The 42nd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 26 August to 6 September 1985.
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: 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:
In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Dust Marion Hänsel Belgium, France The Empty Table 食卓のない家 Masaki Kobayashi Japan The Feather Fairy Perinbaba Juraj Jakubisko Czechoslovakia, West Germany Forget Mozart Vergeßt Mozart Miloslav Luther West Germany, Czechoslovakia Glissando Mircea Daneliuc RomaniaThe GuardianBekçiAli ÖzgentürkTurkey, West Germany Legend Ridley Scott United States Life Is Beautiful Zivot je lep Boro Draskovic Yugoslavia The Lightship Jerzy Skolimowski United States Mother Ebe Mamma Ebe Carlo Lizzani Italy No Man's Land Alain Tanner Switzerland, France, West Germany, United Kingdom Planet Parade Парад планет Vadim Abdrashitov Soviet Union The Lost Paradise Los paraísos perdidos Basilio Martín Patino Spain Police Maurice Pialat France Prizzi's Honor John Huston United States Requiem for a Spanish Peasant Réquiem por un campesino español Francesc Betriu Spain The Satin Slipper O Sapato de Cetim Manoel de Oliveira Portugal, France Stone Years Petrina hronia Pantelis Voulgaris Greece The Tango of Our Childhood Մեր մանկության տանգոն / Танго нашего детства Albert Mkrtchyan Soviet Union Tangos, the Exile of Gardel Tangos, el exilio de Gardel Fernando Solanas Argentina, FranceTracks in the Snow Pervola, sporen in de sneeuw Orlow Seunke Netherlands, Norway Vagabond Sans toit ni loi Agnès Varda France Woman of Wonders La donna delle meraviglie Alberto Bevilacqua Italy
Out of Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Orfeo Claude Goretta Italy, Switzerland, Canada, France Orpheus and Eurydice Orfeusz és Euridike István Gaál Hungary A Passage to India David Lean United Kingdom
Venezia Giovani English title Original title Director(s) Production country Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis United States Cocoon Ron Howard Echo Park Robert Dornhelm Flesh and Blood Paul Verhoeven United States, Netherlands, Spain Fletch Michael Ritchie United States Karnabal Carles Mira Spain Letter to Brezhnev Chris Bernard United Kingdom Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller Australia Running Out of Luck Julien Temple United States Silverado Lawrence Kasdan Tex and the Lord of the Deep Tex e il signore degli abissi Duccio Tessari Italy
Special Events English title Original title Director(s) Production country Adultery Tree 자녀목 Jung Jin-woo South Korea Beethoven's Nephew Le neveu de Beethoven Paul Morrissey France Come and See Иди и смотри Elem Klimov Soviet Union Death of a Salesman Volker Schlöndorff United States Frida Still Life Frida, naturaleza viva Paul Leduc Mexico George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey George Stevens Jr. United States Mi hijo el Che - Un retrato de familia de don Ernesto Guevara Fernando Birri Cuba Power of Evil Le pouvoir du mal Krzysztof Zanussi France, West Germany, Italy Signé Renart Michel Soutter France, Switzerland The Runner Davandeh Amir Naderi Iran Queen Kelly (1929) Erich von Stroheim United States Shanghai Blues 上海之夜 Hark Tsui Hong Kong
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 country Ain't Nothin' Without You Nicht nichts ohne Dich West Germany The Disciples A tanítványok Géza Bereményi Hungary Fandango Kevin Reynolds United States The Record Der Rekord Daniel Helfer West Germany, Switzerland A Strange Love Affair Eric de Kuyper, Paul Verstraten Netherlands Yesterday Radosław Piwowarski Poland Wanderers of the Desert El Haimoune Nacer Khemir Tunisia, France
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) 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 John Huston Manoel de Oliveira
Independent Awards
Sergio Trasatti Awards Manoel de Oliveira for The Satin Slipper Special Mention: Juraj Jakubisko for The Feather Fairy References
Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996 L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008
External links
Venice Film Festival 1985 Awards on IMDb