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37th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 1980


Italian film festival in 1980

FieldValue
name37th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestiva37bposter.jpg
image_size210px
captionFestival poster
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
*Atlantic City*
*Gloria*
date28 August – 8 September 1980
website[Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/)
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by[36th](36th-venice-international-film-festival)
followed_by[38th](38th-venice-international-film-festival)

Atlantic City Gloria

The 37th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 28 August to 8 September, 1980.

Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi d'Amico was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winners were: Atlantic City directed by Louis Malle and Gloria directed by John Cassavetes.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1980 jury:

  • Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Italian screenwriter - Jury President
  • Youssef Chahine, Egyptian filmmaker
  • Michel Ciment, French film critic
  • Umberto Eco, Italian and philosopher
  • Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian filmmaker
  • Andrew Sarris, American film critic
  • George Stevens Jr., American filmmaker and producer
  • Margarethe von Trotta, West German filmmaker

Official Sections

Main Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*The Age of the Earth**A Idade da Terra*Glauber RochaBrazil
*Alexander the Great*Ο ΜεγαλέξανδροςTheo AngelopoulosGreece
***Atlantic City*****Louis Malle****France, Canada**
*Eugenio**Voltati Eugenio*Luigi ComenciniItaly
***Gloria*****John Cassavetes****United States**
*Going in Style*Martin BrestUnited States
*The Human Factor*Otto PremingerUnited Kingdom
*The Little Mermaid**La petite sirène*Roger AndrieuxFrance
*Long Days**Al-ayyam al-tawila*Tewfik SalehIraq
*Melvin and Howard*Jonathan DemmeUnited States
*Phobia*John HustonCanada
*Richard's Things*Anthony HarveyUnited Kingdom
*Story of an Unknown Man*Рассказ неизвестного человекаVytautas ŽalakevičiusSoviet Union
*Two Lions in the Sun**Deux lions au soleil*Claude FaraldoFrance

Officina veneziana

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
*Charlotte*Frans WeiszNetherlands
*Guns*Robert KramerFrance
*Les nouveaux romantiques*Mohamed BenayatFrance
**Christian RischertWest Germany
*Love Between the Raindrops**Lásky mezi kapkami deště*Karel KachynaCzechoslovakia
*Masoch*Franco Brogi TavianiItaly
*Men or Not Men**Uomini e no*Valentino OrsiniItaly
*Opera prima*Fernando TruebaSpain
*The Other Woman**L'altra donna*Peter Del MonteItaly
*Oxalá*António-Pedro VasconcelosPortugal
*Petrijin venac*Srdjan KaranovicYugoslavia
*Pilgrim, Farewell*Michael RoemerUnited States
*A Priceless Day**Ajándék ez a nap*Péter GothárHungary
*La ragazza di via Mille lire*Gianni SerraItaly
*La répétition générale*Werner SchroeterWest Germany
*Sons of the Wind**Les enfants du vent*Brahim TsakiAlgeria
*That's Life**C'est la vie*Paul VecchialiFrance
*Der Aufstand*Peter LilienthalWest Germany

Out of Competition

  • The Empire Strikes Back by Irvin Kershner
  • The Black Stallion by Carroll Ballard
  • Lightning Over Water by Wim Wenders
  • Loulou by Maurice Pialat
  • My American Uncle by Alain Resnais
  • Premier pas by Mohamed Bouamari

Official Awards

Main Competition

  • Golden Lion:
    • Atlantic City by Louis Malle
    • Gloria by John Cassavetes

References

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

References

  1. "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1980".
  2. "The 1980s".
  3. "Juries for the 1980s".
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