50th Venice International Film Festival
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| Location | Venice, Italy |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 31 August – 11 September 1993 |
| Website | Website |
The 50th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 31 August to 11 September 1993.[1][2]
Jury[]
The following people comprised the 1993 jury:[3]
- Peter Weir (head of jury)
- Mohamed Camara
- Carla Gravina
- James Ivory
- Kaige Chen
- Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Abdulah Sidran
- Giuseppe Tornatore
Official selection[]
In competition[]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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| 1, 2, 3, Sun | Un, deux, trois, soleil | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Alas for Me | Hélas pour moi | Jean-Luc Godard | France |
| Bad Boy Bubby | Rolf de Heer | Australia, Italy | |
| Chatterbox | Za zui zi | Liu Miaomiao | China |
| Conversation with a Cupboard Man | Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy | Poland | |
| Dangerous Game | Snake Eyes | Abel Ferrara | Italy, USA |
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Gus Van Sant | United States | |
| Here on Earth | Aqui na Terra | João Botelho | Portugal, UK |
| I Don't Want to Talk About It | De eso no se habla | María Luisa Bemberg | Argentina, Italy |
| N/A | Kosh ba kosh | Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov | Tajikistan, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, Japan |
| Next Time the Fire | La prossima volta il fuoco | Fabio Carpi | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Outrage! | ¡Dispara! | Carlos Saura | Spain, Italy |
| Shadow of a Doubt | L'ombre du doute | Aline Issermann | France |
| Short Cuts | Robert Altman | United States | |
| A Soul Split in Two | Un'anima divisa in due | Silvio Soldini | Italy, Switzerland, France |
| Temptation of a Monk | You Cheng | Clara Law | Hong Kong |
| Three Colors: Blue | Trois couleurs : Bleu | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France, Poland, Switzerland |
| Where Are You? I'm Here | Dove siete? Io sono qui | Liliana Cavani | Italy |
Out of competition[]
- The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese)
- A Bronx Tale (Robert De Niro)
- Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg)
- The Secret of the Old Woods (Ermanno Olmi)
- Manhattan Murder Mystery (Woody Allen)
Special Screenings[]
- Pursued (restored, Raoul Walsh)
- La naissance de l'amour (Philippe Garrel)
- Johnny Guitar (restored, Nicholas Ray)
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- (Joe Comerford)
- (Kon Ichikawa)
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (Steven Zaillian)
- Fermière à Montfaucon (Éric Rohmer)
- L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque (Éric Rohmer)
- (Sándor Sára)
- The Hollow Men (Joseph Kay, )
- La estrategia del caracol (Sergio Cabrera)
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Venetian Nights[]
- (Patrick Grandperret)
- Posse (Mario Van Peebles)
- (Juanma Bajo Ulloa)
- In the Line of Fire (Wolfgang Petersen)
- Diki Vostok (Rachid Nougmanov)
- What' s Love Got to Do with It (Brian Gibson)
- The Fugitive (Andrew Davis)
- Boxing Helena (Jennifer Chambers Lynch)
- Kalifornia (Dominic Sena)
- Dave (Ivan Reitman)
- Quattro bravi ragazzi ()
Italian Panorama[]
- Il giorno di San Sebastiano (Pasquale Scimeca)
- Condannato a nozze (Giuseppe Piccioni)
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- Mille bolle blu (Leone Pompucci)
- Lest (Giulio Base)
Window on Images[]
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- Hercules Returns (David Parker)
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- Strapped (Forest Whitaker)
- Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family (, )
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- Manhattan by Numbers (Amir Naderi)
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- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (François Girard)
- Metisse (Mathieu Kassovitz)
- Bells from the Deep (Werner Herzog)
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- (Jane Weinstock)
- Echoes of Time ()
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- (Veit Helmer)
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- (Brian Cox)
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- Otonal (Maria Novaro)
- Swan Song (Kenneth Branagh)
Autonomous sections[]
Venice International Film Critics' Week[]
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- Il Tuffo by (Italy)[5]
- Son of the Shark (Le fils du requin) by Agnès Merlet (France)
- Moonlight Boy (Yue guang shao nian) by (Taiwan)[6]
- New Germany (Neues Deutschland) by Philip Gröning, Uwe Janson, , Dani Levy, (Germany)
- Public Access by Bryan Singer (United States)
- Suppli by (Italy)[7]
- Touchia by (Algeria)
Awards[]
Marcello Mastroianni, Volpi Cup Best Supporting Actor winner at 50th Venice International Film Festival
- Golden Lion:
- Short Cuts (Robert Altman)
- Three Colours: Blue (Krzysztof Kieślowski)
- Silver Lion:
- Special Jury Prize:
- Golden Osella:
- Best Cinematography: Slawomir Idziak (Three Colors: Blue)
- Best Music: Cheb Khaled (1, 2, 3, Sun)
- Volpi Cup:
- Best Actor: Fabrizio Bentivoglio (Un'anima divisa in due)
- Best Actress: Juliette Binoche (Three Colors: Blue)
- Best Supporting Actor: Marcello Mastroianni (1, 2, 3, Sun)
- Best Supporting Actress: Anna Bonaiuto (Dove siete? Io sono qui)
- Best Ensemble Cast: Short Cuts
- The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
- Za zui zi (Miaomiao Liu)
- Career Golden Lion:
- Claudia Cardinale
- Robert De Niro
- Roman Polanski
- Steven Spielberg
- Pietro Bianchi Award:
- Elvira Notari Prize:
- The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, Michelle Pfeiffer)
- Grand Prize of the European Academy:
- AIACE Award:
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References[]
- ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - 1993". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "10th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Massimo Martella on IMDb
- ^ Wei-Yen Yu on IMDb
- ^ Vincenzo Verdecchi on IMDb
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