1994 Cannes Film Festival
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The 47th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1994.[2] American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood served as jury president for the main competition.[3] French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]
Official poster of the 47th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Federico Fellini.[1] | |
| Opening film | The Hudsucker Proxy |
|---|---|
| Closing film | Serial Mom |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Pulp Fiction |
| Hosted by | Jeanne Moreau |
| No. of films | 23 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 12 May 1994 – 23 May 1994 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Pulp Fiction.[5][6]
The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy by Joel Coen,[7] and closed with Serial Mom by John Waters.[8][9]
Juries
Main competition
- Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President[10]
- Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
- Catherine Deneuve, French actress
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban writer
- Kazuo Ishiguro, British writer
- Alexander Kaidanovsky, Russian actor and filmmaker
- Marie-Françoise Leclère, French journalist
- Lalo Schifrin, Argentine-American musician
- Shin Sang-ok, South Korean filmmaker and producer
- Alain Terzian, French-Armenian producer
Camera d'Or
- Marthe Keller, Swiss actress - Jury President
- Hans Beerekamp, Dutch journalist
- Josée Brossard, France
- Mario Dorminsky, Portugal
- An-Cha Flubacher Rhim, Switzerland
- François Ode, France
- Georges Pansu, France
- Jacques Zimmer, France
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott | Australia | |
| Bab El-Oued City | Merzak Allouache | Algeria | |
| Bosnia! | Bosna! | Bernard-Henri Lévy and Alain Ferrari | France |
| The Broken Journey | Uttoran | Sandip Ray | India |
| The Butterfly's Dream | Il sogno della farfalla | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Clean, Shaven | Lodge Kerrigan | United States | |
| Cold Water | L'eau froide | Olivier Assayas | France |
| Down to Earth | Casa de Lava | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Dreamplay | Drømspel | Unni Straume | Norway |
| Faust | Lekce Faust | Jan Švankmajer | Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, United States, Germany |
| I Can't Sleep | J'ai pas sommeil | Claire Denis | France |
| I Like It Like That | Darnell Martin | United States | |
| Johnnie Waterman | Jańcio Wodnik | Jan Jakub Kolski | Poland |
| Picture Bride | Kayo Hatta | United States | |
| The Shipwrecked | Los náufragos | Miguel Littin | Chile |
| Sleep with Me | Rory Kelly | United States | |
| The Story of Xinghua | 杏花三月天 | Li Yin | China |
| Suture | Scott McGehee and David Siegel | United States | |
| Wild Reeds | Les Roseaux sauvages | André Téchiné | France |
| Without Compassion | Sin compasión | Francisco José Lombardi | Peru |
| Xime | Sana Na N'Hada | Guinea-Bissau | |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[11]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial Mom (closing film) | John Waters | United States | |
Special Screenings
The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening:[12][13]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Game with No Rules (short) | Scott Reynolds | New Zealand | |
| The Dig (short) | Neil Pardington | ||
| The Dutch Master | Susan Seidelman | Germany | |
| Eau de la vie (short) | Simon Baré | New Zealand | |
| I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (short) | Michael Hurst | ||
| The Model (short) | Jonathan Brough | ||
| Montand | Jean Labib | France | |
| Stroke (short) | Christine Jeffs | New Zealand | |
| Vanished | 증발 | Shin Sang-ok | South Korea |
| Wet | Bob Rafelson | Germany | |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[11]
- Book of Dreams: Welcome to Crateland by Alex Proyas
- El héroe by Carlos Carrera
- Lemming Aid by Grant Lahood
- Parlez Après Le Signal Sonore by Olivier Jahan
- Passage by Raimund Krumme
- Sure To Rise by Niki Caro
- Syrup by Paul Unwin
- Una Strada Diritta Lunga by Werther Germondari, Maria Laura Spagnoli
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 33rd International Critics' Week (33e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Clerks | Kevin Smith | United States | |
| Curfew | Hatta Ishaar Akhar | Rashid Masharawi | Palestine, Netherlands |
| El Dirigible | Pablo Dotta | Uruguay | |
| It Will Never Be Spring | Wildgroei | Frouke Fokkema | Netherlands |
| Nightwatch | Nattevagten | Ole Bornedal | Denmark |
| See How They Fall | Regarde les hommes tomber | Jacques Audiard | France |
| Zinat | Zeenat | Ebrahim Mokhtari | Iran |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| Home Away From Home | Maureen Blackwood | United Kingdom | |
| Off Key | Karethe Linaae | Canada | |
| One Night Stand | Bill Britten | United Kingdom | |
| Performance Anxiety | David Ewing | United States | |
| Ponchada | Alejandra Moya | Mexico | |
| Poubelles | Olias Barco | France | |
| Los Salteadores | Abi Feijo | Portugal | |
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15][16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance | 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls | Michael Haneke | Austria, Germany |
| Amateur | Hal Hartley | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
| Back to Back, Face to Face | 背靠背，脸对脸 | Huang Jianxin | China |
| Bandit Queen | Shekhar Kapur | India | |
| The Box | A Caixa | Manoel de Oliveira | France, Portugal |
| Bye Bye America | Auf Wiedersehen Amerika | Jan Schütte | Germany |
| Coming to Terms with the Dead | Petits arrangements avec les morts | Pascale Ferran | France |
| Crows | Wrony | Dorota Kędzierzawska | Poland |
| Eat Drink Man Woman | 飲食男女 | Ang Lee | Taiwan, United States |
| Faut pas rire du bonheur | Guillaume Nicloux | France | |
| Fresh | Boaz Yakin | United States | |
| From the Snow | Απ' το χιόνι | Sotiris Goritsas | Greece |
| Katya Ismailova | Подмосковные вечера | Valery Todorovsky | Russia, France |
| Lovers | Les Amoureux | Catherine Corsini | France |
| Man, God, The Monster | MGM Sarajevo: Covjek, Bog, Monstrum | Ismet Arnautalic, Mirsad Idrizovic, Ademir Kenović | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Muriel's Wedding | P. J. Hogan | Australia, France | |
| No Skin | Senza pelle | Alessandro D'Alatri | Italy |
| The Silences of the Palace | صمت القصور | Moufida Tlatli | Tunisia |
| Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana | Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |
| Three Palm Trees | Três Palmeiras | João Botelho | Portugal |
| Too Much Happiness | Trop de bonheur | Cédric Kahn | France |
Short films
- 75 centilitres de prières by Jacques Maillot
- Deus ex machina by Vincent Mayrand
- Dimanche ou les fantômes by Laurent Achard
- Eternelles by Erick Zonca
- Troubles ou la journée d’une femme ordinaire by Laurent Bouhnik
Official Awards
In Competition
Caméra d'Or
- Coming to Terms with the Dead by Pascale Ferran
- Special Mention: The Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlatli
Short Film Palme d'Or
- El héroe by Carlos Carrera
- First Jury Prize: Lemming Aid by Grant Lahood
- Second Jury Prize: Syrup by Paul Unwin
Independent Awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- Exotica by Atom Egoyan (In competition)[18]
- Bab El-Oued City by Merzak Allouache (Un Certain Regard)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Pitof (special effects) in Dead Tired
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Clerks by Kevin Smith[21]
- French Film: Happy, Too Happy by Cédric Kahn
International Critics' Week
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Clerks by Kevin Smith[21]
- Canal+ Award: Performance Anxiety by David Ewing
- Kodak Short Film Award: Éternelles by Erick Zonca
