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1992 Cannes Film Festival
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1992 Cannes Film Festival |
| image | CFF92poster.jpg |
| caption | Official poster of the 45th Cannes Film Festival, featuring a portrait of German actress Marlene Dietrich by Don English. |
| number | 21 (In Competition) |
| opening | Basic Instinct |
| closing | Far and Away |
| location | Cannes, France |
| awards | Palme d'Or: |
| The Best Intentions | |
| date | – |
| founded | 1946 |
| website | |
| main | Cannes Film Festival |
| previous | 1991 |
| next | 1993 |
The Best Intentions
The 45th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1992. French actor Gérard Depardieu served as jury president for the main competition.
Swedish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the drama-film The Best Intentions.
The festival opened with Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven, and closed with Far and Away by Ron Howard.
Juries
Main competition
- Gérard Depardieu, French actor - Jury President
- Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
- John Boorman, British filmmaker
- René Cleitman, French
- Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- Carlo Di Palma, Italian cinematographer
- Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker
- Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan filmmaker
- Serge Toubiana, French
- Joële Van Effenterre, French
''Camera d'Or''
- André Delvaux, Belgian filmmaker - Jury President
- Olivier Bauer, French actor
- Gian Piero Brunetta, Italian journalist
- Pierre Favre, French film critic
- Richard Hasselmann, French cinephile
- João Lopes, Portuguese journalist
- David Meeker, British foreign delegate
- Gérard Mordillat, French director
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Stranger Among Us | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
| Basic Instinct (opening film) | Paul Verhoeven | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
| *The Best Intentions* | *Den goda viljan* | Bille August | Sweden |
| Crush | Alison Maclean | New Zealand | |
| Dark at Noon | L'Œil qui ment | Raúl Ruiz | Portugal, France |
| Dream of Light | El sol del membrillo | Víctor Erice | Spain |
| In the Country of Juliets | Au pays des Juliets | Mehdi Charef | France |
| An Independent Life | Самостоятельная жизнь | Vitali Kanevsky | Russia |
| The Journey | El viaje | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| Howards End | James Ivory | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | |
| Hyenas | Hyènes | Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal |
| The Sentinel | La sentinelle | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| The Long Day Closes | Terence Davies | United Kingdom | |
| Luna Park | Луна-парк | Pavel Lungin | France, Russia |
| Léolo | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Canada | |
| Of Mice and Men | Gary Sinise | United States | |
| The Player | Robert Altman | ||
| The Return of Casanova | Le Retour de Casanova | Édouard Niermans | France |
| Simple Men | Hal Hartley | United States | |
| The Stolen Children | Il ladro di bambini | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | David Lynch | France, United States |
''Un Certain Regard''
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Me | Edward James Olmos | United States | |
| And Life Goes On | زندگی و دیگر هیچ | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| Apple Trees | Apfelbäume | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Germany |
| The Arrival of Averill | Averills Ankommen | Michael Schottenberg | Austria |
| Bad Lieutenant | Abel Ferrara | United States | |
| Being at Home with Claude | Jean Beaudin | Canada | |
| The Blue Eyes of Yonta | Udju Azul di Yonta | Flora Gomes | Portugal, Guinea-Bissau |
| The Chekist | Чекист | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | France, Russia |
| Cousin Bobby | Jonathan Demme | United States | |
| Crystal Nights | Κρυστάλλινες νύχτες | Tonia Marketaki | Greece |
| Happy Days | Счастливые дни | Aleksei Balabanov | Soviet Union |
| Memory of Water | La memoria del agua | Héctor Fáver | Spain, Argentina |
| Modern Crimes | Alejandro Agresti | Netherlands, Argentina | |
| Mon Desir | Nicky Marshall | New Zealand | |
| The Ox | Oxen | Sven Nykvist | Sweden |
| Prague | Ian Sellar | United Kingdom | |
| Strictly Ballroom | Baz Luhrmann | Australia | |
| The Summer Guest | A nyaraló | Can Togay | Hungary |
| Through an Open Window | Eric Mendelsohn | United States | |
| Wedding Night – End of the Song | Hochzaeitsnuecht | Pol Cruchten | Luxembourg |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| As in Heaven | Svo á jörðu sem á himni | Kristín Jóhannesdóttir | Iceland |
| Le batteur du Boléro (short) | Patrice Leconte | France | |
| Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | United States | |
| The Boys from St. Petri | Drengene fra Sankt Petri | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark |
| Far and Away (closing film) | Ron Howard | United States | |
| House of Angels | Änglagård | Colin Nutley | Sweden, Denmark, Norway |
| Map of the Human Heart | Vincent Ward | Australia, Canada, France, United Kingdom | |
| The Oak | Balanța | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
| Opening Night (1977) | John Cassavetes | United States | |
| Othello (1951) | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice | Orson Welles | Italy, Morocco |
| Pather Panchali (1955) | Satyajit Ray | India | |
| Patrick Dewaere | Marc Esposito | France | |
| Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
| Sarafina! | Darrell Roodt | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom, France | |
| The Warrior's Heart | Krigerens hjerte | Leidulv Risan | Norway |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Az út by Nikolai Ivanov Neikov
- Cheating, Inc. by William Lorton
- Daumier's Law by Geoff Dunbar
- L'échange by Vincent Pérez
- Encolure 42 by Willy Kempeneers
- Ghalb by Sa'ied Mojaveri
- Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse by Jürgen Schönhoff
- Le métro by Catherine Montondo
- No Problem by Craig Welch
- Omnibus by Sam Karmann
- A Passion Play by Tony Twigg
- La sensation by Manuel Poutte
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
- Adorable Lies (Adorables mentiras) by Gerardo Chijona (Cuba)
- Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita by Isao Yamada (Japan)
- Archipiélago by Pablo Perelman (Chile)
- Die flucht by David Rühm (Austria)
- The Grocer’s Wife by John Pozer (Canada)
- Ingalo by Asdis Thorrodsen (Iceland)
- Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde (Belgium) Short film competition
- Floating by Richard Heslop (United Kingdom)
- Home Stories by Matthias Müller (Germany)
- Les Marionnettes by Marc Chevrie (France)
- Le Petit chat est mort by Fejria Deliba (France)
- Revolver by Chester Dent (United Kingdom)
- The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer (United States)
- Sprickan by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- Am Ende der Nacht by Christoph Schaub
- Le Amiche del cuore by Michele Placido
- Angel of Fire (Angel de fuego) by Dana Rotberg
- Archipel by Pierre Granier-Deferre
- Baduk by Majid Majidi
- Benny’s Video by Michael Haneke
- Bob Roberts by Tim Robbins
- Les contes sauvages by Gérald Calderon, Jean-Charles Cuttoli
- Coupable d’innocence by Marcin Ziębiński
- Don Quijote by Orson Welles, Jesús Franco
- Dust of Angels by Hsu Hsiao-ming
- Eux by Levan Zakareishvili
- Hay Que Zurrar A Los Pobres by Santiago San Miguel
- ** by Rudolf Thome
- Love (Lyubov) by Valery Todorovsky
- Mac by John Turturro
- My New Gun by Stacy Cochran
- Otrazheniye v zerkale by Svetlana Proskurina
- Le Petit Prince a dit by Christine Pascal
- Quelque part vers Conakry by Françoise Ebrard
- Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
- Vagabond by Ann Le Monnier
- Warszawa. Année 5703 by Janusz Kijowski :Short films
- L’autre Célia by Irène Jouannet
- F.X. Messerschmidt sculpteur (1736-1783) by Marino Vagliano
- Juliette by Didier Bivel
- Le Trou de la corneille by François Hanss
- Léa by Christophe Debuisne
- Pilotes by Olivier Zagar
- Versailles Rive Gauche by Bruno Podalydès
- Voleur d’images by Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Official Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions by Bille August
- Grand Prize of the Jury: The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
- Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
- Best Actress: Pernilla August for The Best Intentions
- Best Actor: Tim Robbins for The Player
- Jury Prize:
- Dream of Light by Víctor Erice
- An Independent Life by Vitali Kanevsky
- 45th Anniversary Prize: Howards End by James Ivory
''[[Caméra d'Or]]''
- Mac by John Turturro
[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]
- Omnibus by Sam Karmann
Independent Awards
[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]]
- Dream of Light by Víctor Erice
''Commission Supérieure Technique''
- Technical Grand Prize: Fernando Solanas (for technical visual and aural excellence) for The Journey
[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]
- The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
- Special Mention:
- In the Country of Juliets by Mehdi Charef
- The Journey by Fernando Solanas
- Special Mention:
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
- French Film: Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
- Special Award of the Youth: Man Bites Dog by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
International Critics' Week
- SACD Award:
- Best Short: The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer
- Best Feature: Man Bites Dog by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
- Canal+ Award: Floating by Richard Heslop
References
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1992 Festival (commentary in French)
References
- "Posters 1992". festival-cannes.fr.
- "45ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
- "Cannes Film Festival 1992". nicksflickpicks.com.
- "1992 - Les joueurs (The players)". cannes-fest.com.
- (17 May 1992). "Film View- On the Beach at Cannes With the American Force". [[The New York Times]].
- "August Film Tops Cannes". chicagotribune.com.
- "U.S. films will dominate Cannes film festival". baltimoresun.com.
- "All Juries 1992". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Official Selection 1992: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
- "31e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1992". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
- "Quinzaine 1992". quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
- "Awards 1992: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
- "FIPRESCI Awards 1992". fipresci.org.
- "Jury Œcuménique 1992". cannes.juryoecumenique.org.
- "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1992". imdb.com.
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