark S. Manos
- Robert’s Movie by Canan Gerede
- Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta
- Trumpet Number 7 by Adrian Velicescu
- La Vie des morts by Arnaud Desplechin
- Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien
- Carne by Gaspar Noé
- Die mysreriosen lebenslinien by David Rühm
- Livraison à domicile by Claude Philippot
- A Nice Arrangement by Gurinder Chadha
- Once Upon a Time by Kristian Petri
- Petit drame dans la vie d’une femme by Andrée Pelletier
- Une Symphonie du havre by Barbara Doran
Directors' Fortnight
- The Adjuster by Atom Egoyan
- Annabelle partagée by Francesca Comencini
- The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez by Peter Sellars
- Chichkhan by Fadhel Jaïbi, M. Ben Mahmoud
- Danzón by Maria Novaro
- O Drapetis by Lefteris Xanthopoulos
- És mégis... by Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
- An Imaginary Tale by André Forcier
- The Indian Runner by Sean Penn
- Lost In Siberia by Alexander Mitta
- Ovo Malo Duse by Ademir Kenović
- Paris Trout by Stephen Gyllenhaal
- Proof by Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Adam's Rib by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich
- Riff-Raff by Ken Loach
- Toto the Hero by Jaco Van Dormael
- Suffocating Heat by Giovanna Gagliardo
- 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
- 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 by Maroun Bagdadi
- 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 Film Palme d'Or: With Hands Raised by Mitko Panov
- Special Jury Prize: Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
Independent awards
- The Double Life of Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Riff-Raff by Ken Loach
- Technical Grand Prize: Lars von Trier for Europa
- 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
- *Foreign Film: Toto le Héros by Jaco Van Dormael
- *French Film: Cheb by Rachid Bouchareb
- SACD Award:
- *Best Short: Carne by Gaspar Noé
- *Best Feature: Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien
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