1992 Cannes Film Festival

1992 Cannes Film Festival
The 45th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1992. The Palme d'Or went to the Den goda viljan by Bille August.
The festival opened with Basic Instinct, directed by Paul Verhoeven and closed with Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard.
Juries
Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1992 feature film competition:
Gérard Depardieu (France) Jury President
John Boorman (United Kingdom)
Carlo Di Palma (Italy)
Jamie Lee Curtis (United States)
Joële Van Effenterre (France)
Lester James Peries (Sri Lanka)
Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
René Cleitman (France)
Serge Toubiana (France)
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1992 Camera d'Or:
André Delvaux (director) (Belgium) President
David Meeker (foreign delegate) (United Kingdom)
Gérard Mordillat (director) (France)
Gian Piero Brunetta (journalist) (Italy)
Joao Lopes (journalist) (Portugal)
Olivier Bauer (actor) (France)
Pierre Favre (critic) (France)
Richard Hasselmann (cinephile) (France)
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
A Stranger Among Us by Sidney Lumet
Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven
The Best Intentions by Bille August
Crush by Alison Maclean
Dark at Noon by Raúl Ruiz
Dream of Light by Víctor Erice
In the Country of Juliets by Mehdi Charef
An Independent Life by Vitali Kanevsky
The Journey by Fernando Solanas
Howards End by James Ivory
Hyènes by Djibril Diop Mambéty
The Sentinel by Arnaud Desplechin
The Long Day Closes by Terence Davies
Luna Park by Pavel Lungin
Léolo by Jean-Claude Lauzon
Of Mice and Men by Gary Sinise
The Player by Robert Altman
The Return of Casanova by Édouard Niermans
Simple Men by Hal Hartley
The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me by David Lynch
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
American Me by Edward James Olmos
Apple Trees (Apfelbäume) by Helma Sanders-Brahms
The Arrival of Averill (Averills Ankommen) by Michael Schottenberg
Bad Lieutenant by Abel Ferrara
Being at Home with Claude by Jean Beaudin
The Blue Eyes of Yonta (Udju Azul di Yonta) by Flora Gomes
The Chekist (Tchekiste) by Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Cousin Bobby by Jonathan Demme
Crystal Nights (Krystallines nyhtes) by Tonia Marketaki
Happy Days (Schastlivye dni) by Aleksei Balabanov
Life, and Nothing More... (Zendegi va digar hich) by Abbas Kiarostami
Memory of Water (La memoria del agua) by Héctor Fáver
Modern Crimes by Alejandro Agresti
Mon Desir by Nicky Marshall
The Ox (Oxen) by Sven Nykvist
Prague by Ian Sellar
Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
The Summer Guest (A nyaraló) by Can Togay
Through an Open Window by Eric Mendelsohn
Wedding Night – End of the Song (Hochzaeitsnuecht) by Pol Cruchten
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
As in Heaven (Svo á jörðu sem á himni) by Kristín Jóhannesdóttir
Le Batteur Du Boléro by Patrice Leconte
Beauty and the Beast by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
The Boys from St. Petri (Drengene fra Sankt Petri) by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Far and Away by Ron Howard
House of Angels (Änglagård) by Colin Nutley
Map of the Human Heart by Vincent Ward
The Oak (Balanţa) by Lucian Pintilie
Opening Night by John Cassavetes
Othello by Orson Welles
Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
Patrick Dewaere by Marc Esposito
Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino
Sarafina! by Darrell James Roodt
The Warrior's Heart (Krigerens hjerte) by Leidulv Risan
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Az út by Nikolai Ivanov Neikov
Cheating, Inc. by William Lorton
Daumier's Law by Geoff Dunbar
L'échange by Vincent Pérez
Encolure 42 by Willy Kempeneers
Ghalb by Sa'ied Mojaveri
Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse by Jürgen Schönhoff
Le métro by Catherine Montondo
No Problem by Craig Welch
Omnibus by Sam Karmann
A Passion Play by Tony Twigg
La sensation by Manuel Poutte
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Adorable Lies (Adorables mentiras) by Gerardo Chijona (Cuba)
Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita by Isao Yamada (Japan)
Archipiélago by Pablo Perelman (Chile)
Die flucht by David Rühm (Austria)
The Grocer’s Wife by John Pozer (Canada)
Ingalo by Asdis Thorrodsen (Iceland)
Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde (Belgium)
Short film competition
Floating by Richard Heslop (United Kingdom)
Home Stories by Matthias Müller (Germany)
Les Marionnettes by Marc Chevrie (France)
Le Petit chat est mort by Fejria Deliba (France)
Revolver by Chester Dent (United Kingdom)
The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer (United States)
Sprickan by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Am Ende der Nacht by Christoph Schaub
Le Amiche del cuore by Michele Placido
Angel of Fire (Angel de fuego) by Dana Rotberg
Archipel by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Baduk by Majid Majidi
Benny’s Video by Michael Haneke
Bob Roberts by Tim Robbins
Les contes sauvages by Gérald Calderon, Jean-Charles Cuttoli
Coupable d’innocence by Marcin Ziębiński
Don Quijote by Orson Welles, Jesús Franco
Dust of Angels by Hsu Hsiao-ming
Eux by Levan Zakareishvili
Hay Que Zurrar A Los Pobres by Santiago San Miguel
by Rudolf Thome
Love (Lyubov) by Valery Todorovsky
Mac by John Turturro
My New Gun by Stacy Cochran
Otrazheniye v zerkale by Svetlana Proskurina
Le Petit Prince a dit by Christine Pascal
Quelque part vers Conakry by Françoise Ebrard
Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
Vagabond by Ann Le Monnier
Warszawa. Année 5703 by Janusz Kijowski
Short films
L’autre Célia by Irène Jouannet
F.X. Messerschmidt sculpteur (1736-1783) by Marino Vagliano
Juliette by Didier Bivel
Le Trou de la corneille by François Hanss
Léa by Christophe Debuisne
Pilotes by Olivier Zagar
Versailles Rive Gauche by Bruno Podalydès
Voleur d’images by Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Awards
Official awards
The following films and people received the 1992 Official selection awards:
Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) by Bille August
Grand Prize of the Jury: The Stolen Children (Il ladro di bambini) by Gianni Amelio
Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
Best Actress: Pernilla August for The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan)
Best Actor: Tim Robbins for The Player
Jury Prize:
Dream of Light (El sol del membrillo) by Víctor Erice
An Independent Life (Samostoyatelnaya zhizn) by Vitali Kanevsky
45th Anniversary Prize: Howards End by James Ivory
Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or: Mac by John Turturro
Short films
Short Film Palme d'Or: Omnibus by Sam Karmann
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prize
Dream of Light (El sol del membrillo) by Víctor Erice
Commission Supérieure Technique
Technical Grand Prize: Fernando Solanas (for technical visual and aural excellence) in The Journey (El viaje)
Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Stolen Children (Il ladro di bambini) by Gianni Amelio
Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:
In the Country of Juliets (Au pays des Juliets) by Mehdi Charef
The Journey (El viaje) by Fernando Solanas
Award of the Youth
Foreign Film: Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
French Film: Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
Special Award of the Youth: Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week
SACD Award
Best Short: The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer
Best Feature: Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
Canal+ Award: Floating by Richard Heslop
References
Media
INA: Opening of the 1992 Festival (commentary in French)
External links
1992 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
Official website Retrospective 1992
Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1992 at Internet Movie Database
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May 1992 events in Europe