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, actress - Jury President
- Charles Champlin, writer and film critic
- Sylvia Chang, actress, director and screenwriter
- Ildikó Enyedi, director and screenwriter
- Irving N. Ivers, executive of the 20th Century Fox
- Wolfgang Klaue, archivist, former president of FIAF
- Fernando Lara, film critic and writer
- Eldar Shengelaya, director and screenwriter
- Dahlia Shapira, film distributor
- Michael Verhoeven, actor, director, screenwriter and producer
- Susannah York, actress
Films in competition
| English title | Original title | Director | Country |
| Prince of Shadows | Beltenebros | Pilar Miró | Spain, Netherlands |
| Rising to the Bait | Der Brocken | Vadim Glowna | Germany |
| Bugsy | Bugsy | Barry Levinson | USA |
| Cape Fear | Cape Fear | Martin Scorsese | USA |
| Il capitano | Jan Troell | Sweden, Finland, Germany | |
| A Tale of Winter | Conte d'hiver | Eric Rohmer | France |
| Céline | Céline | Jean-Claude Brisseau | France |
| Dead Again | Dead Again | Kenneth Branagh | USA |
| Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe | Édes Emma, drága Böbe – vázlatok, aktok | István Szabó | Hungary |
| The Frontier | La frontera | Ricardo Larraín | Spain, Chile |
| Gas Food Lodging | Gas Food Lodging | Allison Anders | USA |
| Grand Canyon | Grand Canyon | Lawrence Kasdan | USA |
| Gudrun | Hans W. Geißendörfer | Germany | |
| Luminous Moss | Hikarigoke | Kei Kumai | Japan |
| Infinitas | Infinitas | Marlen Khutsiev | Russia |
| The Inner Circle | The Inner Circle | Andrei Konchalovsky | Italy, USA, Russia |
| The Long Winter | El largo invierno | Jaime Camino | Spain, France |
| The Last Days of Chez Nous | The Last Days of Chez Nous | Gillian Armstrong | Australia |
| Light Sleeper | Light Sleeper | Paul Schrader | USA |
| Naked Lunch | Naked Lunch | David Cronenberg | Canada, UK, Japan |
| The Beloved | Rcheuli | Mikheil Kalatozishvili | Russia |
| Nothing But Lies | Rien que des mensonges | Paule Muret | France, Switzerland |
| An Independent Life | Samostoyatelnaya zhizn | Vitali Kanevsky | Russia |
| Tous les matins du monde | Alain Corneau | France | |
| Utz | George Sluizer | Germany, Italy, UK | |
| Center Stage | Yuen Ling-yuk | Stanley Kwan | Hong Kong |
Key
Awards
The following prizes were awarded by the Jury:- Golden Bear: Grand Canyon by Lawrence Kasdan
- Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize: Édes Emma, drága Böbe – vázlatok, aktok by István Szabó
- Silver Bear for Best Director: Jan Troell for
- Silver Bear for Best Actress: Maggie Cheung for Yuen Ling-yuk
- 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
- *'Conte d'hiver'' by Eric Rohmer