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In Competition:
The Abyss / L'oeuvre au noir (André Delvaux - France, Belgium)
Bird (Clint Eastwood - United States)
The Cannibals / Os Canibais (Manoel de Oliveira - Portugal)
Chocolat (Claire Denis - France, Cameroon)
El Dorado (Carlos Saura - Spain)
Drowning by Numbers (Peter Greenaway - United Kingdom, Netherlands)
L'enfance de l'art (Francis Girod - France)
Hanussen (István Szabó - Hungary, West Germany, Austria)
King of the Children / 孩子王 (Chen Kaige - China)
Love and Fear / Fürchten und Lieben (Margarethe von Trotta - West Germany, France, Italy)
El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free / El Lute II: mañana seré libre (Vicente Aranda - Spain)
Miles from Home (Gary Sinise - United States)
Pascali's Island (James Dearden - United Kingdom)
The Passenger - Welcome to Germany / Der Passagier - Welcome to Germany (Thomas Brasch - West Germany)
Patty Hearst (Paul Schrader - United States)
Pelle the Conqueror / Pelle Erobreren (Bille August - Denmark, Sweden)
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (Vincent Ward - New Zealand, Australia)
A Short Film About Killing / Krótki film o zabijaniu (Krzysztof Kieślowski - Poland)
South / Sur (Fernando Solanas - Argentina)
A World Apart (Chris Menges - United Kingdom, Zimbabwe)
Wuthering Heights / 嵐が丘 (Yoshishige Yoshida - Japan)
Palme d'Or:
Pelle the Conqueror by Bille August
Grand Prix:
A World Apart by Chris Menges
Jury Prize:
A Short Film About Killing by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Best Director:
Fernando Solanas for Sur
Best Actor:
Forest Whitaker for Bird
Best Actress:
Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi for A World Apart
Best Artistic Contribution:
Peter Greenaway for Drowning by Numbers