46th Venice International Film Festival

The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.

Soviet actor and filmmaker Andrei Smirnov was the Jury President of the main competition.

The Golden Lion winner was A City of Sadness directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Jury
The following people comprised the 1989 jury:
 * Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker - Jury President
 * Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer
 * Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
 * Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
 * Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
 * Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
 * Mariangela Melato, Italian actress
 * David Robinson, English film critic and author
 * Xie Jin, Chinese filmmaker
 * John Landis, American filmmaker

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
 * Koma (en. "Coma") by Nijole Adomenajte (Soviet Union)
 * Corsa di primavera (en. Spring Race) Giacomo Campiotti (Italy)
 * O Sangue (en. Blood) by Pedro Costa (Portugal)
 * Chameleon Street by Wendell B. Harris Jr. (United States)
 * Homebound (Kotia päin) by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (Finland)
 * Jaded by Oja Kodar (United States)
 * The Handsome Priest (Il prete bello) by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
 * Love Without Pity (Un monde sans pitié) by Éric Rochant (France)
 * Lover Boy by Geoffrey Wright (Australia)

Main Competition
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James for She's Been Away
 * Golden Lion: A City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-hsien
 * Grand Special Jury Prize: And Then There Was Light by Otar Iosseliani
 * Silver Lion:
 * Recollections of the Yellow House by João César Monteiro
 * Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai
 * Golden Osella:
 * Best Screenplay: Jules Feiffer for I Want to Go Home
 * Best Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis for Australia
 * Best Music: Claudio Mattone for Scugnizzi
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Massimo Troisi & Marcello Mastroianni for What Time Is It?

Career Golden Lion

 * Robert Bresson

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

 * Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy

Golden Ciak

 * Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
 * Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It?
 * Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Critics Week: Love Without Pity by Eric Rochant
 * Out of Competition: Dekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski

OCIC Award

 * What Time Is It? by Ettore Scola
 * Honorable Mention: Ek Din Achanak by Mrinal Sen

UNICEF Award

 * Reinhard Hauff for 

UNESCO Award

 * Hou Hsiao-hsien for A City of Sadness

Pasinetti Award

 * Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
 * Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It?
 * Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away

Pietro Bianchi Award

 * Francesco Rosi

Little Golden Lion

 * Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy
 * She's Been Away by Peter Hall

Elvira Notari Prize

 * Olga Narutskaya for Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny

Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

 * Nanni Moretti for Red Wood Pigeon
 * Special Mention:
 * Otar Iosseliani for And Then There Was Light
 * Amos Gitai for Berlin-Jerusalem
 * João César Monteiro for Recollections of the Yellow House

Sergio Trasatti Award

 * Peter Hall for She's Been Away

Children and Cinema Award

 * Krzysztof Kieślowski for Dekalog

Kodak-Cinecritica Award

 * Eric Rochant for Love Without Pity