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The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.


Jury

The following people comprised the 1985 jury: *
Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
(head of jury) (Poland) * Guido Aristarco (Italy) * Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei (Italy) *
Ricardo Bofill Ricardo Bofill Leví (; 5 December 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Spanish architect from Catalonia. He founded Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in 1963 and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice. ...
(Spain) * Frank Capra (USA) *
Jean d'Ormesson Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. He was the author of forty books, the director of '' Le Figaro'' from 1974 to 1979, and the Dean of the Académie français ...
(France) *
Odysseas Elytis Odysseas Elytis ( el, Οδυσσέας Ελύτης , pen name of Odysseas Alepoudellis, el, Οδυσσέας Αλεπουδέλλης; 2 November 1911 – 18 March 1996) was a Greek poet, man of letters, essayist and translator, regarded as th ...
(Greece) *
Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won ...
(Japan) * Eugène Ionesco (France) *
Elem Klimov Elem Germanovich Klimov (russian: link=no, Элем Германович Климов; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, and was married to film dire ...
(USSR) * Lino Micciché (Italy) *
Zoran Mušič Zoran Mušič (12 February 1909 – 25 May 2005), baptised as Anton Zoran Musič, was a Slovene painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He was the only painter of Slovene descent who managed to establish himself in the elite cultural circles of ...
(Yugoslavia) *
John Schlesinger John Richard Schlesinger (; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''Midnight Cowboy'', and was nominated for the same award for two other films ('' Darling'' an ...
(UK) * Renzo Vespignani (Italy)


Official selection


In competition


Autonomous sections


Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as ''In Competition'' for this section: * '' A Strange Love Affair'' by Eric de Kuyper, Paul Verstraten (Netherlands) * '' El Haimoune'' (En. ''Wanderers of the Desert'') by
Nacer Khemir Nacer Khemir ( ar, ناصر خمير), born in 1948 in Korba, Tunisia, is a Tunisian writer, artist, storyteller, and filmmaker. Biography From an early age, Khemir was fascinated by classical Arabic culture and by storytelling. He has cited th ...
(Tunisia, France) * ''
Fandango Fandango is a lively partner dance originating from Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has ...
'' by Kevin Reynolds (United States) * ''Ain't Nothin' Without You'' ''Noisy Martha'' (''Nicht nichts ohne Dich'') by (West Germany) * ''The Record'' (''Der Rekord'') by Daniel Helfer (West Germany, Switzerland) * ''The Disciples'' (''A tanítványok'') by
Géza Bereményi Géza Bereményi (born 25 January 1946) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director. He was awarded Best European Director for his film Eldorado at the 2nd European Film Awards The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the ...
(Hungary) * '' Yesterday'' by
Radosław Piwowarski Radosław Piwowarski (born 20 February 1948, Bielsko-Biała) is a Polish film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career He was born on 20 February 1948 in Olszówka Dolna, a district of Bielsko-Biała in southern Poland. In 1971, he gradu ...
(Poland)


Awards

*Golden Lion: **''
Vagabond Vagrancy is the condition of homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants (also known as bums, vagabonds, rogues, tramps or drifters) usually live in poverty and support themselves by begging, scavenging, petty theft, temporar ...
'' (''Sans toit ni loi'') by Agnès Varda *Grand Special Jury Prize: **'' Tangos, the Exile of Gardel'' (''Tangos, l'exil de Gardel'') by
Fernando Solanas Fernando Ezequiel "Pino" Solanas (16 February 1936 – 6 November 2020) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and politician. His films include; '' La hora de los hornos (The Hour of the Furnaces)'' (1968), '' Tangos: el exilio de Gardel'' ...
*Special Jury Prize: **''
The Lightship ''The Lightship'' is a 1985 American drama film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. The film stars Klaus Maria Brandauer and Robert Duvall, with early appearances by Arliss Howard and William Forsythe. The film is based on the novella "Das Feuerschif ...
'' by
Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski (, born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début ''Oko wyk ...
*Silver Lion: **''
Dust Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in ho ...
'' by
Marion Hänsel Marion Hänsel (née Ackermann; 12 February 1949 – 8 June 2020)Gérard Depardieu (''
Police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
'') *Best Actress: ** NOT ASSIGNED.
The jury deemed the best performances to be
Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for ''À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actr ...
(''Sans toit ni loi'') and
Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career ...
(''Dust''), but decided against awarding the prize as both films won major awards. **Special mentions: ***
Sonja Savić Sonja Savić ( sr-Cyrl, Соња Савић; 15 September 1961 – 23 September 2008) was a Serbian actress, famous for her husky voice and series of impressive roles in some of the more memorable 1980s Yugoslav films. Sonja appeared in Miroslav ...
('' Zivot je lep'') *** Galya Novents (''Mer mankutyan tangon'') *** Themis Bazaka (''Petrina hronia'') *Career Golden Lion ** Federico Fellini *Special Lion for the Overall Work ** John Huston ** Manoel de Oliveira *Sergio Trasatti Awards ** Manoel de Oliveira ('' The Satin Slipper'') **Special Mention —
Juraj Jakubisko Juraj Jakubisko (born 30 April 1938) is a Slovak film director. He has directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often takes the dual role of cinematographer, and is often also credited as a screenplay writer as he usually co-writ ...
(''
The Feather Fairy ''The Feather Fairy'' ( sk, Perinbaba) is a 1985 adaptation of a Brothers Grimm's Mother Hulda short story directed by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko. A fairy tale about an immortal woman who cares for snow and a boy who isn't afraid of death ...
'')


References

*Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996 *'' L'Europeo'', ''Cinema in Laguna'', SePtember 2008


External links

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Venice Film Festival 1985 Awards
on IMDb {{Venice Film Festival
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Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
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