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1995 Cannes Film Festival

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1995 Cannes Film Festival

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name1995 Cannes Film Festival
imageCFF95poster.jpg
captionOfficial poster of the 48th Cannes Film Festival: an original illustration by Ryszard Horowitz.
hostCarole Bouquet
number24 (In Competition)
openingThe City of Lost Children
closingThe Quick and the Dead
locationCannes, France
awardsPalme d'Or:
Underground
date
founded1946
website
mainCannes Film Festival
previous1994
next1996

Underground

The 48th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 1995. French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Carole Bouquet hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.

Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Underground.

The festival opened with The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and closed with The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi.

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Juries

Main competition

  • Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President
  • Gianni Amelio, Italian filmmaker
  • Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director
  • Nadine Gordimer, South African author
  • Gaston Kaboré, Burkinabé filmmaker
  • Michele Ray-Gavras, French producer and journalist
  • Emilio García Riera, Mexican actor, writer and film critic
  • Philippe Rousselot, French cinematographer
  • John Waters, American filmmaker
  • Mariya Zvereva, Russian

''Camera d'Or''

  • Michel Deville, French filmmaker - Jury President
  • Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic
  • Didier Beaudet, French
  • N.T. Binh, French Distributor
  • Michel Demopoulos, French film critic
  • István Gaál, Hungarian filmmaker
  • Caroline Million-Rousseau, French Cinephile

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Angels and InsectsPhilip HaasUnited States, United Kingdom
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaMarion HänselBelgium, France
Beyond RangoonJohn BoormanUnited States
CarringtonChristopher HamptonUnited Kingdom, France
The City of Lost Children (opening film)La Cité des enfants perdusMarc Caro and Jean-Pierre JeunetFrance, Spain, Germany
The ConventO ConventoManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
Dead ManJim JarmuschUnited States
Don't Forget You're Going to DieN'oublie pas que tu vas mourirXavier BeauvoisFrance
Ed WoodTim BurtonUnited States
Good Men, Good Women好男好女Hou Hsiao-hsienTaiwan, Japan
La HaineMathieu KassovitzFrance
Jefferson in ParisJames IvoryFrance, United States
KidsLarry ClarkUnited States
Land and FreedomTierra y LibertadKen LoachUnited Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Italy
The Madness of King GeorgeNicholas HytnerUnited Kingdom
Nasty LoveL'amore molestoMario MartoneItaly
The Neon BibleTerence DaviesUnited Kingdom
Shanghai Triad搖啊搖,搖到外婆橋Zhang YimouChina
Sharaku写楽Masahiro ShinodaJapan
The Snails' SenatorSenatorul melcilorMircea DaneliucRomania
Stories from the KronenHistorias del KronenMontxo ArmendárizSpain, France, Germany
Ulysses' GazeΤο βλέμμα του ΟδυσσέαTheo AngelopoulosGreece
*Underground*ПодземљеEmir KusturicaYugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary
WaatiSouleymane CisséMali

''Un Certain Regard''

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The ArsonistKaki bakarU-Wei Haji SaariMalaysia
L'aube à l'enversSophie MarceauFrance
AugustinAnne Fontaine
Bye-ByeKarim Dridi
The OutpostA részlegPéter GothárHungary, Romania
Canadian BaconMichael MooreUnited States, Canada
The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a MountainChristopher MongerUnited Kingdom, United States
Evening Liaison人约黄昏Chen YifeiChina, Hong Kong
GeorgiaUlu GrosbardUnited States
HaramuyaDrissa ToureBurkina Faso, France
Lessons in the Language of LoveScott PattersonAustralia
The Lion with the White BeardЛев с седой бородойAndrei KhrzhanovskyRussia
Lisbon StoryO Céu de LisboaWim WendersGermany, Portugal, France, Spain
The Monkey Kid猴三儿Xiao-Yen WangChina, United States
Music for DecemberМузыка для декабряIvan DykhovichnyRussia
The Poison TastersUlrik TheerUnited States
RudeClement VirgoCanada
Hello Cinemaسلام سینماMohsen MakhmalbafIran
Shadows of the RainbowIndradhanura ChhaiSushant MisraIndia
Things to Do in Denver When You're DeadGary FlederUnited States
Those Were the DaysLe plus bel âge...Didier HaudepinFrance
Time of Loveنوبت عاشقیMohsen MakhmalbafIran, Turkey
Two Nudes BathingJohn BoormanUnited Kingdom
Under the Domim Treeעץ הדומים תפוסEli CohenIsrael
Unstrung HeroesDiane KeatonUnited States
Voyage in TimeTempo di ViaggioTonino Guerra and Andrei TarkovskyItaly

Out of Competition

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
DesperadoRobert RodriguezUnited States
Kiss of DeathBarbet Schroeder
The Quick and the Dead (closing film)Sam Raimi
To Die ForGus Van SantUnited States, United Kingdom
The Usual SuspectsBryan SingerUnited States, Germany

Short Films Competition

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

  • A Hamok Dala by Ferenc Cako
  • Despondent Divorcee by Jonathan Ogilvie
  • Domo by Maurizio Forestieri
  • Gagarine by Alexij Kharitidi
  • Cocoon (Koza) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • Les Enfants s'ennuient le Dimanche by Sophie Perez, Matthieu Poirot-Delpech
  • Sortie de Bain by Florence Henrard
  • Swinger by Gregor Jordan
  • The Beast by Rhoderyc C. Montgomery
  • The Pan Loaf by Sean Hinds

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 34th International Critics' Week (34e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition

  • Manneken Pis by Frank Van Passel (Belgium)
  • Soul Survivor by Stephen Williams (Canada)
  • The Daughter-in-law (A ba de qing ren) by Steve Wang Hsieh-Chih (Taiwan)
  • Mute Witness by Anthony Waller (Germany)
  • Denise Calls Up by Hal Salwen (United States)
  • Madagascar skin by Chris Newby (United Kingdom)
  • Los hijos del viento by Fernando Merinero (Spain) Short film competition
  • An Evil Town by Richard Sears (United States)
  • Movements of the Body by Wayne Traudt (Canada)
  • Ubu by Manuel Gomez (France, Belgium)
  • The Last Laugh by Robert Harders (United States)
  • Adios, toby, adios by Ramón Barea (Spain)
  • Surprise! by Veit Helmer (Germany)
  • Le Pendule by Madame Foucault by Jean-Marc Vervoort (Belgium)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1995 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

  • 3 Steps To Heaven by Constantine Giannaris
  • An Awfully Big Adventure by Mike Newell
  • The White Balloon (Badkonake sefid) by Jafar Panahi
  • Café Society by Raymond DeFelitta
  • Der Kopf des Mohren by Paulus Manker
  • Eggs by Bent Hamer
  • Eldorado by Charles Binamé
  • Faute de soleil by Christophe Blanc
  • Heartbreak Island by Hsu Hsiao-Ming
  • Heavy by James Mangold
  • The Tale of the Three Lost Jewels (Hikayatul jawahiri thalath) by Michel Khleifi
  • L'Enfant noir by Laurent Chevallier
  • The Confessional (Le confessionnal) by Robert Lepage
  • Le Rocher d'Acapulco by Laurent Tuel
  • Nella mischia by Gianni Zanasi
  • Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
  • Revivre by Jean-Luc Raynaud
  • Safe by Todd Haynes
  • Someone Else's America (Tuđa Amerika) by Goran Paskaljevic
  • Sommaren by Kristian Petri
  • Visiblement je vous aime by Jean-Michel Carré :Short films
  • Le Bus by Jean-Luc Gaget
  • Corps inflammables by Jacques Maillot
  • Rebonds by Marine Place
  • La Vie à Rebours by Gaël Morel
  • Une visite by Philippe Harel

Official Awards

In Competition

  • Palme d'Or: Underground by Emir Kusturica
  • Grand Prize of the Jury: Ulysses' Gaze by Theo Angelopoulos
  • Best Director: Mathieu Kassovitz for La Haine
  • Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Madness of King George
  • Best Actor: Jonathan Pryce for Carrington
  • Jury Prize: Don't Forget You're Going to Die by Xavier Beauvois
  • Jury Special Prize: Carrington by Christopher Hampton

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

  • The White Ballon by Jafar Panahi
    • Special Mention: Denise Calls Up by Hal Salwen

[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]

  • Gagarin by Alexij Kharitidi
  • Jury Prize: Swinger by Gregor Jordan

Independent awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

  • Land and Freedom by Ken Loach (In competition)
  • Ulysses' Gaze by Theo Angelopoulos (In competition)

''Commission Supérieure Technique''

  • Technical Grand Prize: Lü Yue (cinematography) in Shanghai Triad by Zhang Yimou

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

  • Land and Freedom by Ken Loach
    • Special Mention: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Marion Hänsel

Award of the Youth

  • Foreign Film: Manneken Pis by Frank Van Passel
  • French Film: Bye-Bye by Karim Dridi

International Critics' Week

  • Mercedes-Benz Award: Manneken Pis by Frank Van Passel
  • Canal+ Award: An Evil Town by Richard Sears
  • Grand Golden Rail: Manneken Pis by Frank Van Passel

Special Award

  • Miracle in Bosnia by Dino Mustafić

References

Media

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  2. "48ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
  3. "1995 - Le regard de Cannes (Cannes' Gaze)". cannes-fest.com.
  4. "Cannes Film Festival Opens". apnewsarchive.com.
  5. Burns, Christopher. (26 April 1995). "U.S. Films Top Lineup At Cannes Festival / 48th annual event begins May 17". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  6. "Posters 1995". festival-cannes.fr.
  7. "All Juries 1995". festival-cannes.fr.
  8. "Official Selection 1995: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
  9. "34e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1995". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
  10. "Quinzaine 1995". quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
  11. "Awards 1995: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
  12. "FIPRESCI Awards 1995". fipresci.org.
  13. "Jury Œcuménique 1995". cannes.juryoecumenique.org.
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