1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film Winner and Nominees

The Piano

Jane Campion

In the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.

Like Water for Chocolate

Alfonso Arau

Naked

Mike Leigh

Orlando

Sally Potter

The Story of Qiu Ju

Yimou Zhang