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
editMain competition
edit- 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
edit- 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
editIn Competition
editThe following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]
Un Certain Regard
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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 film competition
editThe 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
editInternational Critics' Week
editThe following films were screened for the 33rd International Critics' Week (33e Semaine de la Critique):[14]
Feature film competition
- Clerks by Kevin Smith (United States)
- See How They Fall (Regarde les hommes tomber) by Jacques Audiard (France)
- Zinat by Ebrahim Mokhtari (Iran)
- Nightwatch (Nattevagten) by Ole Bornedal (Denmark)
- Hatta Ishaar Akhar by Rashid Masharawi (Palestine, Netherlands)
- El Dirigible by Pablo Dotta (Uruguay)
- It Will Never Be Spring (Wildgroei) by Frouke Fokkema (Netherlands)
Short film competition
- Performance Anxiety by David Ewing (United States)
- One Night Stand by Bill Britten (United Kingdom)
- Poubelles by Olias Barco (France)
- Ponchada by Alejandra Moya (Mexico)
- Los Salteadores by Abi Feijo (Portugal)
- Home Away From Home by Maureen Blackwood (United Kingdom)
- Off Key by Karethe Linaae (Canada)
Directors' Fortnight
editThe following films were screened for the 1994 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[15]
- 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance by Michael Haneke
- A Caixa by Manoel de Oliveira
- Amateur by Hal Hartley
- Ap’to Hioni by Sotiris Goritsas
- Bye Bye America by Jan Schütte
- Bandit Queen by Shekhar Kapur (India)[16][17]
- Bei Kao Bei, Lian Dui Lian by Huang Jianxin
- Eat Drink Man Woman by Ang Lee
- Faut pas rire du bonheur by Guillaume Nicloux
- Fresh by Boaz Yakin
- Katya Ismailova by Valery Todorovsky
- Les Amoureux by Catherine Corsini
- Man, God, The Monster by Collectif
- Muriel's Wedding by P. J. Hogan
- Petits arrangements avec les morts by Pascale Ferran
- Pidä Huivista Kiinni, Tatjana by Aki Kaurismäki
- Senza pelle by Alessandro D'Alatri
- The Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlatli
- Três Palmeiras by João Botelho
- Trop de bonheur by Cédric Kahn
- Crows (Wrony) by Dorota Kędzierzawska
- 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
edit
In Competition
edit- Palme d'Or: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino[18]
- Grand Prize of the Jury:
- Best Director: Nanni Moretti for Caro diario
- Best Screenplay: Michel Blanc for Dead Tired
- Best Actress: Virna Lisi for Queen Margot
- Best Actor: Ge You for To Live
- Jury Prize: Queen Margot by Patrice Chéreau
- Coming to Terms with the Dead by Pascale Ferran
- Special Mention: The Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlatli
- El héroe by Carlos Carrera
- First Jury Prize: Lemming Aid by Grant Lahood
- Second Jury Prize: Syrup by Paul Unwin
Independent Awards
edit- Exotica by Atom Egoyan (In competition)[19]
- Bab El-Oued City by Merzak Allouache (Un Certain Regard)
Commission Supérieure Technique
edit- Technical Grand Prize: Pitof (special effects) in Dead Tired
Award of the Youth
edit- Foreign Film: Clerks by Kevin Smith[22]
- French Film: Happy, Too Happy by Cédric Kahn
International Critics' Week
edit- Mercedes-Benz Award: Clerks by Kevin Smith[22]
- Canal+ Award: Performance Anxiety by David Ewing
- Kodak Short Film Award: Éternelles by Erick Zonca
References
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- ^ "1994 - Le Jury, Les Prix". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Turan, Kenneth (24 May 1994). "Surprise Pick: 'Pulp Fiction' : Cannes report: Quentin Tarantino's film is the third movie about the underbelly of American life to win the Palme d'Or in the last six years". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (23 September 1994). "Film Festival Review: Pulp Fiction- Quentin Tarantino's Wild Ride On Life's Dangerous Road". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Great Cannes Openers". empireonline.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
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- ^ Maslin, Janet (24 May 1994). "A Dark Comedy Wins at Cannes". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "All Juries 1994". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1994: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
- ^ "The Model". New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "The Model". Jonathan Brough. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "33e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1994". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1994". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Anurag Kashyap: 'The perception of India cinema is changing'". Digital Spy. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Shekhar Kapur, exclusive interview". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Awards 1994: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1994". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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Media
edit- INA: Opening of the 1994 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1994 festival (commentary in French)
External links
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