The 41st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 1984 under the direction of Gian Luigi Rondi.
| 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 |
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
editThe 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
editIn Competition
editOut of competition
editAmong 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.
Independent Sections
editVenice International Film Critics' Week
editThe following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]
- 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
editMain 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.
- ^ "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