42nd Venice International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Festival date | 26 August – 6 September 1985 |
| Website | Website |
The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.[1][2]
Jury[]
The following people comprised the 1985 jury:[3]
- Krzysztof Zanussi (head of jury) (Poland)
- Guido Aristarco (Italy)
- (Italy)
- Ricardo Bofill (Spain)
- Frank Capra (USA)
- Jean d'Ormesson (France)
- Odysseas Elytis (Greece)
- Kon Ichikawa (Japan)
- Eugène Ionesco (France)
- Elem Klimov (USSR)
- (Italy)
- Zoran Mušič (Yugoslavia)
- John Schlesinger (UK)
- Renzo Vespignani (Italy)
Official selection[]
In competition[]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Bekçi | Ali Özgentürk | Turkey, West Germany |
| Dust | Marion Hänsel | Belgium, France | |
| Glissando | Mircea Daneliuc | Romania | |
| Family Without a Dinner Table (aka) The Empty Table | Shokutaku no nai ie | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan |
| The Feather Fairy | Perinbaba | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Italy, Austria |
| Forget Mozart | Vergeßt Mozart | Miloslav Luther | West Germany, Czechoslovakia |
| Legend | Ridley Scott | United States | |
| Life Is Beautiful | Zivot je lep | Boro Draskovic | Yugoslavia |
| The Lightship | Jerzy Skolimowski | United States | |
| (lit.) "Mother Ebe" | Mamma Ebe | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
| No Man's Land | Alain Tanner | Switzerland, France, West Germany, UK | |
| Planet Parade | Parad planet | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
| The Lost Paradise | Los paraísos perdidos | Basilio Martín Patino | Spain |
| N/A | Pervola, sporen in de sneeuw | Netherlands, Norway | |
| Police | Maurice Pialat | France | |
| Prizzi's Honor | John Huston | United States | |
| N/A | Réquiem por un campesino español | Francesc Betriu | Spain |
| The Satin Slipper | Le soulier de satin | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| Stone Years | Petrina hronia | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
| The Tango of Our Childhood | Mer mankutyan tangon | Albert Mkrtchyan | Soviet Union (Soviet Armenia) |
| Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | Tangos, el exilio de Gardel | Fernando Solanas | Argentina, France |
| Vagabond | Sans toit ni loi | Agnès Varda | France |
| Woman of Wonders | La donna delle meraviglie | Alberto Bevilacqua | Italy |
Autonomous sections[]
Venice International Film Critics' Week[]
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- A Strange Love Affair by Eric de Kuyper, (Netherlands)
- El Haimoune (En. Wanderers of the Desert) by Nacer Khemir (Tunisia, France)
- Fandango by Kevin Reynolds (United States)
- Ain't Nothin' Without You or Noisy Martha (Nicht nichts ohne Dich) by (West Germany)
- The Record (Der Rekord) by (West Germany, Switzerland)
- The Disciples (A tanítványok) by Géza Bereményi (Hungary)
- Yesterday by Radosław Piwowarski (Poland)
Awards[]
- Golden Lion:
- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) by Agnès Varda
- Grand Special Jury Prize:
- Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (Tangos, l'exil de Gardel) by Fernando Solanas
- Special Jury Prize:
- Silver Lion:
- Best Actor:
- Best Actress:
- NOT ASSIGNED.
The jury deemed the best performances to be Sandrine Bonnaire (Sans toit ni loi) and Jane Birkin (Dust), but decided against awarding the prize as both films won major awards.[5] - Special mentions:
- Sonja Savić (Zivot je lep)
- Galya Novents (Mer mankutyan tangon)
- (Petrina hronia)
- NOT ASSIGNED.
- Career Golden Lion
- Special Lion for the Overall Work
- Sergio Trasatti Awards
- Manoel de Oliveira (The Satin Slipper)
- Special Mention — Juraj Jakubisko (The Feather Fairy)
References[]
- ^ "VENICE 1985 – THE 42ND 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.
- ^ "2nd International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Venice Festival awards top prize to Varda film". New York Times. 7 September 1985.
- Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
- L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008
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