1993 Cannes Film Festival

The 46th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 1993.[2][3] French filmmaker Louis Malle served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]

1993 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 46th Cannes Film Festival, featuring still of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman from Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious.[1]
Opening filmMy Favorite Season
Closing filmToxic Affair
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Farewell My Concubine
The Piano
Hosted byJeanne Moreau
No. of films23 (In Competition)
Festival date13 May 1993 (1993-05-13) – 24 May 1993 (1993-05-24)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The Palme d'Or was jointly award to Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige for the drama film Farewell My Concubine and New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion for the drama film The Piano.[5][6] Campion became the first woman to ever win the festival's top prize.

The festival opened with My Favorite Season by André Téchiné,[7] and closed with Toxic Affair by Philomène Esposito.[8][9]

Juries

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Main competition

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Camera d'Or

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  • 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

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In Competition

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The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[11]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
Body Snatchers Abel Ferrara United States
Broken Highway Laurie McInnes Australia
Dyuba-Dyuba Дюба-Дюба Aleksandr Khvan Russia
The Escort La scorta Ricky Tognazzi Italy
Falling Down Joel Schumacher United States
Faraway, So Close! In weiter Ferne, so nah! Wim Wenders Germany
Farewell My Concubine 霸王别姬 Chen Kaige China
Fiorile Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy, France, Germany
Frauds Stephan Elliott Australia
Friends Elaine Proctor South Africa
King of the Hill Steven Soderbergh United States
Libera me Alain Cavalier France
Louis, the Child King Louis, enfant roi Roger Planchon
Magnificat Pupi Avati Italy
The Man by the Shore L'Homme sur les quais Raoul Peck Haiti, France, Germany, Canada
Mazeppa Bartabas France
Much Ado About Nothing Kenneth Branagh United Kingdom, United States
My Favorite Season (opening film) Ma saison préférée André Téchiné France
Naked Mike Leigh United Kingdom
The Piano Jane Campion New Zealand, Australia, France
The Puppetmaster 戲夢人生 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
Raining Stones Ken Loach United Kingdom
Splitting Heirs Robert Young

Un Certain Regard

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The following films were selected for Un Certain Regard section:[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
The Act in Question El Acto en cuestión Alejandro Agresti Argentina
Anchoress Chris Newby United Kingdom
Bedevil Tracey Moffatt Australia
The Bird of Happiness El Pájaro de la Felicidad Pilar Miró Spain
Bodies, Rest & Motion Michael Steinberg United States
Charlie and the Doctor Ralph C. Parsons France
Derailment Avsporing Unni Straume Norway, France
Desperate Remedies Stewart Main and Peter Wells New Zealand
The End of the World O Fim do Mundo João Mário Grilo Portugal
Excursion to the Bridge of Friendship Christina Andreef Australia
Foreboding Şi va fi... Valeriu Jereghi Russia, Romania
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits François Truffaut: Portraits volés Serge Toubiana and Michel Pascal France
The Great Pumpkin Il grande cocomero Francesca Archibugi Italy
Latcho Drom Tony Gatlif France
Moving お引越し Shinji Sōmai Japan
The Music of Chance Philip Haas United States
October Oktyabr Abderrahmane Sissako France, Mauritania
Remote Control Sódóma Reykjavík Óskar Jónasson Iceland
The Scent of Green Papaya Mùi đu đủ xanh Tran Anh Hung France, Vietnam
Sonatine ソナチネ Takeshi Kitano Japan
Stroke Mark Sawers Canada
The Young Girls Turn 25 Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans Agnès Varda France
Wendemi, The Good Lord's Child Wendemi, l'enfant du bon Dieu Saint Pierre Yaméogo Burkina Faso, France
The Wrong Man Jim McBride United States

Out of Competition

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The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[12]

English title Original title Director(s) Production Country
The Baby of Mâcon Peter Greenaway United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands
Cliffhanger Renny Harlin United States
Mad Dog and Glory John McNaughton
Madadayo まあだだよ Akira Kurosawa Japan
Toxic Affair (closing film) Philomène Esposito France

Short film competition

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The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[12]

Parallel sections

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International Critics' Week

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The following films were screened for the 32nd International Critics' Week (32e Semaine de la Critique):[13]

Feature film competition

Short film competition

Directors' Fortnight

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The following films were screened for the 1993 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[14]

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
 
Jane Campion, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

Official Awards

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Chen Kaige, winner of the Palme d'Or at the event.

In Competition

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Independent Awards

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Commission Supérieure Technique

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Award of the Youth

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International Critics' Week

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References

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  1. ^ "Posters 1993". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. ^ "46ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ "1993 Cannes Film Festival". infoplease.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Cannes Goods". Chicago Tribune. 30 May 1993. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "1993 - La leçon de cinéma (The cinema lesson)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ^ Rockwell, John (14 May 1993). "At Cannes, More Of Everything, Including Films". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Review: 'My Favorite Season'". variety.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Will French Film Queens Deneuve, Adjani Get Along? No Cannes Do". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  10. ^ "All Juries 1993". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Awards 1993 : All Awards". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "Official Selection 1993: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  13. ^ "32e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1993". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Quinzaine 1993". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Awards 1993: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  16. ^ a b c d e f "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1993". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  17. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1993". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Jury Œcuménique 1993". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

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