| Official poster of the 48th Cannes Film Festival: an original illustration by Ryszard Horowitz. [1] | |
| Opening film | The City of Lost Children |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Quick and the Dead |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or : Underground |
| Hosted by | Carole Bouquet |
| No. of films | 24 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 17 May 1995 – 28 May 1995 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 48th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 1995. [2] French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Carole Bouquet hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. [2]
Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the Palme d'Or , the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Underground . [3]
The festival opened with The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, [4] and closed with The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi. [5]
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or : [8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angels and Insects | Philip Haas | United States, United Kingdom | |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Marion Hänsel | Belgium, France | |
| Beyond Rangoon | John Boorman | United States | |
| Carrington | Christopher Hampton | United Kingdom, France | |
| The City of Lost Children (opening film) | La Cité des enfants perdus | Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France, Spain, Germany |
| The Convent | O Convento | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| Dead Man | Jim Jarmusch | United States | |
| Don't Forget You're Going to Die | N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir | Xavier Beauvois | France |
| Ed Wood | Tim Burton | United States | |
| Good Men, Good Women | 好男好女 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan, Japan |
| La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz | France | |
| Jefferson in Paris | James Ivory | France, United States | |
| Kids | Larry Clark | United States | |
| Land and Freedom | Tierra y Libertad | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Italy |
| The Madness of King George | Nicholas Hytner | United Kingdom | |
| Nasty Love | L'amore molesto | Mario Martone | Italy |
| The Neon Bible | Terence Davies | United Kingdom | |
| Shanghai Triad | 搖啊搖,搖到外婆橋 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| Sharaku | 写楽 | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
| The Snails' Senator | Senatorul melcilor | Mircea Daneliuc | Romania |
| Stories from the Kronen | Historias del Kronen | Montxo Armendáriz | Spain, France, Germany |
| Ulysses' Gaze | Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Underground | Подземље | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary |
| Waati | Souleymane Cissé | Mali | |
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard : [8]
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [8]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desperado | Robert Rodriguez | United States | |
| Kiss of Death | Barbet Schroeder | ||
| The Quick and the Dead (closing film) | Sam Raimi | ||
| To Die For | Gus Van Sant | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The Usual Suspects | Bryan Singer | United States, Germany | |
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: [8]
The following films were screened for the 34th International Critics' Week (34e Semaine de la Critique): [9]
Feature film competition
Short film competition
The following films were screened for the 1995 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): [10]