52nd Venice International Film Festival

The 52nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August and 9 September 1995.

Spanish writer Jorge Semprún was the Jury President of the main competition. Tran Anh Hung's Cyclo was the winner of the Golden Lion.

Main Competition
The following people comprised the 1995 jury:
 * Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer - Jury President
 * Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic
 * Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French filmmaker
 * Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker
 * Margarethe von Trotta, German filmmaker
 * Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
 * Peter Rainer, American film critic
 * Moses Rothman, Canadian producer

Official Section
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Out of Competition

 * Mighty Aphrodite by Woody Allen (United States)
 * Beyond the Clouds by Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders (Italy, France)
 * The Journey of August King by John Duigan (United States)

Venetian Nights

 * Strange Days by Kathryn Bigelow (United States)
 * Black Holes by Pappi Corsicato (Italy)
 * The Day of the Beast by Álex de la Iglesia (Spain)
 * Jade by William Friedkin (United States)
 * Braveheart by Mel Gibson (United States, Australia)
 * Dolores Claiborne by Taylor Hackford (United States)
 * Apollo 13 by Ron Howard (United States)
 * Waterworld by Kevin Reynolds (United States)
 * Wild Horses by Marcelo Piñeyro (Spain)
 * French Twist by Josiane Balasko (France)

Window on Images

 * The Doom Generation by Gregg Araki (United States)
 * Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil di Carla Camurati (Brasil)
 * Lo zio di Brooklyn by Ciprì & Maresco (Italy)
 * Stonewall by Nigel Finch (United States, United Kingdom)
 * Mee Pok Man by Eric Khoo (Singapore)
 * Dezesseis zero sessenta by Vinicius Mainardi (Brasil)
 * En avoir (ou pas) by Laetitia Masson (France)
 * Peculiarities of the National Hunt by Aleksandr Rogozhkin (Russia)
 * Guiltrip by Gerard Stembridge (Ireland)
 * The Pillow Book by Peter Greenaway (United Kingdom)
 * Flamenco by Carlos Saura (Spain)

Overtaking Lane

 * Fiesta by Pierre Boutron (France)
 * I.D. by Philip Davis (United Kingdom)
 * Antarctica by Manuel Huerga (Spain)
 * Musulmanin by Vladimir Khotinenko (Russia)
 * Rough Magic by Clare Peploe (United Kingdom, France)
 * Il verificatore by Stefano Incerti (Italy)

Italian Panorama

 * L'uomo proiettile by (Italy)
 * Bidoni by Felice Farina (Italy)
 * Io e il re by Lucio Gaudino (Italy)
 * Bits and Pieces by Antonello Grimaldi (Italy)
 * Vindravan Film Studios by Lamberto Lambertini (Italy)
 * Bandidos by Stefano Mignucci (Italy)
 * La casa rosa by Vanna Paoli (Italy)
 * Marciando nel buio by Massimo Spano (Italy)
 * Palermo - Milan One Way by Claudio Fragasso (Italy)

Documentaries

 * 12 novembre by Autori Vari (Italy)
 * La línea paterna by Josè Buil, Marisa Sistach (Mexico)
 * Unzipped by Douglas Keeve (United States)
 * Ecce Homo by Vesna Ljubic Sayariy (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
 * ’75 by Mela Marquez (Bolivia, Italy)
 * War Stories by Gaylene Preston, El Abuelo Cheno (New Zealand)
 * ...y otras historias by Juan Carlos Rulfo (Mexico)
 * The Wandering Paddlers / Pao-Jiang-Hu by Mitsuo Yanagimachi (Japan)

Main Competition

 * Golden Lion: Cyclo by Tran Anh Hung
 * Grand Special Jury Prize:
 * A Comédia de Deus by João César Monteiro
 * L'uomo delle stelle by Giuseppe Tornatore
 * Golden Osella:
 * Best Director: Kenneth Branagh for In the Bleak Midwinter
 * Best Cinematography: Masao Nakabori for Maborosi
 * Best Screenplay: Abolfazl Jalili for Det Yani Dokhtar
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Götz George for The Deathmaker
 * Best Supporting Actor: Ian Hart for Nothing Personal
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie
 * Best Supporting Actress: Isabella Ferrari for Romanzo di un giovane povero

Career Golden Lion

 * Woody Allen
 * Alain Resnais
 * Martin Scorsese
 * Ennio Morricone
 * Alberto Sordi
 * Monica Vitti
 * Goffredo Lombardo
 * Giuseppe De Santis

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

 * Marco Tullio Giordana for Pasolini, un delitto italiano

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Xich lo by Anh Hung Tran
 * Beyond the Clouds by Michelangelo Antonioni & Wim Wenders

OCIC Award - Honorable Mention

 * Hirokazu Koreeda for Maborosi

Pasinetti Award

 * Best Film: A Comédia de Deus by João César Monteiro
 * Best Actor: Sergio Castellitto for L'uomo delle stelle
 * Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie

Pietro Bianchi Award

 * Giuseppe Rotunno
 * Luigi Magni

Elvira Notari Prize - Special Mention

 * Márta Mészáros & Maia Morgenstern for The Seventh Room

AIACE Award

 * Carlo Sigon for Ketchup