| 1986 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Number: | 20 (In Competition) |
| Opening: | Pirates |
| Closing: | El amor brujo |
| Location: | Cannes, France |
| Awards: | Palme d'Or |
| Date: | – |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Main: | Cannes Film Festival |
| Previous: | 1985 |
| Next: | 1987 |
The 39th Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 1986.[1] American filmmaker Sydney Pollack served as jury president for the main competition. British filmmaker Roland Joffé won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film The Mission.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The festival opened with Pirates by Roman Polanski,[6] and closed with El amor brujo by Carlos Saura.[7]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[9] [10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Hours | Martin Scorsese | United States | |
| Boris Godunov | Борис Годунов | Sergei Bondarchuk | Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
| Evening Dress | Tenue de soirée | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Down by Law | Jim Jarmusch | United States | |
| The Fringe Dwellers | Bruce Beresford | Australia | |
| Fool for Love | Robert Altman | United States | |
| Genesis | Mrinal Sen | India | |
| I Love You | Marco Ferreri | France, Italy | |
| The Last Image | الصور الأخير | Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina | Algeria |
| Love Me Forever or Never | Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar | Arnaldo Jabor | Brazil |
| Max, My Love | Max, Mon Amour | Nagisa Ōshima | France, United States, Japan |
| The Mission | Roland Joffé | United Kingdom | |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom | |
| Otello | Franco Zeffirelli | Italy, Netherlands | |
| Poor Butterfly | Pobre mariposa | Raúl de la Torre | Argentina |
| Rosa Luxemburg | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany | |
| Runaway Train | Andrei Konchalovsky | United States | |
| The Sacrifice | Offret | Andrei Tarkovsky | Sweden, United Kingdom, France |
| Scene of the Crime | Le lieu du crime | André Téchiné | France |
| Thérèse | Alain Cavalier | ||
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Girl's Own Story | Jane Campion | Australia | ||
| Backlash | Bill Bennett | |||
| Belizaire the Cajun | Glen Pitre | United States | ||
| Burke & Wills | Graeme Clifford | Australia | ||
| Coming Up Roses | Rhosyn a Rhith | Stephen Bayly | United Kingdom | |
| Das zweite Schraube-Fragment | Walter Andreas Christen | Austria | ||
| Desert Bloom | Eugene Corr | United States | ||
| Laputa | Helma Sanders-Brahms | West Germany | ||
| Man of Ashes | ريح السد | Nouri Bouzid | Tunisia | |
| Passionless Moments | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee | Australia | ||
| A Promise | 人間の約束 | Yoshishige Yoshida | Japan | |
| The Pied Piper | Krysař | Jiří Barta | Czechoslovakia, West Germany | |
| Ricochets | שתי אצבעות מצידון | Eli Cohen | Israel | |
| Salomè | Claude d'Anna | Italy, France | ||
| Sunrise | 日出 | Yu Benzheng | China | |
| Two Friends | Jane Campion | Australia | ||
| The Unknown Soldier | Tuntematon sotilas | Rauni Mollberg | Finland | |
| Welcome in Vienna | Wohin und zurück - Teil 3: Welcome in Vienna | Axel Corti | Austria | |
| Where Are You Going? | За къде пътувате? | Rangel Vulchanov | Bulgaria | |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Beginners | Julien Temple | United Kingdom | ||
| El amor brujo (closing film) | Carlos Saura | Spain | ||
| The Chipmunk Adventure | Janice Karman | United States | ||
| The Color Purple | Steven Spielberg | |||
| Don Quixote (unfinished) | Orson Welles | Spain, Italy, United States | ||
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen | United States | ||
| A Matter of Life and Death (1946) | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | ||
| Un homme et une femme: Vingt ans déjà | Claude Lelouch | France | ||
| Pirates (opening film) | Roman Polanski | France, Tunisia, Poland | ||
| Precious Images (short) | Chuck Workman | United States | ||
| You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know (short) | T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais | Agnès Varda | France | |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
The following feature films were screened for the 25th International Critics' Week (25e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
The following films were screened for the 1986 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[13]
The Mission by Roland Joffé[14]
The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky
Martin Scorsese for After Hours