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:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 34th International Critics' Week (34e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1995 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- Short films
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
References
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1995 Festival (commentary in French)
- INA: List of winners of the 1995 Festival (commentary in French)
External links
- 1995 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
- Official website Retrospective 1995 Archived 2019-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Cannes Film Festival:1995 Archived 2009-01-17 at the Wayback Machine at Internet Movie Database
