1995 Cannes Film Festival

1995 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 48th Cannes Film Festival an original illustration by Ryszard Horowitz.[1]
Opening filmThe City of Lost Children
Closing filmThe Quick and the Dead
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Underground
Hosted byCarole Bouquet
No. of films24 (In Competition)
Festival date17 May 1995 (1995-05-17) – 28 May 1995 (1995-05-28)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 48th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 1995.[2] French actress Jeanne Moreau served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Carole Bouquet hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[2]

Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Underground.[3]

The festival opened with The City of Lost Children by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet,[4] and closed with The Quick and the Dead by Sam Raimi.[5]

1995 Un Certain Regard poster, adapted from an original illustration by Enki Bilal.[6]
  1. ^ "Posters 1995". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "48ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ "1995 - Le regard de Cannes (Cannes' Gaze)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Cannes Film Festival Opens". apnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ Burns, Christopher (26 April 1995). "U.S. Films Top Lineup At Cannes Festival / 48th annual event begins May 17". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Posters 1995". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015.