Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 feature film competition:[10]
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 Caméra d'Or:[4]
- Géraldine Chaplin (actress) (United States) President
- Didier Beaudet (France)
- Eva Sirbu (journalist) (Romania)
- Fernando Lara (cinephile) (Spain)
- Gilles Colpart (critic) (France)
- Jan Aghed (journalist) (Sweden)
- Myriam Zemmour (cinephile) (France)
- Roger Kahane (director) (France)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
English title
|
Original title
|
Director(s)
|
Production
|
The Assassin of the Tsar |
Tsareubiytsa |
Karen Shakhnazarov |
Soviet Union
|
Anna Karamazoff |
Rustam Khamdamov |
Soviet Union
|
Barton Fink |
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
United States
|
La Belle Noiseuse |
Jacques Rivette |
France, Switzerland
|
Bix |
Pupi Avati |
Italy
|
Cold Moon |
Lune froide |
Patrick Bouchitey |
France
|
The Double Life of Véronique |
La double vie de Véronique |
Krzysztof Kieślowski |
Poland, France, Norway
|
Europa |
Lars von Trier |
Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland
|
The Flesh |
La carne |
Marco Ferreri |
Italy
|
Guilty by Suspicion |
Irwin Winkler |
United States, France
|
Homicide |
David Mamet |
United States
|
Jungle Fever |
Spike Lee |
United States
|
Life on a String |
Biān zǒu biān chàng |
Chen Kaige |
China
|
Malina |
Werner Schroeter |
Germany, Austria
|
Out of Life |
Hors la vie |
Maroun Bagdadi |
France
|
A Rage in Harlem |
Bill Duke |
United States
|
The Suspended Step of the Stork |
To meteoro vima tou pelargou |
Theodoros Angelopoulos |
Greece
|
Van Gogh |
Maurice Pialat |
France
|
The Yes Man |
Il portaborse |
Daniele Luchetti |
Italy
|
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Broken Skin by Anna Campion
- Casino by Gil Bauwens
- Les éffaceurs by Gérald Frydman
- Ja, Wałęsa by Jacek Skalski
- Mal de blocs by Marc Saint-Pierre, Nathalie Saint-Gelais
- La Noce by Régis Obadia, Joëlle Bouvier
- Nokturno by Nikola Majdak
- Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
- La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- W.A.L. by Robert Turlo
- With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rekami) by Mitko Panov
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 30th International Critics' Week (30e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
- Carne by Gaspar Noé (France)
- Die mysreriosen lebenslinien by David Rühm (Austria)
- Livraison à domicile by Claude Philippot (France)
- A Nice Arrangement by Gurinder Chadha (United Kingdom)
- Once Upon a Time by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
- Petit drame dans la vie d’une femme by Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
- Une Symphonie du havre by Barbara Doran (Canada)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1991 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- Short films
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1991 Official selection awards:[2][13]
Golden Camera
Short films
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes[15]
Commission Supérieure Technique
Ecumenical Jury[16]
Award of the Youth[14]
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[14]