1994 Cannes Film Festival
The 47th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1994. American filmmaker and actor Clint Eastwood served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Pulp Fiction.
The festival opened with The Hudsucker Proxy by Joel Coen, and closed with Serial Mom by John Waters.
Juries
Main competition
- Clint Eastwood, American filmmaker and actor - Jury President
- Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
- Catherine Deneuve, French actress
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban writer
- Kazuo Ishiguro, British writer
- Alexander Kaidanovsky, Russian actor and filmmaker
- Marie-Françoise Leclère, French journalist
- Lalo Schifrin, Argentine-American musician
- Shin Sang-ok, South Korean filmmaker and producer
- Alain Terzian, French-Armenian producer
''Camera d'Or''
- Marthe Keller, Swiss actress - Jury President
- Hans Beerekamp, Dutch journalist
- Josée Brossard, France
- Mario Dorminsky, Portugal
- An-Cha Flubacher Rhim, Switzerland
- François Ode, France
- Georges Pansu, France
- Jacques Zimmer, France
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:Special Screenings
The following films were selected to receive a Special Screening:Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:Book of Dreams: Welcome to Crateland by Alex ProyasEl héroe by Carlos CarreraLemming Aid by Grant LahoodParlez Après Le Signal Sonore by Olivier JahanPassage by Raimund KrummeSure To Rise by Niki CaroSyrup by Paul UnwinUna Strada Diritta Lunga by Werther Germondari, Maria Laura SpagnoliParallel sections
[Critics' Week]
The following films were screened for the 33rd International Critics' Week :[Directors' Fortnight]
The following films were screened for the Directors' Fortnight :Short films
75 centilitres de prières by Jacques MaillotDeus ex machina by Vincent MayrandDimanche ou les fantômes by Laurent AchardEternelles by Erick ZoncaTroubles ou la journée d’une femme ordinaire by Laurent BouhnikOfficial Awards
In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
- Grand Prize of the Jury:
- * To Live by Zhang Yimou
- * Burnt by the Sun by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Best Director: Nanni Moretti for Caro diario
- Best Screenplay: Michel Blanc for Dead Tired
- Best Actress: Virna Lisi for Queen Margot
- Best Actor: Ge You for To Live
- Jury Prize: Queen Margot by Patrice Chéreau
''[Caméra d'Or]''
- Coming to Terms with the Dead by Pascale Ferran
- *Special Mention: The Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlatli
[Short Film Palme d'Or]
- El héroe by Carlos CarreraFirst Jury Prize: Lemming Aid by Grant LahoodSecond Jury Prize: Syrup by Paul Unwin
Independent Awards
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''Commission Supérieure Technique''
- Technical Grand Prize: Pitof in ''Dead Tired''
[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]
To Live by Zhang YimouBurnt by the Sun by Nikita MikhalkovAward of the Youth
- Foreign Film: Clerks by Kevin Smith
- French Film: Happy, Too Happy by Cédric Kahn
International Critics' Week
- Mercedes-Benz Award: Clerks by Kevin Smith
- Canal+ Award: Performance Anxiety by David Ewing
- Kodak Short Film Award: Éternelles by Erick Zonca