50th Venice International Film Festival

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50th Venice International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion:
Short Cuts
Three Colours: Blue
Festival date31 August – 11 September 1993
Website Website
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 50th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 31 August to 11 September 1993. [1] [2]

Contents

Australian filmmaker Peter Weir was the Jury President of the main competition.

The Golden Lion winners were: Short Cuts directed by Robert Altman, and Three Colours: Blue directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski.

Jury

Main Competition

The following people comprised the 1993 jury: [3]

Official Sections

In competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
1, 2, 3, Sun Un, deux, trois, soleil Bertrand Blier France
Alas for Me Hélas pour moi Jean-Luc Godard
Bad Boy Bubby Rolf de Heer Australia, Italy
Chatterbox 杂嘴子 Liu Miaomiao China
Conversation with a Cupboard Man Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafyMariusz GrzegorzekPoland
Dangerous Game Snake Eyes Abel Ferrara Italy, United States
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Gus Van Sant United States
Here on Earth Aqui na Terra João Botelho Portugal, United Kingdom
I Don't Want to Talk About It De eso no se habla María Luisa Bemberg Argentina, Italy
Kosh ba kosh Кош-ба-кош 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 誘僧 Clara Law Hong Kong
Three Colours: 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

Special Screenings

Venetian Nights

Italian Panorama

Window on Images

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [4]

Official Awards

Marcello Mastroianni, Volpi Cup Best Supporting Actor winner at 50th Venice International Film Festival Marcello Mastroianni 01.jpg
Marcello Mastroianni, Volpi Cup Best Supporting Actor winner at 50th Venice International Film Festival

Main Competition

Career Golden Lion

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

Pietro Bianchi Award

Elvira Notari Prize

Grand Prize of the European Academy

AIACE Award

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References

  1. "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL - 1993" . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. "The 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. "Juries for the 1990s". 19 April 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. "10th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. Massimo Martella on IMDb
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  7. Vincenzo Verdecchi on IMDb