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 .[4] [5] [6] [7]
The festival opened with Le Grand Bleu , directed by Luc Besson [8] [9] and closed with Willow , directed by Ron Howard .[10] [11]
Juries
Ettore Scola, Jury President of the Main competition
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1988 feature film competition:[12]
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 .[13]
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)
Official selection
In competition – Feature films
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard :[3]
Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition.
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:[3]
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
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 27th International Critics' Week (27e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
La face cachée de la lune by Yvon Marciano (France)
Metropolis Apocalypse by Jon Jacobs (United Kingdom)[citation needed ]
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):[16]
Awards
Bille August, 1988 Palme d'Or winner
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1988 Official selection awards:[2]
Golden Camera
Short films
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 [17]
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury [18]
Award of the Youth [citation needed ]
Other awards