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
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