# 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 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 [fr], French film historian and critic
* Fernando Solanas, Argentine filmmaker and politician
* Sheila Whitaker, English writer

## Official Sections
### Main Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition for the Golden Lion:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Absence | Die Abwesenheit | Peter Handke | Germany |
| Acla's Descent into Floristella | La discesa di Aclà a Floristella | Aurelio Grimaldi | Italy |
| Brothers and Sisters | Fratelli e sorelle | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Chasing Butterflies | La Chasse aux papillons | Otar Iosseliani | France |
| Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician | Morte di un matematico napoletano | Mario Martone | Italy |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | Glengarry Glen Ross | James Foley | United States |
| Guelwaar | Guelwaar | Ousmane Sembène | Senegal, France |
| Ham Ham | Jamón Jamón | Bigas Luna | Spain |
| A Heart in Winter | Un cœur en hiver | Claude Sautet | France |
| In the Soup | In the Soup | Alexandre Rockwell | United States |
| L.627 | L.627 | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| The Last Dive | O Último Mergulho | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| Luxury Hotel | Hotel de Lux | Dan Pița | Romania |
| Olivier, Olivier | Olivier, Olivier | Agnieszka Holland | France |
| Orlando | Orlando | Sally Potter | United Kingdom |
| The Plague | La Peste | Luis Puenzo | Argentina |
| Raising Cain | Raising Cain | Brian De Palma | United States |
| The Sentimental Policeman | Чувствительный милиционер | Kira Muratova | Ukraine, France |
| The Story of Qiu Ju | 秋菊打官司 | Zhang Yimou | China |
| The Waltz on the Petschora | ვალსი პეჩორაზე | Lana Gogoberidze | Georgia |
| The Well | Kaivo | Pekka Lehto | Finland |

### Out of competition

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Flight of the Innocent | La corsa dell'innocente | Carlo Carlei | Italy |
| Heimat 2 | Die zweite Heimat | Edgar Reitz | Germany |

### Venetian Nights

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Crying Game | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | Ireland |
| Daens | Daens | Stijn Coninx | Belgium |
| A Midnight Clear | A Midnight Clear | Keith Gordon | United States |
| Minbo | ミンボーの女 | Jūzō Itami | Japan |
| Moscow Parade | Прорва | Ivan Dykhovichnyj | Russia |
| Non chiamarmi Omar | Non chiamarmi Omar | Sergio Staino | Italy |
| Patriot Games | Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | United States |
| The Playboys | The Playboys | Gillies MacKinnon | United Kingdom |
| The Public Eye | The Public Eye | Howard Franklin | United States |
| The Stolen Diary | Le cahier volé | Christine Lipinska | France |

### Window on Images

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| About Love, Tokyo | 愛について、東京 | Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Japan |
| Antonia and Jane | Antonia and Jane | Beeban Kidron | United Kingdom |
| Heaven Rises | El cielo sube | Marc Recha | Spain |
| Painted Skin | 畫皮之陰陽法王 | King Hu | China |
| Incident at Oglala | Incident at Oglala | Michael Apted | United States |
| The Southern Cross | La cruz del sur | Patricio Guzmán | Spain |
| Monster in a Box | Monster in a Box | Nick Broomfield | United Kingdom |
| On the Bridge | On the Bridge | Frank Perry | United States |
| Roncsfilm | Roncsfilm | György Szomjas | Hungary |
| Tango Argentino | Tango Argentino | Goran Paskaljević | Yugoslavia |

### Italian Film Panorama

| English title | Original title | Director(s) |
| Un'altra vita | Un'altra vita | Carlo Mazzacurati |
| Donne sottotetto | Donne sottotetto | Roberto Giannarelli |
| Going South | Verso Sud | Pasquale Pozzessere |
| Manila Paloma Blanca | Manila Paloma Blanca | Daniele Segre |
| Nero | Nero | Giancarlo Soldi |
| Quattro figli unici | Quattro figli unici | Fulvio Wetzl |
| Trittico di Antonello | Trittico di Antonello | Francesco Crescimone |
| We Wanted to Be U2 | Volevamo essere gli U2 | Andrea Barzini |
| Who Wants to Kill Sara? | Tutti gli uomini di Sara | Gianpaolo Tescari |

## 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: Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician by Mario Martone
* Silver Lion:
** A Heart in Winter by Claude Sautet
** Jamón jamón by Bigas Luna
** Luxury Hotel 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