- Source: 49th Venice International Film Festival
The 49th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 to 12 September 1992.
American actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper and Czech filmmaker Jirí Menzel were the Jury Co-Presidents of the Main Competition.
The Golden Lion winner was The Story of Qiu Ju directed by Zhang Yimou
Jury
= Main Competition
=The following people comprised the 1992 jury:
Dennis Hopper, American actor and filmmaker - Jury Co-President
Jirí Menzel, Czechoslovak filmmaker - Jury Co-President
Gianni Amelio, Italian filmmaker
Anne Brochet, French actress
Neil Jordan, Irish filmmaker and writer
Hanif Kureishi, English writer
Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and conductor
Michael Ritchie, American filmmaker and producer
Jacques Siclier, French film historian and critic
Fernando Solanas, Argentine filmmaker and politician
Sheila Whitaker, English writer
Official Sections
= In competition
=The film selected for the festival were:
= Out of competition
== Venetian Nights
== Window on Images
== Italian Film Panorama
=Independent Sections
= Venice International Film Critics' Week
=The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
Galaxies Are Colliding by John Ryman (United States)
Oxygen Starvation (Kisneviy golod) by Andrey Donchik (Canada, Ukraine)
Klamek ji bo Beko by Nizamettin Ariç (Germany, Turkey)
The Seven Deadly Sins (Les sept péchés capitaux) by Beatriz Flores Silva, Frédéric Fonteyne, Yvan Le Moine, Geneviève Mersch, Pier-Paul Renders, Pasca Zabus, Philippe Blasbard, Olivier Smolders (France, Belgium, Luxemburg)
Leon the Pig Farmer by Gary Sinyor, Vadim Jean (United Kingdom)
Naprawde krotki film o milosci, zabijaniu i jeszcze jednym przykazaniu by Rafal Wieczynsky (Poland)
Sabine by Philippe Faucon (France)
Official Awards
= Main Competition
=Golden Lion: The Story of Qiu Ju by Yimou Zhang
Grand Special Jury Prize: Morte di un matematico napoletano by Mario Martone
Silver Lion:
Un coeur en hiver by Claude Sautet
Jamón, jamón by Bigas Luna
Hotel de lux by Dan Pita
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Glengarry Glen Ross
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Gong Li for The Story of Qiu Ju
= Career Golden Lion
=Francis Ford Coppola
Jeanne Moreau
Paolo Villaggio
Independent Awards
= The President of the Italian Senate's gold medal
=Guelwaar by Ousmane Sembene
= Audience Award
=Tango Argentino by Goran Paskaljević
= FIPRESCI Prize
=Un coeur en hiver by Claude Sautet
Leon the Pig Farmer by Vadim Jean
Die zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend by Edgar Reitz
= OCIC Award
=Orlando by Sally Potter
Honorable Mention:
Daens by Stijn Coninx
The Story of Qiu Ju by Li Gong
= Pietro Bianchi Award
=Marco Ferreri
= Elvira Notari Prize
=Orlando by Sally Potter
= Special Prize on Occasion of the Festival's Jubilee
=Die zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend by Edgar Reitz
References
External links
Official website
Venice Film Festival 1992 Awards on IMDb