48th Venice International Film Festival
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Close to Eden |
| Festival date | 3 – 14 September 1991 |
| Website | Website |
The 48th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 3 to 14 September 1991.[1][2]
Italian film critic Gian Luigi Rondi was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion winner was Close to Eden directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.
Jury
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]The following people comprised the 1991 jury:[3]
- Gian Luigi Rondi, Italian film critic and screenwriter - Jury President
- Jim Belushi, American actor
- Silvia D'Amico Bendicò, Italian
- John Boorman, British filmmaker
- Michel Ciment, French film critic
- Moritz de Hadeln, Swiss director and photographer
- Naum Kleiman, Soviet film critic
- Oja Kodar, Croatian actress and filmmaker
- Pilar Miró, Spanish filmmaker
Official Sections
[edit]In Competition
[edit]Out of Competition
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends | Tristram Powell | United Kingdom | |
| Anima Mundi | Godfrey Reggio | United States, Italy | |
| Atlantis | Luc Besson | France | |
| Cup Final | גמר גביע | Eran Riklis | Israel |
| Dawn | L'alba | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| Regarding Henry | Mike Nichols | United States | |
| Rossini! Rossini! | Mario Monicelli | Italy | |
| Sand Screens | Écrans de sable | Randa Chahal Sabag | France |
| The Sergeant | Goroohban | Masoud Kimiai | Iran |
| The Stranger | Agantuk | Satyajit Ray | India |
| Special events | |||
| I Dreamt I Woke Up | John Boorman | Ireland | |
| Kyoto, My Mother's Place | Nagisa Ôshima | Japan | |
Fuoriprogramma
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abschied vom Drehbuch | Petra Seeger | Germany | |
| Corsica! | Nico Cirasola, Gianfrancesco Lazotti, Giorgio Molteni, Italo Spinelli, Pasquale Squitieri | Italy | |
| Esquizo | Ricardo Bofill | Spain | |
| The Gulf War... What Next? | Harb el khalij... wa baad | Borhane Alaouié, Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Nouri Bouzid, Mostafa Derkaoui, Elia Suleiman | Tunisia, Italy, United Kingdom, France |
| Il mito di Cinecittà | Giovanna Gagliardo | Italy | |
| The Woman God Forgot (1917) | Cecil B. DeMille | United States | |
Mattinate del Cinema Italiano
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 600 Days of Salo | I 600 giorni di Salò | Nicola Caracciolo, Valerio Marino | Italy |
| Ask for the Moon | Chiedi la luna | Giuseppe Piccioni | |
| Barocco | Claudio Sestieri | ||
| Crack | Giulio Base | ||
| Faccia di lepre | Liliana Ginanneschi | ||
| The Martello Case | Il caso Martello | Guido Chiesa | |
| Starry Night | Notte di stelle | Luigi Faccini | |
| Sweet War, Farewell | Uova di garofano | Silvano Agosti | |
| Where the Night Begins | Dove comincia la notte | Maurizio Zaccaro | |
Independent Sections
[edit]Venice International Film Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[6]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Railway Bar | Bar des rails | Cédric Kahn | France |
| Drive | Jefery Levy | United States | |
| The Sky Above Paris | Le ciel de Paris | Michel Béna | France |
| Nowhere Man | Muno no hito | Naoto Takenaka | Japan |
| Clouds | Nuvem | Ana Luísa Guimarães | Portugal |
| The Intruder | Razlucnica | Amir Karakulov | Soviet Union |
| Scorpion’s Garden | Sady skorpiona | Oleg Kovalov | Soviet Union |
| Vito And The Others | Vito e gli altri | Antonio Capuano | Italy |
| Waiting | Jackie McKimmie | Australia, United Kingdom | |
| Special events | |||
| The Fall of Berlin (1950) | Падение Берлина | Mikheil Chiaureli | Soviet Union |
Official Awards
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]- Golden Lion: Close to Eden by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Grand Special Jury Prize: A Divina Comédia by Manoel de Oliveira
- Silver Lion:
- Golden Osella:
- Best Screenplay: Mississippi Masala by Sooni Taraporevala
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: River Phoenix for My Own Private Idaho
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Tilda Swinton Edward II
Career Golden Lion
[edit]Independent Awards
[edit]The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
[edit]Golden Ciak
[edit]- Best Film: Mississippi Masala by Mira Nair
- Best Actor: Vittorio Mezzogiorno for Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
- Best Actress: Glenn Close for Meeting Venus
FIPRESCI Prize
[edit]- Nowhere Man by Naoto Takenaka
OCIC Award
[edit]- Close to Eden by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Honorable Mention:
- Luigi Faccini
- Honorable Mention:
Pasinetti Award
[edit]- Best Film: Close to Eden by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Best Actor: Vittorio Mezzogiorno for Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein
- Best Actress: Mercedes Ruehl for The Fisher King
Pietro Bianchi Award
[edit]Little Golden Lion
[edit]Evira Notari Prize
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "VENICE 1991 – THE 48TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Venezia: un'arena per leoni di razza". La Stampa. No. 176. 3 August 1991. p. 19.
- ^ "48. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica". Labiennale.org. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
- ^ "8th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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