1986 Cannes Film Festival

The Palme d'Or went to The Mission by Roland Joffé.

1986 Cannes Film Festival

Official poster of the 39th Cannes Film Festival
Opening film	Pirates
Closing film	El Amor brujo
Location	Cannes, France
Founded	1946
Awards	Palme d'Or (The Mission)
No. of films	20 (In Competition) 19 (Un Certain Regard) 10 (Out of Competition) 13 (Short Film)
Festival date	8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) – 19 May 1986 (1986-05-19)
Website	festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival
1987 1985

The festival opened with Pirates, directed by Roman Polanski and closed with El Amor brujo, directed by Carlos Saura.

 

Main competition

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 feature film competition:

• Sydney Pollack, American director, producer, and actor - Jury President
• Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter
• Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress
• Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter
• Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer
• Philip French, English film critic and producer
• Alexandre Mnouchkine, French producer
• István Szabó, Hungarian director and screenwriter
• Danièle Thompson, French director and screenwriter
• Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian-French production designer

Camera d'Or

The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1986 Camera d'Or:

• Anne Fichelle - Jury President
• Christophe Ghristi (cinephile)
• Lawrence Kardish (cinephile)
• Serge Leroy (director)
• Pierre Murat (critic)
• Ivan Starcevic (journalist)
• Eva Zaoralova (journalist)

In competition - Feature film

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

Films 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:

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 25th International Critics' Week (25e Semaine de la Critique):

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1986 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

 

Official awards

The following films and people received the 1986 awards:

• Palme d'Or: The Mission by Roland Joffé
• Grand Prix: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Best Director: Martin Scorsese for After Hours
• Best Actress:
  • Barbara Sukowa for Rosa Luxemburg
  • Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar)
• Best Actor:
  • Michel Blanc for Ménage (Tenue de soirée)
  • Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa
• Best Artistic Contribution: Sven Nykvist (for the cinematography) for The Sacrifice (Offret)
• Jury Prize: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

Golden Camera

• Caméra d'Or: Noir et Blanc by Claire Devers

Un Certain Regard

• Prix Un Certain Regard: Man of Ashes (Rih essed) by Nouri Bouzid

Short films

• Short Film Palme d'Or: Peel by Jane Campion
• Jury Prize for Fiction: Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert
• Jury Prize for Animation: Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

• The Decline of the American Empire (Le déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand (Directors' Fortnight)
• The Sacrifice (Offret) by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)

Commission Supérieure Technique

• Technical Grand Prize: The Mission by Roland Joffé

Ecumenical Jury

• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Offret by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

Award of the Youth

• Foreign Film: She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
• French Film: High Speed by Monique Dartonne and Michel Kaptur