1990 Cannes Film Festival 1990 Cannes Film Festival The 43rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 May 1990. The Palme d'Or went to "Wild at Heart" by David Lynch. The festival opened with "Dreams", directed by Akira Kurosawa and closed with "The Comfort of Strangers", directed by Paul Schrader. The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 feature film competition: The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1990 Camera d'Or: The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: The following films were
1954 Cannes Film Festival 1954 Cannes Film Festival The 7th Cannes Film Festival was held from 25 March to 9 April 1954. With Jean Cocteau as President of the Jury, the Grand Prix went to the "Gate of Hell" by Teinosuke Kinugasa. The festival opened with "Le Grand Jeu" by Robert Siodmak. This was the last festival with a predominantly French Jury. As the festival was becoming more and more a pole of showbiz attraction, scandals and romances of stars were appearing in the press. In 1954, the Simone Silva affair during the Cannes Festival ended up in the distuction of her career as