38th Venice International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 2 – 12 September 1981 |
| Website | Website |
The 38th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 2 to 12 September, 1981.[1][2]
Jury[]
The following people comprised the 1981 jury:[3]
- Italo Calvino (Italy) (head of jury)
- Marie-Christine Barrault (France)
- Peter Bogdanovich (USA)
- Luigi Comencini (Italy)
- Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal)
- (Spain)
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (Algeria)
- Sergei Solovyov (Soviet Union)
- Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland)
Films in competition[]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beirut the Encounter | Beyroutou el lika | Borhane Alaouié | Lebanon |
| Cutting It Short | Postrizinj | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia |
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | Sjećaš li se Doli Bel? | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia |
| The Fall of Italy | Pad Italije | Lordan Zafranović | Yugoslavia |
| The Fall of the Rebel Angels | La caduta degli angeli ribelli | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| Forest of Love | Bosco d'amore | Alberto Bevilacqua | Italy |
| The Games of Countess Dolingen | Les Jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz | France | |
| The Kaleidoscope | Mrinal Sen | India | |
| Kargus | , | Spain | |
| Marianne and Juliane | Die bleierne Zeit | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany |
| The Opportunities of Rosa | Le occasioni di Rosa | Salvatore Piscicelli | Italy |
| Prince of the City | Sidney Lumet | USA | |
| Silvestre | João César Monteiro | Portugal | |
| Sweet Dreams | Sogni d'oro | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| Sweet Pea | Piso pisello | Peter Del Monte | Italy |
| They Don't Wear Black-tie | Eles não usam black tie | Leon Hirszman | Brazil |
| True Confessions | Ulu Grosbard | USA | |
| The Tyrant's Heart | A Zsarnok Szive | Miklós Jancsó | Hungary |
| The Witch Hunt | Forfølgelsen | Anja Brejen | Norway |
| ("Starfall") | Zvezdopad | Igor Talankin | Soviet Union |
Awards[]
The following awards were presented at the 38th edition:
Official selection[]
- In Competition[4]
- Golden Lion - Marianne and Juliane (Die bleierne Zeit) by Margarethe von Trotta
- Grand Special Jury Prize:
- Sweet Dreams (Sogni d'oro) by Nanni Moretti
- They Don't Wear Black-tie (Eles não usam black tie) by Leon Hirszman
- Silver Lion - Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Sjećaš li se Doli Bel?) by Emir Kusturica
- Best Actress (assigned, but not Volpi Cup[5]) - Barbara Sukowa & Jutta Lampe (Marianne and Juliane)
Collateral Awards[]
- FIPRESCI Prize[6]
- Marianne and Juliane (Die bleierne Zeit) by Margarethe von Trotta
- They Don't Wear Black-tie (Eles não usam black tie) by Leon Hirszman
- Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Sjećaš li se Doli Bel?) by Emir Kusturica
References[]
- ^ "VENICE 1981 – THE 38TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Venice Film Festival 1981 (Competition)". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Coppa Volpi for best actors since 1935". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1981". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
- L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008
External links[]
Categories:
- 1981 film festivals
- 1981 in Italian cinema
- 1981 festivals in Europe
- Venice Film Festival
- 1980s in Venice
- September 1981 events in Europe