1984 Cannes Film Festival 1984 Cannes Film Festival The 37th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 23 May 1984. The Palme d'Or went to the "Paris, Texas" by Wim Wenders. The festival opened with "Fort Saganne", directed by Alain Corneau and closed with "The Bounty", directed by Roger Donaldson. During this festival, a private group, under the patronage of the festival's authorities held a side event presenting film trailers. A French jury, presided by Saul Bass, awarded its Grand Prize to the trailer for "Flashdance". The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1984 feature film competition: The following people
Cannes Film Festival also been accused of sexual harassment and abuse at past festivals. An accusation of rape involving Harvey Weinstein, allegedly occurred at the Venice festival. As a result of the past sexual controversies and the #MeToo movement that arose out of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, in 2018, Cannes Film Festival officials announced the creation of a telephone hotline during the festival in which victims could report incidents of sexual harassment and other crimes. The hotline is in collaboration with the French government. Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; ), until 2002 called the International Film Festival (') and known in