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.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 feature film competition:
 * Dirk Bogarde (UK) - Jury President
 * Franco Cristaldi (Italy)
 * Michel Deville (France)
 * Stanley Donen (USA)
 * Istvan Dosai (cinematographer) (Hungary)
 * Arne Hestenes (journalist) (Norway)
 * Isabelle Huppert (France)
 * Ennio Morricone (Italy)
 * Jorge Semprún (Spain)
 * Vadim Yusov (Soviet Union)

Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 Camera d'Or:
 * Bernard Jubard (France) - Jury President
 * Mehmet Basutcu (Turkey)
 * José Luis Guarner (Spain)
 * Michel Jullien (France)
 * Samuel Lachize (France) (critic)
 * Serge Leroy (France)
 * Fee Vaillant (West Germany)

In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:


 * Another Country by Marek Kanievska
 * Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek) by Márta Mészáros
 * The Bounty by Roger Donaldson
 * Cal by Pat O'Connor
 * Day Is Longer Than Night (Dges game utenebia) by Lana Gogoberidze
 * The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element) by Lars von Trier
 * Ghare Baire by Satyajit Ray
 * Henry IV (Enrico IV) by Marco Bellocchio
 * Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders
 * The Pirate (La 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 (Un dimanche à la campagne) by Bertrand Tavernier
 * This Is My Country (Bayan ko: Kapit sa patalim) by Lino Brocka
 * Under the Volcano by John Huston
 * Vigil by Vincent Ward
 * Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kythera) by Theodoros Angelopoulos
 * Where the Green Ants Dream by Werner Herzog

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


 * Abel Gance et son Napoléon by Nelly Kaplan
 * Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema (Un poeta nel Cinema: Andreij Tarkovskij) 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 (Cóndores no entierran todos los días) by Francisco Norden
 * Maria's Day (Mária-nap) by Judit Elek
 * El Norte by Gregory Nava
 * The Road to Bresson (De weg naar Bresson) by Leo De Boer, Jurriën Rood
 * Spinning Wheel (Yeoin janhoksa moulleya moulleya) by Doo-yong Lee
 * Le tartuffe by Gérard Depardieu
 * Where Is Parsifal? by Henri Helman

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


 * After the Rehearsal (Efter repetitionen) 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
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


 * 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

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 23rd International Critics' Week (23e Semaine de la Critique):


 * Argie by Jorge Blanco (Argentina)
 * Bless Their Little Hearts by Billy Woodberry (United States)
 * Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (Smärtgränsen) by Agneta Elers-Jarleman (Sweden)
 * Boy Meets girl by Léos Carax (France)
 * Dreams of the City (Ahlam el Madina) by Mohammed Malas (Syria)
 * Etienne, le roi (István, a király) by Gábor Koltay (Hungary)
 * White Trash (1983 film) (Kanakerbraut) by Uwe Schrader (West Germany)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1984 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * 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 (La casa de agua) by Jacobo Penzo
 * Memoirs of Prison (Memórias do Cárcere) 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 (Les Années de rêves) by Jean-Claude Labrecque

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1984 Official selection awards: Golden Camera Short films
 * 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: Alfredo Landa and for Francisco Rabal Los santos inocentes (Ex aequo)
 * Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Biziou (cinematographer) 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
FIPRESCI Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth
 * Memoirs of Prison (Memórias do Cárcere) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Directors' Fortnight)
 * Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders (In competition)
 * Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi sta Kythera) by Theodoros Angelopoulos (In competition)
 * 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

Media

 * INA: List of winners of the 1984 festival (commentary in French)