1986 Cannes Film Festival

The 39th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 1986. The Palme d'Or went to The Mission by Roland Joffé.

The festival opened with Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski and closed with El Amor brujo, directed by Carlos Saura.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 feature film competition:
 * Sydney Pollack, American director, producer, and actor - Jury President
 * Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter
 * Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress
 * Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter
 * Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer
 * Philip French, English film critic and producer
 * Alexandre Mnouchkine, French producer
 * István Szabó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
 * Danièle Thompson, French director and screenwriter
 * Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian-French production designer

Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 Camera d'Or:
 * Anne Fichelle - Jury President
 * Christophe Ghristi (cinephile)
 * Lawrence Kardish (cinephile)
 * Serge Leroy (director)
 * Pierre Murat (critic)
 * Ivan Starcevic (journalist)
 * Eva Zaoralova (journalist)

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


 * 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 (La dernière image) by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
 * Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) by Arnaldo Jabor
 * Max, Mon Amour by Nagisa Oshima
 * Ménage (Tenue de soirée) by Bertrand Blier
 * The Mission by Roland Joffé
 * Mona Lisa by Neil Jordan
 * Otello by Franco Zeffirelli
 * Poor Butterfly (Pobre mariposa) by Raúl de la Torre
 * Rosa Luxemburg by Margarethe von Trotta
 * Runaway Train by Andrei Konchalovsky
 * The Sacrifice (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky
 * Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime) by André Téchiné
 * Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of 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 (Rih essed) by Nouri Bouzid
 * Passionless Moments by Jane Campion, Gerard Lee
 * A Promise (Ningen no yakusoku) by Yoshishige Yoshida
 * The Pied Piper (Krysař) 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 (Tuntematon sotilas) by Rauni Mollberg
 * Welcome in Vienna by Axel Corti
 * Where Are You Going? (Za kude putuvate) by Rangel Vulchanov

Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened 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
 * A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà) 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
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


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

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 25th International Critics' Week (25e Semaine de la Critique):


 * 40 Square Meters of Germany (40 Quadratmeter Deutschland) by Tevfik Baser (West Germany)
 * Devil in the Flesh by Scott Murray (Australia)
 * La Dona del traghetto by Amedeo Fago (Italy)
 * Esther by Amos Gitaï (Israel)
 * Faubourg Saint-Martin by Jean-Claude Guiguet (France)
 * San Antoñito by Pepe Sanchez (Colombia)
 * Sleepwalk by Sara Driver (United States)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1986 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * Cactus by Paul Cox
 * Comic Magazine (Komikku Zasshi Nanka Iranai) by Yōjirō Takita
 * Dancing in the Dark by Leon Marr
 * The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand
 * Defence of the Realm by David Drury
 * Devil in the Flesh (Diavolo in corpo) by Marco Bellocchio
 * Giovanni Senzapensieri by Marco Colli
 * Golden Eighties by Chantal Akerman
 * Malandro (Ópera do 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

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1986 awards: Golden Camera Un Certain Regard Short films
 * Palme d'Or: The Mission by Roland Joffé
 * Grand Prix: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
 * Best Director: Martin Scorsese for After Hours
 * Best Actress:
 * Barbara Sukowa for Rosa Luxemburg
 * Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar)
 * Best Actor:
 * Michel Blanc for Ménage (Tenue de soirée)
 * Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa
 * Best Artistic Contribution: Sven Nykvist (for the cinematography) for The Sacrifice (Offret)
 * Jury Prize: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier
 * Caméra d'Or: Noir et Blanc by Claire Devers
 * Prix Un Certain Regard: Man of Ashes (Rih essed) 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
FIPRESCI Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth
 * The Decline of the American Empire (Le déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand (Directors' Fortnight)
 * The Sacrifice (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)
 * 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

Media

 * INA: Roman Polanski presents Pirates at the opening of the 1986 Festival (interview in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1986 festival (commentary in French)