| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: A Year of the Quiet Sun |
| Artistic director | Gian Luigi Rondi |
| Festival date | 1 – 11 September 1984 |
| Website | Website |
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]
The following people comprised the 1984 jury: [3]
The following films were selected to be screened: [4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen | Francesco Rosi | France, Italy | |
| Christopher Columbus | Alberto Lattuada | Italy, United States, France, West Germany | |
| Heart | Cuore | Luigi Comencini | Italy |
| Heimat | Edgar Reitz | West Germany | |
| Kaos | Taviani Brothers | Italy | |
| Kindergarten | Детский сад | Yevgeny Yevtushenko | Soviet Union |
| Once Upon a Time in America | Sergio Leone | United States, Italy | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good King Dagobert | Le bon roi Dagobert | Dino Risi | France, Italy |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Steven Spielberg | United States | |
| Metropolis (Giorgio Moroder version) | Fritz Lang | Germany | |
| The NeverEnding Story | Die unendliche Geschichte | Wolfgang Petersen | West Germany, United States |
| So Long, Stooge | Tchao Pantin | Claude Berri | France |
| Streets of Fire | Walter Hill | United States | |
| Tensão no Rio | Gustavo Dahl | Brazil | |
| Viva la vie | Claude Lelouch | France | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flags Of The Future | Las banderas del amanecer | Jorge Sanjinés, Beatriz Palacios | Bolivia |
| Island of Loves | A Ilha dos Amores | Paulo Rocha | Portugal, Japan |
| Our Nazi | Notre nazi | Robert Kramer | France |
| Rafael Alberti, un retrato del poeta | Fernando Birri | Italy, Venezuela | |
| War Boys | Los chicos de la guerra | Bebe Kamin | Argentina |
| Wundkanal | Thomas Harlan | France, West Germany | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| El balcón abierto | Jaime Camino | Spain | |
| Bluebeard | Blaubart | Krzysztof Zanussi | Poland |
| Un caso d'incoscienza | Emidio Greco | Italy | |
| Charles et Lucie | Nelly Kaplan | France | |
| Eva e Dio | Matteo Bellinelli | Italy | |
| Illusion | Illusione | Jerko Victor Tognola | Switzerland |
| Laughterhouse | Richard Eyre | United Kingdom | |
| Nucleo zero | Carlo Lizzani | Italy | |
| Sogni e bisogni | Sergio Citti | ||
| Un delitto | Salvatore Nocita | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy from Ebalus | Il ragazzo di Ebalus | Giuseppe Schito | Italy |
| Chewingum | Biagio Proietti | ||
| Chi mi aiuta...? | Valerio Zecca | ||
| In punta di piedi | Giampiero Mele | ||
| Il mistero del morca | Marco Mattolini | ||
| Una notte di pioggia | Romeo Costantini | ||
| L'inceneritore | Pier Francesco Boscaro dagli Ambrosi | ||
| Ladies & Gentlemen | Signore e signori | Tonino Pulci | |
| Pianoforte | Francesca Comencini | ||
| Pirata! Cult Movie | Paolo Ricagno | ||
| Spiaccichiccicaticelo | Leone Creti | ||
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [5]
