| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: The Green Ray |
| Artistic director | Gian Luigi Rondi |
| Festival date | 30 August – 10 September 1986 |
| Website | Website |
The 43rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 30 August to 10 September, 1986. It was the last edition directed by Gian Luigi Rondi. [1] [2]
French writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet was the Jury President for the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The Green Ray directed by Éric Rohmer.
The following people comprised the 1986 jury: [3]
The following films were selected to be screened: [4]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amorosa | Mai Zetterling | Sweden | |
| The Beekeeper | Ο Μελισσοκόμος | Theo Angelopoulos | Greece |
| Christmas Present | Regalo di Natale | Pupi Avati | Italy |
| Fatherland | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, West Germany | |
| Final Take | キネマの天地 | Yoji Yamada | Japan |
| The Green Ray | Le rayon vert | Éric Rohmer | France |
| Guard Me, My Talisman | Храни меня, мой талисман | Roman Balayan | Soviet Union |
| The Journey | Die Reise | Markus Imhoof | Switzerland |
| A King and His Movie | La película del rey | Carlos Sorin | Argentina |
| Linna | Jaakko Pakkasvirta | Finland | |
| My Case | O meu caso | Manoel De Oliveira | Portugal |
| The Prude | La puritaine | Jacques Doillon | France |
| Romance | Massimo Mazzucco | Italy | |
| A Room with a View | James Ivory | United Kingdom | |
| Round Midnight | Autour de minuit | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| The Silence of the Poet | Das Schweigen des Dichters | Peter Lilienthal | West Germany |
| A Tale of Love | Storia d'amore | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| Time | Idö van | Péter Gothár | Hungary |
| Werther | Pilar Miró | Spain | |
| Wild Pigeon | Чужая белая и рябой | Sergei Solovyov | Soviet Union |
| The Wolf at the Door | Oviri | Henning Carlsen | Denmark, France |
| X | Oddvar Einarson | Norway | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartburn | Mike Nichols | United States | |
| La Storia | Luigi Comencini | Italy | |
| Mélo | Alain Resnais | France | |
| My Case | O meu caso | Manoel de Oliveira | Portugal |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| '38 | Wolfgang Glück | Austria | |
| The Blood | Kan | Serif Gören, Zeki Ökten | Turkey |
| Demoner | Carsten Brandt | Sweden | |
| Paltoquet | Michel Deville | France | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acta general de Chile | Miguel Littin | Chile | |
| Anemia | Alberto Abruzzese, Achille Pisanti | Italy | |
| Franza | Der Fall Franza | Xaver Schwarzenberger | West Germany |
| The Pointsman | De wisselwachter | Jos Stelling | Netherlands |
| One Glance, and Love Breaks Out | Ein Blick und die Liebe bricht aus | Jutta Brückner | West Germany |
| Embriók | Pál Zolnay | Hungary | |
| The Flavor of Corn | Il sapore del grano | Gianni Da Campo | Italy |
| Innocenza | Villi Hermann | Switzerland | |
| Miss Mary | María Luisa Bemberg | Argentina | |
| Oi kekarmenoi | Οι κεκαρμένοι | Dimitris Makris | Greece |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| About Last Night | Edward Zwick | United States | |
| Aliens | James Cameron | United States, United Kingdom | |
| The American Way | Maurice Phillips | United States | |
| Big Trouble in Little China | John Carpenter | ||
| Jubiabá | Nelson Pereira dos Santos | Brazil, France | |
| Legal Eagles | Ivan Reitman | United States | |
| Nanou | Conny Templeman | France | |
| Ping Pong | Po-Chih Leong | United Kingdom | |
| Ruthless People | Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker | United States | |
| Short Circuit | John Badham | ||
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badge of the Assassin | Mel Damski | United States | |
| The Blessed Ones | De två saliga | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Blood Ties | Il cugino americano | Giacomo Battiato | Italy, United States |
| Christmas Present | Tony Bicât | United Kingdom | |
| The Death of the Heart | Peter Hammond | United Kingdom | |
| Erdsegen | Karin Brandauer | Germany | |
| L'inconnue de Vienne | Bernard Stora | France | |
| The Insurance Man | Richard Eyre | United Kingdom | |
| Laghi profondi | Bruno Soldini | Italy | |
| Tramp at the Door | Allan Kroeker | Canada | |
| L'ultima mazurka | Gianfranco Bettetini | Italy | |
The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [5]