The 46th Cannes Film Fest was held May 13–24, 1993.
The Palme d’Or was a tie: Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige The Piano by Jane Campion.
The festival opened with Andre Techine’s My Favorite Season.
It closed with Toxic Affair, directed by Philomène Esposito.
Jury
- Louis Malle (France) (jury president)
- Claudia Cardinale (Italy)
- Inna Churikova (Russia)
- Judy Davis (Australia)
- Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)
- Emir Kusturica (Yugoslavia)
- William Lubtchansky (France)
- Tom Luddy (USA)
- Gary Oldman (UK)
- Augusto M. Seabra (Portugal)
Feature film competition
The following films competed for the Palme d’Or.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farewell My Concubine | 霸王别姬 | Chen Kaige |  China |
| Body Snatchers | N/A | Abel Ferrara |  US |
| Broken Highway | N/A | Laurie McIness |  Australia |
| Dyuba-Dyuba | Дюба-Дюба | Aleksandr Khvan |  Russia |
| Falling Down | N/A | Joel Schumacher | US |
| Fiorile | N/A | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |  Italy |
| Frauds | N/A | Stephan Elliott | Australia |
| Friends | N/A | Elaine Proctor |  South Africa |
| Faraway, So Close! | In weiter Ferne, so nah! | Wim Wenders |  Germany |
| King of the Hill | N/A | Steven Soderbergh | US |
| The Man by the Shore | L’Homme sur les quais | Raoul Peck |  Haiti |
| The Escort | La scorta | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy |
| Libera me | N/A | Alain Cavalier |  France |
| Louis, the Child King | Louis, enfant roi | Roger Planchon | France |
| My Favorite Season | Ma saison préférée | André Téchiné | France |
| Magnificat | N/A | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Mazeppa | N/A | Bartabas | France |
| Much Ado About Nothing | N/A | Kenneth Branagh |  UK |
| Naked | N/A | Mike Leigh | UK |
| The Piano | N/A | Jane Campion |  New Zealand |
| Raining Stones | N/A | Ken Loach | UK |
| Splitting Heirs | N/A | Robert Young | UK |
| The Puppetmaster | 戲夢人生 | Hou Hsiao-Hsien |  Taiwan |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farewell My Concubine | 霸王别姬 | Chen Kaige | China |
| Body Snatchers | N/A | Abel Ferrara | US |
| Broken Highway | N/A | Laurie McIness | Australia |
| Dyuba-Dyuba | Дюба-Дюба | Aleksandr Khvan | Russia |
| Falling Down | N/A | Joel Schumacher | US |
| Fiorile | N/A | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |
| Frauds | N/A | Stephan Elliott | Australia |
| Friends | N/A | Elaine Proctor | South Africa |
| Faraway, So Close! | In weiter Ferne, so nah! | Wim Wenders | Germany |
| King of the Hill | N/A | Steven Soderbergh | US |
| The Man by the Shore | L’Homme sur les quais | Raoul Peck | Haiti |
| The Escort | La scorta | Ricky Tognazzi | Italy |
| Libera me | N/A | Alain Cavalier | France |
| Louis, the Child King | Louis, enfant roi | Roger Planchon | France |
| My Favorite Season | Ma saison préférée | André Téchiné | France |
| Magnificat | N/A | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Mazeppa | N/A | Bartabas | France |
| Much Ado About Nothing | N/A | Kenneth Branagh | UK |
| Naked | N/A | Mike Leigh | UK |
| The Piano | N/A | Jane Campion | New Zealand |
| Raining Stones | N/A | Ken Loach | UK |
| Splitting Heirs | N/A | Robert Young | UK |
| The Puppetmaster | 戲夢人生 | Hou Hsiao-Hsien | Taiwan |
Un Certain Regard
- Anchoress by Chris Newby
- Avsporing by Unni Straume
- Bedevil by Tracey Moffatt
- Bodies, Rest & Motion by Michael Steinberg
- Charlie and the Doctor by Ralph C. Parsons
- Desperate Remedies by Stewart Main, Peter Wells
- El acto en cuestión by Alejandro Agresti
- El Pajaro de la Felicidad by Pilar Miró
- Excursion to the Bridge of Friendship by Christina Andreef
- François Truffaut: Portraits volés by Serge Toubiana, Michel Pascal
- Il grande cocomero by Francesca Archibugi
- Latcho Drom by Tony Gatlif
- Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans by Agnès Varda
- Mùi đu đủ xanh by Tran Anh Hung
- O Fim do Mundo by João Mário Grilo
- Oktyabr by Abderrahmane Sissako
- Ohikkoshi by Shinji Sōmai
- Predchuvstviye by Valeriu Jereghi
- Remote Control by Óskar Jónasson
- Sonatine by Takeshi Kitano
- Stroke by Mark Sawers
- The Music of Chance by Philip Haas
- The Wrong Man by Jim McBride
- Wendemi, l’enfant du bon Dieu by S. Pierre Yameogo
Films out of competition
- Cliffhanger by Renny Harlin
- Mad Dog and Glory by John McNaughton
- Madadayo by Akira Kurosawa
- The Baby of Macon by Peter Greenaway
- Toxic Affair by Philomène Esposito
Awards
Palme d’Or: Tie
Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige
The Piano by Jane Campion
Grand Prize of the Jury: Faraway, So Close! by Wim Wenders
Jury Prize: Tie
Raining Stones by Ken Loach
The Puppetmaster by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- Best Actor: David Thewlis for Naked
- Best Actress: Holly Hunter for The Piano
- Best Director: Mike Leigh for Naked
- Short Film Palme d’Or: Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch
- Technical Grand Prize: Mazeppa by Jean Gargonne, Vincent Arnardi (For technical achievements in images and sound)
- Technical Grand Prize – Special Mention: The Singing Trophy by Grant Lahood (For technical achievements in images and sound)
- Caméra d’Or: The Scent of Green Papaya by Tran Anh Hung
- Golden Camera – Special Mention: Friends by Elaine Proctor
- Un Certain Regard Award: Latcho Drom by Tony Gatlif
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Cronos by Guillermo del Toro
- Canal+ Award: The Debt by Bruno de Almeida
- Kodak Short Film Award: L’Exposé by Ismaël Ferroukhi
- FIPRESCI Prize:
- Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige
- Gyerekgyilkosságok by Ildikó Szabó
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Libera me by Alain Cavalier
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention: Il grande cocomero by Francesca Archibugi
- Award of the Youth:
- Foreign Film: La ardilla roja by Julio Médem
- French Film:
- Moi Ivan, toi Abraham by Yolande Zauberman
- Mùi đu đủ xanh by Tran Anh Hung
