 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Before the Rain Vive L'Amour |
| Festival date | 1 – 12 September 1994 |
| Website | Website |
The 51st annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 September to 12 September, 1994.[1][2]
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.
The following people comprised the 1994 jury:[3]
| 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 |
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
