The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991. French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski served as jury president for the main competition.
American filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy film Barton Fink.
The festival opened with Homicide by David Mamet, and closed with Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott.
Juries
Main competition
- Roman Polanski, French-Polish filmmaker - Jury President
- Férid Boughedir, Tunisian filmmaker
- Whoopi Goldberg, American actress
- Margaret Ménégoz, German-French producer
- Natalya Negoda, Soviet actress
- Alan Parker, British filmmaker
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau, French filmmaker
- Hans Dieter Seidel, German film critic
- Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer
- Vangelis, Greek musician
Camera d'Or
- Geraldine Chaplin, American actress - Jury President
- Jan Aghed, Swedish journalist
- Didier Beaudet, French
- Gilles Colpart, French film critic
- Roger Kahane, French film director
- Fernando Lara, Spanish cinephile
- Eva Sirbu, Romanian journalist
- Myriam Zemmour, French 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 Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Broken Skin by Anna Campion
- Casino by Gil Bauwens
- Les éffaceurs by Gérald Frydman
- Ja, WaÃ
ÂÃÂsa by Jacek Skalski
- Mal de blocs by Marc Saint-Pierre, Nathalie Saint-Gelais
- La Noce by Régis Obadia, Joëlle Bouvier
- Nokturno by Nikola Majdak
- Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
- La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac
- W.A.L. by Robert Turlo
- With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rekami) by Mitko Panov
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 30th International Critics' Week (30e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
- Carne by Gaspar Noé (France)
- Die mysreriosen lebenslinien by David Rühm (Austria)
- Livraison ÃÂ domicile by Claude Philippot (France)
- A Nice Arrangement by Gurinder Chadha (United Kingdom)
- Once Upon a Time by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
- Petit drame dans la vie dâÂÂune femme by Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
- Une Symphonie du havre by Barbara Doran (Canada)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1991 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Short films
Official Awards
In Competition
- With Hands Raised by Mitko Panov
- Special Jury Prize: Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
International Critics' Week
References
Media
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