49th Venice International Film Festival

The 49th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 to 12 September 1992.[1][2] American actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper and Czech filmmaker Jiří Menzel were the Jury Co-Presidents of the Main Competition.

49th Venice International Film Festival
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion:
The Story of Qiu Ju
Festival date1 – 12 September 1992
WebsiteWebsite
Venice Film Festival chronology

The Golden Lion winner was The Story of Qiu Ju by Zhang Yimou.

Jury

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Main Competition

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The following people comprised the 1992 jury:[3]

Official Sections

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Main Competition

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The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Lion:[4]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The AbsenceDie AbwesenheitPeter HandkeGermany
Acla's Descent into FloristellaLa discesa di Aclà a FloristellaAurelio GrimaldiItaly
Brothers and SistersFratelli e sorellePupi Avati
Chasing Butterflies La Chasse aux papillonsOtar IosselianiFrance
Death of a Neapolitan MathematicianMorte di un matematico napoletanoMario MartoneItaly
Glengarry Glen RossJames FoleyUnited States
GuelwaarOusmane SembèneSenegal, France
Ham HamJamón JamónBigas LunaSpain
A Heart in WinterUn cœur en hiverClaude SautetFrance
In the SoupAlexandre RockwellUnited States
L.627Bertrand TavernierFrance
The Last DiveO Último MergulhoJoão César MonteiroPortugal
Luxury HotelHotel de LuxDan PițaRomania
Olivier, OlivierAgnieszka HollandFrance
OrlandoSally PotterUnited Kingdom
The PlagueLa PesteLuis PuenzoArgentina
Raising CainBrian De PalmaUnited States
The Sentimental PolicemanЧувствительный милиционерKira MuratovaUkraine, France
The Story of Qiu Ju秋菊打官司Zhang YimouChina
The Waltz on the Petschoraვალსი პეჩორაზეLana GogoberidzeGeorgia
The WellKaivoPekka LehtoFinland

Out of competition

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Flight of the InnocentLa corsa dell'innocenteCarlo CarleiItaly
Heimat 2Die zweite HeimatEdgar ReitzGermany

Venetian Nights

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Crying GameNeil JordanIreland
DaensStijn ConinxBelgium
A Midnight ClearKeith GordonUnited States
Minboミンボーの女Jūzō ItamiJapan
Moscow ParadeПрорваIvan DykhovichnyjRussia
Non chiamarmi OmarSergio StainoItaly
Patriot GamesPhillip NoyceUnited States
The PlayboysGillies MacKinnonUnited Kingdom
The Public EyeHoward FranklinUnited States
The Stolen DiaryLe cahier voléChristine LipinskaFrance

Window on Images

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English title Original title Director(s) Production country
About Love, Tokyo愛について、東京Mitsuo YanagimachiJapan
Antonia and JaneBeeban KidronUnited Kingdom
Heaven RisesEl cielo subeMarc RechaSpain
Painted Skin畫皮之陰陽法王King HuChina
Incident at OglalaMichael AptedUnited States
The Southern CrossLa cruz del surPatricio GuzmánSpain
Monster in a BoxNick BroomfieldUnited Kingdom
On the BridgeFrank PerryUnited States
RoncsfilmGyörgy SzomjasHungary
Tango ArgentinoGoran PaskaljevićYugoslavia

Italian Film Panorama

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English title Original title Director(s)
Un'altra vitaCarlo Mazzacurati
Donne sottotettoRoberto Giannarelli
Going SouthVerso SudPasquale Pozzessere
Manila Paloma BlancaDaniele Segre
NeroGiancarlo Soldi
Quattro figli uniciFulvio Wetzl
Trittico di AntonelloFrancesco Crescimone
We Wanted to Be U2Volevamo essere gli U2Andrea Barzini
Who Wants to Kill Sara?Tutti gli uomini di SaraGianpaolo Tescari

Independent Sections

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Venice International Film Critics' Week

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The following feature films were selected to be screened for this section:[5][6]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Galaxies Are CollidingJohn RymanUnited States
Klamek ji bo BekoNizamettin AriçGermany, Turkey
Leon the Pig FarmerGary Sinyor, Vadim JeanUnited Kingdom
Less Dead Than the OthersMinder dood dan de AnderenFrans BuyensBelgium
Naprawde krotki film o milosci, zabijaniu i jeszcze jednym przykazaniuRafal WieczynskyPoland
Oxygen StarvationKisneviy golodAndrey DonchikCanada, Ukraine
SabinePhilippe FauconFrance
The Seven Deadly SinsLes sept péchés capitauxBeatriz Flores Silva, Frédéric Fonteyne, Yvan Le Moine, Geneviève Mersch, Pier-Paul Renders, Pasca Zabus, Philippe Blasbard, Olivier SmoldersFrance, Belgium, Luxemburg
Special screenings
Amblin' (1968)Steven SpielbergUnited States
Sunday's ChildrenSöndagsbarnDaniel BergmanSweden
The Valley of StoneLa valle di pietra - KalksteinMaurizio ZaccaroItaly

Official Awards

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Independent Awards

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References

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  1. "VENICE 1992 - THE 49th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. "Il programma dei 12 giorni". La Stampa. 1 September 1992. p. 16.
  5. "49. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica (1992)". Venice Biennale. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  6. "9th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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