51st Venice International Film Festival
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 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Before the Rain Vive L'Amour |
| Festival date | 1 – 12 September 1994 |
| Website | Website |
The 51st annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 September to 12 September, 1994.[1][2]
American filmmaker David Lynch was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were Before the Rain directed by Milcho Manchevski and Vive L'Amour directed by Tsai Ming-liang.
Jury[edit]
Main Competition[edit]
The following people comprised the 1994 jury:[3]
- David Lynch, American filmmaker, actor, music and visual artist
- Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic
- Margherita Buy, Italian actress
- Gaston Kaboré, Burkinabé filmmaker
- Nagisa Oshima, Japanese filmmaker
- David Stratton, English-Australian film critic
- Uma Thurman, American actress
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer
- Carlo Verdone, Italian actor and filmmaker
Official Sections[edit]
In Competition[edit]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Days, 6 Nights | À la folie | Diane Kurys | France |
| Ashes of Time | 東邪西毒 | Wong Kar-Wai | Hong Kong, China |
| Before the Rain | Пред дождот | Milcho Manchevski | Macedonia. France, United Kingdom |
| The Bull | Il toro | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy |
| The Heart's Cry | Le cri du coeur | Idrissa Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso, France |
| Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | New Zealand | |
| In the Heat of the Sun | 陽光燦爛的日子 | Jiang Wen | China |
| Lamerica | Gianni Amelio | Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria | |
| Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin | Жизнь и необыча́йные приключе́ния солда́та Ива́на Чо́нкина | Jiří Menzel | Russia, Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, Italy |
| Little Odessa | James Gray | United States | |
| Magic Hunter | Büvös vadász | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary, France, Switzerland |
| Natural Born Killers | Oliver Stone | United States | |
| Il branco | Marco Risi | Italy | |
| Pigalle | Karim Dridi | France | |
| A Shadow You Soon Will Be | Una sombra ya pronto serás | Héctor Olivera | Argentina |
| Somebody to Love | Alexandre Rockwell | United States | |
| The Tit and the Moon | La Teta y la luna | Bigas Luna | Spain |
| Two Brothers, My Sister | Três Irmãos | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal |
| Vive L'Amour | 愛情萬歲 | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan |
Out of competition[edit]
- Bullets Over Broadway by Woody Allen (United States)
- Dichiarazioni d'amore by Pupi Avati (Italy)
- Oasi by Cristiano Bortone (Italy)
- Staggered by Martin Clunes (United Kingdom)
- Tom & Viv by Brian Gilbert (United Kingdom)
- Genesis: The Creation and the Flood by Ermanno Olmi (Italy, Germany)
- Il Postino: The Postman by Michael Radford (Italy, France)
Venetian Nights[edit]
- Love and Human Remains by Denys Arcand (Canada)
- True Lies by James Cameron (United States)
- 47 Ronin by Kon Ichikawa (Japan)
- Wolf by Mike Nichols (United States)
- Clear and Present Danger by Phillip Noyce (United States)
- Captives by Angela Pope (United Kingdom)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas by Henry Selick (United States)
- The Night and the Moment by Anna Maria Tatò (France, United Kingdom, Italy)
- Woodstock 25th Anniversary Director' s Cut by Michael Wadleigh (United States)
- Metal Skin by Geoffrey Wright (Australia)
- Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis (United States)
Independent Sections[edit]
Venice International Film Critics' Week[edit]
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- Accumulator 1 (Akumulátor 1) by Jan Svěrák (Czech Republic)
- Cracking Up by Matt Mitler (United States)
- Don’t Get Me Started by Arthur Ellis (United Kingdom)
- The Road to Paradise (Doroga V Ray) by Vitalij Moskalenko (Russia)
- Frankie, Jonny und die anderen... Schattenkämpfer by Hans-Erich Viet (Germany)
- Ilayum Mullum (aka Leaves And Thorns) by K.P. Sasi (India)
- Iron Horsemen by Gilles Charmant (France)
- Passé-Composé (en. Past Imperfect) by Françoise Romand (France, Tunisia)
- That Eye, the Sky by John Ruane (Australia)
Official Awards[edit]
Main Competition[edit]
- Golden Lion:
- Silver Lion:
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone
- Golden Osella:
- Best Director: Gianni Amelio for Lamerica
- Best Screenplay: Bigas Luna, Cuca Canals for La teta y la luna
- Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle for Ashes of Time
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Xia Yu for In the Heat of the Sun
- Best Supporting Actor: Roberto Citran for Il toro
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Maria de Medeiros for Três Irmãos
- Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Little Odessa
Career Golden Lion[edit]
Independent Awards[edit]
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal[edit]
Golden Ciak[edit]
FIPRESCI Prize[edit]
OCIC Award[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - 1994". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "11th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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