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1994 Cannes Film Festival

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1994 Cannes Film Festival

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name1994 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF94poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 47th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Federico Fellini.
hostJeanne Moreau
number23 (In Competition)
openingThe Hudsucker Proxy
closingSerial Mom
locationCannes, France
awardsPalme d'Or:
Pulp Fiction
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous1993
next1995

Pulp Fiction

The 47th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1994. American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.

American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Pulp Fiction.

The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy by Joel Coen, and closed with Serial Mom by John Waters.

Juries

Main competition

  • Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President
  • 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:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production
Assia and the Hen with the Golden EggsКурочка РябаAndrei KonchalovskyRussia
Barnabo of the MountainsBarnabo delle montagneMario BrentaItaly
The Browning VersionMike FiggisUnited Kingdom
Burnt by the SunУтомлённые солнцемNikita MikhalkovRussia, France
A Confucian Confusion獨立時代Edward YangTaiwan
Dead TiredGrosse FatigueMichel BlancFrance
Dear DiaryCaro diarioNanni MorettiItaly, France
ExoticaAtom EgoyanCanada
The Hudsucker Proxy (opening film)Joel CoenUnited States, United Kingdom
To Live活著Zhang YimouChina
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleAlan RudolphUnited States
My OwnSwahamShaji N. KarunIndia
The PatriotsLes patriotesÉric RochantFrance
*Pulp Fiction*Quentin TarantinoUnited States
A Pure FormalityUna pura formalitàGiuseppe TornatoreItaly, France
Queen MargotLa Reine MargotPatrice ChéreauFrance
The Queen of the NightLa reina de la nocheArturo RipsteinMexico
Rice Peopleអ្នកស្រែRithy PanhCambodia
Three Colours: RedTrois couleurs: RougeKrzysztof KieślowskiFrance, Poland, Switzerland
Through the Olive Treesزیر درختان زیتونAbbas KiarostamiIran
An Unforgettable SummerO vară de neuitatLucian PintilieRomania, France
The Violin PlayerLe joueur de violonCharles Van DammeFrance, Belgium
The WhoresLe buttaneAurelio GrimaldiItaly

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertStephan ElliottAustralia
Bab El-Oued CityMerzak AllouacheAlgeria
Bosnia!Bosna!Bernard-Henri Lévy and Alain FerrariFrance
The Broken JourneyUttoranSandip RayIndia
The Butterfly's DreamIl sogno della farfallaMarco BellocchioItaly
Clean, ShavenLodge KerriganUnited States
Cold WaterL'eau froideOlivier AssayasFrance
Down to EarthCasa de LavaPedro CostaPortugal
DreamplayDrømspelUnni StraumeNorway
FaustLekce FaustJan ŠvankmajerCzech Republic, France, United Kingdom, United States, Germany
I Can't SleepJ'ai pas sommeilClaire DenisFrance
I Like It Like ThatDarnell MartinUnited States
Johnnie WatermanJańcio WodnikJan Jakub KolskiPoland
Picture BrideKayo HattaUnited States
The ShipwreckedLos náufragosMiguel LittinChile
Sleep with MeRory KellyUnited States
The Story of Xinghua杏花三月天Li YinChina
SutureScott McGehee and David SiegelUnited States
Wild ReedsLes Roseaux sauvagesAndré TéchinéFrance
Without CompassionSin compasiónFrancisco José LombardiPeru
XimeSana Na N'HadaGuinea-Bissau

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production
Serial Mom (closing film)John WatersUnited States

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production
A Game with No Rules (short)Scott ReynoldsNew Zealand
The Dig (short)Neil Pardington
The Dutch MasterSusan SeidelmanGermany
Eau de la vie (short)Simon BaréNew Zealand
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (short)Michael Hurst
The Model (short)Jonathan Brough
MontandJean LabibFrance
Stroke (short)Christine JeffsNew Zealand
Vanished증발Shin Sang-okSouth Korea
WetBob RafelsonGermany

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

  • 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):

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)ProductionIn CompetitionShort Films Competition
ClerksKevin SmithUnited States
CurfewHatta Ishaar AkharRashid MasharawiPalestine, Netherlands
El DirigiblePablo DottaUruguay
It Will Never Be SpringWildgroeiFrouke FokkemaNetherlands
NightwatchNattevagtenOle BornedalDenmark
See How They FallRegarde les hommes tomberJacques AudiardFrance
ZinatZeenatEbrahim MokhtariIran
Home Away From HomeMaureen BlackwoodUnited Kingdom
Off KeyKarethe LinaaeCanada
One Night StandBill BrittenUnited Kingdom
Performance AnxietyDavid EwingUnited States
PonchadaAlejandra MoyaMexico
PoubellesOlias BarcoFrance
Los SalteadoresAbi FeijoPortugal

[[Directors' Fortnight]]

The following films were screened for the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des ZufallsMichael HanekeAustria, Germany
AmateurHal HartleyUnited States, United Kingdom, France
Back to Back, Face to Face背靠背,脸对脸Huang JianxinChina
Bandit QueenShekhar KapurIndia
The BoxA CaixaManoel de OliveiraFrance, Portugal
Bye Bye AmericaAuf Wiedersehen AmerikaJan SchütteGermany
Coming to Terms with the DeadPetits arrangements avec les mortsPascale FerranFrance
CrowsWronyDorota KędzierzawskaPoland
Eat Drink Man Woman飲食男女Ang LeeTaiwan, United States
Faut pas rire du bonheurGuillaume NiclouxFrance
FreshBoaz YakinUnited States
From the SnowΑπ' το χιόνιSotiris GoritsasGreece
Katya IsmailovaПодмосковные вечераValery TodorovskyRussia, France
LoversLes AmoureuxCatherine CorsiniFrance
Man, God, The MonsterMGM Sarajevo: Covjek, Bog, MonstrumIsmet Arnautalic, Mirsad Idrizovic, Ademir KenovićBosnia and Herzegovina
Muriel's WeddingP. J. HoganAustralia, France
No SkinSenza pelleAlessandro D'AlatriItaly
The Silences of the Palaceصمت القصورMoufida TlatliTunisia
Take Care of Your Scarf, TatianaPidä huivista kiinni, TatjanaAki KaurismäkiFinland, Germany
Three Palm TreesTrês PalmeirasJoão BotelhoPortugal
Too Much HappinessTrop de bonheurCédric KahnFrance

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

Quentin Tarantino, 1994 Palme d'Or winner

In Competition

  • Palme d'Or: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
  • Grand Prize of the Jury:
    • To Live by Zhang Yimou
    • Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov
  • 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

''[[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|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

  • Exotica by Atom Egoyan (In competition)
  • 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]]

  • To Live by Zhang Yimou
  • Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov

Award of the Youth

  • Foreign Film: Clerks by Kevin Smith
  • French Film: Happy, Too Happy by Cédric Kahn

International Critics' Week

  • Mercedes-Benz Award: Clerks by Kevin Smith
  • Canal+ Award: Performance Anxiety by David Ewing
  • Kodak Short Film Award: Éternelles by Erick Zonca

References

Media

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  6. Maslin, Janet. (23 September 1994). "Film Festival Review: Pulp Fiction- Quentin Tarantino's Wild Ride On Life's Dangerous Road". The New York Times.
  7. "Great Cannes Openers". empireonline.com.
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