The 40th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1987. French-Italian actor Yves Montand served as jury president for the main competition.
French filmmaker Maurice Pialat won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Under the Sun of Satan, a choice which critics considered "highly controversial" and the prize was given under the jeers of the public. Pialat is quoted to have retorted "You don't like me? Well, let me tell you that I don't like you either!"
The festival opened with A Man in Love by Diane Kurys, and closed with Aria by Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, Bill Bryden, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Franc Roddam, Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell, Charles Sturridge and Julien Temple.
Juries
Main competition
- Yves Montand, French-Italian actor and singer - Jury President
- Theo Angelopoulos, Greek director, screenwriter, and producer
- Gérald Calderon, French director
- Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
- Elem Klimov, Soviet director
- Norman Mailer, American novelist
- Nicola Piovani, Italian composer
- Jerzy Skolimowski, Polish director, screenwriter, and actor
- Jeremy Thomas, British producer
Camera d'Or
- Maurice Le Roux, French composer and conductor - Jury President
- Freddy Buache, journalist
- Emmanuel Carriau, cinephile
- Michel Ciment, French film critic
- M. Hidalgo, journalist
- Bernard Jubard
- Michael Kutza, cinephile
- Claude Weisz, French filmmaker
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:
- Doigté by Gyula Nagy
- Imagine by Zbigniew Rybczynski
- L'homme Qui Plantait des Arbres by Frédéric Back
- La Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. by Milos Radovic
- The Four Wishes (Les Quatre VÃ
Âux) by Michel Ocelot
- Maestro by Alex Zamm
- Palisade by Laurie McInnes
- Pleines de Grâce by Nicole Van Goethem
- Your Face by Bill Plympton
- Transatlantique by Bruce Krebs
- Academy Leader Variations by Martial Wannaz, Krzysztof Kiwerski, Stanislaw Lenartowicz, David Ehrlich, Jane Aaron, Skip Battaglia, Paul Glabicki, George Griffin, Al Jarnow, Piotr Dumala, Daniel Suter, Yan Ding Xian, A. D., Hu Jin Qing, Lin Wen Xiao, He Yu Men, Chang Guang Xi, Georges Schwizgebel, Claude Luyet, Jerzy Kucia
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 26th International Critics' Week (26e Semaine de la Critique):
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1987 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Official Awards
In Competition
- Palisade by Laurie McInnes
- Second Prize: Academy Leader Variations by David Ehrlich
- Third Prize: La Mort Soudaine et Prématurée du Colonel K.K. by Milos Radovic
Independent awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
References
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