1995 Cannes Film Festival

1995 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 48th Cannes Film Festival an original illustration by Ryszard Horowitz.[1]
Opening filmThe City of Lost Children
Closing filmThe Quick and the Dead
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Underground
Hosted byCarole Bouquet
No. of films24 (In Competition)
Festival date17 May 1995 (1995-05-17) – 28 May 1995 (1995-05-28)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 48th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 1995.[2] French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Carole Bouquet hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[2]

Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Underground.[3]

The festival opened with The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet,[4] and closed with The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi.[5]

1995 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Enki Bilal.[6]

Juries

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Main competition

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Camera d'Or

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  • 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

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In Competition

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The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[8]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Angels and Insects Philip Haas United States, United Kingdom
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Marion Hänsel Belgium, France
Beyond Rangoon John Boorman United States
Carrington Christopher Hampton United Kingdom, France
The City of Lost Children (opening film) La Cité des enfants perdus Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet France, Spain, Germany
The Convent O Convento Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France
Dead Man Jim Jarmusch United States
Don't Forget You're Going to Die N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir Xavier Beauvois France
Ed Wood Tim Burton United States
Good Men, Good Women 好男好女 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan, Japan
La Haine Mathieu Kassovitz France
Jefferson in Paris James Ivory France, United States
Kids Larry Clark United States
Land and Freedom Tierra y Libertad Ken Loach United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Italy
The Madness of King George Nicholas Hytner United Kingdom
Nasty Love L'amore molesto Mario Martone Italy
The Neon Bible Terence Davies United Kingdom
Shanghai Triad 搖啊搖，搖到外婆橋 Zhang Yimou China
Sharaku 写楽 Masahiro Shinoda Japan
The Snails' Senator Senatorul melcilor Mircea Daneliuc Romania
Stories from the Kronen Historias del Kronen Montxo Armendáriz Spain, France, Germany
Ulysses' Gaze Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα Theo Angelopoulos Greece
Underground Подземље Emir Kusturica Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary
Waati Souleymane Cissé Mali

Un Certain Regard

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The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[8]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
The Arsonist Kaki bakar U-Wei Haji Saari Malaysia
L'aube à l'envers Sophie Marceau France
Augustin Anne Fontaine
Bye-Bye Karim Dridi
The Outpost A részleg Péter Gothár Hungary, Romania
Canadian Bacon Michael Moore United States, Canada
The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain Christopher Monger United Kingdom, United States
Evening Liaison 人约黄昏 Chen Yifei China, Hong Kong
Georgia Ulu Grosbard United States
Haramuya Drissa Toure Burkina Faso, France
Lessons in the Language of Love Scott Patterson Australia
The Lion with the White Beard Лев с седой бородой Andrei Khrzhanovsky Russia
Lisbon Story O Céu de Lisboa Wim Wenders Germany, Portugal, France, Spain
The Monkey Kid 猴三儿 Xiao-Yen Wang China, United States
Music for December Музыка для декабря Ivan Dykhovichny Russia
The Poison Tasters Ulrik Theer United States
Rude Clement Virgo Canada
Hello Cinema سلام سینما Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran
Shadows of the Rainbow Indradhanura Chhai Sushant Misra India
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Gary Fleder United States
Those Were the Days Le plus bel âge... Didier Haudepin France
Time of Love نوبت عاشقی Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iran, Turkey
Two Nudes Bathing John Boorman United Kingdom
Under the Domim Tree עץ הדומים תפוס Eli Cohen Israel
Unstrung Heroes Diane Keaton United States
Voyage in Time Tempo di Viaggio Tonino Guerra and Andrei Tarkovsky Italy

Out of Competition

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The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[8]

English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country
Desperado Robert Rodriguez United States
Kiss of Death Barbet Schroeder
The Quick and the Dead (closing film) Sam Raimi
To Die For Gus Van Sant United States, United Kingdom
The Usual Suspects Bryan Singer United States, Germany

Short Films Competition

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The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[8]

  • 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

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International Critics' Week

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The following films were screened for the 34th International Critics' Week (34e Semaine de la Critique):[9]

Feature film competition

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

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The following films were screened for the 1995 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[10]

Short films

Official Awards

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Jeanne Moreau, Jury President
Emir Kusturica, Palme d'Or winner

In Competition

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Caméra d'Or

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Short Film Palme d'Or

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Independent awards

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FIPRESCI Prizes

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Commission Supérieure Technique

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Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

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Award of the Youth

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International Critics' Week

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Special Award

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References

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  1. ^ "Posters 1995". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "48ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ "1995 - Le regard de Cannes (Cannes' Gaze)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Cannes Film Festival Opens". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ Burns, Christopher (26 April 1995). "U.S. Films Top Lineup At Cannes Festival / 48th annual event begins May 17". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Posters 1995". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
  7. ^ "All Juries 1995". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d "Official Selection 1995: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  9. ^ "34e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1995". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Quinzaine 1995". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Awards 1995: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
  12. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1995". fipresci.org. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1995". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  14. ^ a b c "Cannes Film Festival Awards 1995". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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