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.
Jury The following people comprised the 1984 jury: Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian filmmaker - Jury President Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet Balthus, French painter Günter Grass, West German author and visual artist Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker Erica Jong, American writer and poet Erland Josephson, Swedish actor Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer Isaac Bashevis Singer, American author Paolo Taviani, Italian filmmaker Vittorio Taviani, Italian filmmaker Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet poet
Official Sections The following films were selected to be screened: In Competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Angela's War Angelas Krig Eija-Elina Bergholm Finland The Annunciation Angyali udvozlet Andràs Jeles Hungary Claretta Petacci Claretta Pasquale Squitieri Italy Dionysos Jean Rouch France Favorites of the Moon Le favoris de la lune Otar Ioseliani Full Moon in Paris Les nuits de la pleine lune Eric Rohmer The Future Is Woman Il futuro è donna Marco Ferreri Italy Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Hugh Hudson United Kingdom Love on the Ground L'amour par terre Jacques Rivette France Love Unto Death L'amour à mort Alain Resnais Maria's Lovers Andrei Konchalovsky United States The Mirror Der Spiegel Erden Kiral West Germany La neve nel bicchiere Florestano Vancini Italy No One Twice Ninguem duas vezes Jorge Silva Melo Portugal Paar Goutam Ghose India A Proper Scandal Uno scandalo perbene Pasquale Festa Campanile Italy Sister Stella L. Mike De Leon Philippines The Shore Bereg Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov Soviet Union Sonatine Micheline Lanctôt Canada The Stilts Los zancos Carlos Saura Spain The Three of Us Noi tre Pupi Avati Italy Tukuma Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt Denmark Under the Bridge Da qiao xia mian Chen Bai China Ybris Gavino Ledda Italy A Year of the Quiet Sun Rok spokojnego słońca Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
Out of competition English title Original title Director(s) Production country Carmen Francesco Rosi France, Italy Christopher Columbus Alberto Lattuada Italy, United States, France, West Germany Heart Cuore Luigi Comencini Italy Heimat Edgar Reitz West Germany Kaos Taviani Brothers Italy Kindergarten Детский сад Yevgeny Yevtushenko Soviet Union Once Upon a Time in America Sergio Leone United States, Italy
Venezia Notte
English title Original title Director(s) Production country Good King Dagobert Le bon roi Dagobert Dino Risi France, Italy Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Steven Spielberg United States Metropolis (Giorgio Moroder version) Fritz Lang Germany The NeverEnding Story Die unendliche Geschichte Wolfgang Petersen West Germany, United States So Long, Stooge Tchao Pantin Claude Berri France Streets of Fire Walter Hill United States Tensão no Rio Gustavo Dahl Brazil Viva la vie Claude Lelouch France
Special Events English title Original title Director(s) Production country Flags Of The Future Las banderas del amanecer Jorge Sanjinés, Beatriz Palacios Bolivia Island of Loves A Ilha dos Amores Paulo Rocha Portugal, Japan Our Nazi Notre nazi Robert Kramer France Rafael Alberti, un retrato del poeta Fernando Birri Italy, Venezuela War Boys Los chicos de la guerra Bebe Kamin Argentina Wundkanal Thomas Harlan France, West Germany
Venezia TV English title Original title Director(s) Production country El balcón abierto Jaime Camino Spain Bluebeard Blaubart Krzysztof Zanussi Poland Un caso d'incoscienza Emidio Greco Italy Charles et Lucie Nelly Kaplan France Eva e Dio Matteo Bellinelli Italy Illusion Illusione Jerko Victor Tognola Switzerland Laughterhouse Richard Eyre United Kingdom Nucleo zero Carlo Lizzani Italy Sogni e bisogni Sergio Citti Un delitto Salvatore Nocita
Venezia De Sica English title Original title Director(s) Production country The Boy from Ebalus Il ragazzo di Ebalus Giuseppe Schito Italy Chewingum Biagio Proietti Chi mi aiuta...? Valerio Zecca In punta di piedi Giampiero Mele Il mistero del morca Marco Mattolini Una notte di pioggia Romeo Costantini L'inceneritore Pier Francesco Boscaro dagli Ambrosi Ladies & Gentlemen Signore e signori Tonino Pulci Pianoforte Francesca Comencini Pirata! Cult Movie Paolo Ricagno Spiaccichiccicaticelo Leone Creti
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 Beyond The Walls Meachorei Hasoragim Uri Barbash Israel End of the Miracle A csoda vége János Vészi Hungary Final Call Unerreichbare Nähe Dagmar Hirtz West Germany Mosquito on the 10th Floor 十階のモスキート Yoichi Sai Japan O pokojniku sve najlepse Predrag Antonijevic Yugoslavia Strikebound Richard Lowenstein Austria Wildrose John Hanson United States
Official Awards
Main Competition Golden Lion: A Year of the Quiet Sun by Krzysztof Zanussi Silver Lion for Best First Film: Sonatine by Micheline Lanctôt Grand Special Jury Prize: Favorites of the Moon by Otar Ioseliani Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Naseeruddin Shah for Paar Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Pascale Ogier for Full Moon in Paris
References
Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996 L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008
External links
Venice Film Festival 1984 Awards on IMDb