The 52nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 30 August and 9 September 1995.
Spanish writer Jorge Semprún was the Jury President of the main competition. Tran Anh Hung's Cyclo was the winner of the Golden Lion.
Jury
Main Competition The following people comprised the 1995 jury: Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer - Jury President Guglielmo Biraghi, Italian film critic Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker Mario Martone, Italian filmmaker Peter Rainer, American film critic Moses Rothman, Canadian producer Margarethe von Trotta, German filmmaker
Official Section sources:
In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Cardiogram Кардиограмма Darezhan Omirbayev Kazakhstan La Cérémonie Claude Chabrol France, Germany Clockers Spike Lee United States The Crossing Guard Sean Penn Cyclo Xích Lô Tran Anh Hung Vietnam, France Deathmaker Der Totmacher Romuald Karmakar Germany Det Means Girl دت یعنی دختر Abolfazl Jalili Iran The Flying Dutchman De Vliegende Hollander Jos Stelling Netherlands God's Comedy A Comédia de Deus João César Monteiro Portugal Guantanamera Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío Cuba In the Bleak Midwinter Kenneth Branagh United Kingdom Maborosi 幻の光 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan Nothing Personal Thaddeus O'Sullivan Ireland, United Kingdom The Story of a Poor Young Man Romanzo di un giovane povero Ettore Scola Italy Sender Unknown / Return to Sender Sin remitente Carlos Carrera Mexico The Star Maker L'Uomo delle stelle Giuseppe Tornatore Italy Who Killed Pasolini? Pasolini, un delitto italiano Marco Tullio Giordana Italy, France
Out of Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production countryBeyond the Clouds Al di là delle nuvole Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders Italy, FranceThe Journey of August King John Duigan United States Mighty Aphrodite Woody Allen
Venetian Nights
English title Original title Director(s) Production countryApollo 13 Ron Howard United StatesBlack Holes I buchi neri Pappi Corsicato ItalyBraveheart Mel Gibson United States, AustraliaThe Day of the Beast El día de la bestia Álex de la Iglesia SpainDolores Claiborne Taylor Hackford United StatesFrench Twist Gazon maudit Josiane Balasko France Jade William Friedkin United StatesStrange Days Kathryn Bigelow Waterworld Kevin Reynolds Wild Horses Caballos salvajes Marcelo Piñeyro Argentina Window on Images English title Original title Director(s) Production countryCarlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil Carla Camurati Brasil The Doom Generation Gregg Araki United StatesFlamenco Carlos Saura Spain Guiltrip Gerard Stembridge IrelandMee Pok Man Eric Khoo SingaporeThe Pillow Book Peter Greenaway United KingdomPeculiarities of the National Hunt Особенности национальной охоты Aleksandr Rogozhkin Russia Sixteen-Oh-Sixty Dezesseis zero sessenta Vinicius Mainardi BrasilStonewall Nigel Finch United States, United Kingdom To Have (or Not) En avoir (ou pas) Laetitia Masson France The Uncle from Brooklyn Lo zio di Brooklyn Ciprì & Maresco Italy
Overtaking Lane
English title Original title Director(s) Production countryFiesta Pierre Boutron FranceI.D. Philip Davis United KingdomAntarctica Manuel Huerga SpainThe Meter ReaderIl verificatore Stefano Incerti Italy A Moslem Мусульманин Vladimir Khotinenko RussiaRough Magic Clare Peploe United Kingdom, France
Italian Panorama English title Original title Director(s) Production countryBandidos Stefano Mignucci Italy Bidons Bidoni Felice Farina Bits and Pieces Il cielo è sempre più blu Antonello Grimaldi The Bullet Man L'uomo proiettile Silvano Agosti Io e il re Lucio Gaudino Marching in Darkness Marciando nel buio Massimo Spano Palermo - Milan One Way Palermo Milano - Solo andata Claudio Fragasso The Pink House La casa rosa Vanna Paoli Vindravan Film Studios Lamberto Lambertini
Documentaries
English title Original title Director(s) Production country12 novembre Autori Vari Italy’75 Mela Marquez Bolivia, ItalyEcce Homo Vesna Ljubic Sayariy Bosnia and HerzegovinaLa línea paterna Josè Buil, Marisa Sistach MexicoUnzipped Douglas Keeve United States...y otras historias Juan Carlos Rulfo MexicoThe Wandering Paddlers Pao-Jiang-Hu Mitsuo Yanagimachi Japan War Stories Gaylene Preston, El Abuelo Cheno New Zealand
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: Cyclo by Tran Anh Hung Grand Special Jury Prize: God's Comedy by João César Monteiro L'uomo delle stelle by Giuseppe Tornatore Golden Osella: Best Director: Kenneth Branagh for In the Bleak Midwinter Best Cinematography: Masao Nakabori for Maborosi Best Screenplay: Abolfazl Jalili for Det Means Girl Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Götz George for The Deathmaker Best Supporting Actor: Ian Hart for Nothing Personal Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie Best Supporting Actress: Isabella Ferrari for Romanzo di un giovane povero
Career Golden Lion Woody Allen Alain Resnais Martin Scorsese Ennio Morricone Alberto Sordi Monica Vitti Goffredo Lombardo Giuseppe De Santis
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal Marco Tullio Giordana for Pasolini, un delitto italiano
FIPRESCI Prize Xich lo by Anh Hung Tran Beyond the Clouds by Michelangelo Antonioni & Wim Wenders
OCIC Award - Honorable Mention Hirokazu Koreeda for Maborosi
Pasinetti Award Best Film: God's Comedy by João César Monteiro Best Actor: Sergio Castellitto for L'uomo delle stelle Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire & Isabelle Huppert for La Cérémonie
Pietro Bianchi Award Giuseppe Rotunno Luigi Magni
Elvira Notari Prize - Special Mention Márta Mészáros & Maia Morgenstern for The Seventh Room
AIACE Award Carlo Sigon for Ketchup
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1995 Awards on IMDb