The Black Cannon Incident (Chinese: 黑砲事件; pinyin: Hēi Pào Shìjiàn) is a 1985 Chinese black comedy film satirizing the bureaucracy and paranoia of the Chinese authorities. Presented by and directed by Huang Jianxin, it stars , Gerhard Olschewski, and . The film was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.