38th Venice International Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: Marianne and Juliane |
| Festival date | 2 – 12 September 1981 |
| Website | Website |
The 38th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 2 to 12 September, 1981.[1][2]
Italian writer and journalist Italo Calvino was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Marianne and Juliane directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
Jury
[edit]The following people comprised the 1981 jury:[3]
- Italo Calvino, Italian writer and journalist - Jury President
- Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
- Peter Bogdanovich, American filmmaker
- Luigi Comencini, Italian filmmaker
- Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese filmmaker
- Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian filmmaker
- Jesús Fernández Santos, Spanish filmmaker
- Sergei Solovyov, Soviet filmmaker
- Krzysztof Zanussi, Polish filmmaker and producer
Official Sections
[edit]Main Competition
[edit]| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beirut the Encounter | Beyroutou el lika | Borhane Alaouié | Lebanon |
| Cutting It Short | Postrizinj | Jiří Menzel | Czechoslovakia |
| Do You Remember Dolly Bell? | Сјећаш ли се Доли Бел? | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia |
| The Fall of Italy | Pad Italije | Lordan Zafranović | |
| The Fall of the Rebel Angels | La caduta degli angeli ribelli | Marco Tullio Giordana | Italy |
| Forest of Love | Bosco d'amore | Alberto Bevilacqua | |
| The Games of Countess Dolingen | Les Jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz | Catherine Binet | France |
| The Kaleidoscope | Chaalchitra | Mrinal Sen | India |
| Kargus | Juan Minon, Miguel Ángel Trujillo | Spain | |
| Marianne and Juliane | Die bleierne Zeit | Margarethe von Trotta | West Germany |
| The Opportunities of Rosa | Le occasioni di Rosa | Salvatore Piscicelli | Italy |
| Prince of the City | Sidney Lumet | United States | |
| Silvestre | João César Monteiro | Portugal | |
| Starfall | Звездопад | Igor Talankin | Soviet Union |
| Sweet Dreams | Sogni d'oro | Nanni Moretti | Italy |
| Sweet Pea | Piso pisello | Peter Del Monte | |
| They Don't Wear Black Tie | Eles Não Usam Black-Tie | Leon Hirszman | Brazil |
| True Confessions | Ulu Grosbard | United States | |
| The Tyrant's Heart | A Zsarnok Szive | Miklós Jancsó | Hungary |
| The Witch Hunt | Forfølgelsen | Anja Brejen | Norway |
Official Awards
[edit]The following awards were presented at the 38th edition:[4]
In Competition
[edit]- Golden Lion: Marianne and Juliane by Margarethe von Trotta
- Special Jury Prize:
- Silver Lion: Do You Remember Dolly Bell? by Emir Kusturica
- Best Actress (assigned, but not Volpi Cup[5]): Barbara Sukowa & Jutta Lampe for Marianne and Juliane
Independent Awards
[edit]FIPRESCI Prize
[edit]- Marianne and Juliane by Margarethe von Trotta[6]
- They Don't Wear Black-tie by Leon Hirszman
- Do You Remember Dolly Bell? by Emir Kusturica
References
[edit]- ^ "VENICE 1981 – THE 38TH 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.
- ^ "Venice Film Festival 1981 (Competition)". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Coppa Volpi for best actors since 1935". labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1981". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- Edoardo Pittalis - Roberto Pugliese, Bella di Notte, August 1996
- L'Europeo, Cinema in Laguna, SePtember 2008