Location | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Founded | 1959 |
Awards | Grand Prix |
Festival date | 28 June – 12 July 1985 |
Website | http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru |
The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985. [1] The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film Come and See directed by Elem Klimov, the American film A Soldier's Story directed by Norman Jewison and the Greek film The Descent of the Nine directed by Christos Siopahas.
The following films were selected for the main competition:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Hell Train | Train d'enfer | Roger Hanin | France |
Anne Devlin | Anne Devlin | Pat Murphy | Ireland |
A Soldier's Story | A Soldier's Story | Norman Jewison | United States |
Cool Jazz and Coconuts | Kókóstré og Hvítir Mávar | Jakob Frímann Magnússon | Iceland |
Buamama | Buamama | Benamar Bahti | Algeria |
Twist and Shout | Tro, håb og kærlighed | Bille August | Denmark |
Eternal Fire | Fuego eterno | José Ángel Rebolledo | Spain |
Wodzeck | Wodzeck | Oliver Herbrich | West Germany |
Kingpin | Kingpin | Mike Walker | New Zealand |
The Dame in Colour | La Dame en couleurs | Claude Jutra | Canada |
Girl from Mt. Huangshan | Huang shan lai de gu niang | Zhang Yuan, Yu Yan Fu | China |
Wild Dogs | Jíbaro | Daniel Díaz Torres | Cuba |
The Days of Torments | Jours de tourmentes | Paul Zoumbara | Burkina Faso |
Woman in a Hat | Kobieta w kapeluszu | Stanisław Różewicz | Poland |
The Rigorous Fate | El rigor del destino | Gerardo Vallejo | Argentina |
Come and See | Idi i smotri | Elem Klimov | Soviet Union |
Private Resistance | De ijssaloon | Dimitri Frenkel Frank | Netherlands |
The Clan – Tale of the Frogs | Klaani: Tarina Sammakoitten suvusta | Mika Kaurismäki | Finland |
Where Others Keep Silent | Wo andere schweigen | Ralf Kirsten | East Germany |
The Descent of the Nine | I kathodos ton 9 | Christos Siopahas | Greece |
End of an Era | Yuganthaya | Lester James Peries | Sri Lanka |
The Red Countess | A vörös grófnö | András Kovács | Hungary |
The Lover | Al-ashiq | Muhir Fenery | Iraq |
Tora-san's Forbidden Love | Otoko wa tsurai yo: torajiro shinjitsu ichiro | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
The Love Doesn't Come Back | Bao gio cho toi thang muoi | Dang Nhat Minh | Vietnam |
Mexican, You Can Do It | Mexicano ¡Tú puedes! | José Estrada | Mexico |
Mine | Mine | Atıf Yılmaz | Turkey |
The Shooting Party | The Shooting Party | Alan Bridges | Great Britain |
On the Threshold | Lars i porten | Leif Erlsboe | Norway |
Åke and His World | Åke och hans värld | Allan Edwall | Sweden |
The Boy Who Had Everything | The Boy Who Had Everything | Stephen Wallace | Australia |
Prologue of the Undeclared War | Prologue of the Undeclared War | G. Jigjidsuren | Mongolia |
Raffl | Raffl | Christian Berger | Austria |
The Ring | Ringul | Sergiu Nicolaescu | Romania |
Avaete, Seed of Revenge | Avaeté - Semente da Vingança | Zelito Viana | Brazil |
Scalpel, Please | Skalpel, prosím | Jiří Svoboda | Czechoslovakia |
Hopscotch | Pisingaña | Leopoldo Pinzón | Colombia |
Soldier Sabur | Soldier Sabur | Abdul Latif | Afghanistan |
Salt | Sogum | Shin Sang-ok | North Korea |
Saaransh | Saaransh | Mahesh Bhatt | India |
The Piper | El zamar | Atef El-Tayeb | Egypt |
Reference | Kharakteristika | Christo Christov | Bulgaria |
The Man Who Knew More | Mardi ke ziad midanest | Yadollah Samadi | Iran |
Unseen Wonder | Čudo neviđeno | Živko Nikolić | Yugoslavia |
A Joke of Destiny | Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada | Lina Wertmüller | Italy |
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