1993 Cannes Film Festival

1993 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 46th Cannes Film Festival, featuring still of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman from Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious.[1]
Opening filmMy Favorite Season
Closing filmToxic Affair
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or:
Farewell My Concubine
The Piano
Hosted byJeanne Moreau
No. of films23 (In Competition)
Festival date13 May 1993 (1993-05-13) – 24 May 1993 (1993-05-24)
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The 46th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 1993.[2][3] French filmmaker Louis Malle served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]

The Palme d'Or was jointly award to Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige for the drama film Farewell My Concubine and New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion for the drama film The Piano.[5][6] Campion became the first woman to ever win the festival's top prize.

The festival opened with My Favorite Season by André Téchiné,[7] and closed with Toxic Affair by Philomène Esposito.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Posters 1993". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013.
  2. ^ "46ème Festival International du Film - Cannes". cinema-francais.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ "1993 Cannes Film Festival". infoplease.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Cannes Goods". Chicago Tribune. 30 May 1993. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. ^ "1993 - La leçon de cinéma (The cinema lesson)". cannes-fest.com (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. ^ Rockwell, John (14 May 1993). "At Cannes, More Of Everything, Including Films". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Review: 'My Favorite Season'". variety.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  8. ^ "All the glitter but few glitterati Cannes Film Festival sadly lacking stars Cannes Film Festival". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Will French Film Queens Deneuve, Adjani Get Along? No Cannes Do". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

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