The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.
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: Andrei Smirnov, Soviet actor and filmmaker - Jury President Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer Pupi Avati, Italian filmmaker and producer Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor and director Danièle Heymann, French film critic and journalist Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer John Landis, American filmmaker Mariangela Melato, Italian actress David Robinson, English film critic and author Xie Jin, Chinese filmmaker
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: In Competition English title Original title Director(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 Daughter Муж и дочь Тамары Александровны Olga Narutskaya Soviet 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 title Original title Director(s) Production country Dekalog Krzysztof Kieslowski Poland Il Poliedro di Leonardo Filippo Mileto, Vittorio Giacci Italy I Was Stalin's Bodyguard Я служил в охране Сталина Semyon Aranovich URSS Rouge Venise Etienne Périer France The Mahabharata Peter Brook United Kingdom Orizzonti English title Original title Director(s) Production country Emergency Kisses Les baisers de secours Philippe Garrel France Guests of Hotel Astoria Mohamed Reza Allamehzadeh Netherlands Hanna Monster, Liebling Christian Berger Austria O Recado das Ilhas Ruy Duarte de Carvalho Angola Seven Women Sieben Frauen Rudolf Thome West Germany Warriors and Prisoners Guerreros y cautivas Edgardo Cozarinsky Argentina Venezia Notte English title Original title Director(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 Spirit Der 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 Circumstances Force majeure Pierre Jolivet France Venezia Risguardi English title Original title Director(s) YearRisguardi - Evgenij Francevic Bauer The Girl from the Street Дитя большого города Yevgeni Bauer 1914Risguardi - Michal Waszynski The Dybbuk דער דיבוק Michał Waszyński 1937 Tribute to Carl Theodor Dreyer on the centenary of his birth Ordet Carl Theodor Dreyer 1955Tribute 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 poète Jean Cocteau 1932 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 têtes Jean Cocteau Eine Melodie - vier Maler Herbert Seggelke 1955 Les Enfants terribles Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean Cocteau 1950 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 Museum Musée Grévin Jacques Demy 1959 Orpheus Orphee Jean Cocteau 1950Les Parents terribles 1948 The Phantom Baron Le baron fantôme Serge de Poligny 1943 La Princesse de Clèves Jean Delannoy 1961 Romantici a Venezia Luciano Emmer, Enrico Gras 1948 Testament of Orpheus Le testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi Jean Cocteau 1959 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: English title Original title Director(s) Production countryBlood O Sangue Pedro CostaPortugal Chameleon Street Wendell B. Harris Jr. United States The Handsome Priest Il prete bello Carlo Mazzacurati Italy, France HomeboundKotia päin Ilkka Järvi-Laturi Finland Jaded Oja KodarUnited States Koma Кома Nijole Adomenajte Soviet 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
Official Awards Main Competition Golden Lion: A City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-hsien Grand Special Jury Prize: And Then There Was Light by Otar Iosseliani Silver Lion: Recollections of the Yellow House by João César Monteiro Death of a Tea Master by Kei Kumai Golden Osella: Best Screenplay: Jules Feiffer for I Want to Go Home Best Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis for Australia Best Music: Claudio Mattone for Street Kids Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Massimo Troisi & Marcello Mastroianni for What Time Is It? Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft & Geraldine James for She's Been Away
Career Golden Lion Robert Bresson
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal Street Kids by Nanni Loy
Golden Ciak Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It? Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away
FIPRESCI Prize Critics Week: Love Without Pity by Eric Rochant Out of Competition: Dekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski
OCIC Award What Time Is It? by Ettore Scola Honorable Mention: Ek Din Achanak by Mrinal Sen
UNICEF Award Reinhard Hauff for Blue Eyed
UNESCO Award Hou Hsiao-hsien for A City of Sadness
Pasinetti Award Best Film: I Want to Go Home by Alain Resnais Best Actor: Massimo Troisi for What Time Is It? Best Actress: Peggy Ashcroft for She's Been Away
Pietro Bianchi Award Francesco Rosi
Little Golden Lion Street Kids by Nanni Loy She's Been Away by Peter Hall
Elvira Notari Prize Olga Narutskaya for Tamara Aleksandrovna's Husband and Daughter
Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award Nanni Moretti for Red Wood Pigeon Special Mention: Otar Iosseliani for And Then There Was Light Amos Gitai for Berlin-Jerusalem João César Monteiro for Recollections of the Yellow House
Sergio Trasatti Award Peter Hall for She's Been Away
Children and Cinema Award Krzysztof Kieślowski for Dekalog
Kodak-Cinecritica Award Eric Rochant for Love Without Pity References
External links
Venice Film Festival 1989 Awards on IMDb