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
Cannes Film Festival origins may be attributed in part to the French desire to compete with the Venice Film Festival, which at the time was shocking the democratic world by its fascist bias. The first festival was planned for 1939, Cannes was selected as the location for it, but the funding and organization were too slow and finally the beginning of World War II put an end to this plan. On 20 September 1946, twenty-one countries presented their films at the First Cannes International Film Festival, which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. In 1947, amid serious problems of efficiency, the