# 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.

## Jury
### 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
* Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker
* Peter Rainer, American film critic
* Moses Rothman, Canadian producer
* Margarethe von Trotta, German filmmaker

## Official Section

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### In Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Cardiogram | Кардиограмма | Darezhan Omirbayev | Kazakhstan |
| La Cérémonie | La Cérémonie | Claude Chabrol | France, Germany |
| Clockers | Clockers | Spike Lee | United States |
| The Crossing Guard | The Crossing Guard | Sean Penn | United States |
| Cyclo | Xích Lô | Tran Anh Hung | Vietnam, France |
| Deathmaker | Der Totmacher | Romuald Karmakar | Germany |
| Det Means Girl | Det Yani Dokhtar | Abolfazl Jalili | Iran |
| The Flying Dutchman | De Vliegende Hollander | Jos Stelling | Netherlands |
| God's Comedy | A Comédia de Deus | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| Guantanamera | Guantanamera | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Cuba |
| In the Bleak Midwinter | In the Bleak Midwinter | Kenneth Branagh | United Kingdom |
| Maborosi | 幻の光 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| Nothing Personal | Nothing Personal | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Ireland, United Kingdom |
| The Story of a Poor Young Man | Romanzo di un giovane povero | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| Sender Unknown / Return to Sender | Sin remitente | Carlos Carrera | Mexico |
| The Star Maker | L'Uomo delle stelle | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy |
| Who Killed Pasolini? | Pasolini, un delitto italiano | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy, France |

### 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 Silvano Agosti (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)

## Official Awards
### 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

## Independent Awards
### 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