At the 1993 Cannes Film Festival , the film shared the '' Palme d'Or '' , with Chen Kaige 's '' Farewell My Concubine '' , with Campion becoming the first woman to win the honour . Aside from being the first woman to win the highest Cannes honour , she was the first filmmaker from New Zealand to achieve this . Holly Hunter also received the Best Actress Award . In 1994 , the film won three Academy Awards : Best Actress ( Holly Hunter ) , Best Supporting Actress ( Anna Paquin ) and Best Original Screenplay ( Jane Campion ) . Anna Paquin was the second youngest person ( after Tatum O'Neal ) to win an Academy Award
1993 Cannes Film Festival
1993 Cannes Film Festival
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