![]() Official poster of the 42nd Cannes Film Festival, featuring an original illustration by Ludovic.[1] | |
Opening film | New York Stories |
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Closing film | Old Gringo |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or (Sex, Lies, and Videotape)[2] |
No. of films | 22 (En Competition)[3] 19 (Un Certain Regard) 10 (Out of Competition) 10 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 11 May 1989 | – 23 May 1989
Website | festival-cannes |
The 42nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1989. The Palme d'Or went to Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Steven Soderbergh.[4][5][6][7]
The festival opened with New York Stories, anthology film directed by Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese[8] and closed with Old Gringo, directed by Luis Puenzo.[9][10]
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.[11]
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