1987 Cannes Film Festival


The 40th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1987. French-Italian actor Yves Montand served as jury president for the main competition.
French filmmaker Maurice Pialat won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Under the Sun of Satan, a choice which critics considered "highly controversial" and the prize was given under the jeers of the public. Pialat is quoted to have retorted "You don't like me? Well, let me tell you that I don't like you either!"
The festival opened with A Man in Love by Diane Kurys, and closed with Aria by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple.

Juries

Main competition

''Camera d'Or''

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:Doigté by Gyula NagyImagine by Zbigniew RybczynskiL'homme Qui Plantait des Arbres by Frédéric BackLa Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. by Milos RadovicThe Four Wishes by Michel OcelotMaestro by Alex ZammPalisade by Laurie McInnesPleines de Grâce by Nicole Van GoethemYour Face by Bill PlymptonTransatlantique by Bruce KrebsAcademy Leader Variations by Martial Wannaz, Krzysztof Kiwerski, Stanislaw Lenartowicz, David Ehrlich, Jane Aaron, Skip Battaglia, Paul Glabicki, George Griffin, Al Jarnow, Piotr Dumala, Daniel Suter, Yan Ding Xian, A. D., Hu Jin Qing, Lin Wen Xiao, He Yu Men, Chang Guang Xi, Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Jerzy Kucia

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 26th International Critics' Week :Dead Man's Letters by Konstantin Lopushansky Du mich auch by, Dani Levy, Ngati by Barry Barclay Yam Daabo by Idrissa Ouedraogo The Tree We Hurt by Dimos Avdeliodis Angelus novus by Pasquale Misuraca Où que tu sois by Alain Bergala

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1987 Directors' Fortnight :Diary of a Mad Old Man by Lili RademakersDilan by Erden KiralGuardian Angel by Goran PaskaljevicHeaven by Diane KeatonHome of the Brave by Laurie AndersonA Hungarian Fairy Tale by Gyula GazdagI've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia RozemaMade in U.S.A. by Ken FriedmanMalom a pokolban by Gyula MaarMascara by Patrick ConradMatewan by John SaylesNight Zoo by Jean-Claude LauzonPanorama du cinéma sud-africain indépendant The Photograph by Nicos PapatakisRita, Sue and Bob Too by Alan ClarkeShadows in Paradise by Aki KaurismäkiStreet Smart by Jerry SchatzbergThe Surfer by Frank ShieldsWedding in Galilee by Michel KhleifiWish You Were Here by David Leland

Official Awards

In Competition

''[Caméra d'Or]''

[Short Film Palme d'Or]

  • Palisade by Laurie McInnes
  • Second Prize: Academy Leader Variations by David Ehrlich
  • Third Prize: La Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. by Milos Radovic

Independent awards

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''Commission Supérieure Technique''

[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]

Award of the Youth

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