44th Venice International Film Festival

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44th Venice International Film Festival
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion: Au revoir les enfants
Festival date29 August – 9 September 1987
Website Website
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 44th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1987. [1] [2]

Contents

Greek actress and singer Irene Papas was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis Malle.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1987 jury: [3]

Official Sections

In Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Au revoir les enfants Louis Malle France, West Germany, Italy
A Boy from Calabria Un ragazzo di Calabria Luigi Comencini Italy
Comedy! Comédie! Jacques Doillon France
Deaf to the City Le sourd dans la ville Mireille Dansereau Canada
Divine Words Divinas palabras José Luis García Sánchez Spain
The Ghost Valley La vallée fantôme Alain Tanner Switzerland
The Gold Rimmed Glasses Gli occhiali d'oro Giuliano Montaldo Italy
Hip Hip Hurrah! Hip hip hurra! Kjell Grede Sweden
House of Games David Mamet United States
If the Sun Never Returns Si le soleil ne revenait pas Claude Goretta France, Switzerland
Long Live the Lady! Lunga vita alla signora! Ermanno Olmi Italy
Made in Heaven Alan Rudolph United States
Maurice James Ivory United Kingdom
Motherland Hotel Anayurt Oteli Ömer Kavur Turkey
Mountains Of The Moon O Desejado Paulo Rocha Portugal
Oridathu G. Aravindan India
Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game Плюмбум, или опасная игра Vadim Abdrashitov Soviet Union
Quartiere Silvano AgostiItaly
Season of Monsters Szörnyek évadja Miklós Jancsó Hungary
The Surrogate Woman 씨받이 Im Kwon-taek South Korea
The Tale of Ruby Rose Roger Scholes Australia
A Taxing Woman マルサの女 Juzo Itami Japan
The Veiled Man L'homme voilé Maroun Bagdadi Lebanon, France

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section: [5]

Official Awards

Main Competition

Career Golden Lion

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

Golden Ciak

'Commendatore al merito della Repubblica' Medal

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Elvira Notari Prize

Sergio Trasatti Award

Cinecritica Award

Award of the Society for Psychology

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References

  1. ↑ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1987" . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "4th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Roger Scholes – writer, director, cinematographer". Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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