1989 Cannes Film Festival

1989 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 42nd Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Ludovic.[1]
Opening filmNew York Stories
Closing filmOld Gringo
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Sex, Lies, and Videotape[2]
No. of films22 (In Competition)[3]
Festival date11 May 1989 (1989-05-11) – 23 May 1989 (1989-05-23)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 42nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1989. West German filmmaker Wim Wenders served as jury president for the main competition.[4]

American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his debut film Sex, Lies, and Videotape.[5][6][7][8]

During the 1989 festival, the first Cinéma & liberté forum was held with the participation of a hundred famous directors from various countries. They discussed about the freedom of expression and signed a declaration protesting against all forms of censorship still existing in the world.[9]

The festival opened with New York Stories, an anthology film by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese,[10] and closed with Old Gringo by Luis Puenzo.[11][12]

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  8. ^ "26-Year-Old American Director Takes To Award At Cannes". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "The History of the Festival / The 80s: The Modern Era". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Cannes '89: The Glitter, The Hoopla, The Movies". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
  11. ^ "Cannes Director Tries To 'Lighten Up' This Year". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  12. ^ "U.S films to open Cannes". news.google.com (The Lewiston Journal). May 2, 1989. Retrieved 25 May 2017.