46th Venice International Film Festival

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46th Venice International Film Festival
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Festival poster
Location Venice, Italy
Founded1932
Awards Golden Lion: A City of Sadness
Festival date4 – 15 September 1989
Website Website
Venice Film Festival chronology

The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989. [1] [2]

Contents

Soviet actor and filmmaker Andrei Smirnov was the Jury President of the main competition.

The Golden Lion winner was A City of Sadness directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1989 jury: [3]

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened: [4]

In Competition

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
And Then There Was Light Et la lumière fut Otar Iosseliani France, Germany
Australia Jean-Jacques Andrien Belgium, France
Berlin-Jerusalem ברלין ירושלים Amos Gitai Israel, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Italy
Blue Eyed Blauäugig Reinhard Hauff West Germany
Christian Gabriel Axel Denmark
A City of Sadness 悲情城市 Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan
Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love In una notte di chiaro di luna Lina Wertmüller Italy
Death of a Tea Master 千利休 本覺坊遺文 Kei Kumai Japan
I Want to Go Home Alain Resnais France
Island Paul Cox Australia
Layla, My Reason Layla Taïeb Louhichi Algeria, France, Tunisia
Love Me Not? M' agapas? Giorgos Panousopoulos Greece
New Year's Day Henry Jaglom United States
The Pitfall Fallgropen Vilgot Sjöman Sweden
Recollections of the Yellow House Recordações da Casa Amarela João César Monteiro Portugal
She's Been Away (Screen One episode 5) Peter Hall United Kingdom
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself Sedím na konári a je mi dobre Juraj Jakubisko Czechoslovakia
Street Kids Scugnizzi Nanni Loy Italy
Suddenly, One Day Ek Din Achanak / एक दिन अचानक Mrinal Sen India
Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and DaughterMuzh i doch' Tamary AleksandrovnyOlga NarutskayaSoviet Union
Twisted Obsession El sueño del mono loco Fernando Trueba Spain
What Time Is It? Che ora è? Ettore Scola Italy
The Woman from Rose Hill La femme de Rose Hill Alain Tanner Switzerland

Special Events

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Dekalog Krzysztof Kieslowski Poland
Il Poliedro di LeonardoFilippo Mileto, Vittorio GiacciItaly
I Was Stalin's BodyguardЯ служил в охране Сталина Semyon Aranovich URSS
Rouge Venise Etienne Périer France
The Mahabharata Peter Brook United Kingdom

Orizzonti

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Emergency KissesLes baisers de secours Philippe Garrel France
Guests of Hotel AstoriaMohamed Reza AllamehzadehNetherlands
Hanna Monster, Liebling Christian Berger Austria
O Recado das Ilhas Ruy Duarte de Carvalho Angola
Seven WomenSieben Frauen Rudolf Thome West Germany
Warriors and PrisonersGuerreros y cautivas Edgardo Cozarinsky Argentina

Venezia Notte

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Peter Greenaway United Kingdom
Dead Poets Society Peter Weir United States
Donator Veljko Bulajić Yugoslavia
Hard to Be a God Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein Peter Fleischmann West Germany, Soviet Union, France, Switzerland
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Steven Spielberg United States
Johnny Handsome Walter Hill
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills Paul Bartel
The SpiritDer Atem Niklaus Schilling West Germany, Switzerland, Austria
The Story of Boys & Girls Storia di ragazzi e di ragazze Pupi Avati Italy
Time to Kill Tempo di uccidere Giuliano Montaldo
Uncontrollable CircumstancesForce majeure Pierre Jolivet France

Venezia Risguardi

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Year
Risguardi - Evgenij Francevic Bauer
The Girl from the Street Дитя большого города Yevgeni Bauer 1914
Risguardi - Michal Waszynski
The Dybbuk דער דיבוק Michał Waszyński 1937
Tribute to Carl Theodor Dreyer on the centenary of his birth
Ordet Carl Theodor Dreyer 1955
Tribute to Charles Spencer Chaplin
How to Make Movies Charlie Chaplin 1918
Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914
Tribute to Jean Cocteau
8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements 8 × 8 Jean Cocteau 1957
The Beautiful Indifferent Le bel indifférent Jacques Demy
Beauty and the Beast La Belle et la Bête Jean Cocteau 1946
The Black Crown La corona negra Luis Saslavsky 1951
The Blood of a Poet Le Sang d'un poèteJean Cocteau1932
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne Robert Bresson 1945
Desert Wedding Les noces de sable André Zwoboda 1948
The Eagle with Two Heads L'Aigle à deux têtesJean Cocteau
Eine Melodie - vier MalerHerbert Seggelke1955
Les Enfants terribles Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean Cocteau1950
The Eternal Return L'éternel retour Jean Delannoy 1943
The Human Voice La voce umana Roberto Rossellini 1948
Jean Cocteau: Autoportrait d'un inconnu Edgardo Cozarinsky 1985
Grévin MuseumMusée GrévinJacques Demy1959
Orpheus OrpheeJean Cocteau1950
Les Parents terribles 1948
The Phantom Baron Le baron fantôme Serge de Poligny 1943
La Princesse de Clèves Jean Delannoy1961
Romantici a Venezia Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras 1948
Testament of Orpheus Le testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoiJean Cocteau1959
La Villa Santo-Sospir 1952
La Voix Humaine Michael Lonsdale 1983

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

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

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Blood O Sangue Pedro Costa Portugal
Chameleon Street Wendell B. Harris Jr. United States
The Handsome PriestIl prete bello Carlo Mazzacurati Italy
Homebound Kotia päin Ilkka Järvi-Laturi Finland
Jaded Oja Kodar United States
KomaКомаNijole AdomenajteSoviet Union
Lover Boy Geoffrey Wright Australia
Love Without Pity Un monde sans pitié Éric Rochant France
Spring RaceCorsa di primavera Giacomo Campiotti Italy
Programma Speciale
Red Wood Pigeon Palombella Rossa Nanni Moretti Italy
Hou Hsiao-hsien, winner of the Golden Lion 1989 Venice film festival Hou Hsiao-hsien winner of the Gold Lion.jpg
Hou Hsiao-hsien, winner of the Golden Lion

Official Awards

Main Competition

Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James for She's Been Away

Career Golden Lion

Independent Awards

The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal

Golden Ciak

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

UNICEF Award

UNESCO Award

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Little Golden Lion

Elvira Notari Prize

Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award

Sergio Trasatti Award

Children and Cinema Award

Kodak-Cinecritica Award

References

  1. ↑ "VENICE 1989 – THE 46TH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" . 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. ↑ "46. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org . Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "6th International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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