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42nd Venice International Film Festival
1985 film festival in Italy
1985 film festival in Italy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 42nd Venice International Film Festival |
| image | VeniceFilmFestiva42bposter.jpg |
| image_size | 210px |
| caption | Festival poster |
| location | Venice, Italy |
| founded | 1932 |
| awards | Golden Lion: *Vagabond* |
| date | 26 August – 6 September 1985 |
| website | [Website](http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/) |
| chronology | Venice Film Festival |
| preceded_by | [41st](41st-venice-international-film-festival) |
| followed_by | [43rd](43rd-venice-international-film-festival) |
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 title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *The Guardian* | *Bekçi* | Ali Özgentürk | Turkey, West Germany |
| *Dust* | Marion Hänsel | Belgium, France | |
| *Glissando* | Mircea Daneliuc | Romania | |
| *Family Without a Dinner Table* | *Shokutaku no nai ie* | Masaki Kobayashi | Japan |
| *The Feather Fairy* | *Perinbaba* | Juraj Jakubisko | Czechoslovakia, West Germany |
| *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 | |
| *Mother Ebe* | *Mamma Ebe* | Carlo Lizzani | Italy |
| *No Man's Land* | Alain Tanner | Switzerland, France, West Germany, United Kingdom | |
| *Planet Parade* | Парад планет | Vadim Abdrashitov | Soviet Union |
| *The Lost Paradise* | *Los paraísos perdidos* | Basilio Martín Patino | Spain |
| *Tracks in the Snow* | *Pervola, sporen in de sneeuw* | Orlow Seunke | Netherlands, Norway |
| *Police* | Maurice Pialat | France | |
| *Prizzi's Honor* | John Huston | United States | |
| *Requiem for a Spanish Peasant* | *Réquiem por un campesino español* | Francesc Betriu | Spain |
| *The Satin Slipper* | *O Sapato de Cetim* | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal, France |
| *Stone Years* | *Petrina hronia* | Pantelis Voulgaris | Greece |
| *The Tango of Our Childhood* | Մեր մանկության տանգոն / Танго нашего детства | Albert Mkrtchyan | Soviet Union |
| *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 |
Out of Competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Orfeo * | Claude Goretta | Italy, Switzerland, Canada, France | |
| *Orpheus and Eurydice* | *Orfeusz és Euridike* | István Gaál | Hungary |
| *A Passage to India* | David Lean | United Kingdom |
Venezia Giovani
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Back to the Future* | Robert Zemeckis | United States | |
| *Cocoon* | Ron Howard | ||
| *Echo Park* | Robert Dornhelm | ||
| *Flesh and Blood* | Paul Verhoeven | United States, Netherlands, Spain | |
| *Fletch* | Michael Ritchie | United States | |
| *Karnabal* | Carles Mira | Spain | |
| *Letter to Brezhnev* | Chris Bernard | United Kingdom | |
| *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* | George Miller | Australia | |
| *Running Out of Luck* | Julien Temple | United States | |
| *Silverado* | Lawrence Kasdan | ||
| *Tex and the Lord of the Deep* | *Tex e il signore degli abissi* | Duccio Tessari | Italy |
Special Events
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Adultery Tree* | 자녀목 | Jung Jin-woo | South Korea |
| *Come and See* | Иди и смотри | Elem Klimov | Soviet Union |
| *Death of a Salesman * | Volker Schlöndorff | United States | |
| *Frida Still Life* | *Frida, naturaleza viva* | Paul Leduc | Mexico |
| *George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey* | George Stevens Jr. | United States | |
| *Mi hijo el Che - Un retrato de familia de don Ernesto Guevara* | Fernando Birri | Cuba | |
| *Le neveu de Beethoven* | Paul Morrissey | France | |
| *Power of Evil* | *Le pouvoir du mal* | Krzysztof Zanussi | France, West Germany, Italy |
| *Signé Renart* | Michel Soutter | France, Switzerland | |
| *The Runner* | *Davandeh* | Amir Naderi | Iran |
| *Queen Kelly* (1929) | Erich von Stroheim | United States | |
| *Shanghai Blues* | 上海之夜 | Hark Tsui | Hong 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
- Volpi Cup Special mentions:
[[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
- "VENICE 1985 – THE 42ND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL".
- "The 1980s".
- "Juries for the 1980s".
- "42. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema".
- "2nd International Film Critics’ Week". sicvenezia.it.
- (7 September 1985). "Venice Festival awards top prize to Varda film". New York Times.
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