50th Venice International Film Festival

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

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

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

• Zeit Der Goetter (Lutz Dammbeck)
• Hercules Returns (David Parker)
• Terre d' Avellaneda (Daniele Incalcaterra)
• Strapped (Forest Whitaker)
• ' (Andrew Young, Susan Todd)
• 80 mq - Ottantametriquadri (Cecilia Calvi, Dido Castelli, Luca D'Ascanio, Luca Manfredi, Ignazio Agosta)
• Lettre pour l... (Roman Goupil)
• Manhattan by Numbers (Amir Naderi)
• Utopia, utopia, per piccina che tu sia (Umberto Marino)
• Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (François Girard)
• Metisse (Mathieu Kassovitz)
• Bells from the Deep (Werner Herzog)
• Memories and Dreams (Lynn Maree Milburn)
• The Clean Up (Jane Weinstock)
• Echoes of Time (Ian Rosenfeld)
• L' écriture de Dieu (H.P.Schwerfel)
• Der Fenster Putzer (Veit Helmer)
• Le jour du bac (Thomas Bardinet)
• The Obit Writer (Brian Cox)
• Oreste a Tor Bella Monaca (Carolos Zonars)
• Otonal (Maria Novaro)
• Swan Song (Kenneth Branagh)

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

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

Official Awards

Main Competition

• Golden Lion:
• Short Cuts by Robert Altman
• ' by Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Silver Lion: Kosh ba kosh by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
• Grand Special Jury Prize: Bad Boy Bubby by Rolf de Heer
• Golden Osella:
• Best Cinematography: Slawomir Idziak for '
• Best Music: Cheb Khaled for 1, 2, 3, Sun
• Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Fabrizio Bentivoglio for Un'anima divisa in due
• Best Supporting Actor: Marcello Mastroianni for 1, 2, 3, Sun
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Juliette Binoche for '
• Best Supporting Actress: Anna Bonaiuto for Dove siete? Io sono qui
• Volpi Cup for Best Ensemble Cast: Short Cuts