1994 Cannes Film Festival

The 47th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1994. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino.

The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy, directed by Joel Coen and closed with Serial Mom, directed by John Waters. Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Official Selection:
 * Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
 * Catherine Deneuve, French actress
 * Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President
 * 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
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1994 Caméra 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

In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or: The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.

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


 * The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Stephan Elliott
 * Bab El-Oued City by Merzak Allouache
 * Bosna! by Bernard-Henri Lévy, Alain Ferrari
 * The Broken Journey (Uttoran) by Sandip Ray
 * The Butterfly's Dream (Il sogno della farfalla) by Marco Bellocchio
 * Clean, Shaven by Lodge Kerrigan
 * Cold Water (L'eau froide) by Olivier Assayas
 * Down to Earth (Casa de Lava) by Pedro Costa
 * Dreamplay (Drømspel) by Unni Straume
 * Faust by Jan Švankmajer
 * I Can't Sleep (J'ai pas sommeil) by Claire Denis
 * I Like It Like That by Darnell Martin
 * Johnnie Waterman (Jańcio Wodnik) by Jan Jakub Kolski
 * Picture Bride by Kayo Hatta
 * The Shipwrecked (Los náufragos) by Miguel Littín
 * Sleep with Me by Rory Kelly
 * The Story of Xinghua (Xinghua san yue tian) by Li Yin
 * Suture by David Siegel & Scott McGehee
 * Wild Reeds (Les Roseaux sauvages) by André Téchiné
 * Without Compassion (Sin compasión) by Francisco José Lombardi
 * Xime by Sana Na N'Hada

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


 * A Game with No Rules by Scott Reynolds
 * The Dig by Neil Pardington
 * The Dutch Master by Susan Seidelman
 * Eau de la vie by Simon Baré
 * I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Michael Hurst
 * The Model (11 mins) by Jonathan Brough
 * Montand by Jean Labib
 * Serial Mom by John Waters
 * Stroke by Christine Jeffs
 * Vanished (Jeungbal) by Shin Sang-ok
 * Wet by Bob Rafelson

Short film 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

International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 33rd International Critics' Week (33e Semaine de la Critique):

Feature film competition


 * Clerks by Kevin Smith (United States)
 * See How They Fall (Regarde les hommes tomber) by Jacques Audiard (France)
 * Zinat by Ebrahim Mokhtari (Iran)
 * Nightwatch (Nattevagten) by Ole Bornedal (Denmark)
 * Hatta Ishaar Akhar by Rashid Masharawi (Palestine, Netherlands)
 * El Dirigible by Pablo Dotta (Uruguay)
 * It Will Never Be Spring (Wildgroei) by Frouke Fokkema (Netherlands)

Short film competition


 * 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)

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1994 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


 * 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls by Michael Haneke
 * A Caixa by Manoel de Oliveira
 * Amateur by Hal Hartley
 * Ap’to Hioni by Sotiris Goritsas
 * Bye Bye America by Jan Schütte
 * Bandit Queen by Shekhar Kapur (India)
 * Bei Kao Bei, Lian Dui Lian by Huang Jianxin
 * Eat Drink Man Woman by Ang Lee
 * Faut pas rire du bonheur by Guillaume Nicloux
 * Fresh by Boaz Yakin
 * Katya Ismailova by Valery Todorovsky
 * Les Amoureux by Catherine Corsini
 * Man, God, The Monster by Collectif
 * Muriel's Wedding by P. J. Hogan
 * Petits arrangements avec les morts by Pascale Ferran
 * Pidä Huivista Kiinni, Tatjana by Aki Kaurismäki
 * Senza pelle by Alessandro D'Alatri
 * The Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlatli
 * Três Palmeiras by João Botelho
 * Trop de bonheur by Cédric Kahn
 * Crows (Wrony) by Dorota Kędzierzawska


 * 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
The following films and people received the 1994 Official selection awards: Golden Camera Short films
 * 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: Grosse Fatigue by Michel Blanc
 * 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 (Petits arrangements avec les morts) by Pascale Ferran
 * Golden Camera - Special Mention: The Silences of the Palace (Samt el qusur) 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 Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
 * Bab El-Oued City by Merzak Allouache (Un Certain Regard)
 * Exotica by Atom Egoyan (In competition)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Pitof (special effects) in Dead Tired (Grosse Fatigue)
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:
 * To Live (Huozhe) - Zhang Yimou
 * Burnt by the Sun (Utomlyonnye solntsem) - Nikita Mikhalkov
 * Foreign Film: Clerks by Kevin Smith
 * French Film: Happy, Too Happy by Cédric Kahn
 * Mercedes-Benz Award: Clerks by Kevin Smith
 * Canal+ Award: Performance Anxiety by David Ewing
 * Kodak Short Film Award: Éternelles by Erick Zonca

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 1994 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1994 festival (commentary in French)