41st Venice International Film Festival

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41st Venice International Film Festival
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Festival date1 – 11 September 1984
Website Website
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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]

Contents

Jury

The following people comprised the 1984 jury: [3]

Official selection

In competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Angela's WarAngelas Krig Eija-Elina Bergholm Finland
The Annunciation Angyali udvozlet Andràs Jeles Hungary
Claretta Petacci Claretta Pasquale Squitieri Italy
Dionysos Jean Rouch France
Favorites of the Moon Le favoris de la lune Otar Ioseliani France
Full Moon in Paris Les nuits de la pleine lune Eric Rohmer France
The Future Is Woman Il futuro è donna Marco Ferreri Italy
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Hugh Hudson UK
Love on the Ground L'amour par terre Jacques Rivette France
Love Unto Death L'amour à mort Alain Resnais France
Maria's Lovers Andrei Konchalovsky USA
The MirrorDer Spiegel Erden Kiral West Germany
(lit. "Snow in the glass") La neve nel bicchiere Florestano Vancini Italy
No One TwiceNinguem duas vezes Jorge Silva Melo Portugal
(lit. "The Crossing") Paar Goutam Ghose India
A Proper Scandal Uno scandalo perbene Pasquale Festa Campanile Italy
Sister Stella L. Mike De Leon Philippines
The ShoreBereg Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov Soviet Union
Sonatine Micheline Lanctôt Canada
(aka) The StiltsLos zancos Carlos Saura Spain
The Three of Us Noi tre Pupi Avati Italy
Tukuma Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt Denmark
Under the BridgeDa qiao xia mian Chen Bai China
Ybris Gavino Ledda Italy
A Year of the Quiet Sun Rok spokojnego słońca Krzysztof Zanussi Poland

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]

Awards

Pascale Ogier, winner of Volpi Cup Best Actress at 41st Venice International Film Festival Pascale Ogier (cropped).jpg
Pascale Ogier, winner of Volpi Cup Best Actress at 41st Venice International Film Festival

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