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The Piano
Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 1993
1994 Academy Awards (United States)
Original Screenplay: Jane Campion
Best Leading Actress: Holly Hunter
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Paquin
Nominated for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Editing, and Costume Design
1994 Bafta Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Awards)
Best Actress: Holly Hunter
Production Design: Andrew McAlpine
Costume Design: Janet Patterson
Nominated for Best Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, and Sound
1994 Golden Globes
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama: Holly Hunter
Nominated for Best Drama, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin) and Original Score
1993 Cannes Film Festival (France)
Winner of the grand prize, the Palme d’Or (shared with Chinese feature Farewell My Concubine) - the first female winner since the festival began in 1946
Best Actress: Holly Hunter
1993 Australian Film Institute Awards
Best Film
Director: Jane Campion
Original Screenplay: Jane Campion
Lead Actress: Holly Hunter
Lead Actor: Harvey Keitel
Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
Editing: Veronika Jenet
Production Design: Andrew McAlpine
Costume Design: Janet Patterson
Original Score: Michael Nyman
Sound: Lee Smith, Tony Johnson, Gethin Creagh, Peter Townend and Annabelle Sheehan
Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Sam Neill) and Supporting Actress (Kerry Walker)
1994 Writers Guild of America Awards
Best Original Screenplay: Jane Campion
1994 Independent Spirit Awards (United States)
Best Foreign Film
1994 Cesar Awards (France)
Best Foreign Film
1994 Producers Guild of America Awards
Most Promising Motion Picture Producer: Jan Chapman
1994 National Society of Film Critics Awards (United States)
Best Screenplay: Jane Campion
Best Actress: Holly Hunter
1994 London Critics Circle Film Awards
Film of the Year
Actress of the Year: Holly Hunter
1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director: Jane Campion
Screenplay: Jane Campion
Actor: Holly Hunter
Supporting Actress: Anna Paquin
Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
1994 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Director: Jane Campion
Screenplay: Jane Campion
Actress: Holly Hunter
1994 Directors Guild of America
Nominated for Outstanding Motion Picture Director
1994 American Cinema Editors
Nominated for Best Editing
1994 American Society of Cinematographers
Nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
1993 British Society of Cinematographers
Nominated for Best Cinematography
1993 National Board of Review (United States)
Best Actress: Holly Hunter
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Behind the scenes on The Piano
The Edge - Holly Hunter interview
Holly Hunter briefly discusses her role in the film
The Edge - Jane Campion interview
Jane Campion interviewed in 1993
The Heart Dances - The Journey of The Piano: the Ballet
Trailer of a ballet adaptation of The Piano
The Power of the Dog
Another Jane Campion feature shot in New Zealand
Peel
Another Cannes winner directed by Jane Campion
Ashkenazy in Concert
A performance by a famous pianist
Mesmerized
Jodie Foster plays a woman in an arranged marriage
Closer
A short film featuring a deaf teenage boy
New Zealand Centenary of Cinema - Greg Page
This short film pays tribute to The Piano
Under the Covers - Episode Three
More on the novel that some say helped inspire The Piano
An Angel at My Table
Also directed by Jane Campion
Winners & Losers: The Woman at the Store
Another dark tale of NZ colonial life
Cinema of Unease - A Personal Journey by Sam Neill
Sam Neill's take on the history of NZ film
An Immigrant Nation - Hoots Mon, The Scots in New Zealand
Documentary about Scottish immigrants
The Luminaries (promo)
Another moody period drama
Careful with that Axe
Another infamous encounter with an axe
The Grass is Greener - Sam Neill
Documentary about Sam Neill's Australian acting career
Topless Women Talk about Their Lives
Includes Germans visiting Karekare seeking Piano scenery
The Grass is Greener - Jane Campion
Early interview with director Jane Campion
Savage Play - Full Series
Another problematic 19th century relationship
Taua - War Party
More portage in the Waitakere mud
The Leading Edge
Stuart Dryburgh also shot this
Do No Harm
Another mother and daughter tale
Passionless Moments
A Cannes-selected short film directed by Jane Campion
The Living Room - Series One, Episode Eight
Featuring cameraman Alun Bollinger
The Wall
Short film from Piano casting director Diana Rowan
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Another film about imprisoned desire
The Life and Times of Te Tutu - Series One
Another beach arrival
Perfect Strangers
Sam Neill also stars in this
One Network News - 2004 Cannes Film Festival
More films that nabbed funding in Europe
In Passing
Another drama featuring Karekare beach
Dream Catchers - Full Series
Production designer Andrew McAlpine appears in episode 7
The Moon is Upside Down
Another drama with a mail order bride