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
Main Competition
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
In Competition
Out of Competition
| 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
| 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
| 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
Venice International Film Critics' Week
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
Main Competition
- 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 for Edward II
Career Golden Lion
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
Golden Ciak
- 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
- Nowhere Man by Naoto Takenaka
OCIC Award
- Close to Eden by Nikita Mikhalkov
- Honorable Mention:
- Luigi Faccini
- Honorable Mention:
Pasinetti Award
- 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
Little Golden Lion
Evira Notari Prize
References
- ^ "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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