1994 Cannes Film Festival
Opening film | The Hudsucker Proxy |
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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 |
The 47th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1994. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino.[2][3][4][5]
The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel Coen[6] and closed with Serial Mom, directed by John Waters.[7][8] Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies.[2]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Official Selection:[9]
- Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
- Catherine Deneuve, French actress
- Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President
- 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]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Caméra 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
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[10] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[10]
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Stephan Elliott
- Bab El-Oued City by Merzak Allouache
- Bosna! by Bernard-Henri Lévy, Alain Ferrari
- The Broken Journey (Uttoran) by Sandip Ray
- The Butterfly's Dream (Il sogno della farfalla) by Marco Bellocchio
- Clean, Shaven by Lodge Kerrigan
- Cold Water (L'eau froide) by Olivier Assayas
- Down to Earth (Casa de Lava) by Pedro Costa
- Dreamplay (Drømspel) by Unni Straume
- Faust by Jan Švankmajer
- I Can't Sleep (J'ai pas sommeil) by Claire Denis
- I Like It Like That by Darnell Martin
- Johnnie Waterman (Jańcio Wodnik) by Jan Jakub Kolski
- Picture Bride by Kayo Hatta
- The Shipwrecked (Los náufragos) by Miguel Littín
- Sleep with Me by Rory Kelly
- The Story of Xinghua (Xinghua san yue tian) by Li Yin
- Suture by David Siegel & Scott McGehee
- Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux sauvages) by André Téchiné
- Without Compassion (Sin compasión) by Francisco José Lombardi
- Xime by Sana Na N'Hada
Films out of competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[10]
- A Game with No Rules by Scott Reynolds
- The Dig by Neil Pardington
- The Dutch Master by Susan Seidelman
- Eau de la vie by Simon Baré
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Michael Hurst
- The Model (11 mins) by Jonathan Brough[11][12]
- Montand by Jean Labib
- Serial Mom by John Waters
- Stroke by Christine Jeffs
- Vanished (Jeungbal) by Shin Sang-ok
- Wet by Bob Rafelson
Short film competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[10]
- 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
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following films were screened for the 33rd International Critics' Week (33e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
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
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1994 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]
- 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)[15][16]
- 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
Awards
[edit]Official awards
[edit]The following films and people received the 1994 Official selection awards:[17][18]
- Palme d'Or: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
- Grand Prize of the Jury:
- Best Director: Nanni Moretti for Caro diario
- Best Screenplay: Grosse Fatigue by Michel Blanc
- Best Actress: Virna Lisi for Queen Margot
- Best Actor: Ge You for To Live
- Jury Prize: Queen Margot by Patrice Chéreau
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: Coming to Terms with the Dead (Petits arrangements avec les morts) by Pascale Ferran
- Golden Camera - Special Mention: The Silences of the Palace (Samt el qusur) by Moufida Tlatli
Short films
- 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
[edit]- Bab El-Oued City by Merzak Allouache (Un Certain Regard)
- Exotica by Atom Egoyan (In competition)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Pitof (special effects) in Dead Tired (Grosse Fatigue)
Ecumenical Jury
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
- To Live (Huozhe) - Zhang Yimou[20]
- Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) - Nikita Mikhalkov[21]
Award of the Youth[22]
- Foreign Film: Clerks by Kevin Smith
- French Film: Happy, Too Happy by Cédric Kahn
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[22]
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Clerks by Kevin Smith
- Canal+ Award: Performance Anxiety by David Ewing
- Kodak Short Film Award: Éternelles by Erick Zonca
References
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- ^ 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.
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- ^ "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.
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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
[edit]- 1994 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1994 Archived 2019-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival:1994 at Internet Movie Database