Selected Film Awards 1995

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Golden Globes, awarded in Beverly Hills, Calif., in January 1995

Best drama Forrest Gump (U.S.; director, Robert Zemeckis)

Best musical or comedy The Lion King (U.S.; directors, Roger Allers,

Rob Minkoff)

Best director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, U.S.)

Best actress, drama Jessica Lange (Blue Sky, U.S.)

Best actor, drama Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, U.S.)

Best actress, musical or comedy Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies, U.S.)

Best actor, musical or comedy Hugh Grant (Four Weddings and a Funeral, U.K.)

Best foreign-language film Farinelli (Italy/Belgium; director, Gérard Corbiau)

Sundance Film Festival, awarded in Park City, Utah, in January 1995

Grand Jury Prize, dramatic film The Brothers McMullen (U.S.; director, Edward Burns)

Grand Jury Prize, documentary Crumb (U.S.; director, Terry Zwigoff)

Audience Award, dramatic film Picture Bride (U.S.; director, Kayo Hatta)

Audience Award, documentary Ballot Measure 9 (U.S.; director, Heather MacDonald)

Unzipped (U.S.; director, Douglas Keeve)

Berlin International Film Festival, awarded in February 1995

Golden Bear The Bait (France; director, Bertrand Tavernier)

Special Jury Prize Smoke (U.S.; director, Wayne Wang)

Best director Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, U.S./Germany)

Best actress Josephine Siao (Summer Snow, Hong Kong)

Best actor Paul Newman (Nobody's Fool, U.S.)

Césars (France), awarded in February 1995

Best film Les Roseaux sauvages (France; director,

André Techiné)

Best director André Techiné (Les Roseaux sauvages, France)

Best actress Isabelle Adjani (La Reine Margot, France)

Best actor Gérard Lanvin (Le Fils préféré, France)

Best first film Regarde les hommes tomber (France; director,

Jacques Audiard)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars, U.S.),

awarded in Los Angeles in March 1995

Best film Forrest Gump (U.S.; director, Robert Zemeckis)

Best director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, U.S.)

Best actress Jessica Lange (Blue Sky, U.S.)

Best actor Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, U.S.)

Best supporting actress Dianne Wiest (Bullets over Broadway, U.S.)

Best supporting actor Martin Landau (Ed Wood, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film Burnt by the Sun (CIS; director, Nikita Mikhalkov)

British Academy of Film and Television Arts,

awarded in London in April 1995

Best film Four Weddings and a Funeral (U.K.; director,

Mike Newell)

Best director Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, U.K.)

Best actress Susan Sarandon (The Client, U.S.)

Best actor Hugh Grant (Four Weddings and a Funeral, U.K.)

Best supporting actress Kristin Scott Thomas (Four Weddings and a

Funeral, U.K.)

Best supporting actor Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, U.S.)

Best foreign-language film To Live (China; director, Zhang Yimou)

Cannes International Film Festival, France, awarded in May 1995

Palme d'Or Underground (France/Germany/Hungary;

director, Emir Kusturica)

Grand Jury Prize Ulysses' Gaze (Greece/France/Italy; director,

Theo Angelopoulos)

Special Jury Prize Carrington (U.K.; director, Christopher Hampton)

Best director Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine, France)

Best actress Helen Mirren (The Madness of King George, U.K.)

Best actor Jonathan Pryce (Carrington, U.K.)

Caméra d'Or The White Balloon (Iran; director, Jafar Panahi)

International Land and Freedom (U.K.; director, Ken Loach)

Critics' Prize Ulysses' Gaze (Greece/France/Italy; director,

Theo Angelopoulos)

Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, awarded in July 1995

Best film not awarded

Best director Régis Wargnier (Une Femme française, France)

Milan Steindler (I Thank You for Each New Morning,

Czech Republic)

Best actress Emmanuelle Béart (Une Femme Française, France)

Best actor Gabriel Barylli (Une Femme française, France)

Montreal World Film Festival, awarded in September 1995

Best film (Grand Prix) Georgia (French-U.S.; director, Ulu Grosbard)

Best actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (Georgia)

Best director Xie Fei (China-Hong Kong, A Mongolian Tale)

Goran Markovic (Yugoslavia, Burlesque Tragedy)

Grand Prix of the Jury A Moslem (Russia; director, Vladimir Khotinenko)

Best actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Italy, Ordinary Hero)

Best screenplay Shemi Zarhin (Israel, Passover Fever)

People's choice most Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going

popular film (Argentina; director, Eliseo Subiela)

People's choice best Behind the Blue (director, Robert Menard)

Canadian film

Best first fiction feature Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

(Norway; director, Marius Holst)

Manneken Pis (Belgium; director, Frank Van Passel)

International (in competition): Like It Never Was Before

cinematographic (Sweden; director, Susanne Bier)

press award (out of competition): Manneken Pis

(Belgium; director, Frank Van Passel)

Toronto International Film Festival, awarded in September 1995

Best Canadian Feature Live Bait (director, Bruce Sweeney)

Film

Special Jury Citations Rude (director, Clement Virgo)

Curtis's Charm (director, John L'Ecuyer)

Best Canadian Short Laurence Green (Reconstruction)

Film

Special Citations Guy Maddin (Odilon Redon)

John L'Ecuyer (Use Once and Destroy)

Metro Media Award La Cérémonie (France; director, Claude Chabrol)

International Eggs (Norway; director, Bent Hamer)

cinematographic Desolation Angels (U.S.; director, Tim McCann)

press award

People's Choice Award Antonia's Line (The Netherlands; director, Marleen Gorris)

Venice Film Festival, Italy, awarded in September 1995

Golden Lion Cyclo (France/Vietnam; director, Tran Anh Hung)

Special Jury Prize God's Comedy (Portugal; director, Joao César Monteiro)

Silver Lion The Star Man (Italy; director, Giuseppe Tornatore)

Volpi Cup, best actress Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert (La Cérémonie, France)

Volpi Cup, best actor Goetz George (The Deathmaker, Germany)

International Film Cyclo (France/Vietnam; director, Tran Anh Hung)

Critics' Prize Beyond the Clouds (France/Italy/Germany; director,

Michelangelo Antonioni)

Chicago International Film Festival, awarded in October 1995

Best feature film Maborosi (Japan; director, Koreeda Hirokazu)

Special Jury Prize L'amore molesto (Italy; director, Mario Martone)

Best actress Anna Bonaiuto (L'amore molesto, Italy)

Best actor Jean-Louis Trintignant (Fiesta, France)

Best first feature Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (Norway, Marius Holst)

Best screenplay Marleen Gorris (Antonia's Line, The Netherlands)

Best documentary Anne Frank Remembered (U.K., Jon Blair)

San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain,

awarded in October 1995

Best film Margaret's Museum (Canada; director, Mort Ransen)

Best director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas, U.S.)

Best actress Victoria Abril (Nobody Will Talk About Us When We're Dead,

Spain)

Best actor Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, U.S.)

Special Jury Prize Nobody Will Talk About Us When We're Dead

(Spain; director, Agustin Díaz Yanes)

Tokyo International Film Festival, awarded in October 1995

Grand Prix not awarded

Gold Prize The Usual Suspects (U.S.; director, Bryan Singer)

The White Balloon (Iran; director, Jafar Panahi)

Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada,

awarded in October 1995

Federal Express Award Margaret's Museum (Canada; director, Mort Ransen)

Air Canada Award Carrington (U.K.; director, Christopher Hampton)

Rogers Award Robert Lepage (Le Confessional)

NFB Award Your Name in Cellulite (Gail Noonan)

Best Western Canadian The Land of Cain

Short Film The Shaper

Best Documentary Caught in the Act (France)

Jupiter's Wife (U.S.)

Dragons and Tigers Goldfish (China; director, Wu Di)

Award for Young Maborosi (Japan; director, Koreeda Hirokazu)

Cinema

European Film Awards (Felix), awarded in Berlin in November 1995

Best European Land and Freedom (U.K.; director, Ken Loach)

film of the year

Best young European La Haine (France; director, Mathieu Kassovitz)

film of the year

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