41st Venice International Film Festival
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: A Year of the Quiet Sun |
| Artistic director | Gian Luigi Rondi |
| Festival date | 1 – 11 September 1984 |
| Website | Website |
The 41st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 1984 under the direction of Gian Luigi Rondi.
Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was A Year of the Quiet Sun directed by Krzysztof Zanussi.
The main event of this edition was, out of competition, the premiere of Heimat, an almost 16 hours-long film directed by Edgar Reitz. Among the other titles showed out of competition there were Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story and a restored version of Metropolis edited and scored by Giorgio Moroder. The retrospective was dedicated to Luis Buñuel.[1][2]
Jury
[edit]The following people comprised the 1984 jury:[3]
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian filmmaker - Jury President
- Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet
- Balthus, French painter
- Günter Grass, West German author and visual artist
- Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker
- Erica Jong, American writer and poet
- Erland Josephson, Swedish actor
- Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, American author
- Paolo Taviani, Italian filmmaker
- Vittorio Taviani, Italian filmmaker
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet poet
Official Sections
[edit]The following films were selected to be screened:[4]
In Competition
[edit]Out of competition
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen | Francesco Rosi | France, Italy | |
| Christopher Columbus | Alberto Lattuada | Italy, United States, France, West Germany | |
| Heart | Cuore | Luigi Comencini | Italy |
| Heimat | Edgar Reitz | West Germany | |
| Kaos | Taviani Brothers | Italy | |
| Kindergarten | Детский сад | Yevgeny Yevtushenko | Soviet Union |
| Once Upon a Time in America | Sergio Leone | United States, Italy | |
Venezia Notte
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good King Dagobert | Le bon roi Dagobert | Dino Risi | France, Italy |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
| Metropolis (Giorgio Moroder version) | Fritz Lang | Germany | |
| The NeverEnding Story | Die unendliche Geschichte | Wolfgang Petersen | West Germany, United States |
| So Long, Stooge | Tchao Pantin | Claude Berri | France |
| Streets of Fire | Walter Hill | United States | |
| Tensão no Rio | Gustavo Dahl | Brazil | |
| Viva la vie | Claude Lelouch | France | |
Special Events
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flags Of The Future | Las banderas del amanecer | Jorge Sanjinés, Beatriz Palacios | Bolivia |
| Island of Loves | A Ilha dos Amores | Paulo Rocha | Portugal, Japan |
| Our Nazi | Notre nazi | Robert Kramer | France |
| Rafael Alberti, un retrato del poeta | Fernando Birri | Italy, Venezuela | |
| War Boys | Los chicos de la guerra | Bebe Kamin | Argentina |
| Wundkanal | Thomas Harlan | France, West Germany | |
Venezia TV
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| El balcón abierto | Jaime Camino | Spain | |
| Bluebeard | Blaubart | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland |
| Un caso d'incoscienza | Emidio Greco | Italy | |
| Charles et Lucie | Nelly Kaplan | France | |
| Eva e Dio | Matteo Bellinelli | Italy | |
| Illusion | Illusione | Jerko Victor Tognola | Switzerland |
| Laughterhouse | Richard Eyre | United Kingdom | |
| Nucleo zero | Carlo Lizzani | Italy | |
| Sogni e bisogni | Sergio Citti | ||
| Un delitto | Salvatore Nocita | ||
Venezia De Sica
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy from Ebalus | Il ragazzo di Ebalus | Giuseppe Schito | Italy |
| Chewingum | Biagio Proietti | ||
| Chi mi aiuta...? | Valerio Zecca | ||
| In punta di piedi | Giampiero Mele | ||
| Il mistero del morca | Marco Mattolini | ||
| Una notte di pioggia | Romeo Costantini | ||
| L'inceneritore | Pier Francesco Boscaro dagli Ambrosi | ||
| Ladies & Gentlemen | Signore e signori | Tonino Pulci | |
| Pianoforte | Francesca Comencini | ||
| Pirata! Cult Movie | Paolo Ricagno | ||
| Spiaccichiccicaticelo | Leone Creti | ||
Independent Sections
[edit]Venice International Film Critics' Week
[edit]The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[5]
- O pokojniku sve najlepse by Predrag Antonijevic (Yugoslavia)
- Beyond The Walls (Meachorei Hasoragim) by Uri Barbash (Israel)
- Wildrose by John Hanson (United States)
- Final Call (Unerreichbare Nähe) by Dagmar Hirtz (West Germany)
- Strikebound by Richard Lowenstein (Austria)
- Mosquito on the 10th Floor (Jukkai no mosukîto) by Yoichi Sai (Japan)
- End of the Miracle (A csoda vége) by János Vészi (Hungary)
Official Awards
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Main Competition
[edit]- Golden Lion: A Year of the Quiet Sun by Krzysztof Zanussi
- Silver Lion for Best First Film: Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt
- Grand Special Jury Prize: Favorites of the Moon by Otar Ioseliani
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Naseeruddin Shah for Paar
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Pascale Ogier for Full Moon in Paris
References
[edit]- ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1984". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "41. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "1st International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
- L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008
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