46th Venice International Film Festival

46th Venice International Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Festival date	4 – 15 September 1989
Website	Website
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The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.^[1][2]

Jury[]

The following people comprised the 1989 jury:^[3]

• Andrei Smirnov: Head of Jury
• Néstor Almendros
• Pupi Avati
• Klaus Maria Brandauer
• Danièle Heymann
• Eleni Karaindrou
• Mariangela Melato
• David Robinson
• Jin Xie
• John Landis

Official selection[]

In competition[]

Autonomous sections[]

Venice International Film Critics' Week[]

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:^[4]

• Koma (en. "Coma") by (Soviet Union)
• Corsa di primavera (en. Spring Race) Giacomo Campiotti (Italy)
• O Sangue (en. Blood) by Pedro Costa (Portugal)
• Chameleon Street by Wendell B. Harris Jr. (United States)
• Homebound (Kotia päin) by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (Finland)
• Jaded by Oja Kodar (United States)
• The Handsome Priest (Il prete bello) by Carlo Mazzacurati (Italy)
• Love Without Pity (Un monde sans pitié) by Éric Rochant (France)
• Lover Boy by Geoffrey Wright (Australia)

Awards[]

Massimo Troisi, one of the winner of Volpi Cup Best Actor at 46th Venice International Film Festival

• Golden Lion:
  • A City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-hsien
• Grand Special Jury Prize:
  • And Then There Was Light (Et la lumière fut) by Otar Iosseliani
• Silver Lion:
  • Recollections of the Yellow House (Recordações da Casa Amarela) by João César Monteiro
  • Death of a Tea Master (Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun')' by Kei Kumai
• Golden Osella:
  • Best Screenplay - Jules Feiffer (I Want to Go Home)
  • Best Cinematography - Giorgos Arvanitis (Australia)
  • Best Music - Claudio Mattone (Scugnizzi)
• Volpi Cup:
  • Best Actor - Massimo Troisi & Marcello Mastroianni (What Time Is It?)
  • Best Actress - Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James (She's Been Away)
• The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal:
  • Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy
• Career Golden Lion:
  • Robert Bresson
• Golden Ciak:
  • Best Film - I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
  • Best Actor - Massimo Troisi (What Time Is It?)
  • Best Actress - Peggy Ashcroft (She's Been Away)
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • Critics Week - Love Without Pity by Eric Rochant
  • Competition - Dekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski
• OCIC Award:
  • What Time Is It? by Ettore Scola
• OCIC Award - Honorable Mention:
  • Ek Din Achanak by Mrinal Sen
• UNICEF Award:
  • Reinhard Hauff ( [de])
• UNESCO Award:
  • Hou Hsiao-hsien (A City of Sadness)
• Pasinetti Award:
  • Best Film - I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
  • Best Actor - Massimo Troisi (What Time Is It?)
  • Best Actress - Peggy Ashcroft (She's Been Away)
• Pietro Bianchi Award:
  • Francesco Rosi
• Little Golden Lion:
  • Scugnizzi by Nanni Loy
  • She's Been Away by Peter Hall
• Elvira Notari Prize:
  • Olga Narutskaya (Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny)
• Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award:
  • Nanni Moretti (Red Wood Pigeon)
• Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award - Special Mention:
  • Otar Iosseliani (And Then There Was Light)
  • Amos Gitai (Berlin-Jerusalem)
  • João César Monteiro (Recollections of the Yellow House)
• Sergio Trasatti Award:
  • Peter Hall (She's Been Away)
• Children and Cinema Award:
  • Krzysztof Kieślowski (Dekalog)
• Kodak-Cinecritica Award:
  • Eric Rochant (Love Without Pity)

References[]

External links[]

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• Official website
• Venice Film Festival 1989 Awards on IMDb