This was Àlex Gorina's final year as Festival director. The Festival opened with Small Soldiers, presented by its director, Joe Dante. The closing featured the film Apt Pupil, and was accompanied by its young lead actor, Brad Renfro. Asia Argento visited us as the star of New Rose Hotel, the bold adaptation of a William Gibson story as conceived by Abel Ferrara. Roger Corman received a well-deserved tribute, and a comprehensive retrospective was dedicated to French genius Alain Resnais. And other tributes were also paid to B-movie veteran Bert I. Gordon and Italian filmmaker Riccardo Freda.
