51st Venice International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 1 – 12 September 1994 |
| Website | Website |
The 51st annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 September to 12 September, 1994.[1][2]
Jury[]
The following people comprised the 1994 jury:[3]
- David Lynch (head of jury)
- Olivier Assayas
- Margherita Buy
- Gaston Kaboré
- Nagisa Oshima
- David Stratton
- Uma Thurman
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Carlo Verdone
Official selection[]
In competition[]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Days, 6 Nights | À la folie | Diane Kurys | France |
| Before the Rain | Pred doždot | Milcho Manchevski | France, UK, Macedonia |
| The Bull (aka) | Il toro | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy |
| The Heart's Cry | Le cri du coeur | Idrissa Ouedraogo | France, Burkina Faso |
| Heavenly Creatures | Peter Jackson | New Zealand | |
| In the Heat of the Sun | Yángguāng cànlàn de rìzi | Jiang Wen | China |
| Lamerica | Gianni Amelio | Italy | |
| Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin | Zivot a neobycejna dobrodruzstvi vojaka Ivana Conkina | Jiří Menzel | Russia, Czech Republic, France, UK, Italy |
| Little Odessa | James Gray | United States | |
| Magic Hunter | Büvös vadász | Ildikó Enyedi | Canada, Hungary |
| Natural Born Killers | Oliver Stone | United States | |
| The Pack (aka) | Il branco | Marco Risi | Italy |
| Pigalle | Karim Dridi | France | |
| A Shadow You Soon Will Be | Una sombra ya pronto serás | Héctor Olivera | Argentina |
| Somebody to Love | Alexandre Rockwell | United States | |
| The Tit and the Moon | La Teta y la luna | Bigas Luna | Spain |
| Two Brothers, My Sister | Três Irmãos | Teresa Villaverde | Portugal |
| Vive L'Amour | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan | |
Out of competition[]
- Bullets Over Broadway by Woody Allen (United States)
- Dichiarazioni d'amore by Pupi Avati (Italy)
- Oasi by Cristiano Bortone (Italy)
- Staggered by Martin Clunes (United Kingdom)
- Tom & Viv by Brian Gilbert (United Kingdom)
- Genesis: The Creation and the Flood by Ermanno Olmi (Italy-Germany)
- Il Postino: The Postman by Michael Radford (Italy-France)
Venetian Nights[]
- Love and Human Remains by Denys Arcand (Canada)
- True Lies by James Cameron (United States)
- 47 Ronin by Kon Ichikawa (Japan)
- Wolf by Mike Nichols (United States)
- Clear and Present Danger by Phillip Noyce (United States)
- Captives by (United Kingdom)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas by Henry Selick (United States)
- The Night and the Moment by Anna Maria Tatò (France/United Kingdom/Italy)
- Woodstock 25th Anniversary Director' s Cut by Michael Wadleigh (United States)
- Metal Skin by Geoffrey Wright (Australia)
- Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis (United States)
Autonomous sections[]
Venice International Film Critics' Week[]
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- Accumulator 1 (Akumulátor 1) by Jan Svěrák (Czech Republic)
- Cracking Up by Matt Mitler (United States)
- Don’t Get Me Started by (United Kingdom)
- The Road to Paradise (Doroga V Ray) by (Russia)[5]
- Frankie, Jonny und die anderen... Schattenkämpfer by (Germany)[6]
- Ilayum Mullum (aka Leaves And Thorns) by K.P. Sasi (India)
- Iron Horsemen by (France)[7]
- Passé-Composé (en. Past Imperfect) by Françoise Romand (France, Tunisia)
- That Eye, the Sky by John Ruane (Australia)
Awards[]
- Golden Lion:
- Silver Lion:
- Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson)
- Little Odessa (James Gray)
- Il toro (Carlo Mazzacurati)
- Special Jury Prize:
- Golden Osella:
- Best Director: Gianni Amelio (Lamerica)
- Best Screenplay: Bigas Luna, (La teta y la luna)
- Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle (Ashes of Time)
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor: Xia Yu (In the Heat of the Sun)
- Best Actress: Maria de Medeiros (Três Irmãos)
- Best Supporting Actor: Roberto Citran (Il toro)
- Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave (Little Odessa)
- The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
- Career Golden Lion:
- Golden Ciak:
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- OCIC Award:
References[]
- ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - 1994". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "11th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Vitalij Moskalenko on IMDb
- ^ Hans-Erich Viet on IMDb
- ^ Gilles Charmant on IMDb
External links[]
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