| Cannes Film Festival 1989 Jury President: Wim Wenders Other Jurors: Hector Babenco, Claude Beylie, Renée Blanchar, Silvio Clementelli, Georges Delerue, Sally Field, Christine Gouze-Renal, Peter Handke, Krzysztof Kieślowski |
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| Palme d'Or: | sex, lies, and videotape, USA, dir. Steven Soderbergh |
| Grand Jury Prize: | Cinema Paradiso, Italy, dir. Giuseppe Tornatore Too Beautiful for You, France, dir. Bertrand Blier |
| Jury Prize: | Jesus of Montreal, Canada, dir. Denys Arcand |
| Best Director: | Time of the Gypsies, Emir Kusturica |
| Best Actress: | A Cry in the Dark, Meryl Streep |
| Best Actor: | sex, lies, and videotape, James Spader |
| Best Artistic Contribution: | Mystery Train, Jim Jarmusch, director |
| Technical Grand Prize: | Black Rain, Shôhei Imamura |
| FIPRESCI/International Critics Prize: | sex, lies, and videotape, USA, dir. Steven Soderbergh |
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: | Jesus of Montreal, Canada, dir. Denys Arcand |
| Camera d'Or (first feature): | My Twentieth Century, Hungary, dir. Ildikó Enyedi |
Competition Films I Have Seen:Ranked in order of preference
My Palme d'Or
Black Rain (Japan, dir. Shôhei Imamura) -
Do the Right Thing (USA, dir. Spike Lee) -
Sweetie (New Zealand, dir. Jane Campion) -
Cinema Paradiso (Italy, dir. Giuseppe Tornatore) -
sex, lies, and videotape (USA, dir. Steven Soderbergh) -
A Cry in the Dark (Australia, dir. Fred Schepisi) -
Competition Films I'm Curious to See:
Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
Jesus of Montreal, Canada, dir. Denys Arcand
Time of the Gypsies, Burkina Faso, dir. Emir Kusturica
Monsieur Hire, France, dir. Patrice Leconte
Mystery Train, USA, dir. Jim Jarmusch
Rosalie Goes Shopping, USA/West Germany, dir. Percy Adlon
Too Beautiful for You, France, dir. Bertrand Blier
Francesco, Italy, dir. Liliana Cavani
Chimère, France, dir. Claire Devers
Reunion, UK/France/West Germany, dir. Jerry Schatzberg
Spider's Web, West Germany, dir. Bernhard Wicki
Torrents of Spring, Italy/UK, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Splendor, Italy, dir. Ettore Scola
| Also in Competition: |
Kuarup, Brazil, dir. Ruy Guerra Lost Angels, USA, dir. Hugh Hudson Moon Child, Spain, dir. Agustí Villaronga The Women on the Roof, Sweden, dir. Carl-Gustav Nykvist |
Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See:
Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup here (opens in a new window)
| Un Certain Regard: |
Black Sin, Germany, dirs. Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet My Twentieth Century, Hungary, dir. Ildikó Enyedi Piravi, India, dir. Shaji N. Karun Santa Sangre, Spain, dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky The Tenth Is Hiding, Italy, dir. Lina Wertmüller | |||||
| Directors' Fortnight: |
Eat a Bowl of Tea, USA, dir. Wayne Wang The Little Devil, Italy, dir. Roberto Benigni The Seventh Continent, Austria, dir. Michael Haneke Speaking Parts, Canada, dir. Atom Egoyan Yaaba, Burkina Faso, dir. Idrissa Ouedraogo | |||||
| Critics' Week: |
As Tears Go By, Hong Kong, dir. Wong Kar-wai Sand Roses, Morocco, dir. Mohamed Rachid Benhadj |
| Out of Competition: |
New York Stories, USA, dir. Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese Old Gringo, USA, dir. Luis Puenzo |
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