The 51st annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 1 September to 12 September, 1994.

[1][2] American filmmaker David Lynch was the Jury President of the main competition.

The Golden Lion winners were Before the Rain directed by Milcho Manchevski and Vive L'Amour directed by Tsai Ming-liang.

The following people comprised the 1994 jury:[3] The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]