The 51st annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 September to 12 September, 1994.
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: David Lynch, American filmmaker, actor, music and visual artist Olivier Assayas, French filmmaker and film critic Margherita Buy, Italian actress Gaston Kaboré, Burkinabé filmmaker Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer Nagisa Oshima, Japanese filmmaker David Stratton, English-Australian film critic Uma Thurman, American actress Carlo Verdone, Italian actor and filmmaker
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: In Competition English title Original title Director(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 title Original title Director(s) Production countryBullets 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, GermanyOasi Cristiano Bortone Italy Il Postino: The Postman Il postino Michael Radford Italy, France Staggered Martin Clunes United KingdomTom & Viv Brian Gilbert United Kingdom
Special events English title Original title Director(s) Production country Amnesia Gonzalo Justiniano Chile Eagles Don't Hunt Flies Águilas no cazan moscas Sergio Cabrera Colombia Jason's Lyric Doug McHenry United States Motel Eden El jardín del edén María Novaro Mexico The Peacocks I pavoni Luciano Manuzzi Italy Rio's Love Song Veja Esta Canção Carlos Diegues Brazil You Drive Me Crazy Du bringst mich noch um Wolfram Paulus Austria Words Upon the Window Pane Mary McGuckian IrelandTribute to Jacques Doillon Du fond du coeur Jacques Doillon France
Window on Images English title Original title Director(s) Production country Die Stimme des Igels Jochen Kuhn Germany Enastros tholos Kostas Aristopoulos Greece Everynight ... Everynight Alkinos Tsilimidos Australia The Kingdom Riget Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred Denmark Limita Denis Evstigneev Russia Loaded Anna Campion United Kingdom Mil e Uma Suzana de Moraes Brazil 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 storie Sandro Baldoni ItalyMedium-length films Arisha, the Bear and the Stone Ring Arisha, der Bär und der steinerne Ring Wim Wenders France Only the Brave Ana Kokkinos Australia Voilà Bruno Podalydès France Paradjanov: A Requiem Ron Holloway United States
Venetian Nights English title Original title Director(s) Production country47 Ronin Kon Ichikawa JapanCaptives Angela Pope United KingdomClear and Present Danger Phillip Noyce United StatesForrest Gump Robert Zemeckis United StatesLove and Human Remains Denys Arcand CanadaMetal Skin Geoffrey Wright Australia The Night and the Moment Anna Maria Tatò France, United Kingdom, ItalyThe Nightmare Before Christmas Henry Selick United States True Lies James Cameron United StatesWolf Mike Nichols United StatesWoodstock 25th Anniversary Director' s Cut Michael Wadleigh United States
Italian panorama English title Original title Director(s) Production countryAnni Ribelli Rosalia Polizzi Italy, ArgentinaDa qualche parte in città Michele Sordillo ItalyLadri 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:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Accumulator 1 Akumulátor 1 Jan Svěrák Czech Republic Cracking Up Matt Mitler United States Don’t Get Me Started Arthur Ellis United Kingdom Frankie, Jonny & die anderen Hans-Erich Viet Germany Ilayum Mullum K.P. Sasi India Iron Horsemen Gilles Charmant France Passé-Composé Françoise Romand France, Tunisia The Road to Paradise Doroga V Ray Vitaly Moskalenko Russia That Eye, the Sky John Ruane Australia
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: Before the Rain by Milčo Mančevski Vive L'Amour by Tsai Ming-liang Silver Lion: Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson Little Odessa by James Gray The Bull by Carlo Mazzacurati Grand Special Jury Prize: Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone Golden Osella: Best Director: Gianni Amelio for Lamerica Best Screenplay: Bigas Luna, Cuca Canals for La teta y la luna Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle for Ashes of Time Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Xia Yu for In the Heat of the Sun Best Supporting Actor: Roberto Citran for The Bull Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Maria de Medeiros for Três Irmãos Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Little Odessa
Career Golden Lion Al Pacino Suso Cecchi d'Amico Ken Loach
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal Život a neobyčejná dobrodružství vojáka Ivana Čonkina by Jiří Menzel
Golden Ciak Living It Up by Paolo Virzì
FIPRESCI Prize Before the Rain by Milčo Mančevski Vive L'Amour by Tsai Ming-liang
OCIC Award Lamerica by Gianni Amelio References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1994 Awards on IMDb