1992

At the Summer Gala, Oliver Stone receives the Director of the Decade Award. The Festival honors Jack Lemmon, Indian director Shyam Benegal, Israeli director Dan Wolman, documentarian Arthur Cohn, and Kathleen Turner. Alfonso Arau’s Like Water for Chocolate premieres, and the Festival presents Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and Baz Luhrman’s first feature film, Strictly Ballroom. The Education Outreach Program is launched, providing free film screenings to Chicago Public School students during the Festival.