The 49th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 to 12 September 1992.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1992 jury: * Dennis Hopper (head of jury) * Jirí Menzel (head of jury) * Gianni Amelio *

Anne Brochet Anne Brochet (born 22 November 1966) is a French actress. Career Brochet has appeared in films such as ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', '' Le temps des porte-plumes'', '' 30 ans'', '' Une journée de merde!'' and '' Tous les matins du monde''. She has als ...

Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, '' Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. He won an Academ ...

* Hanif Kureishi * Ennio Morricone * Michael Ritchie * Jacques Siclier * Fernando E. Solanas *

Sheila Whitaker Sheila Hazel Whitaker

Official selection

In competition

Autonomous 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) * ''

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'' (''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 Frédéric Fonteyne (; born 9 January 1968) is a Belgian film director. He studied film at the Institut des arts de diffusion in Louvain-la-Neuve. His 2020 film '' Working Girls'' was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feat ...

, Yvan Le Moine, Geneviève Mersch, Pier-Paul Renders, Pasca Zabus, Philippe Blasbard, Olivier Smolders (France, Belgium, Luxemburg) * '' Leon the Pig Farmer'' by

Gary Sinyor Gary Sinyor (born Manchester, England, 1962) is an English film director, producer, and writer. Sinyor was raised in a Sephardic Jewish upbringing, before going on to the National Film and Television School. As the co-writer, co-producer, and ...

, Vadim Jean (United Kingdom) * ''Naprawde krotki film o milosci, zabijaniu i jeszcze jednym przykazaniu'' by Rafal Wieczynsky (Poland)Rafal Wieczynsky on IMDb
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Philippe Faucon Philippe Faucon (born 26 January 1958) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Philippe Faucon was born in Oujda, the son of a French soldier and an Algerian ''pied-noir'' mother. He grew up between Morocco and Alger ...

(France)

Awards

Golden Lion The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguis ...

: **'' The Story of Qiu Ju'' ( Yimou Zhang) * Special Jury Prize: **'' Morte di un matematico napoletano'' (

Mario Martone Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film ''L'amore molesto'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film '' Noi credevamo'' co ...

) * Silver Lion: **''

Un coeur en hiver ''A Heart in Winter'' (french: Un cœur en hiver) is a French film which was released in 1992. It stars Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil and André Dussollier. It was chosen to compete at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, where it won ...

'' ( Claude Sautet) **'' Jamón, jamón'' ( Bigas Luna) **'' Hotel de lux'' ( Dan Pita) * Volpi Cup: **Best Actor: Jack Lemmon ('' Glengarry Glen Ross'') **Best Actress:

Li Gong Gong Li (Chinese: 巩俐; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese actress. She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Gong was born in Shenyang, Liaonin ...

('' The Story of Qiu Ju'') *The President of the Italian Senate's gold medal: **'' Guelwaar'' ( Ousmane Sembene) *Career Golden Lion: ** Francis Ford Coppola ** Jeanne Moreau ** Paolo Villaggio *Audience Award: **'' Tango Argentino'' ( Goran Paskaljević) * FIPRESCI Prize: **''

'' ( Claude Sautet) **'' Leon the Pig Farmer'' ( Vadim Jean) **'' Die zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend'' ( Edgar Reitz) * OCIC Award: **'' Orlando'' ( Sally Potter) * OCIC Award - Honorable Mention: **'' Daens'' (

Stijn Coninx Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director. Career He studied film directing at HRITCS (currently Ritcs, at Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel). Baron Coninx is best known for his film '' Daens'', which was nominated for ...

) **'' The Story of Qiu Ju'' (

) *Pietro Bianchi Award: **

Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one o ...

*Elvira Notari Prize: **'' Orlando'' ( Sally Potter) *Special Prize on Occasion of the Festival's Jubilee **'' Die zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend'' ( Edgar Reitz)

References

External links

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