1988 Cannes Film Festival

The 41st Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1988. The Palme d'Or went to the Pelle erobreren by Bille August.

The festival opened with Le Grand Bleu, directed by Luc Besson and closed with Willow, directed by Ron Howard.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 feature film competition:
 * Ettore Scola, Italian screenwriter and director - Jury President
 * Claude Berri, French director, screenwriter, producer, and actor
 * William Goldman, American novelist and screenwriter – Goldman wrote about the experience in his book Hype and Glory.
 * Nastassja Kinski, German actress
 * George Miller, Australian firector, producer, and screenwriter
 * Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer
 * Héctor Olivera, Argentine director, producer, and screenwriter
 * David Robinson, British film critic
 * Yelena Safonova, Soviet Russian actress
 * Philippe Sarde, French composer

Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 Camera d'Or:
 * Danièle Delorme (actress) (France) - Jury President
 * Carlos Avellar (journalist)
 * Jacques Champreux (director) (France)
 * Henry Chapier (critic) (France)
 * Chantal Calafato (cinephile)
 * Bernard Jubard
 * Ekaterina Oproiu (journalist)
 * David Streiff (cinephile)

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


 * The Abyss (L'oeuvre au noir) by André Delvaux
 * Bird by Clint Eastwood
 * The Cannibals (Os Canibais) by Manoel de Oliveira
 * Chocolat by Claire Denis
 * El Dorado by Carlos Saura
 * Drowning by Numbers by Peter Greenaway
 * L'enfance de l'art by Francis Girod
 * Hanussen by István Szabó
 * King of the Children (Hai zi wang) by Chen Kaige
 * Love and Fear (Paura e amore) by Margarethe von Trotta
 * El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free (El Lute II: mañana seré libre) by Vicente Aranda
 * Miles from Home by Gary Sinise
 * Pascali's Island by James Dearden
 * The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany) by Thomas Brasch
 * Patty Hearst by Paul Schrader
 * Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) by Bille August
 * The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey by Vincent Ward
 * A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu) by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * Sur by Fernando Solanas
 * A World Apart by Chris Menges
 * Wuthering Heights (Arashi ga oka) by Yoshishige Yoshida

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


 * Among Grey Stones (Sredi serykh kamney) by Kira Muratova
 * Antarjali Jatra by Gautam Ghose
 * The Harms Case (Slucaj Harms) by Slobodan D. Pesic
 * Havinck by Frans Weisz
 * Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie by Marcel Ophüls
 * It's Happening Tomorrow (Domani accadrà) by Daniele Luchetti
 * Katinka (Ved vejen) by Max von Sydow
 * Lamento by François Dupeyron
 * Lounge Chair (La méridienne) by Jean-François Amiguet
 * Mapantsula by Oliver Schmitz
 * The Mask (La maschera) by Fiorella Infascelli
 * Natalia by Bernard Cohn
 * Night Journey (Gece Yolculuğu) by Ömer Kavur
 * On the Silver Globe (Na srebrnym globie) by Andrzej Żuławski
 * The Raggedy Rawney by Bob Hoskins
 * The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) by Francis Mankiewicz
 * Rouge of the North (Yuan nu) by Fred Tan
 * Sand and Blood (De sable et de sang) by Jeanne Labrune
 * A Song of Air by Merilee Bennett
 * Stalin's Disciples (Yaldei Stalin) by Nadav Levitan
 * Time of Violence (Време на насилие) by Ludmil Staikov
 * Why? (Proc?) by Karel Smyczek

Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition.


 * Le Grand Bleu by Luc Besson (Special screenings)
 * The Blue Iguana by John Lafia
 * Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam by Bill Couturié (Special screenings)
 * Histoires du cinéma by Jean-Luc Godard (Special screenings)
 * The Milagro Beanfield War by Robert Redford
 * Willow by Ron Howard

Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:


 * Ab Ovo / Homoknyomok (Traces of Sand) by Ferenc Cako
 * Bukpytacy (Fioritures) by Gary Bardine
 * Cat & Mousse by David Lawson
 * Chet's Romance by Bertrand Fevre
 * Les Dômes du Plaisir by Maggie Fooke
 * Out of Town by Norman Hull
 * Pas-ta-shoot-ah by Maurizio Forestieri
 * Pleasure Domes by Maggie Fooke
 * Sculpture Physique by Yann Piquer, Jean Marie Maddeddu
 * Super Freak by Gisela Ekholm, Per Ekholm

International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition


 * Begurebis gadaprena by Temür Babluani (Soviet Union)
 * Full Moon (Dolunay) by Sahin Kaygun (Turkey)
 * Tokyo Pop by Fran Rubel Kuzui (USA)
 * The Well (Jing) by Yalin Li (China)
 * Testament by John Akomfrah (United Kingdom)
 * Portrait of a Life (Ekti Jiban) by Raja Mitra (India)
 * My Dear Subject (Mon cher sujet) by Anne-Marie Miéville (France, Switzerland)

Short film competition


 * La face cachée de la lune by Yvon Marciano (France)
 * Metropolis Apocalypse by Jon Jacobs (United Kingdom)
 * Artisten (The Artist) by Jonas Grimas (Sweden)
 * Klatka (The cage) by Olaf Olszewski (Poland)
 * Cidadao Jatoba (Citizen Jatoba) by Maria Luiza Aboïm (Brazil)
 * Blues Black and White by Markus Imboden (Switzerland)

Directors' Fortnight
The following feature films were screened for the 1988 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * Amerika, Terra Incognita by Diego Risquez
 * Daughter of the Nile (Ni luo he nu er) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
 * The Venus Trap by Robert Van Ackeren
 * Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies
 * Ei by Danniel Danniel
 * The Heat Line (La Ligne de chaleur) by Hubert-Yves Rose
 * Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz
 * Légendes Vivantes by Nodar Managadzé
 * Mars Froid by Igor Minayev
 * Natal da Portela by Paulo Cezar Saraceni
 * Noujoum A’nahar by Oussama Mohammad
 * Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair
 * Summer Thefts (Sarikat Sayfeya) by Yousry Nasrallah
 * Soursweet by Mike Newell
 * Stormy Monday by Mike Figgis
 * The Story of Fausta (Romance Da Empregada) by Bruno Barreto
 * Tabataba by Raymond Rajaonarivelo
 * The Suitors by Ghasem Ebrahimian

Official awards
The following films and people received the 1988 Official selection awards: Golden Camera Short films
 * Palme d'Or: Pelle erobreren by Bille August
 * Grand Prix: A World Apart by Chris Menges
 * Best Director: Fernando Solanas for Sur
 * Best Actress: Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi for A World Apart
 * Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for Bird
 * Best Artistic Contribution: Peter Greenaway for Drowning by Numbers
 * Jury Prize: Krótki film o zabijaniu by Krzysztof Kieślowski
 * Caméra d'Or: Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair
 * Short Film Palme d'Or: Vykrutasy by Garri Bardin
 * Short Film Prize for Animation: Traces of Sand (Ab Ovo / Homoknyomok) by Ferenc Cako
 * Short Film Prize for Fiction: Physical Sculpture (Sculpture Physique) by Yann Piquer, Jean Marie Maddeddu

Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth Other awards
 * Krótki film o zabijaniu by Krzysztof Kieślowski (In competition)
 * Hôtel Terminus by Marcel Ophüls (Un Certain Regard)
 * Distant Voices, Still Lives by Terence Davies (Directors' Fortnight)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Bird, for the quality of the soundtrack
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: A World Apart by Chris Menges
 * Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention: The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) by Francis Mankiewicz
 * Foreign Film: Herseye Ragmen by Orhan Oguz
 * French Film: Mon cher sujet by Anne-Marie Miéville
 * Audience Award: Salaam Bombay! by Mira Nair

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 1988 Cannes Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1988 festival (commentary in French)