| 51st Venice International Film Festival | |
| Location: | Venice, Italy |
| Founded: | 1932 |
| Awards: | Golden Lion |
| Date: | 1 – 12 September 1994 |
| Website: | Website |
| Chronology: | Venice Film Festival |
| Preceded By: | 50th |
| Followed By: | 52nd |
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 | data-sort-value="A la" | À la folie | data-sort-value="Kurys" | France | ||
| Ashes of Time | data-sort-value="Ashes" | 東邪西毒 | data-sort-value="Wong" | Wong Kar-Wai | Hong Kong, China | |
| Before the Rain | Пред дождот | data-sort-value="Manchevski" | Milcho Manchevski | Macedonia. France, United Kingdom | ||
| data-sort-value="Bull" | The Bull | data-sort-value="Toro" | Il toro | data-sort-value="Mazzacurati" | Italy | |
| data-sort-value="Heart" | The Heart's Cry | data-sort-value="Cri" | Le cri du coeur | data-sort-value="Ouedraogo" | Burkina Faso, France | |
| Heavenly Creatures | data-sort-value="Jackson" | New Zealand | ||||
| In the Heat of the Sun | 陽光燦爛的日子 | data-sort-value="Wen" | China | |||
| Lamerica | data-sort-value="Amelio" | Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria | ||||
| Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin | Жизнь и необыча́йные приключе́ния солда́та Ива́на Чо́нкина | data-sort-value="Menzel" | Russia, Czech Republic, France, United Kingdom, Italy | |||
| Little Odessa | data-sort-value="Gray" | United States | ||||
| Magic Hunter | Büvös vadász | data-sort-value="Enyedi" | Hungary, France, Switzerland | |||
| Natural Born Killers | data-sort-value="Stone" | United States | ||||
| Il branco | data-sort-value="Risi" | Italy | ||||
| Pigalle | data-sort-value="Dridi" | France | ||||
| data-sort-value="Shadow" | A Shadow You Soon Will Be | data-sort-value="Sombra" | Una sombra ya pronto serás | data-sort-value="Olivera" | Argentina | |
| Somebody to Love | data-sort-value="Rockwell" | United States | ||||
| data-sort-value="Tit" | The Tit and the Moon | data-sort-value="Teta" | La Teta y la luna | data-sort-value="Luna" | Spain | |
| Two Brothers, My Sister | Três Irmãos | data-sort-value="Villaverd" | Portugal | |||
| Vive L'Amour | 愛情萬歲 | data-sort-value="Ming-liang" | Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan | ||
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone
Xia Yu for In the Heat of the Sun
Maria de Medeiros for Três Irmãos