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46th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 1989
Italian film festival in 1989
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 46th Venice International Film Festival |
| image | VeniceFilmFestival46poster.jpg |
| image_size | 210px |
| caption | Festival poster |
| location | Venice, Italy |
| founded | 1932 |
| awards | Golden Lion: A City of Sadness |
| date | 4 – 15 September 1989 |
| website | Website |
| chronology | Venice Film Festival |
| preceded_by | 45th |
| followed_by | 47th |
The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.
Soviet actor and filmmaker Andrei Smirnov was the Jury President of the main competition.
The Golden Lion winner was A City of Sadness directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1989 jury:
- Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker - Jury President
- Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer
- Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director
- Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist
- Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
- John Landis, American filmmaker
- Mariangela Melato, Italian actress
- David Robinson, English film critic and author
- Xie Jin, Chinese filmmaker
Official Sections
The following films were selected to be screened:
In Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| And Then There Was Light | Et la lumière fut | Otar Iosseliani | France, Germany |
| Australia | Jean-Jacques Andrien | Belgium, France | |
| Berlin-Jerusalem | ברלין ירושלים | Amos Gitai | Israel, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Italy |
| Blue Eyed | Blauäugig | Reinhard Hauff | West Germany |
| Christian | Gabriel Axel | Denmark | |
| *A City of Sadness* | 悲情城市 | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan |
| Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love | In una notte di chiaro di luna | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
| Death of a Tea Master | 千利休 本覺坊遺文 | Kei Kumai | Japan |
| I Want to Go Home | Alain Resnais | France | |
| Island | Paul Cox | Australia | |
| Layla, My Reason | Layla | Taïeb Louhichi | Algeria, France, Tunisia |
| Love Me Not? | M' agapas? | Giorgos Panousopoulos | Greece |
| New Year's Day | Henry Jaglom | United States | |
| The Pitfall | Fallgropen | Vilgot Sjöman | Sweden |
| Recollections of the Yellow House | Recordações da Casa Amarela | João César Monteiro | Portugal |
| She's Been Away (Screen One episode 5) | Peter Hall | United Kingdom | |
| Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself | Sedím na konári a je mi dobre | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia |
| Street Kids | Scugnizzi | Nanni Loy | Italy |
| Suddenly, One Day | Ek Din Achanak / एक दिन अचानक | Mrinal Sen | India |
| Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter | Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny | Olga Narutskaya | Soviet Union |
| Twisted Obsession | El sueño del mono loco | Fernando Trueba | Spain |
| What Time Is It? | Che ora è? | Ettore Scola | Italy |
| The Woman from Rose Hill | La femme de Rose Hill | Alain Tanner | Switzerland |
Special Events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dekalog | Krzysztof Kieslowski | Poland | |
| Il Poliedro di Leonardo | Filippo Mileto, Vittorio Giacci | Italy | |
| I Was Stalin's Bodyguard | Я служил в охране Сталина | Semyon Aranovich | URSS |
| Rouge Venise | Etienne Périer | France | |
| The Mahabharata | Peter Brook | United Kingdom |
[[Orizzonti]]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Kisses | Les baisers de secours | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Guests of Hotel Astoria | Mohamed Reza Allamehzadeh | Netherlands | |
| Hanna Monster, Liebling | Christian Berger | Austria | |
| O Recado das Ilhas | Ruy Duarte de Carvalho | Angola | |
| Seven Women | Sieben Frauen | Rudolf Thome | West Germany |
| Warriors and Prisoners | Guerreros y cautivas | Edgardo Cozarinsky | Argentina |
Venezia Notte
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Peter Greenaway | United Kingdom | |
| Dead Poets Society | Peter Weir | United States | |
| Donator | Veljko Bulajić | Yugoslavia | |
| Hard to Be a God | Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein | Peter Fleischmann | West Germany, Soviet Union, France, Switzerland |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
| Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill | ||
| Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Paul Bartel | ||
| The Spirit | Der Atem | Niklaus Schilling | West Germany, Switzerland, Austria |
| The Story of Boys & Girls | Storia di ragazzi e di ragazze | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Time to Kill | Tempo di uccidere | Giuliano Montaldo | |
| Uncontrollable Circumstances | Force majeure | Pierre Jolivet | France |
Venezia Risguardi
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Year | Risguardi - Evgenij Francevic Bauer | Risguardi - Michal Waszynski | Tribute to Carl Theodor Dreyer on the centenary of his birth | Tribute to Charles Spencer Chaplin | Tribute to Jean Cocteau |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Girl from the Street | Дитя большого города | Yevgeni Bauer | 1914 | |||||
| The Dybbuk | דער דיבוק | Michał Waszyński | 1937 | |||||
| Ordet | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 1955 | ||||||
| How to Make Movies | Charlie Chaplin | 1918 | ||||||
| Kid Auto Races at Venice | 1914 | |||||||
| 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements | 8 × 8 | Jean Cocteau | 1957 | |||||
| The Beautiful Indifferent | Le bel indifférent | Jacques Demy | ||||||
| Beauty and the Beast | La Belle et la Bête | Jean Cocteau | 1946 | |||||
| The Black Crown | La corona negra | Luis Saslavsky | 1951 | |||||
| The Blood of a Poet | Le Sang d'un poète | Jean Cocteau | 1932 | |||||
| Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne | Robert Bresson | 1945 | ||||||
| Desert Wedding | Les noces de sable | André Zwoboda | 1948 | |||||
| The Eagle with Two Heads | L'Aigle à deux têtes | Jean Cocteau | ||||||
| Eine Melodie - vier Maler | Herbert Seggelke | 1955 | ||||||
| Les Enfants terribles | Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean Cocteau | 1950 | ||||||
| The Eternal Return | L'éternel retour | Jean Delannoy | 1943 | |||||
| The Human Voice | La voce umana | Roberto Rossellini | 1948 | |||||
| Jean Cocteau: Autoportrait d'un inconnu | Edgardo Cozarinsky | 1985 | ||||||
| Grévin Museum | Musée Grévin | Jacques Demy | 1959 | |||||
| Orpheus | Orphee | Jean Cocteau | 1950 | |||||
| Les Parents terribles | 1948 | |||||||
| The Phantom Baron | Le baron fantôme | Serge de Poligny | 1943 | |||||
| La Princesse de Clèves | Jean Delannoy | 1961 | ||||||
| Romantici a Venezia | Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras | 1948 | ||||||
| Testament of Orpheus | Le testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi | Jean Cocteau | 1959 | |||||
| La Villa Santo-Sospir | 1952 | |||||||
| La Voix Humaine | Michael Lonsdale | 1983 |
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Programma Speciale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | O Sangue | Pedro Costa | Portugal | |
| Chameleon Street | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | United States | ||
| The Handsome Priest | Il prete bello | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy | |
| Homebound | Kotia päin | Ilkka Järvi-Laturi | Finland | |
| Jaded | Oja Kodar | United States | ||
| Koma | Кома | Nijole Adomenajte | Soviet Union | |
| Lover Boy | Geoffrey Wright | Australia | ||
| Love Without Pity | Un monde sans pitié | Éric Rochant | France | |
| Spring Race | Corsa di primavera | Giacomo Campiotti | Italy | |
| Red Wood Pigeon | Palombella Rossa | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
Official Awards
Main Competition
- Golden Lion: A City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Grand Special Jury Prize: And Then There Was Light by Otar Iosseliani
- Silver Lion:
- Recollections of the Yellow House by João César Monteiro
- Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai
- Golden Osella:
- Best Screenplay: Jules Feiffer for I Want to Go Home
- Best Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis for Australia
- Best Music: Claudio Mattone for Street Kids
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Massimo Troisi & Marcello Mastroianni for What Time Is It? Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James for She's Been Away
[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement|Career Golden Lion]]
- Robert Bresson
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
- Street Kids by Nanni Loy
Golden Ciak
- Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
- Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It?
- Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away
FIPRESCI Prize
- Critics Week: Love Without Pity by Eric Rochant
- Out of Competition: Dekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski
OCIC Award
- What Time Is It? by Ettore Scola
- Honorable Mention: Ek Din Achanak by Mrinal Sen
UNICEF Award
- Reinhard Hauff for Blue Eyed
UNESCO Award
- Hou Hsiao-hsien for A City of Sadness
Pasinetti Award
- Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais
- Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It?
- Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away
Pietro Bianchi Award
- Francesco Rosi
Little Golden Lion
- Street Kids by Nanni Loy
- She's Been Away by Peter Hall
Elvira Notari Prize
- Olga Narutskaya for Muzh i doch' Tamary Aleksandrovny
Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award
- Nanni Moretti for Red Wood Pigeon
- Special Mention:
- Otar Iosseliani for And Then There Was Light
- Amos Gitai for Berlin-Jerusalem
- João César Monteiro for Recollections of the Yellow House
- Special Mention:
Sergio Trasatti Award
- Peter Hall for She's Been Away
Children and Cinema Award
- Krzysztof Kieślowski for Dekalog
Kodak-Cinecritica Award
- Eric Rochant for Love Without Pity
References
References
- "VENICE 1989 – THE 46TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL".
- "The 1980s".
- "Juries for the 1980s".
- "46. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema".
- "6th International Film Critics’ Week". sicvenezia.it.
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