41st Venice International Film Festival
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: A Year of the Quiet Sun
Artistic directorGian Luigi Rondi
Festival date1 – 11 September 1984
WebsiteWebsite
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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

The following people comprised the 1984 jury:[3]

Official Sections

In Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Angela's War Angelas Krig Eija-Elina Bergholm Finland
The Annunciation Angyali udvozlet Andràs Jeles Hungary
Claretta Petacci Claretta Pasquale Squitieri Italy
Dionysos Jean Rouch France
Favorites of the Moon Le favoris de la lune Otar Ioseliani
Full Moon in Paris Les nuits de la pleine lune Eric Rohmer
The Future Is Woman Il futuro è donna Marco Ferreri Italy
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Hugh Hudson United Kingdom
Love on the Ground L'amour par terre Jacques Rivette France
Love Unto Death L'amour à mort Alain Resnais
Maria's Lovers Andrei Konchalovsky United States
The Mirror Der Spiegel Erden Kiral West Germany
La neve nel bicchiere Florestano Vancini Italy
No One Twice Ninguem duas vezes Jorge Silva Melo Portugal
Paar Goutam Ghose India
A Proper Scandal Uno scandalo perbene Pasquale Festa Campanile Italy
Sister Stella L. Mike De Leon Philippines
The Shore Bereg Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov Soviet Union
Sonatine Micheline Lanctôt Canada
The Stilts Los zancos Carlos Saura Spain
The Three of Us Noi tre Pupi Avati Italy
Tukuma Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt Denmark
Under the Bridge Da qiao xia mian Chen Bai China
Ybris Gavino Ledda Italy
A Year of the Quiet Sun Rok spokojnego słońca Krzysztof Zanussi Poland

Out of competition

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.

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]

Official Awards

Pascale Ogier, winner of Volpi Cup Best Actress at 41st Venice International Film Festival

Main Competition

References

  1. ^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1984". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ^ "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ "1st International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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