![]() Official poster of the 45th Cannes Film Festival, featuring a portrait of German actress Marlene Dietrich by Don English.[1]  | |
| Opening film | Basic Instinct | 
|---|---|
| Closing film | Far and Away | 
| Location | Cannes, France | 
| Founded | 1946 | 
| Awards | Palme d'Or (Den goda viljan)[2] | 
| No. of films | 21 (En Competition)[3] 20 (Un Certain Regard) 15 (Out of Competition) 12 (Short Film)  | 
| Festival date | 7 May 1992 – 18 May 1992 | 
| Website | festival-cannes | 
The 45th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1992. The Palme d'Or went to the Den goda viljan by Bille August.[4][5][6]
The festival opened with Basic Instinct, directed by Paul Verhoeven[7] and closed with Far and Away, directed by Ron Howard.[8][9]
Juries

Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1992 feature film competition:[10]
- Gérard Depardieu (France) Jury President
 - John Boorman (United Kingdom)
 - Carlo Di Palma (Italy)
 - Jamie Lee Curtis (United States)
 - Joële Van Effenterre (France)
 - Lester James Peries (Sri Lanka)
 - Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
 - Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
 - René Cleitman (France)
 - Serge Toubiana (France)
 
Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1992 Camera d'Or:
- André Delvaux (director) (Belgium) President
 - David Meeker (foreign delegate) (United Kingdom)
 - Gérard Mordillat (director) (France)
 - Gian Piero Brunetta (journalist) (Italy)
 - Joao Lopes (journalist) (Portugal)
 - Olivier Bauer (actor) (France)
 - Pierre Favre (critic) (France)
 - Richard Hasselmann (cinephile) (France)
 
Official selection
In competition - Feature film
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:[3]
- A Stranger Among Us by Sidney Lumet
 - Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven
 - The Best Intentions by Bille August
 - Crush by Alison Maclean
 - Dark at Noon by Raúl Ruiz
 - Dream of Light by Víctor Erice
 - In the Country of Juliets by Mehdi Charef
 - An Independent Life by Vitali Kanevsky
 - The Journey by Fernando Solanas
 - Howards End by James Ivory
 - Hyènes by Djibril Diop Mambéty
 - The Sentinel by Arnaud Desplechin
 - The Long Day Closes by Terence Davies
 - Luna Park by Pavel Lungin
 - Léolo by Jean-Claude Lauzon
 - Of Mice and Men by Gary Sinise
 - The Player by Robert Altman
 - The Return of Casanova by Édouard Niermans
 - Simple Men by Hal Hartley
 - The Stolen Children by Gianni Amelio
 - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me by David Lynch
 
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:[3]
- American Me by Edward James Olmos
 - Apple Trees (Apfelbäume) by Helma Sanders-Brahms
 - The Arrival of Averill (Averills Ankommen) by Michael Schottenberg
 - Bad Lieutenant by Abel Ferrara
 - Being at Home with Claude by Jean Beaudin
 - The Blue Eyes of Yonta (Udju Azul di Yonta) by Flora Gomes
 - The Chekist (Tchekiste) by Aleksandr Rogozhkin
 - Cousin Bobby by Jonathan Demme
 - Crystal Nights (Krystallines nyhtes) by Tonia Marketaki
 - Happy Days (Schastlivye dni) by Aleksei Balabanov
 - Life, and Nothing More... (Zendegi va digar hich) by Abbas Kiarostami
 - Memory of Water (La memoria del agua) by Héctor Fáver
 - Modern Crimes by Alejandro Agresti
 - Mon Desir by Nicky Marshall
 - The Ox (Oxen) by Sven Nykvist
 - Prague by Ian Sellar
 - Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
 - The Summer Guest (A nyaraló) by Can Togay
 - Through an Open Window by Eric Mendelsohn
 - Wedding Night – End of the Song (Hochzaeitsnuecht) by Pol Cruchten
 
Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[3]
- As in Heaven (Svo á jörðu sem á himni) by Kristín Jóhannesdóttir
 - Le Batteur Du Boléro by Patrice Leconte
 - Beauty and the Beast by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
 - The Boys from St. Petri (Drengene fra Sankt Petri) by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
 - Far and Away by Ron Howard
 - House of Angels (Änglagård) by Colin Nutley
 - Map of the Human Heart by Vincent Ward
 - The Oak (Balanţa) by Lucian Pintilie
 - Opening Night by John Cassavetes
 - Othello by Orson Welles
 - Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray
 - Patrick Dewaere by Marc Esposito
 - Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino
 - Sarafina! by Darrell James Roodt
 - The Warrior's Heart (Krigerens hjerte) by Leidulv Risan
 
Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:[3]
- Az út by Nikolai Ivanov Neikov
 - Cheating, Inc. by William Lorton
 - Daumier's Law by Geoff Dunbar
 - L'échange by Vincent Pérez
 - Encolure 42 by Willy Kempeneers
 - Ghalb by Sa'ied Mojaveri
 - Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse by Jürgen Schönhoff
 - Le métro by Catherine Montondo
 - No Problem by Craig Welch
 - Omnibus by Sam Karmann
 - A Passion Play by Tony Twigg
 - La sensation by Manuel Poutte
 
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique):[11]
Feature film competition
- Adorable Lies (Adorables mentiras) by Gerardo Chijona (Cuba)
 - Anmonaito no sasayaki wo kiita by Isao Yamada (Japan)
 - Archipiélago by Pablo Perelman (Chile)
 - Die flucht by David Rühm (Austria)
 - The Grocer’s Wife by John Pozer (Canada)
 - Ingalo by Asdis Thorrodsen (Iceland)
 - Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde (Belgium)
 
Short film competition
- Floating by Richard Heslop (United Kingdom)
 - Home Stories by Matthias Müller (Germany)
 - Les Marionnettes by Marc Chevrie (France)
 - Le Petit chat est mort by Fejria Deliba (France)
 - Revolver by Chester Dent (United Kingdom)
 - The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer (United States)
 - Sprickan by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
 
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):[12]
- Am Ende der Nacht by Christoph Schaub
 - Le Amiche del cuore by Michele Placido
 - Angel of Fire (Angel de fuego) by Dana Rotberg
 - Archipel by Pierre Granier-Deferre
 - Baduk by Majid Majidi
 - Benny’s Video by Michael Haneke
 - Bob Roberts by Tim Robbins
 - Les contes sauvages by Gérald Calderon, Jean-Charles Cuttoli
 - Coupable d’innocence by Marcin Ziębiński
 - Don Quijote by Orson Welles, Jesús Franco
 - Dust of Angels by Hsu Hsiao-ming
 - Eux by Levan Zakareishvili
 - Hay Que Zurrar A Los Pobres by Santiago San Miguel
 - Love at First Sight by Rudolf Thome
 - Love (Lyubov) by Valery Todorovsky
 - Mac by John Turturro
 - My New Gun by Stacy Cochran
 - Otrazheniye v zerkale by Svetlana Proskurina
 - Le Petit Prince a dit by Christine Pascal
 - Quelque part vers Conakry by Françoise Ebrard
 - Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
 - Vagabond by Ann Le Monnier
 - Warszawa. Année 5703 by Janusz Kijowski
 
- Short films
 
- L’autre Célia by Irène Jouannet
 - F.X. Messerschmidt sculpteur (1736-1783) by Marino Vagliano
 - Juliette by Didier Bivel
 - Le Trou de la corneille by François Hanss
 - Léa by Christophe Debuisne
 - Pilotes by Olivier Zagar
 - Versailles Rive Gauche by Bruno Podalydès
 - Voleur d’images by Bruno Victor-Pujebet
 
Awards


Official awards
The following films and people received the 1992 Official selection awards:[2]
- Palme d'Or: The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan) by Bille August
 - Grand Prize of the Jury: The Stolen Children (Il ladro di bambini) by Gianni Amelio
 - Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
 - Best Actress: Pernilla August for The Best Intentions (Den goda viljan)
 - Best Actor: Tim Robbins for The Player
 - Jury Prize:
- Dream of Light (El sol del membrillo) by Víctor Erice
 - An Independent Life (Samostoyatelnaya zhizn) by Vitali Kanevsky
 
 - 45th Anniversary Prize: Howards End by James Ivory
 
Golden Camera
Short films
- Short Film Palme d'Or: Omnibus by Sam Karmann
 
Independent awards
- Dream of Light (El sol del membrillo) by Víctor Erice
 
Commission Supérieure Technique
- Technical Grand Prize: Fernando Solanas (for technical visual and aural excellence) in The Journey (El viaje)
 
Ecumenical Jury[14]
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: The Stolen Children (Il ladro di bambini) by Gianni Amelio
 - Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention:[15]
- In the Country of Juliets (Au pays des Juliets) by Mehdi Charef
 - The Journey (El viaje) by Fernando Solanas
 
 
Award of the Youth[15]
- Foreign Film: Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
 - French Film: Sans un cri by Jeanne Labrune
 - Special Award of the Youth: Man Bites Dog (C'est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
 
Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week[15]
- SACD Award
- Best Short: The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer
 - Best Feature: Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous) by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde
 
 - Canal+ Award: Floating by Richard Heslop
 
References
- ↑ "Posters 1992". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
 - 1 2 "Awards 1992: All Awards". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 "Official Selection 1992: All the Selection". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
 - ↑ "45ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
 - ↑ "1992 - Les joueurs (The players)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
 - ↑ "Cannes Film Festival 1992". nicksflickpicks.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ Maslin, Janet (17 May 1992). "Film View- On the Beach at Cannes With the American Force". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "August Film Tops Cannes". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "U.S. films will dominate Cannes film festival". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
 - ↑ "All Juries 1992". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
 - ↑ "31e Selecion de la Semaine de la Critique - 1992". archives.semainedelacritique.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
 - ↑ "Quinzaine 1992". quinzaine-realisateurs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
 - ↑ "FIPRESCI Awards 1992". fipresci.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
 - ↑ "Jury Œcuménique 1992". cannes.juryoecumenique.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
 - 1 2 3 "Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1992". imdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
 
Media
- INA: Opening of the 1992 Festival (commentary in French)
 
External links
- 1992 Cannes Film Festival (web.archive)
 - Official website Retrospective 1992 Archived 2017-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
 - Cannes Film Festival Awards for 1992 at Internet Movie Database
 
