The 45th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1992. French actor Gérard Depardieu served as jury president for the main competition.
Swedish filmmaker Bille August won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the drama-film The Best Intentions.
The festival opened with Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven, and closed with Far and Away by Ron Howard.
Juries
Main competition
- Gérard Depardieu, French actor - Jury President
- Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker
- John Boorman, British filmmaker
- René Cleitman, French
- Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
- Carlo Di Palma, Italian cinematographer
- Nana Jorjadze, Georgian filmmaker
- Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan filmmaker
- Serge Toubiana, French
- Joële Van Effenterre, French
Camera d'Or
- André Delvaux, Belgian filmmaker - Jury President
- Olivier Bauer, French actor
- Gian Piero Brunetta, Italian journalist
- Pierre Favre, French film critic
- Richard Hasselmann, French cinephile
- João Lopes, Portuguese journalist
- David Meeker, British foreign delegate
- Gérard Mordillat, French director
Official selection
In Competition
The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
Short Films Competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique):
Feature film competition
Short film competition
- Floating by Richard Heslop (United Kingdom)
- Home Stories by Matthias Müller (Germany)
- Les Marionnettes by Marc Chevrie (France)
- Le Petit chat est mort by Fejria Deliba (France)
- Revolver by Chester Dent (United Kingdom)
- The Room by Jeff Balsmeyer (United States)
- Sprickan by Kristian Petri (Sweden)
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):
Short films
- LâÂÂautre Célia by Irène Jouannet
- F.X. Messerschmidt sculpteur (1736-1783) by Marino Vagliano
- Juliette by Didier Bivel
- Le Trou de la corneille by François Hanss
- Léa by Christophe Debuisne
- Pilotes by Olivier Zagar
- Versailles Rive Gauche by Bruno Podalydès
- Voleur dâÂÂimages by Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Official Awards
In Competition
Independent Awards
Commission Supérieure Technique
Award of the Youth
International Critics' Week
References
Media
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