| Cannes Film Festival 1988 Jury President: Ettore Scola Other Jurors: Claude Berri, William Goldman, Nastassja Kinski, George Miller, Robby Müller, Hector Oliveira, David Robinson, Yelena Safonova, Philippe Sarde |
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| Palme d'Or: | Pelle the Conqueror, Denmark, dir. Bille August |
| Grand Jury Prize: | A World Apart, UK, dir. Chris Menges |
| Jury Prize: | A Short Film About Killing, Poland, dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Best Director: | Sur, Fernando E. Solanas |
| Best Actress: | A World Apart, Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May, Linda Mvusi |
| Best Actor: | Bird, Forest Whitaker |
| Best Artistic Contribution: | Drowning by Numbers, Peter Greenaway, director |
| Technical Grand Prize: | Bird, Clint Eastwood |
| FIPRESCI/International Critics Prize: | A Short Film About Killing, Poland, dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: | A World Apart, UK, dir. Chris Menges |
| Camera d'Or (first feature): | Salaam, Bombay!, India, dir. Mira Nair |
Competition Films I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference
My Palme d'Or
Chocolat (France/Cameroon, dir. Claire Denis) -
Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark, dir. Bille August) -
Sidebar Selections I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference
Distant Voices, Still Lives (Directors' Fortnight: UK, dir. Terence Davies) -
Competition Films I'm Curious to See:
Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
A World Apart, UK, dir. Chris Menges
Bird, USA, dir. Clint Eastwood
A Short Film About Killing, Poland, dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
Sur, Argentina, dir. Fernando E. Solanas
Drowning by Numbers, UK, dir. Peter Greenaway
Hanussen, Hungary, dir. István Szabó
Wuthering Heights, Japan, dir. Yoshishige Yoshida
Patty Hearst, USA, dir. Paul Schrader
King of the Children, China, dir. Chen Kaige
El Dorado, Spain, dir. Carlos Saura
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey, New Zealand/Australia, dir. Vincent Ward
Three Sisters, West Germany, dir. Margarethe von Trotta
The Cannibals, Portugal, dir. Manoel de Oliveira
Miles from Home, USA, dir. Gary Sinise
Pascali's Island, USA, dir. James Dearden
| Also in Competition: |
L'Enfance de l'art, France, dir. Francis Girod El Lute II: I'll Be Free Tomorrow, Spain, dir. Vicente Aranda The Abyss (L'Oeuvre au noir), Belgium, dir. André Delvaux Welcome to Germany, West Germany, dir. Thomas Brasch |
Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See:
Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
| Un Certain Regard: |
Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, USA/France, dir. Marcel Ophüls Mapantsula, South Africa, dir. Oliver Schmitz On the Silver Globe, Poland, dir. Andrzej Zulawski | |||||
| Directors' Fortnight: |
Daughter of the Nile, Taiwan, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien Despite Everything, Turkey, dir. Orhan Oguz Salaam, Bombay!, India, dir. Mira Nair Stormy Monday, UK/USA, dir. Mike Figgis The Story of Fausta, Brazil, dir. Bruno Barreto |
| Out of Competition: |
The Big Blue, France, dir. Luc Besson Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam, USA, dir. Bill Couturie Histoires du cinéma, Switzerland, dir. Jean-Luc Godard The Milagro Beanfield War, USA, dir. Robert Redford |
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