 Official poster of the 39th Cannes Film Festival[1] | |
| Opening film | Pirates |
|---|---|
| Closing film | El amor brujo |
| Location | Cannes,France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Mission[2] |
| No. of films | 20 (In Competition)[3] |
| Festival date | 8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) – 19 May 1986 (1986-05-19) |
| Website | festival-cannes |
| Cannes Film Festival | |
The39thCannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 1986.[4] American filmmakerSydney Pollack served as jury president for the main competition. British filmmakerRoland Joffé won thePalme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama filmThe Mission.[5][6][7][8]
The festival opened withPirates byRoman Polanski,[9] and closed withEl amor brujo byCarlos Saura.[10]
The following feature films competed for thePalme d'Or:[12][3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Hours | Martin Scorsese | United States | |
| Boris Godunov | Борис Годунов | Sergei Bondarchuk | Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
| Evening Dress | Tenue de soirée | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | United States | |
| The Fringe Dwellers | Bruce Beresford | Australia | |
| Fool for Love | Robert Altman | United States | |
| Genesis | Mrinal Sen | India | |
| I Love You | Marco Ferreri | France, Italy | |
| The Last Image | الصور الأخير | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Algeria |
| Love Me Forever or Never | Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar | Arnaldo Jabor | Brazil |
| Max, My Love | Max mon amour | Nagisa Ōshima | France, United States, Japan |
| The Mission | Roland Joffé | United Kingdom | |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom | |
| Otello | Franco Zeffirelli | Italy, Netherlands | |
| Poor Butterfly | Pobre mariposa | Raúl de la Torre | Argentina |
| Rosa Luxemburg | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany | |
| Runaway Train | Andrei Konchalovsky | United States | |
| The Sacrifice | Offret | Andrei Tarkovsky | Sweden, United Kingdom, France |
| Scene of the Crime | Le lieu du crime | André Téchiné | France |
| Thérèse | Alain Cavalier | ||
The following films were selected for theUn Certain Regard section:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Girl's Own Story | Jane Campion | Australia | |
| Backlash | Bill Bennett | ||
| Belizaire the Cajun | Glen Pitre | United States | |
| Burke & Wills | Graeme Clifford | Australia | |
| Coming Up Roses | Rhosyn a Rhith | Stephen Bayly | United Kingdom |
| Das zweite Schraube-Fragment | Walter Andreas Christen | Austria | |
| Desert Bloom | Eugene Corr | United States | |
| Laputa | Helma Sanders-Brahms | West Germany | |
| Man of Ashes | ريح السد | Nouri Bouzid | Tunisia |
| Passionless Moments | Jane Campion andGerard Lee | Australia | |
| A Promise | 人間の約束 | Yoshishige Yoshida | Japan |
| The Pied Piper | Krysař | Jiří Barta | Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
| Ricochets | שתי אצבעות מצידון | Eli Cohen | Israel |
| Salomè | Claude d'Anna | Italy, France | |
| Sunrise | 日出 | Yu Benzheng | China |
| Two Friends | Jane Campion | Australia | |
| The Unknown Soldier | Tuntematon sotilas | Rauni Mollberg | Finland |
| Welcome in Vienna | Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna | Axel Corti | Austria |
| Where Are You Going? | За къде пътувате? | Rangel Vulchanov | Bulgaria |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Beginners | Julien Temple | United Kingdom | |
| El amor brujo(closing film) | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| The Chipmunk Adventure | Janice Karman | United States | |
| The Color Purple | Steven Spielberg | ||
| Don Quixote(unfinished) | Orson Welles | Spain, Italy, United States | |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen | United States | |
| A Matter of Life and Death (1946) | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
| A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | Un homme et une femme: Vingt ans déjà | Claude Lelouch | France |
| Pirates(opening film) | Roman Polanski | France, Tunisia, Poland | |
| Precious Images(short) | Chuck Workman | United States | |
| You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know(short) | T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais | Agnès Varda | France |
The following short films competed for theShort Film Palme d'Or:[3]
The following feature films were screened for the 25thInternational Critics' Week (25e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
The following films were screened for the 1986Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
