14th Moscow International Film Festival

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14th Moscow International Film Festival
Location Moscow, Soviet Union
Founded1959
AwardsGrand Prix
Festival date28 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.

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Jury

Films in competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
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

Awards

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References

  1. "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. "Wodzeck - official film website" . Retrieved 25 September 2019.