42nd Venice International Film Festival

The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.^[1]^[2]

Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Vagabond directed by Agnès Varda.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1985 jury:^[3]

Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish filmmaker and producer - Jury President
Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic and author
Gaspare Barbiellini Amidei, Italian sociologist
Ricardo Bofill, Spanish architect
Frank Capra, Italian-American filmmaker
Jean d'Ormesson, French novelist
Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and art critic
Kon Ichikawa, Japanese filmmaker
Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright
Elem Klimov, Soviet filmmaker
Lino Miccichè, Italian film critic
Zoran Mušič, Yugoslav painter
John Schlesinger, British director
Renzo Vespignani, Italian painter

Official Sections

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

In Competition

Out of Competition

Venezia Giovani

Special Events

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

Golden Lion: Vagabond by Agnès Varda
Grand Special Jury Prize: Tangos, the Exile of Gardel by Fernando Solanas
Special Jury Prize: The Lightship by Jerzy Skolimowski
Silver Lion: Dust by Marion Hänsel
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu for Police
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: NOT ASSIGNED. (The jury deemed the best performances to be Sandrine Bonnaire (Vagabond) and Jane Birkin (Dust), but decided against awarding the prize as both films won major awards^[6])
- Volpi Cup Special mentions:
  - Sonja Savić for Life Is Beautiful
  - Galya Novents for The Tango of Our Childhood
  - Themis Bazaka for Stone Years

Career Golden Lion

Federico Fellini

Special Lion

Independent Awards

Sergio Trasatti Awards

Manoel de Oliveira for The Satin Slipper
- Special Mention: Juraj Jakubisko for The Feather Fairy

References

↑"VENICE 1985 – THE 42ND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
↑"The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
↑"Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
↑"42. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
↑"2nd International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
↑"Venice Festival awards top prize to Varda film". New York Times. 7 September 1985.

Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008

External links

Official website
Venice Film Festival 1985 Awards on IMDb

[1] "VENICE 1985 – THE 42ND 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] "42. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

[5] "2nd International Film Critics' Week". sicvenezia.it. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[6] "Venice Festival awards top prize to Varda film". New York Times. 7 September 1985.

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