51st Venice Film Festival

51st Venice Film Festival
51st Venice Film Festival
the date of the	from September 1 to September 12 , 1994
Location	Italy , Venice
Chairman of the jury	David Lynch
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The 51st Venice International Film Festival was held in Venice , Italy from September 1 to September 12 , 1994 .

No one received the Silver Lion - Special Jury Prize .

Catholics actively protested against the brutal "Natural Born Killers" of Oliver Stone. But the result was exactly the opposite - the picture received a special prize.

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Jury

The main jury:

David Lynch (President, USA ),
Margherita Bui , ( Italy )
Carlo Verdone ( Italy ),
Gaston Cabore ( Algeria ),
Olivier Assayas ( France ),
Uma Thurman ( USA ),
Mario Vargas Llosa ( Peru ),
Nagisa Oshima ( Japan ),
David Stratton ( Australia ).

Films in the competition

Lamerica , directed by Gianni Amelio ( Italy )
Pigalle , director Karim Dridi ( France )
Magic shooter , directed by Ildiko Enedi ( Canada / Hungary )
Little Odessa , director James Gray ( USA )
Heavenly Creatures , directed by Peter Jackson ( New Zealand )
Six days, six nights , directed by Diane Curie (France)
Bull , director Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
Long live love , director Cai Mingliang ( Taiwan )
Titka and the moon , director Bigas Luna ( Spain )
Before the rain , director Milcho Manchevsky ( France / United Kingdom / Yugoslavia )
Life and extraordinary adventures of a soldier Ivan Chonkin , director Jiri Menzel ( Czech Republic / Great Britain )
You will become a shadow , directed by Hector Oliver ( Argentina )
Heart Cry , directed by Idriss Ouedraogo (France / Burkina Faso )
Crowd , directed by Marco Risi (Italy)
The one who is in love , director Alexander Rockwell ( USA )
Natural Born Killers , directed by Oliver Stone (USA)
Two brothers and sister , director Teresa Vilaverde ( Portugal )
Under the hot sun , directed by Jiang Wen ( PRC )

Films Out of Competition

Bullets over Broadway , directed by Woody Allen ( USA )
Declarations of love , directed by Pupi Avati ( Italy )
Oasis , directed by Cristiano Bortone (Italy)
Gouging , directed by Martin Clones ( UK )
Breath, silence ... other plays , director Giuliano Di Capua (Italy)
Tom and Vive , Director Brian Gilbert (UK)
Genesis: Creation , directed by Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
Postman , Director Michael Radford (Italy)

Special Events

Aguilas no cazan moscas , director Sergio Cabrera ( Colombia )
Veja esta cancao , director Carlus Diegis ( Brazil )
Germaine e Benjamine ( Du fond du coeur ), director Jacques Doyon ( France )
Martha , director Rainer Werner Fassbinder ( Germany )
Amnesia , director Gonzalo Hustiniano ( Chile )
I pavoni , director Luciano Manuzzi ( Italy )
Words upon the windowpane , director Mary McGuckian ( Ireland )
Jason's Lyric , director Doug MaHenry ( USA )
El jardin del Eden , director Maria Novaro ( Mexico )
You're driving me crazy , director Wolfam Paulus ( Austria )

Venetian Night

Love and mortal remains , directed by Denis Arcan ( Canada )
True Lies , Director James Cameron ( USA )
47 Ronin , directed by Kon Ichikawa ( Japan )
Wolf , director Mike Nichols (USA)
Direct and explicit threat , director Phillip Neuss ( Great Britain )
Prisoners , director Angela Pope (UK)
The Nightmare Before Christmas , directed by Henry Selick (USA)
Night and Moment , directed by Anna Maria Tato ( France / United Kingdom / Italy)
Woodstock 25th anniversary Director 's cut , director Michael Wadley (USA)
Metallic Leather , Director Jeffrey Wright ( Australia )
Forrest Gump , Director Robert Zemeckis (USA)

Italian Panorama

Anime fiammeggianti , directed by Davide Ferrario
L'estate di Bobby Charlton , directed by Massimo Guglielmi
Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno , director Gianfrancesco Lasotti
La vera vita di Antonio H. , directed by Enso Monteleoni
Ladri di cinema , directed by Pierrot Natoli
Anni ribelli , director Rosalia Polizzi
Da qualche parte in città , directed by Mikel Sordillo
Portami via , directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
La bella vita , director Paolo Virzi

Windows

Vanya on 42nd Street , directed by Louis Mal ( USA )
Everynight ... everynight , directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos ( Australia )

Rewards

Golden Lion : Long live love , directed by Tsai Minlyan and Before the rain , directed by Milcho Manchevsky
Silver Lion - Special Award for Best Director : Carlo Mazzakurati - Bull
Volpi Cup for Best Actor : Yu Xia - Under the Hot Sun
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Roberto Chitran - Bull
Volpi Cup for Best Actress : Maria di Medeirush - Two Brothers and Sister
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Vanessa Redgrave - Little Odessa
Golden Lion for his contribution to world cinema : Suso Cecci D'Amico , Ken Loach and Al Pacino

Bibliography

Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte - August 1996
L'Europeo , Cinema in Laguna , September 2008