1993 Cannes Film Festival
Opening film | My Favorite Season |
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Closing film | Toxic Affair |
Location | Cannes, France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: Farewell My Concubine The Piano |
Hosted by | Jeanne Moreau |
No. of films | 23 (En Competition)[2] 25 (Un Certain Regard) 5 (Out of Competition) 10 (Short Film) |
Festival date | 13 May 1993 | – 24 May 1993
Website | festival-cannes |
The 46th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1993. The Palme d'Or went to Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige and The Piano by Jane Campion.[3][4][5]
The festival opened with My Favorite Season, directed by André Téchiné[6][7] and closed with Toxic Affair, directed by Philomène Esposito.[8][9][10] Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies.[3]
Juries
[edit]Main competition
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1993 feature film competition:[11]
- Louis Malle, French filmmaker and producer - Jury President
- Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
- Inna Churikova, Russian actress
- Judy Davis, Australian actress
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker
- Emir Kusturica, Bosnian filmmaker
- William Lubtchansky, French cinematographer
- Tom Luddy, American producer
- Gary Oldman, British actor
- Augusto M. Seabra, Portuguese film critic
Camera d'Or
[edit]The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1993 Camera d'Or:
- Micheline Presle, French actress - Jury President
- Gabriel Auer, French director
- Anne De Gasperi, French journalist
- Attilio D’Onofrio, Italian film critic
- Rémy Pages, French film critic
- Tony Rayns, British film critic and screenwriter
- Lia Somogyi, Hungarian film critic
- Aruna Vasudev, Indian film critic, author, editor, painter and filmmaker
Official selection
[edit]In Competition
[edit]The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[2] The Palme d'Or winners have been highlighted.[12]
Un Certain Regard
[edit]The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[2]
- The Act in Question (El acto en cuestión) by Alejandro Agresti
- Anchoress by Chris Newby
- Avsporing by Unni Straume
- Bedevil by Tracey Moffatt
- The Bird of Happiness (El Pájaro de la Felicidad) by Pilar Miró
- Bodies, Rest & Motion by Michael Steinberg
- Charlie and the Doctor by Ralph C. Parsons
- Desperate Remedies by Stewart Main, Peter Wells
- The End of the World (O Fim do Mundo) by João Mário Grilo
- Excursion to the Bridge of Friendship by Christina Andreef
- Foreboding (Predchuvstviye) by Valeriu Jereghi
- François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (Portraits volés) by Serge Toubiana, Michel Pascal
- The Great Pumpkin (Il grande cocomero) by Francesca Archibugi
- Latcho Drom by Tony Gatlif
- Moving (Ohikkoshi) by Shinji Sōmai
- The Music of Chance by Philip Haas
- October (Oktyabr) by Abderrahmane Sissako
- Remote Control by Óskar Jónasson
- The Scent of Green Papaya (Mùi đu đủ xanh) by Tran Anh Hung
- Sonatine by Takeshi Kitano
- Stroke by Mark Sawers
- The Young Girls Turn 25 (Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans) by Agnès Varda
- Wendemi, l'enfant du bon Dieu by S. Pierre Yameogo
- The Wrong Man by Jim McBride
Films out of competition
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[2]
Short film competition
[edit]The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[2]
- Ævintýri á okkar tímum by Inga Lísa Middleton
- Coffee and Cigarettes III by Jim Jarmusch
- De 4 jaargetijden by Maarten Koopman
- Le goût du fer by Rémi Bernard
- Lenny Minute 1: Lenny Meets the Giant Blue Sheila Doll by Glenn Standring
- Mama Said by Michael Costanza
- Me voy a escapar by Juan Carlos de Llaca
- Robokip by Rudolf Mestdagh
- The Singing Trophy by Grant Lahood
- Der Sortierer by Stephan Puchner
Parallel sections
[edit]International Critics' Week
[edit]The following films were screened for the 32nd International Critics' Week (32e Semaine de la Critique):[13]
Feature film competition
- Cronos by Guillermo del Toro (Mexico)
- Faut-il aimer Mathilde? by Edwin Baily (France)
- Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans cœur) by Robert Morin (Canada)
- Combination Platter by Tony Chan (United States)
- Don't Call Me Frankie by Thomas A. Fucci (United States)
- Abissinia by Francesco Martinotti (Italy)
- Les histoires d’amour finissent mal… en général by Anne Fontaine (France)
Short film competition
- The Debt by Bruno de Almeida (United States)
- Take My Breath Away by Andrew Shea (United States)
- Passage à l’acte by Martin Arnold (Austria)
- Sotto le unghie by Stefano Sollima (Italy)
- Falstaff on the Moon by Robinson Savary (France)
- Springing Lenin by Andrei Nekrasov (United Kingdom)
- Schwarzfahrer by Pepe Danquart (Germany)
Directors' Fortnight
[edit]The following films were screened for the 1993 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]
- Vaterland by Yevgeniy Lungin
- Sundays on Leave (È pericoloso sporgersi) by Nae Caranfil
- Fausto by Rémy Duchemin
- Grand bonheur by Hervé Le Roux
- Child Murders (Gyekgyilkossagok) by Ildikó Szabó
- I Love a Man in Uniform by David Wellington
- Je m'appelle Victor by Guy Jacques
- La Ardilla Roja by Julio Medem
- La Place d’un autre by René Féret
- The Blue Kite (Lan Fengzeng) by Tian Zhuangzhuang
- Le Mari de Léon by Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Lolo by Francisco Athié
- Menace II Society by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
- Mi Vida Loca by Allison Anders
- Me Ivan, You Abraham (Moi Ivan, Toi Abraham) by Yolande Zauberman
- Padma Nadir Majhi by Goutam Ghose
- Pilkkuja ja pikkuhousuja (Lyrics and Lace) by Matti Ijäs
- Ruby in Paradise by Victor Nuñez
- Shadows in a Conflict (Sombras en una batalla) by Mario Camus
- The Snapper by Stephen Frears
- Abraham's Valley (Vale Abraão) by Manoel De Oliveira
- Short films
- Comment font les gens by Pascale Bailly
- L'Exposé by Ismaël Ferroukhi
- José Jeannette by Bruno Nicolini
- Le Regard de l’autre by Bruno Rolland
- Qui est-ce qui a éteint la lumière? by Xavier Auradon
- Reste by Marie Vermillard
- Rives by Erick Zonca
- La Vis by Didier Flamand
Awards
[edit]Official awards
[edit]The following films and people received the 1993 Official selection awards:[15]
- Palme d'Or:
- Grand Prize of the Jury: Faraway, So Close! by Wim Wenders
- Best Director: Mike Leigh for Naked
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter for The Piano
- Best Actor: David Thewlis for Naked
- Jury Prize:
Golden Camera
- Caméra d'Or: The Scent of Green Papaya by Tran Anh Hung
- Special Mention: Friends by Elaine Proctor[16]
Short films
Independent awards
[edit]- Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige (In competition)
- Child Murders (Gyerekgyilkosságok) by Ildikó Szabó (Directors' Fortnight)
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Jean Gargonne, Vincent Arnardi (for technical achievements in images and sound) in Mazeppa
- Special Mention: Grant Lahood (for technical achievements in images and sound) in The Singing Trophy[16]
Ecumenical Jury[18]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Libera me by Alain Cavalier
- Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention: Il grande cocomero by Francesca Archibugi[16]
Award of the Youth[16]
- Foreign Film: La ardilla roja by Julio Médem
- French Film:
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[16]
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Cronos by Guillermo del Toro
- Canal+ Award: The Debt by Bruno de Almeida
Other awards[16]
- Un Certain Regard Award: Latcho Drom by Tony Gatlif
- Kodak Short Film Award: L'Exposé by Ismaël Ferroukhi
References
[edit]- ^ "Posters 1993". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Official Selection 1993: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b "46ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "1993 - La leçon de cinéma (The cinema lesson)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "1993 Cannes Film Festival". infoplease.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Review: 'My Favorite Season'". variety.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Goods". Chicago Tribune. 30 May 1993. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "All the glitter but few glitterati Cannes Film Festival sadly lacking stars Cannes Film Festival". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ Rockwell, John (14 May 1993). "At Cannes, More Of Everything, Including Films". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Will French Film Queens Deneuve, Adjani Get Along? No Cannes Do". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "All Juries 1993". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Awards 1993 : All Awards". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
- ^ "32e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1993". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Quinzaine 1993". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Awards 1993: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1993". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1993". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1993". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Media
[edit]- INA: Opening of the 1993 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1993 festival (commentary in French)
External links
[edit]- 1993 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1993 Archived 2019-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1993 at Internet Movie Database