1995 Cannes Film Festival

The 48th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 1995. The Palme d'Or went to Underground by Emir Kusturica.

The festival opened with La Cité des enfants perdus, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and closed with The Quick and the Dead, directed by Sam Raimi. Carole Bouquet was the mistress of ceremonies.

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury for the feature films of the 1995 Official Selection:
 * Jeanne Moreau (France) - Jury President
 * Gianni Amelio (Italy)
 * Jean-Claude Brialy (France)
 * Nadine Gordimer (South Africa)
 * Gaston Kabore (Burkina Faso)
 * Michele Ray-Gavras (France)
 * Emilio Garcia Riera (Mexico)
 * Philippe Rousselot (France)
 * John Waters (USA)
 * Mariya Zvereva (Russia)

Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1995 Camera d'Or:
 * Michel Deville (Director) (France) - Jury President
 * Alberto Barbera (Critic) (Italy)
 * Didier Beaudet (France)
 * N.T. Binh (Distributor) (France)
 * Michel Demopoulos (Critic) (France)
 * Istvan Gaal (Director) (Hungary)
 * Caroline Million-Rousseau (Cinephile) (France)

In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:


 * Angels & Insects by Philip Haas
 * Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Marion Hänsel
 * Beyond Rangoon by John Boorman
 * Carrington by Christopher Hampton
 * The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
 * The Convent by Manoel de Oliveira
 * Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch
 * Don't Forget You're Going to Die by Xavier Beauvois
 * Ed Wood by Tim Burton
 * Good Men, Good Women by Hou Hsiao-hsien
 * Historias del Kronen by Montxo Armendáriz
 * Jefferson in Paris by James Ivory
 * Kids by Larry Clark
 * L'amore molesto by Mario Martone
 * La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz
 * Land and Freedom by Ken Loach
 * The Madness of King George by Nicholas Hytner
 * The Neon Bible by Terence Davies
 * Shanghai Triad by Zhang Yimou
 * Sharaku by Masahiro Shinoda
 * The Snails' Senator by Mircea Daneliuc
 * Ulysses' Gaze by Theodoros Angelopoulos
 * Underground by Emir Kusturica
 * Waati by Souleymane Cissé

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


 * A részleg by Péter Gothár
 * Augustin by Anne Fontaine
 * Bye-Bye by Karim Dridi
 * Canadian Bacon by Michael Moore
 * Etz Hadomim Tafus by Eli Cohen
 * Ren yue huang hun by Yi Fei Chen
 * Georgia by Ulu Grosbard
 * Haramuya by Drissa Toure
 * Indradhanura Chhai by Sushant Misra
 * L'aube à l'envers by Sophie Marceau
 * Le plus bel âge... by Didier Haudepin
 * Lessons in the Language of Love by Scott Patterson
 * Lev s sedoy borodoy by Andrey Khrzhanovskiy
 * Lisbon Story by Wim Wenders
 * Muzyka dlya dekabrya by Ivan Dykhovichny
 * Nobat e Asheghi by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 * Kaki bakar by U-Wei Haji Saari
 * Rude by Clement Virgo
 * Salam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
 * Tempo di Viaggio by Tonino Guerra, Andrei Tarkovsky
 * The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain by Christopher Monger
 * The Monkey Kid by Xiao-Yen Wang
 * The Poison Tasters by Ulrik Theer
 * Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead by Gary Fleder
 * Two Nudes Bathing by John Boorman
 * Unstrung Heroes by Diane Keaton

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


 * Desperado by Robert Rodriguez
 * Kiss of Death by Barbet Schroeder
 * The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi
 * To Die For by Gus Van Sant
 * The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer

Short film 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

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
The following films and people received the 1995 Official selection awards: Golden Camera Short films
 * Palme d'Or: Underground by Emir Kusturica
 * Grand Prize of the Jury: Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea) by Theodoros 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: Badkonake sefid by Jafar Panahi
 * Golden Camera - 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 Prizes Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week Special Award
 * Land and Freedom by Ken Loach (In competition)
 * Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea) by Theodoros Angelopoulos (In competition)
 * Technical Grand Prize: Lü Yue (cinematography) in Shanghai Triad (Yáo a yáo, yáo dào wàipó qiáo) by Zhang Yimou
 * Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Land and Freedom - Ken Loach
 * Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Marion Hänsel
 * Foreign Film: Manneken Pis by Frank Van Passel
 * French Film: Bye-Bye by Karim Dridi
 * 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
 * Miracle in Bosnia by Dino Mustafić

Media

 * INA: Opening of the 1995 Festival (commentary in French)
 * INA: List of winners of the 1995 Festival (commentary in French)