The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.[1][2]
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Vagabond |
| Festival date | 26 August – 6 September 1985 |
| Website | Website |
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:[3]
- 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, Yugoslavian painter
- John Schlesinger, British director
- Renzo Vespignani, Italian painter
Official Sections
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 |
Independent Sections
Venice International Film Critics' Week
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- 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 a.k.a. Noisy Martha (Nicht nichts ohne Dich) by Pia Frankenberg (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[5])
- 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:
Special Lion
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
External links
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