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1992 Cannes Film Festival
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1992 Cannes Film Festival |
| image | CFF92poster.jpg |
| caption | Official poster of the 45th Cannes Film Festival, featuring a portrait of German actress Marlene Dietrich by *Don English*. |
| number | 21 (In Competition) |
| opening | *Basic Instinct* |
| closing | *Far and Away* |
| location | Cannes, France |
| awards | *Palme d'Or*: |
| *The Best Intentions* | |
| date | – |
| founded | 1946 |
| website | |
| main | Cannes Film Festival |
| previous | [1991](1991-cannes-film-festival) |
| next | [1993](1993-cannes-film-festival) |
The Best Intentions
The 45th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1992. French actor Gérard Depardieu served as jury president for the main competition.
Swedish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the drama-film The Best Intentions.
The festival opened with Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven, and closed with Far and Away by Ron Howard.
Juries
Main competition
- Gérard Depardieu, French actor - Jury President
- Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
- John Boorman, British filmmaker
- René Cleitman, French
- Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- Carlo Di Palma, Italian cinematographer
- Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker
- Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan filmmaker
- Serge Toubiana, French
- Joële Van Effenterre, French
''Camera d'Or''
- André Delvaux, Belgian filmmaker - Jury President
- Olivier Bauer, French actor
- Gian Piero Brunetta, Italian journalist
- Pierre Favre, French film critic
- Richard Hasselmann, French cinephile
- João Lopes, Portuguese journalist
- David Meeker, British foreign delegate
- Gérard Mordillat, French director
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *A Stranger Among Us* | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
| *Basic Instinct* (opening film) | Paul Verhoeven | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
| ***The Best Intentions*** | ***Den goda viljan*** | **Bille August** | **Sweden** |
| *Crush* | Alison Maclean | New Zealand | |
| *Dark at Noon* | *L'Œil qui ment* | Raúl Ruiz | Portugal, France |
| *Dream of Light* | *El sol del membrillo* | Víctor Erice | Spain |
| *In the Country of Juliets* | *Au pays des Juliets* | Mehdi Charef | France |
| *An Independent Life* | Самостоятельная жизнь | Vitali Kanevsky | Russia |
| *The Journey* | *El viaje* | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| *Howards End* | James Ivory | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | |
| *Hyenas* | *Hyènes* | Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal |
| *The Sentinel* | *La sentinelle* | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| *The Long Day Closes* | Terence Davies | United Kingdom | |
| *Luna Park* | Луна-парк | Pavel Lungin | France, Russia |
| *Léolo* | Jean-Claude Lauzon | Canada | |
| *Of Mice and Men* | Gary Sinise | United States | |
| *The Player* | Robert Altman | ||
| *The Return of Casanova* | *Le Retour de Casanova* | Édouard Niermans | France |
| *Simple Men* | Hal Hartley | United States | |
| *The Stolen Children* | *Il ladro di bambini* | Gianni Amelio | Italy |
| *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* | David Lynch | France, United States |
''Un Certain Regard''
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *American Me* | Edward James Olmos | United States | |
| *And Life Goes On* | زندگی و دیگر هیچ | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| *Apple Trees* | *Apfelbäume* | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Germany |
| *The Arrival of Averill* | *Averills Ankommen* | Michael Schottenberg | Austria |
| *Bad Lieutenant* | Abel Ferrara | United States | |
| *Being at Home with Claude* | Jean Beaudin | Canada | |
| *The Blue Eyes of Yonta* | *Udju Azul di Yonta* | Flora Gomes | Portugal, Guinea-Bissau |
| *The Chekist* | Чекист | Aleksandr Rogozhkin | France, Russia |
| *Cousin Bobby* | Jonathan Demme | United States | |
| *Crystal Nights* | Κρυστάλλινες νύχτες | Tonia Marketaki | Greece |
| *Happy Days* | Счастливые дни | Aleksei Balabanov | Soviet Union |
| *Memory of Water* | *La memoria del agua* | Héctor Fáver | Spain, Argentina |
| *Modern Crimes* | Alejandro Agresti | Netherlands, Argentina | |
| *Mon Desir* | Nicky Marshall | New Zealand | |
| *The Ox* | *Oxen* | Sven Nykvist | Sweden |
| *Prague* | Ian Sellar | United Kingdom | |
| *Strictly Ballroom* | Baz Luhrmann | Australia | |
| *The Summer Guest* | *A nyaraló* | Can Togay | Hungary |
| *Through an Open Window* | Eric Mendelsohn | United States | |
| *Wedding Night – End of the Song* | *Hochzaeitsnuecht* | Pol Cruchten | Luxembourg |
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *As in Heaven* | *Svo á jörðu sem á himni* | Kristín Jóhannesdóttir | Iceland |
| *Le batteur du Boléro* (short) | Patrice Leconte | France | |
| *Beauty and the Beast* | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | United States | |
| *The Boys from St. Petri* | *Drengene fra Sankt Petri* | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Denmark |
| *Far and Away* (closing film) | Ron Howard | United States | |
| *House of Angels* | *Änglagård* | Colin Nutley | Sweden, Denmark, Norway |
| *Map of the Human Heart* | Vincent Ward | Australia, Canada, France, United Kingdom | |
| *The Oak* | *Balanța* | Lucian Pintilie | Romania |
| *Opening Night* (1977) | John Cassavetes | United States | |
| *Othello* (1951) | *The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice* | Orson Welles | Italy, Morocco |
| *Pather Panchali* (1955) | Satyajit Ray | India | |
| *Patrick Dewaere* | Marc Esposito | France | |
| *Reservoir Dogs* | Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
| *Sarafina!* | Darrell Roodt | United States, South Africa, United Kingdom, France | |
| *The Warrior's Heart* | *Krigerens hjerte* | Leidulv Risan | Norway |
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
- Az út by Nikolai Ivanov Neikov
- Cheating, Inc. by William Lorton
- Daumier's Law by Geoff Dunbar
- L'échange by Vincent Pérez
- Encolure 42 by Willy Kempeneers
- Ghalb by Sa'ied Mojaveri
- Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse by Jürgen Schönhoff
- Le métro by Catherine Montondo
- No Problem by Craig Welch
- Omnibus by Sam Karmann
- A Passion Play by Tony Twigg
- La sensation by Manuel Poutte
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
- Adorable Lies (Adorables mentiras) by Gerardo Chijona (Cuba)
- Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita by Isao Yamada (Japan)
- Archipiélago by Pablo Perelman (Chile)
- Die flucht by David Rühm (Austria)
- The Grocer’s Wife by John Pozer (Canada)
- Ingalo by Asdis Thorrodsen (Iceland)
- Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde (Belgium) Short film competition
- Floating by Richard Heslop (United Kingdom)
- Home Stories by Matthias Müller (Germany)
- Les Marionnettes by Marc Chevrie (France)
- Le Petit chat est mort by Fejria Deliba (France)
- Revolver by Chester Dent (United Kingdom)
- The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer (United States)
- Sprickan by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
- Am Ende der Nacht by Christoph Schaub
- Le Amiche del cuore by Michele Placido
- Angel of Fire (Angel de fuego) by Dana Rotberg
- Archipel by Pierre Granier-Deferre
- Baduk by Majid Majidi
- Benny’s Video by Michael Haneke
- Bob Roberts by Tim Robbins
- Les contes sauvages by Gérald Calderon, Jean-Charles Cuttoli
- Coupable d’innocence by Marcin Ziębiński
- Don Quijote by Orson Welles, Jesús Franco
- Dust of Angels by Hsu Hsiao-ming
- Eux by Levan Zakareishvili
- Hay Que Zurrar A Los Pobres by Santiago San Miguel
- ** by Rudolf Thome
- Love (Lyubov) by Valery Todorovsky
- Mac by John Turturro
- My New Gun by Stacy Cochran
- Otrazheniye v zerkale by Svetlana Proskurina
- Le Petit Prince a dit by Christine Pascal
- Quelque part vers Conakry by Françoise Ebrard
- Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
- Vagabond by Ann Le Monnier
- Warszawa. Année 5703 by Janusz Kijowski :Short films
- L’autre Célia by Irène Jouannet
- F.X. Messerschmidt sculpteur (1736-1783) by Marino Vagliano
- Juliette by Didier Bivel
- Le Trou de la corneille by François Hanss
- Léa by Christophe Debuisne
- Pilotes by Olivier Zagar
- Versailles Rive Gauche by Bruno Podalydès
- Voleur d’images by Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Official Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions by Bille August
- Grand Prize of the Jury: The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
- Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
- Best Actress: Pernilla August for The Best Intentions
- Best Actor: Tim Robbins for The Player
- Jury Prize:
- Dream of Light by Víctor Erice
- An Independent Life by Vitali Kanevsky
- 45th Anniversary Prize: Howards End by James Ivory
''[[Caméra d'Or]]''
- Mac by John Turturro
[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]
- Omnibus by Sam Karmann
Independent Awards
[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prize]]
- Dream of Light by Víctor Erice
''Commission Supérieure Technique''
- Technical Grand Prize: Fernando Solanas (for technical visual and aural excellence) for The Journey
[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]
- The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
- Special Mention:
- In the Country of Juliets by Mehdi Charef
- The Journey by Fernando Solanas
- Special Mention:
Award of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
- French Film: Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
- Special Award of the Youth: Man Bites Dog by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
International Critics' Week
- SACD Award:
- Best Short: The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer
- Best Feature: Man Bites Dog by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
- Canal+ Award: Floating by Richard Heslop
References
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1992 Festival (commentary in French)
References
- "Posters 1992". festival-cannes.fr.
- "45ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr.
- "Cannes Film Festival 1992". nicksflickpicks.com.
- "1992 - Les joueurs (The players)". cannes-fest.com.
- (17 May 1992). "Film View- On the Beach at Cannes With the American Force". [[The New York Times]].
- "August Film Tops Cannes". chicagotribune.com.
- "U.S. films will dominate Cannes film festival". baltimoresun.com.
- "All Juries 1992". festival-cannes.fr.
- "Official Selection 1992: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr.
- "31e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1992". archives.semainedelacritique.com.
- "Quinzaine 1992". quinzaine-realisateurs.com.
- "Awards 1992: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr.
- "FIPRESCI Awards 1992". fipresci.org.
- "Jury Œcuménique 1992". cannes.juryoecumenique.org.
- "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1992". imdb.com.
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