39th Venice International Film Festival

39th Venice International Film Festival
Festival poster
LocationVenice, Italy
Founded1932
AwardsGolden Lion: The State of Things
Festival date28 August – 2 September 1982
WebsiteWebsite

The 39th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 2 September 1982.[1][2]

French filmmaker Marcel Carné was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was The State of Things directed by Wim Wenders.

Jury

The following people comprised the 1982 jury:[3][4]

Official Sections

The following films were selected to be screened:[5][6]

In Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Apprehension Die Beunruhigung Lothar Warneke East Germany
The Big Brother Le grand frère Francis Girod France
Blow to the Heart Colpire al cuore Gianni Amelio Italy, France
Blue Planet Il pianeta azzurro Franco Piavoli Italy
Chopin Sciopèn Luciano Odorisio
Crossroads Grihajuddha Buddhadev Dasgupta India
The Dam To fragma Dimitris Makris Greece
The Draughtsman's Contract Peter Greenaway United Kingdom
An Egyptian Story حدوتة مصرية Youssef Chahine Egypt
Estoy en crisis Fernando Colomo Spain
The Eyes, the Mouth Gli occhi, la bocca Marco Bellocchio Italy
Flight of the Eagle Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd Jan Troell Sweden, West Germany, Norway
The Foreigner A Estrangeira João Mário Grilo Portugal
A Good Marriage Le Beau Mariage Éric Rohmer France
The Good Soldier Il buon soldato Franco Brusati
Grog Francesco Laudadio Italy
Guernica Ferenc Kósa West Germany, Hungary
Hero Barney Platts-Mills United Kingdom
The Hes Case De smaak van water Orlow Seunke Netherlands
Imperative Imperativ Krzysztof Zanussi Poland
Last Five Days Fünf letzte Tage Percy Adlon West Germany
Private Life Частная жизнь Yuli Raizman Soviet Union
Querelle Rainer Werner Fassbinder France
What Are We Waiting for to Be Happy! Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux! Coline Serreau
The State of Things Der Stand der Dinge Wim Wenders West Germany
Tempest Paul Mazursky United States
The Trout La Truite Joseph Losey France
The Voice Golos Ilya Averbakh Soviet Union

Out of Competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Agony Агония Elem Klimov Soviet Union
Blade Runner Ridley Scott United States
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Woody Allen

Mezzogiorno-Mezzanotte

A section devoted to spectacular films, remakes or eccentrics.[7][8]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
36 Chowringhee Lane Aparna Sen India
Ana Margarida Cordeiro, António Reis Portugal
Boy (1969) 少年 Nagisa Ôshima Japan
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Robert Altman United States
Di padre in figlio Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Gassmann Italy
East 103rd Street Chris Menges United Kingdom
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Steve Spielberg United States
Gasoline (1970) Piero Bargellini Italy
Gestures and Fragments: An Essay on the Military and Power Gestos e Fragmentos Alberto Seixas Santos Portugal
Heaven's Gate (1980) Michael Cimino United States
Kagero-za Seijun Suzuki Japan
A Letter to Freddy Buache Lettre à Freddy Buache Jean-Luc Godard France
Let's Spend the Night Together Hal Ashby United States
La notte dell'ultimo giorno Adimaro Sala Italy
On Top of the Whale Het dak van de Walvis Raoul Ruiz Netherlands
Le Pont du Nord Jacques Rivette France
Naissance Robert Kramer
Poltergeist Tobe Hooper United States
Les Sacrifiés Okacha Touita France
Sadgati Satyajit Ray India
The Spirit Moves: A History of Black Social Dance on Film Mura Dehn United States
Toute une nuit Chantal Akerman Belgium
The Valiant Ones (1975) 忠烈圖 King Hu Taiwan, Hong Kong
Veronika Voss Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss Rainer Werner Fassbinder West Germany
Une villa aux environs de New York Benoît Jacquot France
Victor/Victoria Blake Edwards United States

Venezia De Sica

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Beyond the Door Oltre la porta Liliana Cavani Italy
Canto d'amore Elda Tattoli
Catherine's Wedding Il matrimonio di Caterina Luigi Comencini
Core mio Stefano Calanchi
Ehrengard Emidio Greco
Giocare d'azzardo Cinzia Th. Torrini
I Know That You Know That I Know Io so che tu sai che io so Alberto Sordi
Malamore Eriprando Visconti
Sconcerto Rock Luciano Manuzzi
Storia d'amore e d'amicizia Franco Rossi
Tomorrow We Dance Domani si balla! Maurizio Nichetti
Vatican Conspiracy Morte in Vaticano Marcello Aliprandi
La voce Brunello Rondi
What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight Madonna che silenzio c'è stasera Maurizio Ponzi

Official Awards

The following awards were presented at the 39th edition:

In Competition

Independent Awards

FIPRESCI Prize

OCIC Award

UNICEF Award

  • De smaak van water by Orlow Seunke

Pasinetti Award

Pietro Bianchi Award

Best Artistic Collaboration

Golden Phoenix

References

  1. ^ "VENICE 1982 – THE 39th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ^ "The 1980s". Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Juries for the 1980s". Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Venezia, film per film". La Stampa. No. 199. 24 August 1983. p. 14.
  6. ^ "39. Mostra Internazionale del Cinema". labiennale.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  7. ^ "History of Biennale Cinema (see 80s)". labiennale.org. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Michael Cimino's 'Heaven's Gate' Restored & Headed To Venice Film Festival; Criterion Collection Edition On The Way?". indiewire.com. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  9. ^ "FIPRESCI Awards 1982". fipresci.org. Retrieved 30 March 2018.