# 1995 Cannes Film Festival

The 48th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 1995. French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Carole Bouquet hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Underground.
The festival opened with The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and closed with The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Jeanne Moreau, French actress - Jury President
* Gianni Amelio, Italian filmmaker
* Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director
* Nadine Gordimer, South African author
* Gaston Kaboré, Burkinabé filmmaker
* Michele Ray-Gavras, French producer and journalist
* Emilio García Riera, Mexican actor, writer and film critic
* Philippe Rousselot, French cinematographer
* John Waters, American filmmaker
* Mariya Zvereva, Russian

### Camera d'Or

* Michel Deville, French filmmaker - Jury President
* Alberto Barbera, Italian film critic
* Didier Beaudet, French
* N.T. Binh, French Distributor
* Michel Demopoulos, French film critic
* István Gaál, Hungarian filmmaker
* Caroline Million-Rousseau, French Cinephile

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Angels and Insects | Angels and Insects | Philip Haas | United States, United Kingdom |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Marion Hänsel | Belgium, France |
| Beyond Rangoon | Beyond Rangoon | John Boorman | United States |
| Carrington | Carrington | Christopher Hampton | United Kingdom, France |
| The City of Lost Children (opening film) | La Cité des enfants perdus | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France, Spain, Germany |
| The Convent | O Convento | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Dead Man | Dead Man | Jim Jarmusch | United States |
| Don't Forget You're Going to Die | N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| Ed Wood | Ed Wood | Tim Burton | United States |
| Good Men, Good Women | 好男好女 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan, Japan |
| La Haine | La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz | France |
| Jefferson in Paris | Jefferson in Paris | James Ivory | France, United States |
| Kids | Kids | Larry Clark | United States |
| Land and Freedom | Tierra y Libertad | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Italy |
| The Madness of King George | The Madness of King George | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom |
| Nasty Love | L'amore molesto | Mario Martone | Italy |
| The Neon Bible | The Neon Bible | Terence Davies | United Kingdom |
| Shanghai Triad | 搖啊搖，搖到外婆橋 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| Sharaku | 写楽 | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
| The Snails' Senator | Senatorul melcilor | Mircea Daneliuc | Romania |
| Stories from the Kronen | Historias del Kronen | Montxo Armendáriz | Spain, France, Germany |
| Ulysses' Gaze | Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Underground | Подземље | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary |
| Waati | Waati | Souleymane Cissé | Mali |

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| The Arsonist | Kaki bakar | U-Wei Haji Saari | Malaysia |
| L'aube à l'envers | L'aube à l'envers | Sophie Marceau | France |
| Augustin | Augustin | Anne Fontaine | France |
| Bye-Bye | Bye-Bye | Karim Dridi | France |
| The Outpost | A részleg | Péter Gothár | Hungary, Romania |
| Canadian Bacon | Canadian Bacon | Michael Moore | United States, Canada |
| The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain | The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain | Christopher Monger | United Kingdom, United States |
| Evening Liaison | 人约黄昏 | Chen Yifei | China, Hong Kong |
| Georgia | Georgia | Ulu Grosbard | United States |
| Haramuya | Haramuya | Drissa Toure | Burkina Faso, France |
| Lessons in the Language of Love | Lessons in the Language of Love | Scott Patterson | Australia |
| The Lion with the White Beard | Лев с седой бородой | Andrei Khrzhanovsky | Russia |
| Lisbon Story | O Céu de Lisboa | Wim Wenders | Germany, Portugal, France, Spain |
| The Monkey Kid | 猴三儿 | Xiao-Yen Wang | China, United States |
| Music for December | Музыка для декабря | Ivan Dykhovichny | Russia |
| The Poison Tasters | The Poison Tasters | Ulrik Theer | United States |
| Rude | Rude | Clement Virgo | Canada |
| Hello Cinema | سلام سینما | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| Shadows of the Rainbow | Indradhanura Chhai | Sushant Misra | India |
| Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Gary Fleder | United States |
| Those Were the Days | Le plus bel âge... | Didier Haudepin | France |
| Time of Love | نوبت عاشقی | Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Iran, Turkey |
| Two Nudes Bathing | Two Nudes Bathing | John Boorman | United Kingdom |
| Under the Domim Tree | עץ הדומים תפוס | Eli Cohen | Israel |
| Unstrung Heroes | Unstrung Heroes | Diane Keaton | United States |
| Voyage in Time | Tempo di Viaggio | Tonino Guerra and Andrei Tarkovsky | Italy |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
| Desperado | Desperado | Robert Rodriguez | United States |
| Kiss of Death | Kiss of Death | Barbet Schroeder | United States |
| The Quick and the Dead (closing film) | The Quick and the Dead (closing film) | Sam Raimi | United States |
| To Die For | To Die For | Gus Van Sant | United States, United Kingdom |
| The Usual Suspects | The Usual Suspects | Bryan Singer | United States, Germany |

### Short Films 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

## Parallel sections
### 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
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Underground by Emir Kusturica
* Grand Prize of the Jury: Ulysses' Gaze by Theo 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

* The White Ballon by Jafar Panahi
** 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

* Land and Freedom by Ken Loach (In competition)
* Ulysses' Gaze by Theo Angelopoulos (In competition)

### Commission Supérieure Technique

* Technical Grand Prize: Lü Yue (cinematography) in Shanghai Triad by Zhang Yimou

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Land and Freedom by Ken Loach
** Special Mention: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Marion Hänsel

### Award of the Youth

* Foreign Film: Manneken Pis by Frank Van Passel
* French Film: Bye-Bye by Karim Dridi

### International Critics' Week

* 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

### Special Award

* Miracle in Bosnia by Dino Mustafić