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42nd Venice International Film Festival

1985 film festival in Italy


1985 film festival in Italy

FieldValue
name42nd Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestiva42bposter.jpg
image_size210px
captionFestival poster
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion: Vagabond
date26 August – 6 September 1985
websiteWebsite
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by41st
followed_by43rd

The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.

Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Vagabond directed by Agnès Varda.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1985 jury:

  • Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish filmmaker and producer - Jury President
  • Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic and author
  • Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei, Italian sociologist
  • Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect
  • Frank Capra, Italian-American filmmaker
  • Jean d'Ormesson, French novelist
  • Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and art critic
  • Kon Ichikawa, Japanese filmmaker
  • Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright
  • Elem Klimov, Soviet filmmaker
  • Lino Miccichè, Italian film critic
  • Zoran Mušič, Yugoslav painter
  • John Schlesinger, British director
  • Renzo Vespignani, Italian painter

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:

In Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The GuardianBekçiAli ÖzgentürkTurkey, West Germany
DustMarion HänselBelgium, France
GlissandoMircea DaneliucRomania
Family Without a Dinner TableShokutaku no nai ieMasaki KobayashiJapan
The Feather FairyPerinbabaJuraj JakubiskoCzechoslovakia, West Germany
Forget MozartVergeßt MozartMiloslav LutherWest Germany, Czechoslovakia
LegendRidley ScottUnited States
Life Is BeautifulZivot je lepBoro DraskovicYugoslavia
The LightshipJerzy SkolimowskiUnited States
Mother EbeMamma EbeCarlo LizzaniItaly
No Man's LandAlain TannerSwitzerland, France, West Germany, United Kingdom
Planet ParadeПарад планетVadim AbdrashitovSoviet Union
The Lost ParadiseLos paraísos perdidosBasilio Martín PatinoSpain
Tracks in the SnowPervola, sporen in de sneeuwOrlow SeunkeNetherlands, Norway
PoliceMaurice PialatFrance
Prizzi's HonorJohn HustonUnited States
Requiem for a Spanish PeasantRéquiem por un campesino españolFrancesc BetriuSpain
The Satin SlipperO Sapato de CetimManoel de OliveiraPortugal, France
Stone YearsPetrina hroniaPantelis VoulgarisGreece
The Tango of Our ChildhoodՄեր մանկության տանգոն / Танго нашего детстваAlbert MkrtchyanSoviet Union
Tangos, the Exile of GardelTangos, el exilio de GardelFernando SolanasArgentina, France
*Vagabond**Sans toit ni loi*Agnès VardaFrance
Woman of WondersLa donna delle meraviglieAlberto BevilacquaItaly

Out of Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Orfeo Claude GorettaItaly, Switzerland, Canada, France
Orpheus and EurydiceOrfeusz és EuridikeIstván GaálHungary
A Passage to IndiaDavid LeanUnited Kingdom

Venezia Giovani

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Back to the FutureRobert ZemeckisUnited States
CocoonRon Howard
Echo ParkRobert Dornhelm
Flesh and BloodPaul VerhoevenUnited States, Netherlands, Spain
FletchMichael RitchieUnited States
KarnabalCarles MiraSpain
Letter to BrezhnevChris BernardUnited Kingdom
Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeGeorge MillerAustralia
Running Out of LuckJulien TempleUnited States
SilveradoLawrence Kasdan
Tex and the Lord of the DeepTex e il signore degli abissiDuccio TessariItaly

Special Events

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Adultery Tree자녀목Jung Jin-wooSouth Korea
Come and SeeИди и смотриElem KlimovSoviet Union
Death of a Salesman Volker SchlöndorffUnited States
Frida Still LifeFrida, naturaleza vivaPaul LeducMexico
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's JourneyGeorge Stevens Jr.United States
Mi hijo el Che - Un retrato de familia de don Ernesto GuevaraFernando BirriCuba
Le neveu de BeethovenPaul MorrisseyFrance
Power of EvilLe pouvoir du malKrzysztof ZanussiFrance, West Germany, Italy
Signé RenartMichel SoutterFrance, Switzerland
The RunnerDavandehAmir NaderiIran
Queen Kelly (1929)Erich von StroheimUnited States
Shanghai Blues上海之夜Hark TsuiHong Kong

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

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

  • A Strange Love Affair by Eric de Kuyper, Paul Verstraten (Netherlands)
  • El Haimoune (En. Wanderers of the Desert) by Nacer Khemir (Tunisia, France)
  • Fandango by Kevin Reynolds (United States)
  • Ain't Nothin' Without You Noisy Martha (Nicht nichts ohne Dich) by (West Germany)
  • The Record (Der Rekord) by Daniel Helfer (West Germany, Switzerland)
  • The Disciples (A tanítványok) by Géza Bereményi (Hungary)
  • Yesterday by Radosław Piwowarski (Poland)

Official Awards

Main Competition

  • Golden Lion: Vagabond by Agnès Varda
  • Grand Special Jury Prize: Tangos, the Exile of Gardel by Fernando Solanas
  • Special Jury Prize: The Lightship by Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Silver Lion: Dust by Marion Hänsel
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for Police
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: NOT ASSIGNED. (The jury deemed the best performances to be Sandrine Bonnaire (Vagabond) and Jane Birkin (Dust), but decided against awarding the prize as both films won major awards)
    • Volpi Cup Special mentions:
      • Sonja Savić for Life Is Beautiful
      • Galya Novents for The Tango of Our Childhood
      • Themis Bazaka for Stone Years

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement|Career Golden Lion]]

  • Federico Fellini

Special Lion

  • John Huston
  • Manoel de Oliveira

Independent Awards

Sergio Trasatti Awards

  • Manoel de Oliveira for The Satin Slipper
    • Special Mention: Juraj Jakubisko for The Feather Fairy

References

  • Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
  • L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008

References

  1. "VENICE 1985 – THE 42ND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL".
  2. "The 1980s".
  3. "Juries for the 1980s".
  4. "42. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema".
  5. "2nd International Film Critics’ Week". sicvenezia.it.
  6. (7 September 1985). "Venice Festival awards top prize to Varda film". New York Times.
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