# 1994 Cannes Film Festival

The 47th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1994. American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Pulp Fiction.
The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy by Joel Coen, and closed with Serial Mom by John Waters.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President
* Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
* Catherine Deneuve, French actress
* Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban writer
* Kazuo Ishiguro, British writer
* Alexander Kaidanovsky, Russian actor and filmmaker
* Marie-Françoise Leclère, French journalist
* Lalo Schifrin, Argentine-American musician
* Shin Sang-ok, South Korean filmmaker and producer
* Alain Terzian, French-Armenian producer

### Camera d'Or

* Marthe Keller, Swiss actress - Jury President
* Hans Beerekamp, Dutch journalist
* Josée Brossard, France
* Mario Dorminsky, Portugal
* An-Cha Flubacher Rhim, Switzerland
* François Ode, France
* Georges Pansu, France
* Jacques Zimmer, France

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
| Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs | Курочка Ряба | Andrei Konchalovsky | Russia |
| Barnabo of the Mountains | Barnabo delle montagne | Mario Brenta | Italy |
| The Browning Version | The Browning Version | Mike Figgis | United Kingdom |
| Burnt by the Sun | Утомлённые солнцем | Nikita Mikhalkov | Russia, France |
| A Confucian Confusion | 獨立時代 | Edward Yang | Taiwan |
| Dead Tired | Grosse Fatigue | Michel Blanc | France |
| Dear Diary | Caro diario | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
| Exotica | Exotica | Atom Egoyan | Canada |
| The Hudsucker Proxy (opening film) | The Hudsucker Proxy (opening film) | Joel Coen | United States, United Kingdom |
| To Live | 活著 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Alan Rudolph | United States |
| My Own | Swaham | Shaji N. Karun | India |
| The Patriots | Les patriotes | Éric Rochant | France |
| Pulp Fiction | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | United States |
| A Pure Formality | Una pura formalità | Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy, France |
| Queen Margot | La Reine Margot | Patrice Chéreau | France |
| The Queen of the Night | La reina de la noche | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
| Rice People | អ្នកស្រែ | Rithy Panh | Cambodia |
| Three Colours: Red | Trois couleurs: Rouge | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France, Poland, Switzerland |
| Through the Olive Trees | زیر درختان زیتون | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| An Unforgettable Summer | O vară de neuitat | Lucian Pintilie | Romania, France |
| The Violin Player | Le joueur de violon | Charles Van Damme | France, Belgium |
| The Whores | Le buttane | Aurelio Grimaldi | Italy |

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott | Australia |
| Bab El-Oued City | Bab El-Oued City | Merzak Allouache | Algeria |
| Bosnia! | Bosna! | Bernard-Henri Lévy and Alain Ferrari | France |
| The Broken Journey | Uttoran | Sandip Ray | India |
| The Butterfly's Dream | Il sogno della farfalla | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Clean, Shaven | Clean, Shaven | Lodge Kerrigan | United States |
| Cold Water | L'eau froide | Olivier Assayas | France |
| Down to Earth | Casa de Lava | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Dreamplay | Drømspel | Unni Straume | Norway |
| Faust | Lekce Faust | Jan Švankmajer | Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, United States, Germany |
| I Can't Sleep | J'ai pas sommeil | Claire Denis | France |
| I Like It Like That | I Like It Like That | Darnell Martin | United States |
| Johnnie Waterman | Jańcio Wodnik | Jan Jakub Kolski | Poland |
| Picture Bride | Picture Bride | Kayo Hatta | United States |
| The Shipwrecked | Los náufragos | Miguel Littin | Chile |
| Sleep with Me | Sleep with Me | Rory Kelly | United States |
| The Story of Xinghua | 杏花三月天 | Li Yin | China |
| Suture | Suture | Scott McGehee and David Siegel | United States |
| Wild Reeds | Les Roseaux sauvages | André Téchiné | France |
| Without Compassion | Sin compasión | Francisco José Lombardi | Peru |
| Xime | Xime | Sana Na N'Hada | Guinea-Bissau |

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
| Serial Mom (closing film) | Serial Mom (closing film) | John Waters | United States |

### Special Screenings

The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production |
| A Game with No Rules (short) | A Game with No Rules (short) | Scott Reynolds | New Zealand |
| The Dig (short) | The Dig (short) | Neil Pardington | New Zealand |
| The Dutch Master | The Dutch Master | Susan Seidelman | Germany |
| Eau de la vie (short) | Eau de la vie (short) | Simon Baré | New Zealand |
| I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (short) | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (short) | Michael Hurst | New Zealand |
| The Model (short) | The Model (short) | Jonathan Brough | New Zealand |
| Montand | Montand | Jean Labib | France |
| Stroke (short) | Stroke (short) | Christine Jeffs | New Zealand |
| Vanished | 증발 | Shin Sang-ok | South Korea |
| Wet | Wet | Bob Rafelson | Germany |

### Short film competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
* Book of Dreams: Welcome to Crateland by Alex Proyas
* El héroe by Carlos Carrera
* Lemming Aid by Grant Lahood
* Parlez Après Le Signal Sonore by Olivier Jahan
* Passage by Raimund Krumme
* Sure To Rise by Niki Caro
* Syrup by Paul Unwin
* Una Strada Diritta Lunga by Werther Germondari, Maria Laura Spagnoli

## Parallel sections
### International Critics' Week

The following films were screened for the 33rd International Critics' Week (33e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
* Clerks by Kevin Smith (United States)
* See How They Fall (Regarde les hommes tomber) by Jacques Audiard (France)
* Zinat by Ebrahim Mokhtari (Iran)
* Nightwatch (Nattevagten) by Ole Bornedal (Denmark)
* Hatta Ishaar Akhar by Rashid Masharawi (Palestine, Netherlands)
* El Dirigible by Pablo Dotta (Uruguay)
* It Will Never Be Spring (Wildgroei) by Frouke Fokkema (Netherlands)
Short film competition
* Performance Anxiety by David Ewing (United States)
* One Night Stand by Bill Britten (United Kingdom)
* Poubelles by Olias Barco (France)
* Ponchada by Alejandra Moya (Mexico)
* Los Salteadores by Abi Feijo (Portugal)
* Home Away From Home by Maureen Blackwood (United Kingdom)
* Off Key by Karethe Linaae (Canada)

### Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1994 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
* 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance by Michael Haneke
* A Caixa by Manoel de Oliveira
* Amateur by Hal Hartley
* Ap’to Hioni by Sotiris Goritsas
* Bye Bye America [de] by Jan Schütte
* Bandit Queen by Shekhar Kapur (India)
* Bei Kao Bei, Lian Dui Lian by Huang Jianxin
* Eat Drink Man Woman by Ang Lee
* Faut pas rire du bonheur by Guillaume Nicloux
* Fresh by Boaz Yakin
* Katya Ismailova by Valery Todorovsky
* Les Amoureux by Catherine Corsini
* Man, God, The Monster by Collectif
* Muriel's Wedding by P. J. Hogan
* Petits arrangements avec les morts by Pascale Ferran
* Pidä Huivista Kiinni, Tatjana by Aki Kaurismäki
* Senza pelle by Alessandro D'Alatri
* The Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlatli
* Três Palmeiras by João Botelho
* Trop de bonheur by Cédric Kahn
* Crows (Wrony) by Dorota Kędzierzawska
    Short films
* 75 centilitres de prières by Jacques Maillot
* Deus ex machina by Vincent Mayrand
* Dimanche ou les fantômes by Laurent Achard
* Eternelles by Erick Zonca
* Troubles ou la journée d’une femme ordinaire by Laurent Bouhnik

## Official Awards
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
* Grand Prize of the Jury:
** To Live by Zhang Yimou
** Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov
* Best Director: Nanni Moretti for Caro diario
* Best Screenplay: Michel Blanc for Dead Tired
* Best Actress: Virna Lisi for Queen Margot
* Best Actor: Ge You for To Live
* Jury Prize: Queen Margot by Patrice Chéreau

### Caméra d'Or

* Coming to Terms with the Dead by Pascale Ferran
** Special Mention: The Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlatli

### Short Film Palme d'Or

* El héroe by Carlos Carrera
* First Jury Prize: Lemming Aid by Grant Lahood
* Second Jury Prize: Syrup by Paul Unwin

## Independent Awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* Exotica by Atom Egoyan (In competition)
* Bab El-Oued City by Merzak Allouache (Un Certain Regard)

### Commission Supérieure Technique

* Technical Grand Prize: Pitof (special effects) in Dead Tired

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* To Live by Zhang Yimou
* Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov

### Award of the Youth

* Foreign Film: Clerks by Kevin Smith
* French Film: Happy, Too Happy by Cédric Kahn

### International Critics' Week

* Mercedes-Benz Award: Clerks by Kevin Smith
* Canal+ Award: Performance Anxiety by David Ewing
* Kodak Short Film Award: Éternelles by Erick Zonca