42nd Berlin International Film Festival

The 42nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1992. The festival opened with The Inner Circle by Andrei Konchalovsky.

The Golden Bear was awarded to American film Grand Canyon directed by Lawrence Kasdan.

The retrospective dedicated to Babelsberg Studios films was shown at the festival.

Jury
The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival:
 * Annie Girardot, French actress - Jury President
 * Charles Champlin, American writer and film critic
 * Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress and filmmaker
 * Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian filmmaker
 * Irving N. Ivers, Canadian 20th Century Fox executive
 * Wolfgang Klaue, German archivist, former president of FIAF
 * Fernando Lara, Spanish film critic and writer
 * Eldar Shengelaya, Georgian filmmaker
 * Dahlia Shapira, Israeli film distributor
 * Michael Verhoeven, German actor, filmmaker and producer
 * Susannah York, British actress

Main Competition
The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards:

Official Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:
 * Golden Bear: Grand Canyon by Lawrence Kasdan
 * Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe by István Szabó
 * Silver Bear for Best Director: Jan Troell for Il capitano
 * Silver Bear for Best Actress: Maggie Cheung for Center Stage
 * Silver Bear for Best Actor: Armin Mueller-Stahl for Utz
 * Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement: Ricardo Larraín for La frontera
 * Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution: Beltenebros
 * Honourable Mention: Gudrun by Hans W. Geißendörfer
 * Alfred-Bauer Prize: Infinitas by Marlen Khutsiev

Berlinale Camera

 * Hal Roach

FIPRESCI Award

 * A Tale of Winter by Eric Rohmer