Cannes Film Fest 1995: Year 48–Underground, Kusturica’s Second Top Award

The 48th Cannes Film Fest was held from May 17 to May 28, 1995.

The Palme d’Or went to Underground by Emir Kusturica; it was his second win after 1985’s When Father Went Away on Business.

The festival opened with the French film, La Cité des enfants perdus, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

It closed with Sam Raimi’s Western, The Quick and the Dead, starring Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCario.

Jury Members

• Gianni Amelio (Italy)
• Jean-Claude Brialy (France)
• Nadine Gordimer (South Africa)
• Gaston Kabore (Burkina Faso)
• Michele Ray-Gavras (France)
• Emilio Garcia Riera (Mexico)
• Philippe Rousselot (France)
• John Waters (USA)
• Mariya Zvereva (Russia)

Feature film competition

• Angels & Insects– Philip Haas
• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Marion Hänsel
• Beyond Rangoon – John Boorman
• Carrington – Christopher Hampton
• Dead Man– Jim Jarmusch
• Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die – Xavier Beauvois
• Ed Wood– Tim Burton
• Hǎonán hǎonǚ– Hou Hsiao-Hsien
• Historias del Kronen – Montxo Armendáriz
• Jefferson in Paris – James Ivory
• Kids– Larry Clark
• L’amore molesto – Mario Martone
• La Cité des enfants perdus – Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• La Haine– Mathieu Kassovitz
• Land and Freedom – Ken Loach
• O Convento – Manoel de Oliveira
• Senatorul melcilor – Mircea Daneliuc
• Sharaku – Masahiro Shinoda
• The Madness of King George – Nicholas Hytner
• The Neon Bible – Terence Davies
• To Vlemma tou Odyssea– Theodoros Angelopoulos
• Underground – Emir Kusturica
• Waati – Souleymane Cissé
• Yáo a yáo, yáo dào wàipó qiáo – Zhang Yimou

Un Certain Regard

• A részleg by Péter Gothár
• Augustin by Anne Fontaine
• Bye-Bye by Karim Dridi
• Canadian Bacon by Michael Moore
• Etz Hadomim Tafus by Eli Cohen
• Ren yue huang hun by Yi Fei Chen
• Georgia by Ulu Grosbard
• Haramuya by Drissa Toure
• Indradhanura Chhai by Sushant Misra
• L’aube à l’envers by Sophie Marceau
• Le plus bel âge… by Didier Haudepin
• Lessons in the Language of Love by Scott Patterson
• Liev S Sedoi Borodoi by Andrey Khrzhanovskiy
• Lisbon Story by Wim Wenders
• Muzyka dlya dekabrya by Ivan Dykhovichny
• Nobat e Asheghi by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Kaki bakar by U-Wei Haji Saari
• Rude by Clement Virgo
• Salam Cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
• Tempo di Viaggio by Tonino Guerra, Andrei Tarkovsky
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain by Christopher Monger
• The Monkey Kid by Xiao-Yen Wang
• The Poison Tasters by Ulrik Theer
• Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead by Gary Fleder
• Two Nudes Bathing by John Boorman
• Unstrung Heroes by Diane Keaton

Films out of competition

• Desperado by Robert Rodriguez
• Kiss of Death by Barbet Schroeder
• The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi
• The Usual Suspects by Bryan Singer
• To Die For by Gus Van Sant

Awards

• Palme d’Or: Underground – Emir Kusturica
• Grand Prize of the Jury: To Vlemma tou Odyssea– Theodoros Angelopoulos
• Jury Prize: Don’t Forget You’re Going to Die – Xavier Beauvois
• Jury Special Prize: Carrington – Christopher Hampton
• Best Actor: Jonathan Pryce for Carrington
• Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Madness of King George
• Best Director: Mathieu Kassovitz for La Haine
• Short Film Palme d’Or: Gagarin by Alexij Kharitidi
• Technical Grand Prize: Yáo a yáo, yáo dào wàipó qiáo – Zhang Yimou
• Caméra d’Or: Badkonake sefid by Jafar Panahi
• Golden Camera – Special Mention: Denise Calls Up by Hal Salwen
• 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
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Land and Freedom – Ken Loach
  • To Vlemma tou Odyssea – Theodoros Angelopoulos
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: Land and Freedom– Ken Loach
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Marion Hänsel
• Award of the Youth:
  • Foreign Film: Manneken Pis by Frank Van Passel
  • French Film: Bye-Bye by Karim Dridi