52nd Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 1995
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The 52nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August and 9 September 1995.[1][2]
Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Cyclo |
| Festival date | 30 August – 9 September 1995 |
| Website | Website |
Spanish writer Jorge Semprún was the Jury President of the main competition. Tran Anh Hung's Cyclo was the winner of the Golden Lion.
Jury
Main Competition
The following people comprised the 1995 jury:[3]
- Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer - Jury President
- Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French filmmaker
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker
- Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
- Peter Rainer, American film critic
- Moses Rothman, Canadian producer
- Margarethe von Trotta, German filmmaker
Official Section
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiogram | Кардиограмма | Darezhan Omirbayev | Kazakhstan |
| La Cérémonie | Claude Chabrol | France, Germany | |
| Clockers | Spike Lee | United States | |
| The Crossing Guard | Sean Penn | ||
| Cyclo | Xích Lô | Tran Anh Hung | Vietnam, France |
| Deathmaker | Der Totmacher | Romuald Karmakar | Germany |
| Det Means Girl | دت یعنی دختر | Abolfazl Jalili | Iran |
| The Flying Dutchman | De Vliegende Hollander | Jos Stelling | Netherlands |
| God's Comedy | A Comédia de Deus | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| Guantanamera | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Cuba | |
| In the Bleak Midwinter | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom | |
| Maborosi | 幻の光 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| Nothing Personal | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| The Story of a Poor Young Man | Romanzo di un giovane povero | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Sender Unknown / Return to Sender | Sin remitente | Carlos Carrera | Mexico |
| The Star Maker | L'Uomo delle stelle | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| Who Killed Pasolini? | Pasolini, un delitto italiano | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy, France |
Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond the Clouds | Al di là delle nuvole | Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders | Italy, France |
| The Journey of August King | John Duigan | United States | |
| Mighty Aphrodite | Woody Allen | ||
Venetian Nights
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo 13 | Ron Howard | United States | |
| Black Holes | I buchi neri | Pappi Corsicato | Italy |
| Braveheart | Mel Gibson | United States, Australia | |
| The Day of the Beast | El día de la bestia | Álex de la Iglesia | Spain |
| Dolores Claiborne | Taylor Hackford | United States | |
| French Twist | Gazon maudit | Josiane Balasko | France |
| Jade | William Friedkin | United States | |
| Strange Days | Kathryn Bigelow | ||
| Waterworld | Kevin Reynolds | ||
| Wild Horses | Caballos salvajes | Marcelo Piñeyro | Argentina |
Window on Images
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil | Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil | Carla Camurati | Brasil |
| The Doom Generation | Gregg Araki | United States | |
| Flamenco | Carlos Saura | Spain | |
| Guiltrip | Gerard Stembridge | Ireland | |
| Mee Pok Man | Eric Khoo | Singapore | |
| The Pillow Book | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom | |
| Peculiarities of the National Hunt | Особенности национальной охоты | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | Russia |
| Sixteen-Oh-Sixty | Dezesseis zero sessenta | Vinicius Mainardi | Brasil |
| Stonewall | Nigel Finch | United States, United Kingdom | |
| To Have (or Not) | En avoir (ou pas) | Laetitia Masson | France |
| The Uncle from Brooklyn | Lo zio di Brooklyn | Ciprì & Maresco | Italy |
Overtaking Lane
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiesta | Pierre Boutron | France | |
| I.D. | Philip Davis | United Kingdom | |
| Antarctica | Manuel Huerga | Spain | |
| The Meter Reader | Il verificatore | Stefano Incerti | Italy |
| A Moslem | Мусульманин | Vladimir Khotinenko | Russia |
| Rough Magic | Clare Peploe | United Kingdom, France | |
Italian Panorama
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandidos | Stefano Mignucci | Italy | |
| Bidons | Bidoni | Felice Farina | |
| Bits and Pieces | Il cielo è sempre più blu | Antonello Grimaldi | |
| The Bullet Man | L'uomo proiettile | Silvano Agosti | |
| Io e il re | Lucio Gaudino | ||
| Marching in Darkness | Marciando nel buio | Massimo Spano | |
| Palermo - Milan One Way | Palermo Milano - Solo andata | Claudio Fragasso | |
| The Pink House | La casa rosa | Vanna Paoli | |
| Vindravan Film Studios | Lamberto Lambertini | ||
Documentaries
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 novembre | Autori Vari | Italy | |
| ’75 | Mela Marquez | Bolivia, Italy | |
| Ecce Homo | Vesna Ljubic Sayariy | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| La línea paterna | Josè Buil, Marisa Sistach | Mexico | |
| Unzipped | Douglas Keeve | United States | |
| ...y otras historias | Juan Carlos Rulfo | Mexico | |
| The Wandering Paddlers | Pao-Jiang-Hu | Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Japan |
| War Stories | Gaylene Preston, El Abuelo Cheno | New Zealand | |
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: Cyclo by Tran Anh Hung
- Grand Special Jury Prize:
- Golden Osella:
- Best Director: Kenneth Branagh for In the Bleak Midwinter
- Best Cinematography: Masao Nakabori for Maborosi
- Best Screenplay: Abolfazl Jalili for Det Means Girl
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Götz George for The Deathmaker
- Best Supporting Actor: Ian Hart for Nothing Personal
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie
- Best Supporting Actress: Isabella Ferrari for Romanzo di un giovane povero
Career Golden Lion
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
FIPRESCI Prize
OCIC Award - Honorable Mention
Pasinetti Award
- Best Film: God's Comedy by João César Monteiro
- Best Actor: Sergio Castellitto for L'uomo delle stelle
- Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie
Pietro Bianchi Award
Elvira Notari Prize - Special Mention
AIACE Award
- Carlo Sigon for Ketchup
