1985 Cannes Film Festival Award of the Youth 1985 Cannes Film Festival The 38th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 20 May 1985. The Palme d'Or went to the "When Father Was Away on Business" by Emir Kusturica. The festival opened with "Witness", directed by Peter Weir and closed with "The Emerald Forest", directed by John Boorman. The festival paid a tribute to American actor James Stewart and screened a restored version of his 1954 film "The Glenn Miller Story", directed by Anthony Mann. The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1985 feature film competition: The following people were
1949 Cannes Film Festival 1949 Cannes Film Festival The 3rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 September 1949. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial problems. Like in 1947, the entire jury for this festival was made up of French persons, with historian Georges Huisman as President of the Jury. The "Grand Prix du Festival de Cannes" went to "The Third Man" by Carol Reed. The festival opened with "L'Arroseur Arrosé" by Louis Lumière, an 1895 French comedy short-film, paying tribute to cinema's first comedy film. The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature