Location | Venice, Italy |
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Founded | 1932 |
Awards | Golden Lion: Vagabond |
Festival date | 26 August – 6 September 1985 |
Website | Website |
The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.[1][2]
Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Vagabond directed by Agnès Varda.
The following people comprised the 1985 jury:[3]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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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 |
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]