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1994 Cannes Film Festival

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{{Infobox Film Festival

| name = 1994 Cannes Film Festival

| image = CFF94poster.jpg

| caption = Official poster of the 47th Cannes Film Festival, adapted from an original drawing by Federico Fellini.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/posters.html |title=Posters 1994 |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014065739/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/posters.html |archive-date=14 October 2013 |df=dmy}}

| host = Jeanne Moreau

| number = 23 (In Competition)

| opening = The Hudsucker Proxy

| closing = Serial Mom

| location = Cannes, France

| awards = Palme d'Or:
Pulp Fiction

| date = {{Start date|1994|05|12|df=y}} – {{End date|1994|05|23|df=y}}

| founded = 1946

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

| main = Cannes Film Festival

| previous = 1993

| next = 1995

}}

The 47th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema-francais.fr/cannes/cannes_1994.htm |title=47ème Festival International du Film - Cannes |work=cinema-francais.fr |language=fr |access-date=7 June 2017}} American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood served as jury president for the main competition.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/05/25/cannes-conclusion-gives-eastwood-a-break-american-filmmakers-accolades/ |title=Cannes' conclusion gives Eastwood a break, American filmmakers accolades |access-date=24 May 2017 |archive-date=2017-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129072327/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-05-25/features/1994145031_1_quentin-tarantino-pulp-fiction-cannes-film-festival |url-status=live }} French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.{{cite web |title=1994 - Le Jury, Les Prix |url=http://www.cannes-fest.com/pr1994.htm |access-date=7 June 2017 |work=cannes-fest.com |language=fr}}

American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Pulp Fiction.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-24-ca-61609-story.html |title=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. |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=24 May 2017 |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |date=24 May 1994}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/23/movies/film-festival-review-pulp-fiction-quentin-tarantino-s-wild-ride-life-s-dangerous.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Film Festival Review: Pulp Fiction- Quentin Tarantino's Wild Ride On Life's Dangerous Road |work=The New York Times |access-date=24 May 2017 |first=Janet |last=Maslin |date=23 September 1994}}

The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy by Joel Coen,{{cite news|url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/4.asp |title=Great Cannes Openers |work=empireonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214150018/http://www.empireonline.com/features/cannes-great-opening-films/4.asp |archive-date=14 December 2013 |df=dmy}} and closed with Serial Mom by John Waters.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/05/12/fewer-american-films-in-cannes-competition/ |title=Fewer American films in Cannes competition |work=baltimoresun.com |access-date=24 May 2017 |archive-date=2017-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129072324/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-05-12/features/1994132161_1_hudsucker-proxy-pulp-fiction-competition |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/24/movies/a-dark-comedy-wins-at-cannes.html |title=A Dark Comedy Wins at Cannes |work=The New York Times |access-date=24 May 2017 |first=Janet |last=Maslin |date=24 May 1994}}

Juries

=Main competition=

=''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:{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/allSelections.html |title=Official Selection 1994: All the Selection |work=festival-cannes.fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113134108/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1994/allSelections.html |archive-date=13 November 2013 |df=dmy}}

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!width="23%"| Original title

!width="20%"| Director(s)

!width="21%"| Production

Assia and the Hen with the Golden EggsКурочка Рябаdata-sort-value="Konchalovsky" | Andrei KonchalovskyRussia
Barnabo of the MountainsBarnabo delle montagnedata-sort-value="Brenta"| Mario BrentaItaly
colspan=2 data-sort-value="Browning"| The Browning Versiondata-sort-value="Figgis"| Mike FiggisUnited Kingdom
Burnt by the SunУтомлённые солнцемdata-sort-value="Mikhalkov" | Nikita MikhalkovRussia, France
data-sort-value="Confucian"| A Confucian Confusiondata-sort-value="Du li"| 獨立時代data-sort-value="Yang" | Edward YangTaiwan
Dead TiredGrosse Fatiguedata-sort-value="Blanc"| Michel BlancFrance
Dear DiaryCaro diariodata-sort-value="Morretti"| Nanni MorettiItaly, France
colspan=2|Exoticadata-sort-value="Egoyan"| Atom EgoyanCanada
colspan=2 data-sort-value="Hudsucker"| The Hudsucker Proxy (opening film)data-sort-value="Coen" | Joel CoenUnited States, United Kingdom
To Live活著data-sort-value="Yimou" | Zhang YimouChina
colspan=2|Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circledata-sort-value="Rudolph"| Alan RudolphUnited States
My OwnSwahamdata-sort-value="Karun"| Shaji N. KarunIndia
data-sort-value="Patriots"| The Patriotsdata-sort-value="patriotes"| Les patriotesdata-sort-value="Rochant"| Éric RochantFrance
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|colspan=2|Pulp Fiction

data-sort-value="Tarantino"| Quentin TarantinoUnited States
data-sort-value="Pure"| A Pure Formalitydata-sort-value="pura"| Una pura formalitàdata-sort-value="Tornatore"| Giuseppe TornatoreItaly, France
Queen Margotdata-sort-value="Reine"|La Reine Margotdata-sort-value="Chereau"| Patrice ChéreauFrance
data-sort-value="Queen of"| The Queen of the Nightdata-sort-value="reina"|La reina de la nochedata-sort-value="Ripstein"| Arturo RipsteinMexico
Rice Peopleអ្នកស្រែdata-sort-value="Panh" | Rithy PanhCambodia
Three Colours: RedTrois couleurs: Rougedata-sort-value="Kieslowski"| Krzysztof KieślowskiFrance, Poland, Switzerland
Through the Olive Treesزیر درختان زیتونdata-sort-value="Kiarostami" | Abbas KiarostamiIran
data-sort-value="Unforgettable"| An Unforgettable Summerdata-sort-value="ete"| O vară de neuitatdata-sort-value="Pintilie" | Lucian PintilieRomania, France
data-sort-value="Violin"| The Violin Playerdata-sort-value="joueur"|Le joueur de violondata-sort-value="Van Dame"| Charles Van DammeFrance, Belgium
data-sort-value="Whores"| The Whoresdata-sort-value="buttane"|Le buttanedata-sort-value="Grimaldi"| Aurelio GrimaldiItaly

=''Un Certain Regard''=

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

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colspan="2" |The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desertdata-sort-value="Konchalovsky" | Stephan ElliottAustralia
colspan="2" |Bab El-Oued Citydata-sort-value="Brenta" | Merzak AllouacheAlgeria
Bosnia!

|Bosna!

|Bernard-Henri Lévy and Alain Ferrari

|France

The Broken Journey

|Uttoran

|Sandip Ray

|India

The Butterfly's Dream

|Il sogno della farfalla

|Marco Bellocchio

|Italy

colspan="2" |Clean, Shaven

|Lodge Kerrigan

|United States

Cold Water

|L'eau froide

|Olivier Assayas

|France

Down to Earth

|Casa de Lava

|Pedro Costa

|Portugal

Dreamplay

|Drømspel

|Unni Straume

|Norway

Faust

|Lekce Faust

|Jan Švankmajer

|Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, United States, Germany

I Can't Sleep

|J'ai pas sommeil

|Claire Denis

|France

colspan="2" |I Like It Like That

|Darnell Martin

|United States

Johnnie Waterman

|Jańcio Wodnik

|Jan Jakub Kolski

|Poland

colspan="2" |Picture Bride

|Kayo Hatta

|United States

The Shipwrecked

|Los náufragos

|Miguel Littin

|Chile

colspan="2" |Sleep with Me

|Rory Kelly

|United States

The Story of Xinghua

|杏花三月天

|Li Yin

|China

colspan="2" |Suture

|Scott McGehee and David Siegel

|United States

Wild Reeds

|Les Roseaux sauvages

|André Téchiné

|France

Without Compassion

|Sin compasión

|Francisco José Lombardi

|Peru

colspan="2" |Xime

|Sana Na N'Hada

|Guinea-Bissau

=Out of Competition=

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

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colspan="2" |Serial Mom (closing film)data-sort-value="Konchalovsky" | John WatersUnited States

= Special Screenings =

The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening:{{cite web |title=The Model |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/model |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=New Zealand Film Commission}}{{cite web |title=The Model |url=https://jonathanbrough.com/The-Model |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=Jonathan Brough}}

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colspan="2" |A Game with No Rules (short)data-sort-value="Konchalovsky" | Scott Reynoldsrowspan="2" | New Zealand
colspan="2" |The Dig (short)data-sort-value="Brenta" | Neil Pardington
colspan="2" |The Dutch Master

|Susan Seidelman

|Germany

colspan="2" |Eau de la vie (short)

|Simon Baré

| rowspan="3" |New Zealand

colspan="2" |I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (short)

|Michael Hurst

colspan="2" |The Model (short)

|Jonathan Brough

colspan="2" |Montand

|Jean Labib

|France

colspan="2" |Stroke (short)

|Christine Jeffs

|New Zealand

Vanished

|증발

|Shin Sang-ok

|South Korea

colspan="2" |Wet

|Bob Rafelson

|Germany

=Short film 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 33rd International Critics' Week (33e Semaine de la Critique):{{cite web|url=http://archives.semainedelacritique.com/films/1994/1994_selection.php |title= 33e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1994 |work=archives.semainedelacritique.com |access-date=9 June 2017}}

Feature film competition

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Short film competition

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  • 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)

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=Directors' Fortnight=

The following films were screened for the 1994 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):{{cite web |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/1994 |title=Quinzaine 1994 |work=quinzaine-realisateurs.com |access-date=7 June 2017 |archive-date=6 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106164636/http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/qz_an/1994/ |url-status=live }}

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:Short films

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  • 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

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Official Awards

File:Quentin Tarantino by Gage Skidmore.jpg

=In Competition=

= ''[[Caméra d'Or]]'' =

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

Independent Awards

= [[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]] =

= ''Commission Supérieure Technique'' =

= [[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]] =

  • To Live by Zhang Yimou{{cite web|url=http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/vivre |title=Jury Œcuménique 1994 |work=cannes.juryoecumenique.org |access-date=27 June 2017}}
  • Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov{{cite web|url=http://cannes.juryoecumenique.org/palmares/article/soleil-trompeur |title=Jury Œcuménique 1994 |work=cannes.juryoecumenique.org |access-date=27 June 2017}}

= Award of the Youth =

= International Critics' Week =

References

{{reflist}}

Media

  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00275/opening-of-the-1994-festival.html INA: Opening of the 1994 Festival] (commentary in French)
  • [http://fresques.ina.fr/festival-de-cannes-en/fiche-media/Cannes00278/list-of-winners-of-the-1994-festival.html INA: List of winners of the 1994 festival] (commentary in French)

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141701/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1994/inCompetition.html 1994 Cannes Film Festival] (web.archive)
  • [http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1994/selection/in-competition-feature-films Official website Retrospective 1994] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121235827/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/69-editions/retrospective/1994/selection/in-competition-feature-films |date=2019-01-21 }}
  • [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000147/1994 Cannes Film Festival:1994] at Internet Movie Database

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