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1992 Cannes Film Festival

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{{Infobox Film Festival

| 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1992/posters.html |title=Posters 1992 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214151429/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1992/posters.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

| host =

| number = 21 (In Competition)

| opening = Basic Instinct

| closing = Far and Away

| location = Cannes, France

| awards = Palme d'Or:
The Best Intentions

| date = {{Start date|1992|05|07|df=y}} – {{End date|1992|05|18|df=y}}

| founded = 1946

| website = {{URL|festival-cannes.com/en}}

| main = Cannes Film Festival

| previous = 1991

| next = 1993

}}

The 45th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1992.htm |title=45ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=7 June 2017}} French actor Gérard Depardieu served as jury president for the main competition.{{cite news|url=http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/cannes92page.html |title=Cannes Film Festival 1992 |work=nicksflickpicks.com |access-date=25 May 2017}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/an1992.htm |title=1992 - Les joueurs (The players) |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr |access-date=7 June 2017}}

The festival opened with Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/17/movies/film-view-on-the-beach-at-cannes-with-the-american-force.html |title=Film View- On the Beach at Cannes With the American Force |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 1992 |access-date=25 May 2017|last1=Maslin |first1=Janet }} and closed with Far and Away by Ron Howard.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/05/19/august-film-tops-cannes/ |title=August Film Tops Cannes |work=chicagotribune.com |access-date=25 May 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/04/24/us-films-will-dominate-cannes-film-festival/ |title=U.S. films will dominate Cannes film festival |work=baltimoresun.com |access-date=25 May 2017 |archive-date=2017-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129072225/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-04-24/features/1992115059_1_cannes-film-festival-festival-jury-abel-ferrara |url-status=live }}

Juries

File:Gérard Depardieu 2001.jpg

=Main competition=

  • Gérard Depardieu, French actor - Jury President{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1992/juryLongFilm.html |title=All Juries 1992 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085124/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1992/allJury.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy}}
  • 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:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1992/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1992: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214195621/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1992/allSelections.html |archive-date=14 December 2013 |df=dmy}}

class="wikitable"

!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |A Stranger Among Us

|Sidney Lumet

|United States

colspan="2" |Basic Instinct (opening film)

|Paul Verhoeven

|United States, United Kingdom, France

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|The Best Intentions

|Den goda viljan

|Bille August

|Sweden

colspan="2" |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

colspan="2" |Howards End

|James Ivory

|United Kingdom, United States, Japan

Hyenas

|Hyènes

|Djibril Diop Mambéty

|Senegal

The Sentinel

|La sentinelle

|Arnaud Desplechin

|France

colspan="2" |The Long Day Closes

|Terence Davies

|United Kingdom

Luna Park

|Луна-парк

|Pavel Lungin

|France, Russia

colspan="2" |Léolo

|Jean-Claude Lauzon

|Canada

colspan="2" |Of Mice and Men

|Gary Sinise

| rowspan="2" |United States

colspan="2" |The Player

|Robert Altman

The Return of Casanova

|Le Retour de Casanova

|Édouard Niermans

|France

colspan="2" |Simple Men

|Hal Hartley

|United States

The Stolen Children

|Il ladro di bambini

|Gianni Amelio

|Italy

colspan="2" |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:

class="wikitable"

!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

colspan="2" |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

colspan="2" |Bad Lieutenant

|Abel Ferrara

|United States

colspan="2" |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

colspan="2" |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

colspan="2" |Modern Crimes

|Alejandro Agresti

|Netherlands, Argentina

colspan="2" |Mon Desir

|Nicky Marshall

|New Zealand

The Ox

|Oxen

|Sven Nykvist

|Sweden

colspan="2" |Prague

|Ian Sellar

|United Kingdom

colspan="2" |Strictly Ballroom

|Baz Luhrmann

|Australia

The Summer Guest

|A nyaraló

|Can Togay

|Hungary

colspan="2" |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:

class="wikitable"

!English Title

!Original Title

!Director(s)

!Production Country

As in Heaven

|Svo á jörðu sem á himni

|Kristín Jóhannesdóttir

|Iceland

colspan="2" |Le batteur du Boléro (short)

|Patrice Leconte

|France

colspan="2" |Beauty and the Beast

|Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

|United States

The Boys from St. Petri

|Drengene fra Sankt Petri

|Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

|Denmark

colspan="2" |Far and Away (closing film)

|Ron Howard

|United States

House of Angels

|Änglagård

|Colin Nutley

|Sweden, Denmark, Norway

colspan="2" |Map of the Human Heart

|Vincent Ward

|Australia, Canada, France, United Kingdom

The Oak

|Balanța

|Lucian Pintilie

|Romania

colspan="2" |Opening Night (1977)

|John Cassavetes

|United States

Othello (1951)

|The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice

|Orson Welles

|Italy, Morocco

colspan="2" |Pather Panchali (1955)

|Satyajit Ray

|India

colspan="2" |Patrick Dewaere

|Marc Esposito

|France

colspan="2" |Reservoir Dogs

|Quentin Tarantino

|United States

colspan="2" |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:

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Parallel sections

=International Critics' Week=

The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique):{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1992/1992_selection.php |title= 31e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1992 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |access-date=9 June 2017}}

Feature film competition

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Short film competition

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  • 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)

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=Directors' Fortnight=

The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):{{cite web |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1992 |title=Quinzaine 1992 |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |access-date=9 June 2017 }}

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:Short films

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  • 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

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Official Awards

File:Bille August.jpg, Palme d'Or winner]]File:Basic Instinct Cannes 1992.jpg, opening film of the 1992 Cannes Film Festival]]

=In Competition=

= ''[[Caméra d'Or]]'' =

= [[Short Film Palme d'Or]] =

Independent Awards

= [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]] =

  • Dream of Light by Víctor Erice{{cite web|url=http://www.fipresci.org/awards/1992 |title=FIPRESCI Awards 1992 |work=fipresci.org |access-date=27 June 2017}}

= ''Commission Supérieure Technique'' =

= [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] =

= Award of the Youth =

= International Critics' Week =

References

{{reflist}}

Media

  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00461/opening-of-the-1992-festival.html INA: Opening of the 1992 Festival] (commentary in French)

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141411/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1992/inCompetition.html 1992 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
  • [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1992/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 1992] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625162833/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1992/selection/in-competition-feature-films |date=2017-06-25 }}
  • [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1992 Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1992] at Internet Movie Database

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