1991 Cannes Film Festival The 44th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1991. The Palme d'Or went to the Barton Fink by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. The festival opened with Homicide, directed by David Mamet and closed with Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 feature film competition: Roman Polanski (Poland) Jury President Férid Boughedir (Tunisia) Whoopi Goldberg (USA) Margaret Menegoz (France) Natalia Negoda (Russia) Alan Parker (UK) Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France) Hans Dieter Seidel (Germany) Vittorio Storaro (Italy) Vangelis (Greece) Camera d'Or The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1991 Caméra d'Or: Géraldine Chaplin (actress) (United States) President Didier Beaudet (France) Eva Sirbu (journalist) (Romania) Fernando Lara (cinephile) (Spain) Gilles Colpart (critic) (France) Jan Aghed (journalist) (Sweden) Myriam Zemmour (cinephile) (France) Roger Kahane (director) (France) Official selection In competition - Feature film The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: Un Certain Regard The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard: Boyz n the Hood by John Singleton Burial of a Potato (Pogrzeb kartofla) by Jan Jakub Kolski A Captive in the Land by John Berry The Chosen One (Ishanou) by Aribam Syam Sharma Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole (Perekhod tovarishcha Chkalova cherez severnyy polyus) by Maksim Pezhemsky L'entraînement du champion avant la course by Bernard Favre Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc) by Wojciech Marczewski Fire! (1991 film) (Ta Dona) by Adama Drabo Friends, Comrades (Ystävät, toverit) by Rauni Mollberg Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse by Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper Holidays on the River Yarra by Leo Berkeley In the Alleys of Love (Dar kouchehay-e eshq) by Khosrow Sinai Lebewohl, Fremde by Tevfik Başer Paths of Death and Angels (Halálutak és angyalok) by Zoltán Kamondi The Red Flute (Mest) by Yermek Shinarbayev The Tradition (Laada) by Drissa Toure Sango Malo by Bassek Ba Kobhio Treasure Island (L'île au trésor) by Raúl Ruiz Woman of the Port (La mujer del puerto) by Arturo Ripstein Yumeji by Seijun Suzuki Films out of competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: Le film du cinéma suisse by Michel Soutter, Jean-François Amiguet Jacquot de Nantes by Agnès Varda Life Stinks by Mel Brooks Madonna: Truth or Dare (aka. In Bed with Madonna) by Alek Keshishian Prospero's Books by Peter Greenaway Rhapsody in August (Hachigatsu no rapusodī) by Akira Kurosawa Thelma & Louise by Ridley Scott Short film competition The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: Broken Skin by Anna Campion Casino by Gil Bauwens Les éffaceurs by Gérald Frydman Ja walesa by Jacek Skalski Mal de blocs by Marc Saint-Pierre, Nathalie Saint-Gelais La Noce by Régis Obadia, Joëlle Bouvier Nokturno by Nikola Majdak Push Comes to Shove by Bill Plympton La vie selon Luc by Jean-Paul Civeyrac W.A.L. by Robert Turlo With Hands Raised (Z podniesionymi rekami) by Mitko Panov Parallel sections International Critics' Week The following films were screened for the 30th International Critics' Week (30e Semaine de la Critique):Feature film competition Diaby, Diably by Dorota Kędzierzawska (Poland) Laafi - Tout va bien by S. Pierre Yameogo (Burkina Faso) Liquid Dreams by Mark S. Manos (United States) Robert’s Movie by Canan Gerede (Turkey) Sam & Me by Deepa Mehta (Canada) Trumpet Number 7 by Adrian Velicescu (United States) La Vie des morts by Arnaud Desplechin (France) Young Soul Rebels by Isaac Julien (U.K.)Short film competition Carne by Gaspar Noé (France) Die mysreriosen lebenslinien by David Rühm (Austria) Livraison à domicile by Claude