48th Venice International Film Festival (1991)
Golden Lion:
30 Door Key / Ferdydurke (Jerzy Skolimowski - Poland)
The Beach of Lost Children / La plage des enfants perdus (Jillali Ferhati - Morocco, France)
Chatarra (Félix Rotaeta - Spain)
Close to Eden (Urga) / У́рга - территория любви (Nikita Mikhalkov - Soviet Union)
The Divine Comedy / A Divina Comédia (Manoel de Oliveira - Portugal)
Edward II (Derek Jarman - United Kingdom)
The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam - United States)
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero / Allemagne 90 neuf zéro (Jean-Luc Godard - France)
I Don't Hear the Guitar Anymore / J'entends plus la guitare (Philippe Garrel - France)
The Invisible Wall / Il muro di gomma (Marco Risi - Italy)
Just Beyond This Forest / Jeszcze tylko ten las (Jan Łomnicki - Poland)
Meeting Venus (István Szabó - United Kingdom, France, Italy)
Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair - United States)
My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant - United States)
Necessary Love / L'amore necessario (Fabio Carpi - Italy)
Night and Day / Nuit et Jour (Chantal Akerman - Belgium)
Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway - United Kingdom)
Raise the Red Lantern / 大紅燈籠高高掛 (Zhang Yimou - China, Hong Kong)
Scream of Stone / Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (Werner Herzog - Germany, France, Canada, Italy)
The Secret Face / Gizli Yüz (Ömer Kavur - Turkey)
A Simple Story / Una storia semplice (Emidio Greco - Italy)
Walking a Tightrope / Les Équilibristes (Nicos Papatakis - France)
Grand Special Jury Prize:
A Divina Comédia by Manoel de Oliveira
Silver Lion:
The Fisher King by Terry Gilliam
Raise the Red Lantern by Yimou Zhang
J'entends plus la guitare by Philippe Garrel
Volpi Cup for Best Actor:
River Phoenix for My Own Private Idaho
Volpi Cup for Best Actress:
Tilda Swinton for Edward II
Best Screenplay:
Mississippi Masala by Sooni Taraporevala