51st Venice International Film Festival

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51st Venice International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion:
Before the Rain
Vive L'Amour
Festival date1 – 12 September 1994
Website Website
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 51st annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 September to 12 September, 1994. [1] [2]

Contents

American filmmaker David Lynch was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were Before the Rain directed by Milcho Manchevski and Vive L'Amour directed by Tsai Ming-liang.

Jury

Main Competition

The following people comprised the 1994 jury: [3]

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened: [4]

In Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
6 Days, 6 Nights À la folie Diane Kurys France
Ashes of Time 東邪西毒 Wong Kar-Wai Hong Kong, China
Before the Rain Пред дождот Milcho Manchevski Macedonia. France, United Kingdom
The Bull Il toro Carlo Mazzacurati Italy
The Heart's Cry Le cri du coeur Idrissa Ouedraogo Burkina Faso, France
Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson New Zealand
In the Heat of the Sun 陽光燦爛的日子 Jiang Wen China
Lamerica Gianni Amelio Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Жизнь и необыча́йные приключе́ния солда́та Ива́на Чо́нкина Jiří Menzel Russia, Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, Italy
Little Odessa James Gray United States
Magic Hunter Büvös vadász Ildikó Enyedi Hungary, France, Switzerland
Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone United States
Il branco Marco Risi Italy
Pigalle Karim Dridi France
A Shadow You Soon Will Be Una sombra ya pronto serás Héctor Olivera Argentina
Somebody to Love Alexandre Rockwell United States
The Tit and the Moon La Teta y la luna Bigas Luna Spain
Two Brothers, My Sister Três Irmãos Teresa Villaverde Portugal
Vive L'Amour 愛情萬歲 Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan

Out of competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Bullets Over Broadway Woody Allen United States
Declarations of Love Dichiarazioni d'amore Pupi Avati Italy
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio Ermanno Olmi Italy, Germany
Oasi Cristiano Bortone Italy
Il Postino: The Postman Il postino Michael Radford Italy, France
Staggered Martin Clunes United Kingdom
Tom & Viv Brian Gilbert United Kingdom

Special events

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Amnesia Gonzalo Justiniano Chile
Eagles Don't Hunt FliesÁguilas no cazan moscas Sergio Cabrera Colombia
Jason's Lyric Doug McHenry United States
Motel EdenEl jardín del edén María Novaro Mexico
The PeacocksI pavoniLuciano ManuzziItaly
Rio's Love SongVeja Esta Canção Carlos Diegues Brazil
You Drive Me CrazyDu bringst mich noch um Wolfram Paulus Austria
Words Upon the Window Pane Mary McGuckian Ireland
Tribute to Jacques Doillon
Du fond du coeur Jacques Doillon France

Window on Images

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Die Stimme des IgelsJochen KuhnGermany
Enastros tholosKostas AristopoulosGreece
Everynight ... Everynight Alkinos Tsilimidos Australia
The Kingdom Riget Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred Denmark
LimitaDenis EvstigneevRussia
Loaded Anna CampionUnited Kingdom
Mil e UmaSuzana de MoraesBrazil
Oublie-moi Noémie Lvovsky France
S.F.W. Jefery Levy United States
Once Were Warriors Lee Tamahori New Zealand
Tsahal Claude Lanzmann France
Uno a me, uno a te e uno a Raffaele Jon Jost Germany
Vanya on 42nd Street Louis Malle United States
Weird Tales Strane storieSandro BaldoniItaly
Medium-length films
Arisha, the Bear and the Stone RingArisha, der Bär und der steinerne Ring Wim Wenders France
Only the Brave Ana Kokkinos Australia
Voilà Bruno Podalydès France
Paradjanov: A RequiemRon HollowayUnited States

Venetian Nights

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
47 Ronin Kon Ichikawa Japan
Captives Angela Pope United Kingdom
Clear and Present Danger Phillip Noyce United States
Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis United States
Love and Human Remains Denys Arcand Canada
Metal Skin Geoffrey Wright Australia
The Night and the Moment Anna Maria Tatò France, United Kingdom, Italy
The Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Selick United States
True Lies James Cameron United States
Wolf Mike Nichols United States
Woodstock 25th Anniversary Director' s Cut Michael Wadleigh United States

Italian panorama

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Anni Ribelli Rosalia PolizziItaly, Argentina
Da qualche parte in cittàMichele SordilloItaly
Ladri di cinema Piero Natoli
Love Burns Anime fiammeggianti Davide Ferrario
Once a Year, Every Year Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno Gianfrancesco Lazotti Italy, France, Belgium
Take Me Away Portami via Gianluca Maria Tavarelli Italy
The True Life of Antonio H. La vera vita di Antonio H. Enzo Monteleone

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [5]

Official Awards

Main Competition

Career Golden Lion

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

Golden Ciak

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

References

  1. ↑ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - 1994" . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "The 1990s" . Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Juries for the 1990s" . Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "51. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org . Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "11th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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