41st Venice International Film Festival
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: A Year of the Quiet Sun
Artistic directorGian Luigi Rondi
Festival date1 – 11 September 1984
WebsiteWebsite

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]

Jury

The following people comprised the 1984 jury:[3]

Official Sections

In Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Angela's WarAngelas KrigEija-Elina BergholmFinland
The AnnunciationAngyali udvozletAndràs JelesHungary
Claretta PetacciClarettaPasquale SquitieriItaly
DionysosJean RouchFrance
Favorites of the MoonLe favoris de la luneOtar Ioseliani
Full Moon in ParisLes nuits de la pleine luneEric Rohmer
The Future Is WomanIl futuro è donnaMarco FerreriItaly
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesHugh HudsonUnited Kingdom
Love on the GroundL'amour par terreJacques RivetteFrance
Love Unto DeathL'amour à mortAlain Resnais
Maria's LoversAndrei KonchalovskyUnited States
The MirrorDer SpiegelErden KiralWest Germany
La neve nel bicchiereFlorestano VanciniItaly
No One TwiceNinguem duas vezesJorge Silva MeloPortugal
PaarGoutam GhoseIndia
A Proper ScandalUno scandalo perbenePasquale Festa CampanileItaly
Sister Stella L.Mike De LeonPhilippines
The ShoreBeregAleksandr Alov, Vladimir NaumovSoviet Union
SonatineMicheline LanctôtCanada
The StiltsLos zancosCarlos SauraSpain
The Three of UsNoi trePupi AvatiItaly
TukumaPalle Kjærulff-SchmidtDenmark
Under the BridgeDa qiao xia mianChen BaiChina
YbrisGavino LeddaItaly
A Year of the Quiet SunRok spokojnego słońcaKrzysztof ZanussiPoland

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.

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following feature films were selected to be screened as In Competition for this section:[4]

Official Awards

Pascale Ogier, winner of Volpi Cup Best Actress at 41st Venice International Film Festival

Main Competition

References

  1. ↑ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1984". 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. ↑ "1st International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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