41st Venice International Film Festival

The 41st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 1984 under the direction of Gian Luigi Rondi. No Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was assigned. 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]

41st Venice International Film Festival
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
Festival date1 – 11 September 1984
WebsiteWebsite

Jury

The following people comprised the 1984 jury:[3]

Official selection

In competition
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Angela's WarAngelas KrigEija-Elina BergholmFinland
The AnnunciationAngyali udvozletAndràs JelesHungary
Claretta PetacciClarettaPasquale SquitieriItaly
DionysosJean RouchFrance
Favorites of the MoonLe favoris de la luneOtar IoselianiFrance
Full Moon in ParisLes nuits de la pleine luneEric RohmerFrance
The Future Is WomanIl futuro è donnaMarco FerreriItaly
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesHugh HudsonUK
Love on the GroundL'amour par terreJacques RivetteFrance
Love Unto DeathL'amour à mortAlain ResnaisFrance
Maria's LoversAndrei KonchalovskyUSA
The MirrorDer SpiegelErden KiralWest Germany
(lit. "Snow in the glass")La neve nel bicchiereFlorestano VanciniItaly
No One TwiceNinguem duas vezesJorge Silva MeloPortugal
(lit. "The Crossing")PaarGoutam GhoseIndia
A Proper ScandalUno scandalo perbenePasquale Festa CampanileItaly
Sister Stella L.Mike De LeonPhilippines
The ShoreBeregAleksandr Alov & Vladimir NaumovSoviet Union
SonatineMicheline LanctôtCanada
(aka) The StiltsLos zancosCarlos SauraSpain
The Three of UsNoi trePupi AvatiItaly
TukumaPalle Kjærulff-SchmidtDenmark
Under the BridgeDa qiao xia mianChen BaiChina
YbrisGavino LeddaItaly
A Year of the Quiet SunRok spokojnego słońcaKrzysztof ZanussiPoland

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.

Autonomous sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The 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 (USA)
  • 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)

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

References
  1. "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1984". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. "The 1980′s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. "Juries for the 1980′s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. "1st International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  • Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
  • L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008
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