1987 Cannes Film Festival

The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held on 7-19 May 1987.

Jury

• Yves Montand
• Danièle Heymann
• Elem Klimov
• Gérald Calderon
• Jeremy Thomas
• Jerzy Skolimowski
• Nicola Piovani
• Norman Mailer
• Theo Angelopoulos

Feature film competition

• Aria by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge, Julien Temple
• Az utolsó kézirat by Károly Makk
• Barfly by Barbet Schroeder
• The Belly of an Architect by Peter Greenaway
• Champ d'honneur by Jean-Pierre Denis
• Cronaca di una morte annunciata by Francesco Rosi
• Der Himmel über Berlin by Wim Wenders
• La famiglia by Ettore Scola
• The Glass Menagerie by Paul Newman
• Monanieba by Tengiz Abuladze
• Oci ciornie by Nikita Mikhalkov
• Pierre et Djemila by Gérard Blain
• Prick Up Your Ears by Stephen Frears
• Shinran: Shiroi michi by Rentaro Mikuni
• Shy People by Andrei Konchalovsky
• Um Trem para as Estrelas by Carlos Diegues
• Un homme amoureux by Diane Kurys
• Sous le soleil de Satan by Maurice Pialat
• Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
• Zegen by Shōhei Imamura

Un Certain Regard

• A Gathering of Old Men by Volker Schlöndorff
• A Month in the Country by Pat O'Connor
• And the Pursuit of Happiness by Louis Malle
• Babettes Gaestebud by Gabriel Axel
• Cartoline italiane by Memè Perlini
• Das weite Land by Luc Bondy
• Epidemic by Lars von Trier
• Hôtel de France by Patrice Chéreau
• Hud by Vibeke Løkkeberg
• Jenatsch by Daniel Schmid
• La casa de Bernarda Alba by Mario Camus
• Ormens väg på hälleberget by Bo Widerberg
• Prostaya smert by Alexander Kaidanovsky
• Przypadek by Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa by Nana Djordjadze
• Sofia by Alejandro Doria
• Someone to Love by Henry Jaglom
• Un hombre de éxito by Humberto Solás
• Xiangnu xiaoxiao by Xie Fei
• Yer demir gök bakir by Zülfü Livaneli

Films out of competition

• Aida by Clemente Fracassi
• Awdat mowatin by Mohamed Khan
• Boris Godunov by Vera Stroyeva
• Caméra arabe by Férid Boughedir
• Don Quichotte by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
• Feathers by John Ruane
• Intervista by Federico Fellini
• Good morning Babilonia by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
• Hēi Pào Shìjiàn by Huang Jianxin
• Hôtel du Paradis by Jana Bokova
• L'Inhumaine by Marcel L'Herbier
• Le cinéma dans les yeux by Laurent Jacob, Gilles Jacob
• Il medium by Gian Carlo Menotti
• Louise by Abel Gance
• Macbeth by Claude d'Anna
• Pagliacci by Franco Zeffirelli
• Radio Days by Woody Allen
• Raising Arizona by the Coen brothers
• Richard et Cosima by Peter Patzak
• Slam Dance by Wayne Wang
• Something Wild by Jonathan Demme
• The Sentimental Bloke by Raymond Longford
• The Whales of August by Lindsay Anderson
• Tough Guys Don't Dance by Norman Mailer

Awards

• Palme d'Or: Sous le soleil de Satan by Maurice Pialat
• Grand Prix: Monanieba by Tengiz Abuladze
• Jury Prize:
  • Shinran: Shiroi michi by Rentaro Mikuni
  • Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
• Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for Oci ciornie
• Best Actress: Barbara Hershey for Shy People
• Best Director: Wim Wenders for Der Himmel über Berlin
• Short Film Palme d'Or: Palisade by Laurie McInnes
• Best Artistic Contribution: Stanley Myers (composer) for Prick Up Your Ears
• Technical Grand Prize: Le cinéma dans les yeux by Gilles Jacob, Laurent Jacob
• 40th Anniversary Prize: Intervista by Federico Fellini
• Caméra d'Or: Robinzoniada, anu chemi ingliseli Papa by Nana Djordjadze
• Perspectives du Cinéma Award:
  • Retour by Sylvie Guedel
  • Un amour à Paris by Merzak Allouache
• Perspectives du Cinéma Award - Special Mention:
• Boccetta revient de guerre by Jean-Pierre Sinapi
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Monanieba by Tengiz Abuladze
  • Urs al-jalil by Michel Khleifi
  • Wish You Were Here by David Leland
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Monanieba by Tengiz Abuladze
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
  • Babettes gæstebud by Gabriel Axel
  • Yeelen by Souleymane Cissé
• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: I've Heard the Mermaids Singing by Patricia Rozema
  • French Film: Not awarded

External links

• 1987 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes Film Festival:1987 at Internet Movie Database