The 43rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 10 to 21 May 1990. Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci served as jury president for the main competition.
American filmmaker David Lynch won the Palme d'Or, for the drama film Wild at Heart.
The festival opened with Dreams by Akira Kurosawa, and closed with The Comfort of Strangers by Paul Schrader.
Juries
Main competition
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Fanny Ardant, French actress
- Bertrand Blier, French filmmaker
- Aleksei German, Soviet filmmaker
- Françoise Giroud, French journalist
- Christopher Hampton, British author and filmmaker
- Anjelica Huston, American actress
- Mira Nair, Indian filmmaker
- Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer
- Hayao Shibata, Japanese
Camera d'Or
- Christine Boisson, French actress - Jury President
- Richard Billeaud
- Caroline Huppert, French director
- Bruno Jaeggi, journalist
- Martine Jouando, film critic
- Catherine Magnan, cinephile
- Jan Svoboda, journalist
- Vecdi Sayar, cinephile
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 film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 29th International Critics' Week (29e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
- Animathon by Collectif (Canada)
- Inoi by Sergey Masloboyshchikov (Soviet Union)
- Les Mains au dos by Patricia Valeix (France)
- The Mario Lanza Story by John Martins-Manteiga (Canada)
- Pièce touchée by Martin Arnold (Austria)
- Sibidou by Jean-Claude Bandé (Burkina Faso)
- Sostuneto by Eduardo Lamora (Norway)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1990 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Official Awards
In Competition
- The Lunch Date by Adam Davidson
- First Prize of the Jury: The Bedroom by Maarten Koopman
- Second Prize of the Jury: Revestriction by Barthelemy Bompard
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: ' by Yuri Ilyenko
- French Film: Printemps perdu by Alain Mazars
International Critics' Week
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