# 47th Venice International Film Festival

The 47th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 September 1990.
American writer Gore Vidal was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion winner was Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead directed by Tom Stoppard.

## Jury

The following people comprised the 1990 jury:
* Gore Vidal, American writer - Jury President
* María Luisa Bemberg, Argentine filmmaker and actress
* Edoardo Bruno, Italian film critic
* Gilles Jacob, French film critic
* Alberto Lattuada, Italian director
* Kira Muratova, Soviet filmmaker
* Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor
* Ula Stöckl, West German filmmaker and actress
* Anna-Lena Wibom

## Official Sections
### In Competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The African Woman | Die Rückkehr | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany, Italy |
| An Angel at My Table | An Angel at My Table | Jane Campion | New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, United States |
| Boys on the Outside | Ragazzi fuori | Marco Risi | Italy |
| Collapse | Raspad | Mikhail Belikov | Soviet Union |
| Farewell to Autumn | Pozegnanie jesieni | Mariusz Trelinski | Poland |
| The Gamblers | Spieler | Dominik Graf | West Germany |
| Goodfellas | Goodfellas | Martin Scorsese | United States |
| I Hired a Contract Killer | I Hired a Contract Killer | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Sweden |
| Karartma geceleri | Karartma geceleri | Yusuf Kurcenly | Turkey |
| Laura Adler's Last Love Affair | אהבתה האחרונה של לורה אדלר | Avraham Heffner | Israel |
| Martha and I | Marta a já | Jiri Weiss | Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
| Mo' Better Blues | Mo' Better Blues | Spike Lee | United States |
| The Moon in the Mirror | La luna en el espejo | Silvio Caiozzi | Chile |
| Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | James Ivory | United Kingdom |
| No Fear, No Die | S'en fout la mort | Claire Denis | France |
| The Only Witness | Edinstveniyat svidetel | Mikhail Pandoursky | Bulgaria |
| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | United Kingdom |
| Sirup | Sirup | Helle Ryslinge | Denmark |
| Tales of a Golden Geisha | あげまん | Juzo Itami | Japan |
| Traces of an Amorous Life | Tracce di vita amorosa | Peter Del Monte | Italy |
| Walls | Mathilukal | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | India |

### Out of Competition

* Dovidenia v pekle, prijatelia directed by Juraj Jakubisko (Czechoslovakia, Italy)
* Henry and June directed by Philip Kaufman (United States)
* Romeo.Juliet directed by Armando Acosta (Belgium)
* Dick Tracy directed by Warren Beatty (United States)
* The Company of Strangers directed by Cynthia Scott (Canada)
* Blood Oath directed by Stephen Wallace (Australia)
* Il y a des jours... et des lunes directed by Claude Lelouch (France)
* I taràssachi directed by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Rocco Mortelliti, Fulvio Ottaviano (Italy)
* Dancin' Thru the Dark directed by Mike Ockrent (United Kingdom)
* Un week-end sur deux directed by Nicole Garcia (France)
* Shakha Proshakha directed by Satyajit Ray (India)

## Independent Sections
### Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
* Boom Boom by Rosa Vergés (Spain)
* Cold Light of Day by Fiona Louise (United Kingdom)
* December (Dicembre) by Antonio Monda (Italy)
* La Discrète by Christian Vincent (France)
* He’s Still There by Halfdan O. Hussie (United States)
* Under a Sky of Blue (Pod nebom golubym) by Vitaliy Dudin (Soviet Union)
* The Station (La Stazione) by Sergio Rubini (Italy)
* Winckelmann's Travels [de] (Winckelmanns Reisen) by Jan Schütte (West Germany)

## Official Awards
### Main Competition

* Golden Lion: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
* Grand Special Jury Prize: An Angel at My Table by Jane Campion
* Silver Lion:
** Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
** Best Screenplay: Helle Ryslinge for Sirup
* Silver Osella:
** Best Cinematography: Marco Risi for Boys on the Outside
** Best Editing: Dominique Auvray for No Fear, No Die
** Best Original Music: Valeri Milovansky for The Only Witness
* Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Oleg Borisov for The Only Witness
* Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Gloria Münchmeyer for The Moon in the Mirror

## Independent Awards
### The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

* Raspad by Mikhail Belikov

### Audience Award

* Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas

### Golden Ciak

* Best Film: Mr. & Mrs. Bridge by James Ivory
* Best Actress: Marianne Sägebrecht for Martha and I

### FIPRESCI Prize

* Mathilukal by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

### Premio La Navicella Venezia Cinema

* The Only Witness by Michail Pandurski

### OCIC Award

* An Angel at My Table by Jane Campion
** Honorable Mention: I, the Worst of All (Yo, la peor de todas) by María Luisa Bemberg

### UNICEF Award

* Mathilukal by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

### Pasinetti Award

* Best Film: Mr. & Mrs. Bridge by James Ivory
* Best Actor: Richard Dreyfuss for Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
* Best Actress: Stefania Sandrelli for The African Woman

### Pietro Bianchi Award

* Ettore Scola

### Little Golden Lion

* An Angel at My Table by Jane Campion

### Elvira Notari Prize

* An Angel at My Table by Jane Campion

### Bastone Bianco Award

* An Angel at My Table by Jane Campion
* Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese
** Special Mention: Mo' Better Blues by Spike Lee

### Kodak-Cinecritica Award

* The Station (La stazione) by Sergio Rubini

### UCCA Venticittà Award

* Cold Light of Day by Fhiona-Louise
** Special Mention: Under a Sky of Blue by Vitali Dudin