The final installment of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors trilogy premiered at Cannes on 12 May 1994.
All three films were written (with former lawyer Krzysztof Piesiewicz), produced, and edited in 3 years and had their respective premieres at the film festivals in Venice, Berlin, and Cannes. The trilogy took Kieślowski from a well-respected European director, to an international master. Red was the final film the 52-year-old made (he died in 1996 during open heart surgery).
Red was nominated for 3 Academy Awards - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography (Piotr Sobociński). It appeared on numerous "best of year" lists (#1 by both the LA Times and The Washington Post) and has been named as one of the best films of the 20th Century and one of the best French-speaking films of all time.
