1993 Cannes Film Festival
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The 46th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 1993.[2][3] French filmmaker Louis Malle served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]
Official poster of the 46th Cannes Film Festival, featuring still of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman from Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious.[1] | |
| Opening film | My Favorite Season |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Toxic Affair |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Farewell My Concubine The Piano |
| Hosted by | Jeanne Moreau |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 13 May 1993 – 24 May 1993 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The Palme d'Or was jointly award to Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige for the drama film Farewell My Concubine and New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion for the drama film The Piano.[5][6] Campion became the first woman to ever win the festival's top prize.
The festival opened with My Favorite Season by André Téchiné,[7] and closed with Toxic Affair by Philomène Esposito.[8][9]
Juries
Main competition
- Louis Malle, French filmmaker - Jury President[10]
- Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
- Inna Churikova, Russian actress
- Judy Davis, Australian actress
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker
- Emir Kusturica, Bosnian filmmaker
- William Lubtchansky, French cinematographer
- Tom Luddy, American producer
- Gary Oldman, British actor
- Augusto M. Seabra, Portuguese film critic
Camera d'Or
- Micheline Presle, French actress - Jury President
- Gabriel Auer, French director
- Anne De Gasperi, French journalist
- Attilio D’Onofrio, Italian film critic
- Rémy Pages, French film critic
- Tony Rayns, British film critic and screenwriter
- Lia Somogyi, Hungarian film critic
- Aruna Vasudev, Indian film critic, author, editor, painter and filmmaker
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for Un Certain Regard section:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Act in Question | El Acto en cuestión | Alejandro Agresti | Argentina |
| Anchoress | Chris Newby | United Kingdom | |
| Bedevil | Tracey Moffatt | Australia | |
| The Bird of Happiness | El Pájaro de la Felicidad | Pilar Miró | Spain |
| Bodies, Rest & Motion | Michael Steinberg | United States | |
| Charlie and the Doctor | Ralph C. Parsons | France | |
| Derailment | Avsporing | Unni Straume | Norway, France |
| Desperate Remedies | Stewart Main and Peter Wells | New Zealand | |
| The End of the World | O Fim do Mundo | João Mário Grilo | Portugal |
| Excursion to the Bridge of Friendship | Christina Andreef | Australia | |
| Foreboding | Şi va fi... | Valeriu Jereghi | Russia, Romania |
| François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits | François Truffaut: Portraits volés | Serge Toubiana and Michel Pascal | France |
| The Great Pumpkin | Il grande cocomero | Francesca Archibugi | Italy |
| Latcho Drom | Tony Gatlif | France | |
| Moving | お引越し | Shinji Sōmai | Japan |
| The Music of Chance | Philip Haas | United States | |
| October | Oktyabr | Abderrahmane Sissako | France, Mauritania |
| Remote Control | Sódóma Reykjavík | Óskar Jónasson | Iceland |
| The Scent of Green Papaya | Mùi đu đủ xanh | Tran Anh Hung | France, Vietnam |
| Sonatine | ソナチネ | Takeshi Kitano | Japan |
| Stroke | Mark Sawers | Canada | |
| The Young Girls Turn 25 | Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans | Agnès Varda | France |
| Wendemi, The Good Lord's Child | Wendemi, l'enfant du bon Dieu | Saint Pierre Yaméogo | Burkina Faso, France |
| The Wrong Man | Jim McBride | United States | |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[12]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Baby of Mâcon | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands | |
| Cliffhanger | Renny Harlin | United States | |
| Mad Dog and Glory | John McNaughton | ||
| Madadayo | まあだだよ | Akira Kurosawa | Japan |
| Toxic Affair (closing film) | Philomène Esposito | France | |
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[12]
- Ævintýri á okkar tímum by Inga Lísa Middleton
- Coffee and Cigarettes III by Jim Jarmusch
- De 4 jaargetijden by Maarten Koopman
- Le goût du fer by Rémi Bernard
- Lenny Minute 1: Lenny Meets the Giant Blue Sheila Doll by Glenn Standring
- Mama Said by Michael Costanza
- Me voy a escapar by Juan Carlos de Llaca
- Robokip by Rudolf Mestdagh
- The Singing Trophy by Grant Lahood
- Der Sortierer by Stephan Puchner
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 32nd International Critics' Week (32e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
Feature film competition
- Cronos by Guillermo del Toro (Mexico)
- Faut-il aimer Mathilde? by Edwin Baily (France)
- Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans cœur) by Robert Morin (Canada)
- Combination Platter by Tony Chan (United States)
- Don't Call Me Frankie by Thomas A. Fucci (United States)
- Abissinia by Francesco Martinotti (Italy)
- Les histoires d’amour finissent mal... en général by Anne Fontaine (France)
Short film competition
- The Debt by Bruno de Almeida (United States)
- Take My Breath Away by Andrew Shea (United States)
- Passage à l’acte by Martin Arnold (Austria)
- Sotto le unghie by Stefano Sollima (Italy)
- Falstaff on the Moon by Robinson Savary (France)
- Springing Lenin by Andrei Nekrasov (United Kingdom)
- Schwarzfahrer by Pepe Danquart (Germany)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1993 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]
- Vaterland by Yevgeniy Lungin
- Sundays on Leave (È pericoloso sporgersi) by Nae Caranfil
- Fausto by Rémy Duchemin
- Grand bonheur by Hervé Le Roux
- Child Murders (Gyekgyilkossagok) by Ildikó Szabó
- I Love a Man in Uniform by David Wellington
- Je m'appelle Victor by Guy Jacques
- La Ardilla Roja by Julio Medem
- La Place d’un autre by René Féret
- The Blue Kite (Lan Fengzeng) by Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Le Mari de Léon by Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Lolo by Francisco Athié
- Menace II Society by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
- Mi Vida Loca by Allison Anders
- Me Ivan, You Abraham (Moi Ivan, Toi Abraham) by Yolande Zauberman
- Padma Nadir Majhi by Goutam Ghose
- Pilkkuja ja pikkuhousuja (Lyrics and Lace) by Matti Ijäs
- Ruby in Paradise by Victor Nuñez
- Shadows in a Conflict (Sombras en una batalla) by Mario Camus
- The Snapper by Stephen Frears
- Abraham's Valley (Vale Abraão) by Manoel De Oliveira
- Short films
- Comment font les gens by Pascale Bailly
- L'Exposé by Ismaël Ferroukhi
- José Jeannette by Bruno Nicolini
- Le Regard de l’autre by Bruno Rolland
- Qui est-ce qui a éteint la lumière? by Xavier Auradon
- Reste by Marie Vermillard
- Rives by Erick Zonca
- La Vis by Didier Flamand
Official Awards
In Competition
Caméra d'Or
- The Scent of Green Papaya by Tran Anh Hung
- Special Mention: Friends by Elaine Proctor[16]
Short Film Palme d'Or
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige (In competition)[17]
- Child Murders by Ildikó Szabó (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Jean Gargonne and Vincent Arnardi (for technical achievements in images and sound) for Mazeppa
- Special Mention: Grant Lahood (for technical achievements in images and sound) for The Singing Trophy[16]
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- Libera me by Alain Cavalier[18]
- Special Mention: The Great Pumpkin by Francesca Archibugi[16]
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: The Red Squirrel by Julio Médem[16]
- French Film:
International Critics' Week
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Cronos by Guillermo del Toro[16]
- Canal+ Award: The Debt by Bruno de Almeida
- Kodak Short Film Award: L'Exposé by Ismaël Ferroukhi[16]
