49th Venice International Film Festival

The 49th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 to 12 September 1992.

American actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper and Czech filmmaker Jirí Menzel were the Jury Presidents of the Main Competition.

The Golden Lion winner was The Story of Qiu Ju directed by Zhang Yimou

Main Competition
The following people comprised the 1992 jury:
 * Dennis Hopper, American actor and filmmaker - Jury President
 * Jirí Menzel, Czech filmmaker - Jury President
 * Gianni Amelio, Italian filmmaker
 * Anne Brochet, French actress
 * Neil Jordan, Irish filmmaker and writer
 * Hanif Kureishi, English writer
 * Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and conductor
 * Michael Ritchie, American filmmaker and producer
 * , French film historian and critic
 * Fernando Solanas, Argentine filmmaker and politician
 * Sheila Whitaker, English writer

In competition
The film selected for the festival were:

Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
 * Galaxies Are Colliding by John Ryman (United States)
 * Oxygen Starvation (Kisneviy golod) by Andrey Donchik (Canada, Ukraine)
 * Klamek ji bo Beko by Nizamettin Ariç (Germany, Turkey)
 * The Seven Deadly Sins (Les sept péchés capitaux) by Beatriz Flores Silva, Frédéric Fonteyne, Yvan Le Moine, Geneviève Mersch, Pier-Paul Renders, Pasca Zabus, Philippe Blasbard, Olivier Smolders (France, Belgium, Luxemburg)
 * Leon the Pig Farmer by Gary Sinyor, Vadim Jean (United Kingdom)
 * Naprawde krotki film o milosci, zabijaniu i jeszcze jednym przykazaniu by Rafal Wieczynsky (Poland)
 * Sabine by Philippe Faucon (France)

Main Competition

 * Golden Lion: The Story of Qiu Ju by Yimou Zhang
 * Grand Special Jury Prize: Morte di un matematico napoletano by Mario Martone
 * Silver Lion:
 * Un coeur en hiver by Claude Sautet
 * Jamón, jamón by Bigas Luna
 * Hotel de lux by Dan Pita
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Glengarry Glen Ross
 * Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Gong Li for The Story of Qiu Ju

Career Golden Lion

 * Francis Ford Coppola
 * Jeanne Moreau
 * Paolo Villaggio

The President of the Italian Senate's gold medal

 * Guelwaar by Ousmane Sembene

Audience Award

 * Tango Argentino by Goran Paskaljević

FIPRESCI Prize

 * Un coeur en hiver by Claude Sautet
 * Leon the Pig Farmer by Vadim Jean
 * Die zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend by Edgar Reitz

OCIC Award

 * Orlando by Sally Potter
 * Honorable Mention:
 * Daens by Stijn Coninx
 * The Story of Qiu Ju by Li Gong

Pietro Bianchi Award

 * Marco Ferreri

Elvira Notari Prize

 * Orlando by Sally Potter

Special Prize on Occasion of the Festival's Jubilee

 * Die zweite Heimat - Chronik einer Jugend by Edgar Reitz