46th Venice International Film Festival
Italian film festival in 1989
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The 46th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 4 to 15 September 1989.[1][2]
Festival poster | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Awards | Golden Lion: A City of Sadness |
| Festival date | 4 – 15 September 1989 |
| Website | Website |
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:[3]
- 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:[4]
In Competition
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) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risguardi - Evgenij Francevic Bauer | |||
| The Girl from the Street | Дитя большого города | Yevgeni Bauer | 1914 |
| Risguardi - Michal Waszynski | |||
| The Dybbuk | דער דיבוק | Michał Waszyński | 1937 |
| Tribute to Carl Theodor Dreyer on the centenary of his birth | |||
| Ordet | Carl Theodor Dreyer | 1955 | |
| Tribute 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 | 1950 |
| Les 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:[5]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | O Sangue | Pedro Costa | Portugal |
| Chameleon Street | Wendell B. Harris Jr. | United States | |
| The Handsome Priest | Il prete bello | Carlo Mazzacurati | Italy, France |
| Homebound | Kotia päin | Ilkka Järvi-Laturi | Finland |
| Jaded | Oja Kodar | United States | |
| Koma | Кома | Nijole Adomenajte | Soviet Union |
| Lover Boy | Geoffrey Wright | Australia | |
| Love Without Pity | Un monde sans pitié | Éric Rochant | France |
| Spring Race | Corsa 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:
- 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
Independent Awards
The President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal
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
UNESCO Award
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
Little Golden Lion
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
- Special Mention:
