The 48th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 3 to 14 September 1991.
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: 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 sources: In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country 30 Door Key Ferdydurke Jerzy Skolimowski Poland The Beach of Lost Children La plage des enfants perdus Jillali Ferhati Morocco, France Chatarra Félix Rotaeta Spain Close to Eden (Urga) У́рга — территория любви Nikita Mikhalkov Soviet Union The Divine Comedy A Divina Comédia Manoel de Oliveira Portugal Edward II Derek Jarman United Kingdom The Fisher King Terry Gilliam United States Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Allemagne 90 neuf zéro Jean-Luc Godard France I Don't Hear the Guitar Anymore J'entends plus la guitare Philippe Garrel France The Invisible Wall Il muro di gomma Marco Risi Italy Just Beyond This Forest Jeszcze tylko ten las Jan Łomnicki Poland Meeting Venus István Szabó United Kingdom, France, Italy Mississippi Masala Mira Nair United States My Own Private Idaho Gus Van Sant Necessary Love L'amore necessario Fabio Carpi Italy Night and Day Nuit et Jour Chantal Akerman Belgium Prospero's Books Peter Greenaway United Kingdom Raise the Red Lantern 大紅燈籠高高掛 Zhang Yimou China, Hong Kong Scream of Stone Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein Werner Herzog Germany, France, Canada, Italy The Secret Face Gizli Yüz Ömer Kavur TurkeyA Simple Story Una storia semplice Emidio Greco Italy Walking a Tightrope Les Équilibristes Nicos Papatakis France
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 IndiaSpecial events I Dreamt I Woke Up John Boorman IrelandKyoto, 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: 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 hitoNaoto 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 CapuanoItaly Waiting Jackie McKimmie Australia, United KingdomSpecial 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: The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam Raise the Red Lantern by Yimou Zhang J'entends plus la guitare by Philippe Garrel 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 Gian Maria Volonté
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal Jean-Luc Godard for Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro
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
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 Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani
Little Golden Lion The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
Evira Notari Prize Raise the Red Lantern by Yimou Zhang
References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1991 Awards on IMDb